Unit Two Narratives Learning Targets
Lessons 1-4
* I can identify and explain the role of complex characters in a text
* I can analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text
* I can analyze how characters develop through their interactions with others
* I can analyze how complex characters advance the plot of a text and /or contribute to the development of the theme.
Lessons 5-8
* I can identify different literary text structures
* I can analyze a text and determine why an author chose to present his/her text using a particular structure.
* I can analyze a text and determine why an author organized events in a particular order.
* I can analyze a text and determine how an author manipulates time (e.g., flashback)
* I can analyze how an author's choice of text structure creates such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.
Lessons 9-12
* I can identify source material from one author found in the work of another.
* I can analyze how authors interpret and transform themes, events, topics, etc. from source material.
* I can critique various works that have drawn on or transformed the same source material and explain the varied interpretations of different authors
Lesson 13-15
* I can define narrative and describe the basic parts of plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution)
* I can engage the reader by introducing one or more points of view, the narrator (first, second, or third person point of view), characters. setting (set the scene), and the event that starts the story in motion.
* I can use narrative techniques (e.q. dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and/or multiple plot lines) to develo experiences, events, and/or characters where one event logically leads to another.
* I can use descriptive words and phrases that reveal details, appeal to the senses, and help convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters (create mind pictures).
* I can signal changes in time and place by using transition words, phrases, and clauses to show the relationships among experiences and events.
* I can write a logical conclusion that reflects on the experiences/events and provides a sense of closure (ties up all loose ends and leaves the reader satisfied).
* I can identify and explain the role of complex characters in a text
* I can analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text
* I can analyze how characters develop through their interactions with others
* I can analyze how complex characters advance the plot of a text and /or contribute to the development of the theme.
Lessons 5-8
* I can identify different literary text structures
* I can analyze a text and determine why an author chose to present his/her text using a particular structure.
* I can analyze a text and determine why an author organized events in a particular order.
* I can analyze a text and determine how an author manipulates time (e.g., flashback)
* I can analyze how an author's choice of text structure creates such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.
Lessons 9-12
* I can identify source material from one author found in the work of another.
* I can analyze how authors interpret and transform themes, events, topics, etc. from source material.
* I can critique various works that have drawn on or transformed the same source material and explain the varied interpretations of different authors
Lesson 13-15
* I can define narrative and describe the basic parts of plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution)
* I can engage the reader by introducing one or more points of view, the narrator (first, second, or third person point of view), characters. setting (set the scene), and the event that starts the story in motion.
* I can use narrative techniques (e.q. dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and/or multiple plot lines) to develo experiences, events, and/or characters where one event logically leads to another.
* I can use descriptive words and phrases that reveal details, appeal to the senses, and help convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters (create mind pictures).
* I can signal changes in time and place by using transition words, phrases, and clauses to show the relationships among experiences and events.
* I can write a logical conclusion that reflects on the experiences/events and provides a sense of closure (ties up all loose ends and leaves the reader satisfied).