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| Unit 1 : Coming of Age |
| Activity 1.1: Previewing the Unit |
| Activity 1.2: Talking About Voice |
| Activity 1.3: Narrative Voices |
| Activity 1.4: Parallel Structure |
| Activity 1.5: Defining Experiences |
| Activity 1.6: Learning How to Interview |
| Activity 1.7: Conversations with Characters |
| Activity 1.8: Two Versions of One Narrative |
| Activity 1.9: Reading an Interview Narrative |
| Activity 1.10: Examining the Art of Questioning |
| Activity 1.11: Transforming the Transcript |
| Activity 1.12: Planning an Interview |
| Embedded Assessment 1: Writing and Presenting an Interview Narrative |
| Activity 1.13: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2 and Preparing to Write an Argument |
| Activity 1.14: Building an Argument |
| Activity 1.15: Using Rhetorical Appeals |
| Activity 1.16: Targeting Your Audience |
| Activity 1.17: Evaluating Claims and Reasoning |
| Embedded Assessment 2: Writing an Argumentative Essay |
| Unit 2 : Defining Style |
| Activity 2.1: Previewing the Unit |
| Activity 2.2: Reviewing the Elements of a Story |
| Activity 2.3: Analyzing Writer’s Style |
| Activity 2.4: The Meaning of Imagery and Symbols |
| Activity 2.5: Shared Gifts: Introducing Irony |
| Activity 2.6: Close Reading of a Short Story |
| Activity 2.7: Introducing a Story of Revenge |
| Activity 2.8: Irony in the Vaults |
| Activity 2.9: Connecting Symbolism to Meaning |
| Embedded Assessment 1: Writing a Short Story |
| Activity 2.10: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2: Thinking About Style |
| Activity 2.11: Working with Cinematic Techniques |
| Activity 2.12: Film in Context: An Authorial Study |
| Activity 2.13: Setting the Mood and Understanding Tone: Wonka Two Ways |
| Activity 2.14: Revisiting Wonka: Thinking About Effect |
| Activity 2.15: More About Stylistic Effect |
| Activity 2.16: Interpreting Style: Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands |
| Activity 2.17: Analyzing Burton’s Style: Supporting with Textual Evidence |
| Activity 2.18: Analyzing Burton’s Style: Explaining with Commentary |
| Activity 2.19: Analyzing Burton’s Style: Bringing to Closure |
| Activity 2.20: Analyzing Burton’s Style: Writing the Analytical Paragraph |
| Activity 2.21: Independent Viewing |
| Activity 2.22: Planning a Draft |
| Embedded Assessment 2: Writing a Style Analysis Essay |
| Unit 3 : Coming of Age in Changing Times |
| Activity 3.1: Previewing the Unit |
| Activity 3.2: Picturing the Past |
| Activity 3.3: Setting the Context |
| Activity 3.4: Researching and Presenting Information |
| Activity 3.5: A Time for Change |
| Activity 3.6: Voices of Change |
| Activity 3.7: Historical Research and Citation |
| Activity 3.8: Reaching an Audience |
| Embedded Assessment 1: Historical Investigation and Presentation |
| Activity 3.9: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2: Writing a Literary Analysis Essay |
| Activity 3.10: A Story of the Times |
| Activity 3.12: Conflict with Miss Caroline |
| Activity 3.13: Analyzing Boo |
| Activity 3.14: Questions and Conclusions |
| Activity 3.15: Two Views of “One Shot” |
| Activity 3.16: Pin the Quote on Atticus |
| Activity 3.17: Shifting Perspectives |
| Activity 3.18: A Solitary Light |
| Activity 3.19: Analyzing Atticus’s Closing Argument |
| Activity 3.20: Aftermath and Reflection |
| Activity 3.21: Standing in Borrowed Shoes |
| Activity 3.22: “Hey, Boo” |
| Activity 3.23: Controversy in Context |
| Embedded Assessment 2: Writing a Literary Analysis Essay |
| Unit 4 : Exploring Poetic Voices |
| Activity 4.1: Previewing the Unit |
| Activity 4.2: What is Poetry? |
| Activity 4.3: Literary Devices in Poetry |
| Activity 4.4: Examining Experiences and Poetic Structure |
| Activity 4.5: Exploring Diction and Imagery |
| Activity 4.6: Extended Metaphor and Hyperbolic Me |
| Activity 4.7: Exploring Theme |
| Activity 4.8: Odes to Special Things |
| Activity 4.9: Coming of Age in Sonnets |
| Embedded Assessment 1: Creating a Poetry Anthology |
| Activity 4.10: Unpacking Embedded Assessment 2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet |
| Activity 4.11: Analyzing a Persona Poem |
| Activity 4.12: Poetry Analysis of “Young” |
| Activity 4.13: Poetry Café |
| Activity 4.14: Exploring and Analyzing a Poet’s Work |
| Activity 4.15: Choosing and Researching a Poet |
| Activity 4.16: Generating a Rhetorical Plan |
| Embedded Assessment 2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet |
| Unit 5 : Coming of Age on Stage |
| Activity 5.1: Previewing the Unit |
| Activity 5.2: Shakespeare’s Age |
| Activity 5.3: A Sonnet Sets the Stage |
| Activity 5.4: Conflict Up Close |
| Activity 5.5: Talking by Myself |
| Activity 5.6: Party Blocking |
| Activity 5.7: Acting Companies |
| Activity 5.8: What’s in a Setting? |
| Activity 5.9: Friends and Foils |
| Activity 5.10: A Wedding and a Brawl |
| Activity 5.11: Emotional Roller Coaster |
| Activity 5.12: TWISTing Their Words |
| Activity 5.13: A Desperate Plan |
| Activity 5.14: The Fault in Their Stars |
| Embedded Assessment 1: Presenting a Dramatic Interpretation |
| Activity 5.15: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2: Is Shakespeare Relevant? |
| Activity 5.16: Shakespeare in the Modern Age |
| Activity 5.17: Shakespeare’s Globe |
| Activity 5.18: Did Shakespeare Invent Teenagers? |
| Activity 5.19: Shakespeare Behind Bars |
| Activity 5.20: Give Up the Bard |
| Embedded Assessment 2: Writing a Synthesis Argument |