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previewing the Unit
LearNING sTraTeGIes:
QHT, Collaborative Groups, Summarizing
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Learning Targets
• Preview the big ideas and vocabulary for the unit.
• Identify and summarize the knowledge and skills necessary to complete Embedded Assessment 1 successfully.
Making Connections
In this unit, you will read a variety of genres, including poetry, autobiography, memoir, myth, and fable. You will also learn more about personal narratives and will write and revise one of your own. By the end of the unit, after studying myths and fables, you will also write and illustrate a myth.
Essential Questions
Based on your current knowledge, how would you answer these questions?
1. How do authors use narrative elements to create a story? 2. What are the elements of effective revision?
Developing Vocabulary
Look again at the Contents page and use a QHT strategy to analyze and evaluate your knowledge of the Academic Vocabulary and Literary Terms for the unit.
When using a QHT, think about how well you know each term, and then label each word with a letter:
Q: words you have questions about
H: words you’ve heard before, but aren’t sure about the meaning T: words you could teach
INdepeNdeNT
readING LINk
Read and Discuss
The first half of this unit will focus on personal narratives. Choose from the genres
of memoir, biography, or autobiography to read and respond to during this unit. Select a book that looks interesting to you and seems manageable. Use your Reader/ Writer Notebook to create a reading plan and respond to any questions, comments, or reactions you might have to your reading. You can also
jot notes in your Independent Reading Log. Refer to those notes as you participate in
book discussions with your classmates about how the choices the characters made helped shape the book’s theme.
Unpacking Embedded Assessment 1
Read the assignment for Embedded Assessment 1: Revising a Personal Narrative about Choice. While reading, underline or highlight key skills and knowledge you will need to be successful with the assignment.
Your assignment is to revise the personal narrative with reflection you previously drafted. Use the revision techniques you have learned in this unit, including meeting in a Writing Group, to improve the beginning, middle, and end of your narrative. You will also write a text explaining the revisions you made to improve your first draft and the effect of the changes on the final piece.
Paraphrase 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.
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