• 1st Marking Period: Unit 1 Discovering Your Voice

    • Analyze a memoir
    • Compare poems
    • Analyze informational texts
    • Analyze figurative language

                  2nd Marking Period: Unit 3 Finding Courage 

    • Analyze character, plot, and setting
    • Cite evidence
    • Make inferences
    • Determine the central idea

     

    3rd Marking Period: Unit 4 Through an Animal's Eyes

    • Analyze point of view
    • Analyze word choice
    • Compare themes
    • Analyze personification and imagery

     

    4th Marking Period: Unit 5 Surviving the Unthinkable

    • Analyze the setting and the character
    • Analyze free verse
    • Determine meanings of words and phrases