Literature+-+Fiction+and+Nonfiction

= Essential Questions: = > What is a hero? > Why is identity important? > What kinds of experiences help us learn how to judge right from wrong? > == == = COURSE COMPETENCIES: =
 * ==Why read? ==
 * Students will apply and acquire vocabulary through speaking, listening, reading, writing, and the use of vocabulary strategies.
 * Students will demonstrate the ability to speak, listen and view effectively for a variety of purposes.
 * Students will demonstrate the ability to read, comprehend, analyze, and critique a variety of increasingly complex literary texts.
 * Students will demonstrate the ability to read, comprehend, analyze, and critique a variety of increasingly complex informational texts

=Reading Logs = Multi-genre log: [|Template] [|Rubric]

Fiction log: [|Reading Log Template] [|Reading Log Rubric] [|Reading Log Example]

=Big Buddies = [|Big Buddies Letter] [|Big Buddies Reminders - reading a story]

=Newsela=

[|Newsela Articles]
[|Newsela Magnet Article - class model]

Summative Assessment:
[|Newsela Activity]

="The Scarlet Ibis"= [|Short Story]

=[|"Hachiko Waits"]=

=//Remember the Titans//= [|Reel vs. Real Life]

[|Character Description]

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= **Banned Books Information:** =
 * [|ALA website] **

[|Banned Book Mini Research]

=//To Kill A Mockingbird//= [|Cast of movie]

[|Web Search]

[|Web Search Example]

__ [|Tabloid Assignment] __

[|3 degrees of Assignment]

[|3 Degrees of Example]

Summative Assessment:
[|Facebook Project] [|Facebook Template] [|Example]

//My All American//
[|Interactive Venn Diagram]

=Superhero= [|Create your own superhero]

=Visual Texts= [|Ad Analysis]