Unit Essential Questions Unit Enduring Understandings Why is it important to be a reader in Students will understand that… order to be a writer? Writing is a process. Why is it important to show rather Effective use of description and detail can than tell? strengthen writing. How is creative writing used as a Descriptive and narrative writing can be used for tool for social consciousness and understanding social consciousness. understanding? Themes are built from social consciousness. How are culture and setting Abstract ideas can be presented through the essential to the theme of one’s rhetorical elements and structure of narrative writing? writing. How can abstract ideas be The moral or theme of the story often reflects presented through the structure of universal concerns. writing? Narrative writing can inform. How can one explore their own opinions as a result of the theme or moral of a short story? How do the characters in a short story model characters in life? Why is it important to choose words carefully? Unit Learning Goals Targeted Skills Be able to understand the Be able to employ the use of literary devices to elements that go into writing a develop the narrative successful narrative and be able Engage and orient the reader by setting out a to employ those elements in their problem, situation, or observation, establishing own writing one or multiple point(s) of view, and Be able to write an introducing a narrator and/or characters; create effective narrative based on a a smooth progression of experiences or real or imagined event using events. effective structure and detail Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, Be able to use multiple pacing, description, reflection, and multiple plot points of view, employ a distinct lines, to develop experiences, events, and/or form of narration and write a characters. story that presents the sequence Use a variety of techniques to sequence of events effectively and events so that they build on one another to smoothly create a coherent whole. Use literary devices to Use precise words and phrases, telling details, develop the plot and enrich the narrative and sensory language to convey a vivid picture
Unit Essential Questions Why is it important to be a reader in order to be a writer? Why is it important to show rather than tell? How is creative writing used as a tool for social consciousness and understanding? How are culture and setting essential to the theme of one’s writing? How can abstract ideas be presented through the structure of writing? How can one explore their own opinions as a result of the theme or moral of a short story? How do the characters in a short story model characters in life? Why is it important to choose words carefully? Unit Enduring Understandings Students will understand that… Writing is a process. Effective use of description and detail can strengthen writing. Descriptive and narrative writing can be used for understanding social consciousness. Themes are built from social consciousness. Abstract ideas can be presented through the rhetorical elements and structure of narrative writing. The moral or theme of the story often reflects universal concerns. Narrative writing can inform. Unit Learning Goals Be able to understand the elements that go into writing a successful narrative and be able to employ those elements in their own writing Be able to write an effective narrative based on a real or imagined event using effective structure and detail Be able to use multiple points of view, employ a distinct form of narration and write a story that presents the sequence of events effectively and smoothly Use literary devices to develop the plot and enrich the narrative Targeted Skills Be able to employ the use of literary devices to develop the narrative Engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, or observation, establishing one or multiple point(s) of view, and introducing a narrator and/or characters; create a smooth progression of experiences or events. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and multiple plot lines, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters. Use a variety of techniques to sequence events so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole. Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture
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