Unit 4 Plan - The House on Mango Street; A Raisin in the Sun

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3 hrs

1

The House on Mango Street: Intro

READING: 1.2 select and use, with increasing facility, the most appropriate reading comprehension strategies to understand texts, including complex and challenging texts; 1.3 identify the most important ideas and supporting details in texts, including complex and challenging texts; 1.4 make and explain inferences of increasing subtlety and insight about texts, including complex and challenging texts, supporting their explanations with well-chosen stated and implied ideas from the texts 1.5 extend understanding of texts by making rich and increasingly insightful connections between the ideas in them and personal knowledge, experience, and insights; 1.8 identify and analyze in detail the perspectives and/or biases evident in texts, including complex and challenging texts, commenting with understanding and increasing insight on any questions they may raise about beliefs, values, identity, and power; 2.2 identify a variety of text features and demonstrate insight into the way they communicate meaning; 4.1 demonstrate insight into their strengths and weaknesses as readers, and practise the strategies they found most helpful when reading particularly challenging texts to enhance their reading skills.

3 hrs

2

Vignettes 1-4

READING: 1.3 identify the most important ideas and sup- porting details in texts, including complex and challenging texts 1.5 extend understanding of texts by making rich and increasingly insightful connections between the ideas in them and personal knowledge, experience, and insights; 2.2 identify a variety of text features and demonstrate insight into the way they communicate meaning; 2.4 use the most appropriate words, phrases, and terminology, and a variety of stylistic devices, to communicate their meaning in a compelling way and to engage their intended audience; 4.1 demonstrate insight into their strengths and weaknesses as readers, and practise the strategies they found most helpful when reading particularly challenging texts to enhance their reading skills.

3 hrs

3

Vignettes 5-8

READING: 1.4 make and explain inferences of increasing subtlety and insight about texts, including complex and challenging texts, supporting their explanations with well-chosen stated and implied ideas from the texts 1.5 extend understanding of texts by making rich and increasingly insightful connections between the ideas in them and personal knowledge, experience, and insights; 1.8 identify and analyze in detail the perspectives and/or biases evident in texts, including complex and challenging texts, commenting with understanding and increasing insight on any questions they may raise about beliefs, values, identity, and power; 2.2 identify a variety of text features and demonstrate insight into the way they communicate meaning; 2.4 use the most appropriate words, phrases, and terminology, and a variety of stylistic devices, to communicate their meaning in a compelling way and to engage their intended audience.

3 hrs

4

Vignettes 9-17

1.3 identify the most important ideas and supporting details in texts, including complex and challenging texts; 1.4 make and explain inferences of increasing subtlety and insight about texts, including complex and challenging texts, supporting their explanations with well-chosen stated and implied ideas from the texts 1.5 extend understanding of texts by making rich and increasingly insightful connections between the ideas in them and personal knowledge, experience, and insights; WRITING: use a wide range of descriptive and evocative words, phrases, and expressions precisely and imaginatively to make writing clear, vivid, and compelling for their intended audience; 2.4 use the most appropriate words, phrases, and terminology, and a variety of stylistic devices, to communicate their meaning in a compelling way and to engage their intended audience; 4.1 demonstrate insight into their strengths and weaknesses as readers, and practise the strategies they found most helpful when reading particularly challenging texts to enhance their reading skills.

3 hrs

5

Vignettes 18 - 20

READING: 1.3 identify the most important ideas and supporting details in texts, including complex and challenging texts; 1.4 make and explain inferences of increasing subtlety and insight about texts, including complex and challenging texts, supporting their explanations with well-chosen stated and implied ideas from the texts; 1.5 extend understanding of texts by making rich and increasingly insightful connections between the ideas in them and personal knowledge, experience, and insights; WRITING: use a wide range of descriptive and evocative words, phrases, and expressions precisely and imaginatively to make writing clear, vivid, and compelling for their intended audience. 2.4 use the most appropriate words, phrases, and terminology, and a variety of stylistic devices, to communicate their meaning in a compelling way and to engage their intended audience; 4.1 demonstrate insight into their strengths and weaknesses as readers, and practise the strategies they found most helpful when reading particularly challenging texts to enhance their reading skills.

3 hrs

6

Vignettes 21-24

1.3 identify the most important ideas and supporting details in texts, including complex and challenging texts; 1.4 make and explain inferences of increasing subtlety and insight about texts, including complex and challenging texts, supporting their explanations with well-chosen stated and implied ideas from the texts; 1.5 extend understanding of texts, including complex and challenging texts, by making rich and increasingly insightful connections between the ideas in them and personal knowledge, experience, and insights; other texts; and the world around them; 1.6 analyse texts in terms of the information, ideas, issues, or themes they explore, examining how various aspects of the texts contribute to the presentation or development of these elements; 1.8 identify and analyse the perspectives and/or biases evident in texts, including complex and challenging texts, commenting with understanding and increasing insight on any questions they may raise about beliefs, values, identity, and power; 2.3 identify a variety of elements of style in texts and explain how they help communicate meaning and enhance the effectiveness of the texts; 4.1 demonstrate insight into their strengths and weaknesses as readers, and practise the strategies they found most helpful when reading particularly challenging texts to enhance their reading skills.

3 hrs

7

Vignettes 25-30

READING: 1.3 identify the most important ideas and sup- porting details in texts, including complex and challenging texts;1.5 extend understanding of texts by making rich and increasingly insightful connections between the ideas in them and personal knowledge, experience, and insights; WRITING: use a wide range of descriptive and evocative words, phrases, and expressions precisely and imaginatively to make writing clear, vivid, and compelling for their intended audience; 2.2 identify a variety of text features and demonstrate insight into the way they communicate meaning; 4.1 demonstrate insight into their strengths and weaknesses as readers, and practise the strategies they found most helpful when reading particularly challenging texts to enhance their reading skills;

3 hrs

8

Vignettes 31, 32, 33, 37, 38, 39, 40

READING: 1.3 identify the most important ideas and sup- porting details in texts, including complex and challenging texts;1.5 extend understanding of texts by making rich and increasingly insightful connections between the ideas in them and personal knowledge, experience, and insights; WRITING: use a wide range of descriptive and evocative words, phrases, and expressions precisely and imaginatively to make writing clear, vivid, and compelling for their intended audience; 2.2 identify a variety of text features and demonstrate insight into the way they communicate meaning; 4.1 demonstrate insight into their strengths and weaknesses as readers, and practise the strategies they found most helpful when reading particularly challenging texts to enhance their reading skills; insight on any questions they may raise about beliefs, values, identity, and power; 2.3 identify a variety of elements of style in texts and explain how they help communicate meaning and enhance the effectiveness of the texts; 4.1 demonstrate insight into their strengths and weaknesses as readers, and practise the strategies they found most helpful when reading particularly challenging texts to enhance their reading skills.

3 hrs

9

Vignettes 34, 35, 36, 41, 42, 43, 44

1.3 identify the most important ideas and supporting details in texts, including complex and challenging texts; 1.4 make and explain inferences of increasing subtlety and insight about texts, including complex and challenging texts, supporting their explanations with well-chosen stated and implied ideas from the texts; 1.5 extend understanding of texts, including complex and challenging texts, by making rich and increasingly insightful connections between the ideas in them and personal knowledge, experience, and insights; other texts; and the world around them; 1.6 analyse texts in terms of the information, ideas, issues, or themes they explore, examining how various aspects of the texts contribute to the presentation or development of these elements; 1.8 identify and analyse the perspectives and/or biases evident in texts, including complex and challenging texts, commenting with understanding and increasing insight on any questions they may raise about beliefs, values, identity, and power; 2.3 identify a variety of elements of style in texts and explain how they help communicate meaning and enhance the effectiveness of the texts; 4.1 demonstrate insight into their strengths and weaknesses as readers, and practise the strategies they found most helpful when reading particularly challenging texts to enhance their reading skills.


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