Units

Overview: In this unit, students will develop the foundational literacy skills that they will need for the entire school year: close reading, annotating texts, and engaging in evidence-based discussion and writing. Furthermore, students will read, analyze and discuss both poetry and narratives, citing strong and thorough textual evidence to support their analyses of an author’s use of various literary techniques. After analyzing various narrative techniques, students will use that knowledge to compose a narrative in which they develop real experiences and events. Students will look at mentor texts in order to see how other writers use dialogue, sensory detail, pacing, and reflection in order to develop the experience. Structured activities will help students brainstorm, plan, draft, revise, edit, and rewrite a narrative.