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UNIT 4
How We Choose to Act
ACAdemIC voCAbUlAry
precise
structure
improvise
diagram
literary Terms
persona
oral interpretation rhyme scheme
alliteration assonance consonance monologue pantomime verse
prose
poetic devices internal rhyme parody
vocal delivery visual delivery
GoAls:
• To increase textual analysis skills across genres
• To strengthen verbal and nonverbal communication skills
• To improve oral fluency and presentation skills
• To collaborate on a Shakespearean performance
Contents
Activities
4.1 Previewing the Unit ................................................................. 250
4.2 Using Language for Effect ........................................................251 Poetry: “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” by
Robert Frost
Poetry: “maggie and milly and molly and may,” by
E.E. Cummings
Poetry: “Mother to Son,” by Langston Hughes
Poetry: Haiku by José Juan Tablada
Poetry: “It Happened in Montgomery,” by Phil W. Petrie
4.3 Analyzing a Comedic Monologue .............................................261
4.4 Analyzing and Presenting a Dramatic Monologue....................265
Introducing the Strategy: Choral Reading
Monologue: “Roommate,” by Deborah Karczewski Monologue: “Mr. Perfect,” by Deborah Karczewski Monologue: “Family Addition,” by Deborah Karczewski
4.5 Analyzing and Responding to Narrative Poetry........................274 Poetry: “The Raven,” by Edgar Allan Poe
4.6 Transforming a Traditional Tale ............................................... 283 Poetry: “Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf,” by
Roald Dahl
4.7 Using Language to Develop Theme ......................................... 289 Informational Text: “The Highwaymen of Hounslow Heath”
Poetry: “The Highwayman,” by Alfred Noyes
Introducing the Strategy: RAFT
Embedded Assessment 1 Creating and Presenting a Monologue.... 298
4.8 Previewing Embedded Assessment 2 and Performing Shakespeare ........................................................................... 300
4.9 Putting on the Mask ................................................................ 302 Poetry: “We Wear the Mask,” by Paul Laurence Dunbar
4.10 Improvisation .......................................................................... 305
4.11 Analyzing and Delivering a Shakespearean
Monologue .............................................................................. 308 Drama: Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare
*Film: Twelfth Night
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