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Unit 2
Activities
2.1 Previewing the Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.2 Forces of Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *Film: Clips from Up, directed by Pete Docter
2.3 Beginning the Journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *Novel: Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech
The Power to Change
introducing the strategy: Double-Entry Journal
2.4 Planting the Seeds of Character Analysis. . . . . . . .
2.5 Mapping the Journey: Plot and Subplot . . . . . . . . .
2.6 A Tree of One’s Own: Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.7 QuestionsandDiscussions ...................
introducing the strategy: Questioning the Text
2.8 Diction Detectives and “Evidence” . . . . . . . . . . . ..
2.9 Reporting from Paradise Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
*Film: Clips from Up, directed by Pete Docter
2.10 Making Connections and Visualizing Art . . . . . . ..
2.11 Stepping into the Literature Circle . . . . . . . . . . . ..
introducing the strategy: Literature Circles
2.12 Circling the Moon: Literature Circle Discussion ..
Embedded Assessment 1: Responding to Literature . . ..
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2.13 Previewing Embedded Assessment 2 and Expository Writing
2.14 Explaining and Interpreting Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.15 Writing and Changing Together. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
introducing the strategy: Replacing
2.16 Traveling with Charley: Literary Nonfiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memoir: Excerpt from Travels with Charley, by John Steinbeck
introducing the strategy: Diffusing
2.17 Reflecting on Marley: Textual Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memoir: “Saying Farewell to a Faithful Pal,” by John Grogan
2.18 Making Connections Through Research. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Autobiography: “Dogs Make Us Human” from Animals in Translation, by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson
2.19 Synthesizing Temple’s Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 *Film Biography: Temple Grandin
Autobiography: “My Story” from Animals in Translation, by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson Biography: Excerpt from “Chapter 6: Hampshire School for Wayward Wizards” from Temple Grandin:
How the Girl Who Loved Cows, Embraced Autism and Changed the World, by Sy Montgomery
Embedded Assessment 2: writing an Expository Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
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