1. Understanding Perspectives: Slavery
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A Long Walk to Water
Understanding Perspectives: Slavery
Working Conditions & the Labor Movement
prefixes anti= against, de= down
dis= not, in= not, inter= between,
mis= wrongly, pre=before,
re= again, semi= half, sub=under,
super = above, un = not
root words: audi= hear, auto=self,
bene= good, bio=life, chrono=time,
dict=say, geo = earth, jur = law,
luc = light, mand = order,
omni = all, port= carry, terr= earth
vac= empty, vid/vis= see
understanding the lives of two extraordinary abolitionists, Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass
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through
informational texts
art and media
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poetry
primary documents
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Definition
Example
Comparison
Contrast
Positive/Negative Connotation
literature
How is the text structured? What is the purpose of this structure?
Why is this line/paragraph important to the article? How does it contribute to the development of ideas? How does it relate?
How does the poem’s structure contribute to its meaning?
How does the author develop or contrast the points of view of different characters or narrators?
Why did the author develop/contrast the different points of views?
Why does an author use language techniques (like figurative language, repetition, rhyme)?
understanding
applying
analyzing
evaluating/creating

2. Craft & Structure Informational Text Craft & Structure Literature
Structure: how a text is ____________& how the __________
relate to the whole.
Craft: the techniques authors use to create an _______ or an effect.
Main Types of Informational Text Structures 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
text structure:
text features:
literal:
figurative:
denotation
connotation
tone:
point of view:
authors’ purpose:
inform:
entertain:
persuade:
I can explain how an author organizes a text to develop ideas
I can analyze sections of a text and explain how they contribute to the
entire text
I can determine the author’s purpose and point of view
I can examine how the author’s position is different than others I can figure out the meanings of words/phrases
I can analyze the author’s word choice
I can identify the tone of a text by analyzing the language and word
choice
Craft & Structure Literature
Structure- the _________choice to tell a story using a particular form.
Craft- the techniques authors use to create an ________ or an effect.
Different Literature Structures: drama, poetry, narrative, short story, novel, fable, legend, myth
1st person rd person
author’s can play w/ time using…
flashback-
flash-forward-
alliteration:
hyperbole:
metaphor:
onomatopoeia:
personification:
simile:
repetition:
rhyme:
stanzas:_______________ lines ________________
symbolism:
allusion:
author __________narrator __________ speaker ________
dialogue:
I can explain how the structure helps me understand its meaning
I can figure out the deeper meanings of words/phrases
I can identify and analyze figurative language
I can determine how rhymes and repetition influence a text
I can analyze how an author develops & contrasts the points of view of the different characters or narrators