10RL-Craft+&+Structure

RL-10.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone). RL-10.5. Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. RL-10.6. Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature. || ===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Anchor Standard/Mathematical Practice(s)**=== Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others || HS.SI.1.3: Evaluate content for relevance to the assigned task. HS.SI.1.2:Evaluate resources for point of view, bias, values, or intent of information. || ===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Revised Bloom's Level of thinking**=== ===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Learning Target/Task Analysis**===
 * ===**Common Core Standard**===
 * AS:**
 * RL. 10.4** Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
 * RL. 10.5 ** Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
 * RL. 10.6** Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
 * MP: **
 * 1. ** Attend to precision/Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them/Look for and make use of structure. ** 2. ** Look for and make use of structure/Reason abstractly and quantitatively **3.**
 * ===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Information Technology Standard**===
 * RL. 10.4** Analyze
 * RL. 10.5** Evaluate
 * RL. 10.6** Analyze ||

RL. 10.4

 * Review context clues, diction, figurative language, connotation, denotation, and tone (both formal and informal).
 * Comprehend grade-level text.
 * Identify key words and phrases used in the text.
 * Assess figurative and connotative meanings of key words that are used in a text.
 * Examine how the author’s word choice creates a sense of time and place in a text.
 * Analyze the author’s word choiceto determine the informal or formal tone of the text
 * Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone)
 * RL. 10.5 **
 * Review specific plot structure devices, purpose, and audience.
 * Comprehend grade-level text.
 * Summarize plot structure.
 * Identify literary elements and their effects on the text.
 * Question author’s choice of structural devices in terms of impact on text.
 * Critique effects of author’s structural choices.
 * Hypothesize the impact of different possible structural designs.
 * Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.


 * RL. 10.6 **
 * Review point of view.
 * Define culture (religion, traditions, customs, views on women, death, marriage, etc.)
 * Comprehend grade-level text.
 * Identify evidence of cultural perspective and the point of view in a text.
 * Imagine how the text would change if the point of view or cultural experience was different.
 * Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.

===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Essential Vocabulary**===

RL. 10. 4
Context clues Diction Figurative language Simile Metaphor Hyperbole Allusion Personification Tone Connotation Denotation Key words Formal Informal Setting

Plot elements Parallel plots Flashbacks Flash forward Dramatic irony Pacing Sequencing Mystery Tension Suspense Surprise Foreshadowing
 * RL. 10.5 **

Point of view Culture (specific to the text) Context
 * RL. 10.6 **

===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Sample Assessments**=== Teaching Plot Structure through Short Stories: [|http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/teaching-plot-structure-through-401.html?tab=1#tabs]

===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Differentiation**===

‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Intervention:**
How to Structure a Story: []

No Fear Sparknotes: []

‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Enrichment:**
Flocabulary Figurative Language: []

Text and Video of Pres. Bush’s speech on 9/11: []

===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Instructional Resources**=== Dictionary.com: [] Literary Devices.com: []

Teacher Guide for Things Fall Apart: [|www.sdcoe.net/score/things/thingstg.html]

“An African Voice” for The Atlantic Online:

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Articles pertaining to Nelson Mandela: []

Nelson Mandela Webquest:

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A Definition of Wuxia and Xia: []

===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Notes and Additional Information**===