The goal of this unit is to expose students to the short story genre; specifically, that of twentieth century Great Britain. Students will read, comprehend, and interpret the short stories, relate the stories to their own personal experience and apply strategies for reading and interpreting fiction. |
MAKING CONNECTIONS
Text-to-Self
As the students read a text, they relate to the characters, their emotions, and their dilemmas.
Text-to-Text
As the students read, they compare the text to other literature they have read or experienced -- whether fiction, nonfiction, films, or visual art.
Text-to-World
As the students read, they draw parallels between the text and the outside world, including history, a contemporary issue, or a current event.
Visual Representations
As the students read, they create visual and/or symbolic representations of what they read. Working either independently or collaboratively, students can plan and make visuals that convey their understanding of a literary character, conflict, or theme.
Double Entry Journal
Four Types of Questions
There are four key types of questions:
- "Right there" questions (text explicit). These are literal questions where the answer is in the text itself.
- "Think and search" questions (text implicit). The answer is implicit in the text but the student must synthesize, infer, or summarize to find the answer. Think and search questions tend to be more open-ended without set answers.
- "Reader and author" questions (text implicit or experience-based). The answer needs the reader to combine his or her own experiences with what the text states, i.e., the knowledge presented by the author.
- "On my own" questions (text implicit or experience-based). The reader needs to generate the answer from his or her prior knowledge. The reader may not need to read the text to answer, but the answer would certainly be shaped differently after reading the text.
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1.B.5d Read age-appropriate material with fluency and accuracy
1.C.5a Use questions and predictions to guide reading across complex materials
1.C.5b Analyze and defend an interpretation of text.
2.A.5b Evaluate relationships between and among character, plot, setting, theme, conflict and resolution and their influence on the effectiveness of a literary piece.
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