Quarter Two – Culminating Task - Tiers One and Two
Standards: W2, Reading Literature, and Reading for Information
Task: Use the following readings to analyze linguistic patterns including: figurative language, sound
devices, style, and imagery. After reading and analyzing these texts, you will select a mentor author and
at least two elements of writer’s craft to explain how the author’s use of these elements impacted the
overall texts. You will create your own original publishable example of a text incorporating the two
previously identified elements in your writing.
Products:
1. Analysis of the mentor author’s use of at least linguistic patterns upon the text.
2. Publishable text which incorporates the two identified literary elements.
Students will read the following selections in the Language of Literaturebook:
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2.
3.
4.
“Older Run” by Gary Paulsen – pp. 154 - 160
“The School Play” by Gary Soto – pp. 402 - 408
“Crow Call” by Lois Lowry – pp. 668 – 673
“The Walrus and the Carpenter” by Lewis Carroll – pp. 555 - 558
Quarter Two – Culminating Task - Tiers One and Two
Standards: W2, Reading Literature, and Reading for Information
Task: Use the following readings to analyze linguistic patterns including: figurative language, sound
devices, style, and imagery. After reading and analyzing these texts, you will select a mentor author and
least two elements of writer’s craft to explain how the author’s use of these elements impacted the
overall texts. You will create your own original publishable example of a text incorporating the two
previously identified elements in your writing.
Products:
1. Analysis of the mentor author’s use of at least linguistic patterns upon the text.
2. Publishable text which incorporates the two identified literary elements.
Students will read the following selections in the Language of Literature book:
1.
2.
3.
4.
“Older Run” by Gary Paulsen – pp. 154 - 160
“The School Play” by Gary Soto – pp. 402 - 408
“Crow Call” by Lois Lowry – pp. 668 – 673
“The Walrus and the Carpenter” by Lewis Carroll – pp. 555 - 558
Quarter Two – Culminating Task - Tier Three
Standards: W2, Reading Literature, and Reading for Information
Task: Use the following readings to analyze linguistic patterns including: figurative language, sound
devices, style, and imagery. After reading and analyzing these texts, you will select a mentor author and
least two elements of writer’s craft to explain how the author’s use of these elements impacted the
overall texts. You will create your own original publishable example of a text incorporating the two
previously identified elements in your writing.
Products:
1. Analysis of the mentor author’s use of at least linguistic patterns upon the text.
2. Publishable text which incorporates the two identified literary elements.
Students will read the following selections in the Language of Literature book:
1.
2.
3.
4.
“From Woodsong” by Gary Paulsen – pp. 166 - 169
“The Jacket” by Gary Soto – pp. 419-423
“Crow Call” by Lois Lowry – pp. 668 – 673
“The Walrus and the Carpenter” by Lewis Carroll – pp. 555 – 558
Quarter Two – Culminating Task - Tier Three
Standards: W2, Reading Literature, and Reading for Information
Task: Use the following readings to analyze linguistic patterns including: figurative language, sound
devices, style, and imagery. After reading and analyzing these texts, you will select a mentor author and
least two elements of writer’s craft to explain how the author’s use of these elements impacted the
overall texts. You will create your own original publishable example of a text incorporating the two
previously identified elements in your writing.
Products:
1. Analysis of the mentor author’s use of at least linguistic patterns upon the text.
2. Publishable text which incorporates the two identified literary elements.
Students will read the following selections in the Language of Literature book:
1.
2.
3.
4.
“From Woodsong” by Gary Paulsen – pp. 166 - 169
“The Jacket” by Gary Soto – pp. 419-423
“Crow Call” by Lois Lowry – pp. 668 – 673
“The Walrus and the Carpenter” by Lewis Carroll – pp. 555 - 558