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-RigobertaMenchu -Social Justice SUBTOPICS -Word Impact SUBTEMcAS -Textual Evidence -Note-taking

Non Fiction -RigobertaMenchu -Social Justice -Validity of arguments

Non Fiction -RigobertaMenchu -Persuasion -Social Justice

Fiction -Story of B/Part-time Indian -College/scholarship essays -Editing -Book club -Word Choice
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Fiction -Story of B/Part-time Indian -Novel analysis -Discussion

Fiction/Reasoning -Story of B/Part-time Indian -Higher level reasoning -Novel Projects

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LEARNI NG OBJECT IVES OBJECT IVOS de APREN DIZAJE

-cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the texts says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. -analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone. -analyze particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature. -define social justice in their own words and determine a social justice topic they want to learn about. -use a variety of different notetaking strategies.

-analyze in detail how an authors ideas or claims are developed and refined by particular sentences, paragraphs, or larger portions of texts. -determine an authors point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view/purpose. -delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence sufficient. -identify false statements and fallacious reasoning

EVIDENCE OF LEARNING EVIDENCIA DE APRENDIZAJE -graded

-use the culmination of information acquired in order to write a persuasive essay. -write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics and texts using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. -analyze various account of a subject told in different mediums determining which details are determined in each account. -determining a theme and central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details.

-write a college entrance or scholarship essay. -develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. -focus on what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience when writing. -analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone. -create a book club and develop their abilities to create discussion questions and hold peer lead discussions.

-analyze how an authors choices concerning how to structure a text, order events with in it and manipulate time creating such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise -analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters and advance the plot or develop the theme. -write narratives to develop real or imagined events using effective technique, wellchosen details and wellstructured event sequences. -Propel conversations by posing and responding to questions that relate to broader themes or larger ideas -actively incorporate others into the discussion

-analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in 2 different artistic mediums including what emphasized or absent in the treatment. -draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection and research. -evaluate a speakers point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric. -identify any fallacious reasoning or exaggerated or distorted evidence. -delineate a speakers argument and specific claims, evaluating the soundness of the reasoning and relevance and sufficiency of the evidence and identifying when irrelevant evidence is introduced.

note-taking strategies -RigobertaMenchu discussions on chapters and social justice topics -notes on intro to social justice movie -topic choice written descriptions

-Social justice project (blog/Facebook Page) containing; poem, pictures, news articles, relevant resources, callto-action

-Persuasive essay using topic and information gained from social justice projects -Presentations of social justice projects -graded discussions -graded notes

-Rough draft of college related essay -Final college related essay -Self assessment and reflection -Book club notes and journal entries -Graded book club discussions

-Written narratives -Novel analysis written assignments -Graded discussions

-Reasoning discussions -Reasoning notes/preparation for discussion -Short written analysis of reasoning -Final novel projects