Unit Overview By the end of this unit, students will write their own explanatory piece explaining how the author uses theme and poetry to convey a message to the reader. Students will read drama and poetry selections and determine the theme of the passages through analysis of key details. Students will explain the differences between poetry and drama and understand how the structural elements impact the poem/drama. Learning Goal Suggested Essential Questions to Choose From Students will be able to understand the differences in the structure of How does an author convey the theme through the structure of the text? poetry and drama and determine a central idea or theme of a drama or How can students use the details of the text to express the theme? poem from details in the text. How does the text structure help students understand the text? (Use indicators that align to the learning goal) What are the differences between text structures in different types of text? Students will understand how to write their own informative/explanatory essay using information and ideas clearly. Published Product Writing Standard *The purpose of the Published Product is to allow for students to go through 4. W.1.2 (DOK 2) Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and the writing process with modeling. See Literary Tasks to scaffold learning and convey ideas and information clearly. prepare students for the Published Product. a. Introduce a topic clearly and group related information in paragraphs and sections; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia when After reading, “One Little Spirit” write an explanatory piece in which to useful to aiding comprehension. identify the theme and explain how the author uses structure to give the b. Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or message to the reader. Poems tell stories using a special structure. How other information and examples related to the topic. can you tell that “One Little Spirit” is a poem when you see it and read it? c. Link ideas within categories of information using words and phrases (e.g., Write three to four paragraphs to explain the unique structure of the another, for example, also, because). story and the theme. Use key ideas and details from the poem “One Little d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or Spirit” to support your explanation. explain the topic. e. Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.
Unit Overview By the end of this unit, students will write their own explanatory piece explaining how the author uses theme and poetry to convey a message to the reader. Students will read drama and poetry selections and determine the theme of the passages through analysis of key details. Students will explain the differences between poetry and drama and understand how the structural elements impact the poem/drama. Learning Goal Students will be able to understand the differences in the structure of poetry and drama and determine a central idea or theme of a drama or poem from details in the text. (Use indicators that align to the learning goal) Students will understand how to write their own informative/explanatory essay using information and ideas clearly. Suggested Essential Questions to Choose From How does an author convey the theme through the structure of the text? How can students use the details of the text to express the theme? How does the text structure help students understand the text? What are the differences between text structures in different types of text? Published Product *The purpose of the Published Product is to allow for students to go through the writing process with modeling. See Literary Tasks to scaffold learning and prepare students for the Published Product. After reading, “One Little Spirit” write an explanatory piece in which to identify the theme and explain how the author uses structure to give the message to the reader. Poems tell stories using a special structure. How can you tell that “One Little Spirit” is a poem when you see it and read it? Write three to four paragraphs to explain the unique structure of the story and the theme. Use key ideas and details from the poem “One Little Spirit” to support your explanation. Writing Standard 4. W.1.2 (DOK 2) Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. a. Introduce a topic clearly and group related information in paragraphs and sections; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations, and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. b. Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic. c. Link ideas within categories of information using words and phrases (e.g., another, for example, also, because). d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. e. Provide a concluding statement or section related to the information or explanation presented.
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