Marking Period 1
Reading Goals- Plot, Setting,
Character, Point of View
Unit One
Unit Two
Writing Goals- Narrative Writing
Vocabulary Goals
Academic Vocabulary introduced at the start of each literature unit
Sadlier Oxford Level C, Units 1 and 2
Character, Point of View
Unit One
- We are learning to identify stages of plot; analyze development.
- We are learning to analyze how setting
shapes plot. - We are learning to identify conflict,
flashback, and foreshadowing. - We are learning to analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including chronological order.
- We are learning to make valid predictions about a text using what they know and what they are reading.
- We are learning to identify sequence in plot.
Unit Two
- We are learning to analyze how characters change throughout a story.
- We are learning to identify main ideas in a text.
- We are learning to distinguish between 1st person and 3rd person points-of-view.
- We are learning to make inferences.
Writing Goals- Narrative Writing
- We are learning to establish a context and point of view for narrative writing.
- We are learning to introduce a narrator and or characters.
- We are learning to organize events in a story.
- We are learning to use narrative techniques (dialogue, pacing, description, development of characters, events).
- We are learning to use transitional words and phrases.
- We are learning to use precise words and phrases.
- We are learning to conclude a narrative.
Vocabulary Goals
Academic Vocabulary introduced at the start of each literature unit
Sadlier Oxford Level C, Units 1 and 2