Suggested of the following: One by Paulo Coelho Anchor Texts: The Alchemist by Erich Remarque All Quiet on the Western Front by Mark Mathabane Kaffir Boy contains lessons these by Yann Martel Life of Pi, and other texts. by Chinua Achebe (could possibly fit under Inhumanity vs Humanity) Things Fall Apart by Khaled Hosseini A Thousand Splendid Suns Companion Texts Activity/Strategy/Formative Assessment: Dwell in Possibility” Emily “I Dickinson Literature: the Boats” Lucille Clifton “Blessing Text Annotation Ex: on a Theme” Rilke “Variation Guided Reading Poetry Makes the Journey” Cathy Song “Who Active Reading Short Story, (HM Text) Quizzes Excerpt am Not the One Who Left the Land” “I Class discussion Anna Akhanatova Exit slips excerpts Epic of Gilgamseh, Informal writing/Journal writing Teacher Who Changed My Life” “The Narrative writing Nicholas Cage Down Barriers” Adam Piore “Breaking From There to Here” “Getting excerpt, Jeanne Farewell to Manzanar, Wakatsuki and James Houston by Franz Kafka The Metamorphosis Companion Activity/Strategy/Formative Assessment: Nothing is Something” by “Doing Anna Quindlen (HM Textbook) Informational: Nuclear Disarmament” by Carl Guided Reading “On Ex: Sagan Active Reading (HM Textbook) U.S.Documents Question of South Africa” by discussion “The Speeches Desmond Tutu (HM Textbook) Informal writing/Journal writing News Articles Personal Narrative writing Infographics Group presentations Political Cartoon Autobiography
Suggested Anchor Texts: contains lessons these and other texts. One of the following: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane Life of Pi, by Yann Martel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (could possibly fit under Inhumanity vs Humanity) A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Companion Texts Literature: Ex: Poetry Short Story, Excerpt “I Dwell in Possibility” Emily Dickinson “Blessing the Boats” Lucille Clifton “Variation on a Theme” Rilke “Who Makes the Journey” Cathy Song (HM Text) “I am Not the One Who Left the Land” Anna Akhanatova Epic of Gilgamseh, excerpts “The Teacher Who Changed My Life” Nicholas Cage “Breaking Down Barriers” Adam Piore “Getting From There to Here” Farewell to Manzanar, excerpt, Jeanne Wakatsuki and James Houston The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka Activity/Strategy/Formative Assessment: Text Annotation Guided Reading Active Reading Quizzes Class discussion Exit slips Informal writing/Journal writing Narrative writing Companion Informational: Ex: U.S.Documents Speeches News Articles Infographics Political Cartoon Autobiography “Doing Nothing is Something” by Anna Quindlen (HM Textbook) “On Nuclear Disarmament” by Carl Sagan (HM Textbook) “The Question of South Africa” by Desmond Tutu (HM Textbook) Activity/Strategy/Formative Assessment: Guided Reading Active Reading discussion Informal writing/Journal writing Personal Narrative writing Group presentations
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