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NIT Stories of Change
aCademIC voCabULary
analyze
sequence
cause-effect
transitions
coherence
Literary Terms
narrative
characterization
setting
conflict (internal/external) dialogue
personal narrative point of view connotation denotation figurative language
simile
metaphor sensory language short story theme
plot foreshadowing personification
GoaLS:
• To understand how change can be significant
• To analyze key ideas and details in addition to craft and structure in print and nonprint texts
• To use narrative techniques such as sequencing, dialogue, and descriptive language
Contents
Activities
1.1 Previewing the Unit ..................................................................... 4
Introducing the Strategy: QHT
1.2 What Makes a Narrative? ............................................................ 5
Introducing the Strategy: Close Reading and Marking the Text
Short Story: “The Circuit,” by Francisco Jiménez
1.3 Planning for Independent Reading .............................................13
• To write narratives to 1.4 Personal Narrative: Incident-Response-Reflection ....................14
develop real or imagined events
• To understand pronouns and the conventions of punctuating dialogue
Personal Narrative: “My Superpowers,” by Dan Greenburg
1.5 He Said, She Said: Characterization...........................................18
Novel: Excerpt from Flipped, by Wendelin Van Draanen
1.6 Analyzing Narratives ................................................................. 28
Personal Narrative: “The Jacket,” by Gary Soto
1.7 Creating a Narrative .................................................................. 34
1.8 Creating a Narrative: Prewriting and Drafting ............................37
1.9 Creating a Narrative: Revising................................................... 42
Introducing the Strategy: Adding
Embedded Assessment 1: Writing a Personal Narrative.................... 46
1.10 Previewing Embedded Assessment 2 and
Preparing to Write a Short Story ............................................... 48
1.11 What’s in a Short Story?............................................................ 50 Short Story: “Thank You, M’am,” by Langston Hughes
1.12 Plot Elements ............................................................................55
1.13 In the Beginning ........................................................................ 58 Myth: “Daedalus and Icarus,” from Greek Myths
by Geraldine McCaughrean
1.14 A Day of Change: Developing the Story..................................... 64 Short Story: “Eleven,” from Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories by Sandra Cisneros
1.15 In the End ................................................................................. 70 Short Story: “The Treasure of Lemon Brown,” by Walter Dean Myers
1.16 Analyzing a Story ...................................................................... 80 Short Story: “The Fun They Had,” by Isaac Asimov
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