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aCTIvITy 3.1
previewing the Unit
LearNING STraTeGIeS:
QHT, Marking the Text, Skimming/Scanning
my Notes
Learning Targets
• Preview the big ideas and vocabulary for the unit.
• Identify and analyze the skills and knowledge needed to complete Embedded Assessment 1 successfully.
Making Connections
In prior units, you have read narratives and other fictional stories, as well as articles and informational texts. Learning to write an argument gave you experience in identifying claims and using evidence from texts to support a claim. In this unit, you will read the novel Tangerine. After reading the novel, you will write a literary analysis essay in which you will analyze the novel’s characters, setting, and actions and cite evidence from the novel to support your analysis.
Essential Questions
Based on your current knowledge, write your answers to these questions. 1. What is the relationship between choices and consequences?
2. What makes a great leader?
Vocabulary Development
Go back to the Contents page and look at the Academic Vocabulary and Literary Terms for the unit. Use a QHT or other vocabulary strategy to determine which terms you know and which you need to learn more about.
Unpacking Embedded Assessment 1
Read the assignment for Embedded Assessment 1: Writing a Literary Analysis Essay.
Write a multiparagraph literary analysis essay in response to the following prompt (or another provided by your teacher): In Edward Bloor’s novel Tangerine, how did one character’s choices and the consequences of those choices affect the development of the main character?
In your own words, summarize what you will need to know to complete this assessment successfully. With your class, create a graphic organizer to represent the skills and knowledge you will need to complete the tasks identified in the Embedded Assessment.
INdepeNdeNT
readING LINk
Read & Respond
As you read, think like a writer by noticing the way writers create characters, construct plots, use details to create a setting, include transitions
to move the story forward
and indicate a change of time and place, and use dialogue
to enhance the reader’s understanding. Use your Reader/Writer Notebook to respond to any questions, comments, or reactions you might have to your reading. You teacher may ask questions about your text, and making notes in your Reader/Writer Notebook will help you answer them.
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