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Unit 4: Family and Community
Unit Objectives:
Upon completion of Unit 4,
each of the following objectives
must be mastered:
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Week 1:
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RI 9-10.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and
technical meaning; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.q. how the language of a
court opinion differs from that of a newspaper
RL 9-10.5: Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.q. parallel plots),
and manipulate time (e.q. pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.
I can compare figurative meaning vs. literal meaning within a
text.
I can compare the connotation of a word vs. the denotation of a
word.
I can infer the tone of a text based on the author’s diction, or
specific word choice.
I can identify the order of events within a story.
I can explain how the order of events helps propel the story’s
plot.
I can analyze how the order of events contributes to the
manipulation of time.
I can analyze how the order of events contributes to the
emotional effects (such as tension, surprise, mystery, etc.)
within a story.
Week 2:
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R.I.9-10.5: Analyze in detail how an author’s ideas or claims are developed and refined by particular sentences, paragraphs,
or larger portions of a text (e.g., a section or chapter).
R.I.9-10.6: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance
that point of view or purpose.
I can determine an author’s main idea or claim in an
informational text.
I can identify particular sentences, paragraphs, or passages
of a text that support the author’s main idea or claim.
I can explain how a particular sentence, paragraph, or
passage supports the author’s main idea or claim in an
informational text.
I can define author’s point of view as their purpose in
writing, answering the question of “Why did the author write
this?”
I can identify some common types of author’s purpose, such
as to teach, to entertain, to persuade, or to build suspense.
I can identify key techniques that an author uses to express
their purpose, such as literary devices, writing style, or
language.
I can explain how a technique helps develop an author’s
purpose.
Weeks 3 & 4:
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W.9-10.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and
accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content
W. 9-10.4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task,
purpose, and audience.
I can write an informative/explanatory claim based on a topic.
I can structure informative’/explanatory piece of writing.
(claim, evidence, analysis)
I can use a variety of graphics and multimedia (tables, charts
etc.) in my writing to support my claim.
I can write using evidence relevant to my audience.
I can write a conclusion that supports the informative or
explanatory presented in my writing.