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UNIT 3
Choices and Consequences
aCademIC voCabULary
subordinate
perspective
interpret
Literary Terms
imagery
motif
mood flashback foreshadowing
allusion
GoaLS:
• To use textual evidence to support analysis and inferences
• To write a literary analysis essay
• To evaluate, analyze, and synthesize a variety of informational texts
• To create and present a biographical research project
Contents
Activities:
3.1 3.2 3.3
3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7
3.8
3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13
3.14
Previewing the Unit ..................................................................162 Peeling a Tangerine..................................................................163 Reading the Novel Tangerine ...................................................165 *Novel: Tangerine, by Edward Bloor
Introducing the Strategy: Questioning the Text
There’s a New Kid in Town....................................................... 168 Like Mother, Like Son? .............................................................172 Oh, Brother!..............................................................................176
September 11 Perspectives......................................................179 News Article: “A Stunning Tale of Escape Traps Its
Hero in Replay”
SIFTing Through Tangerine ......................................................185 Introducing the Strategy: SIFT
Same Sport, Different School.................................................. 188
A Good Sport ........................................................................... 191
Seeing Is Believing .................................................................. 194
Conflicts and Consequences ................................................... 197
Mourning and Night ................................................................ 200 Poetry: “To an Athlete Dying Young,” by A. E. Housman
The Final Score........................................................................ 203
Embedded Assessment 1 Writing a Literary Analysis Essay ............207
3.15 Previewing Embedded Assessment 2 and
Analyzing Words That Inspire.................................................. 209
3.16 Nelson Mandela in Hollywood .................................................211
*Film: Invictus, directed by Clint Eastwood
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