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Reading Elements Instructional Unit

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Reading Elements Instructional Unit

Grade Levels

6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

Course, Subject

English Language Arts
Related Academic Standards
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Description

Authors make intentional decisions regarding the reading elements in a text. In this unit, you will begin to evaluate these elements using text-dependent analyses. Text-dependent analysis responses should point out the author's specific choices, describe how and why the author made those choices, and for what particular reasons, to explain their significance and/or impact, then draw a conclusion about the author's meaning or message.

Rationale

You will be analyzing author's decisions and craft specifically through articles and excerpts that highlight good decisions. Some of these articles will review specific actions and decisions that have impacted history. Some will analyze characters and how their traits led to these decisions. Throughout the course of this unit, you should be thinking about how good decisions have shaped the world, and how you can apply the lessons to your own life.

Essential Questions:

What specific choices, as they relate to reading elements, does an author make to help a reader understand a text?

What is the intended outcome of authors choosing specific words, structures and details

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