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| Unit 1 : Telling Details |
| Activity 1.1: Previewing the Unit |
| Activity 1.2: Whose Room Is This? |
| Activity 1.3: “Bread” and the Power of Imagination |
| Activity 1.4: A Study in Characterization |
| Activity 1.5: Analyzing and Writing a Complex Sentence |
| Activity 1.6: Intention and Craft |
| Activity 1.7: Telling Details of Transformation |
| Activities 1.8 &1.9: Setting the Stage, Damage Control |
| Activity 1.10: Writing a Literary Analysis Paragraph |
| Activity 1.11: Studying Words, Making Predictions |
| Activities 1.12, 1.13 & 1.14: A Lesson in Perspective, Filling in Farquhar’s Backstory, Bierce and the Language of Sensation |
| Activity 1.15: Literary Analysis Paragraph |
| Activity 1.16: Shared Gifts: Introducing Irony |
| Activity 1.17: “Games at Twilight”: Use the Evidence |
| Activity 1.18: Digging in Deeper: Tone and Theme |
| Activity 1.19: The Leap into the Future |
| Activities 1.20 & 1.21: Analyzing Martha, Who Is Martha? |
| Embedded Assessment 1: Writing a Literary Analysis |
| Activities 1.22 & 1.23: Thinking About Creative Writing, Reading About Writing |
| Activities 1.24, 1.25 & 1.26: Reviewing the Elements of Plot, Reviewing the Elements of Setting and Characterization, Point of View and Style |
| Activity 1.27: Working Through the Writing Process |
| Unit 2 : Pivotal Words and Phrases |
| Activity 2.1: Previewing the Unit |
| Activity 2.2: Finding Poetry in Prose |
| Activity 2.3: The Art of Poetry Revision |
| Activity 2.4: Word Choice That Matters |
| Activity 2.5: The Double Edge of Impulse |
| Activity 2.6: Performance Punctuating Meaning |
| Activity 2.7: Writing a Review of the White House Poetry Jam |
| Activities 2.8, 2.9 & 2.10: Taking Sides in Verona, Putting Words into Play, Reflecting on Performance Choices |
| Activity 2.11: Setting the Stage |
| Activities 2.14 & 2.15: Acting Companies, Imitation Is Flattery |
| Activity 2.16: Friends and Their Foils |
| Activities 2.17 & 2.18: Dramatic Irony and Character Motivation, Soliloquies Versus Monologues |
| Activity 2.19: Coming of Age |
| Activity 2.20: The Fault in Their Stars |
| Embedded Assessment 1: Presenting a Dramatic Interpretation |
| Activity 2.21: Pivoting Back to Poetry |
| Activity 2.22: Simple but Powerful Poetic Language |
| Activity 2.23: Sound, Rhythm, and Themes in Poetry |
| Activity 2.24 & 2.25: Structure and Imagery in Poetry, An Ode to Whom? |
| Activity 2.26: Creating a Poetry Project |
| Unit 3 : Compelling Evidence |
| Activity 3.1: Previewing the Unit |
| Activity 3.2: A Study in Contrasts |
| Activity 3.3: An Alternative Perspective on Work and Home |
| Activity 3.4: Comparing and Contrasting Morrison’s and Adkison’s Essay |
| Activity 3.5: When Anecdote Becomes Argument |
| Activity 3.6: What Do You Have to Say About Summer? |
| Activity 3.7: Introducing Different Types of Evidence |
| Activity 3.8: Letting the Data Do the Talking |
| Activity 3.9: Changing the Conversation |
| Activity 3.10: Parsing the Essay Prompt |
| Activity 3.11: Outlining and Drafting |
| Activity 3.12: Children Are the Future: Using Rhetorical Appeals |
| Activity 3.13: To Go to College or Not to Go to College? |
| Activity 3.14: College Is Still Going to Pay Off, No Matter What |
| Activity 3.15: What Do I Want to Do When I Grow Up? |
| Activity 3.16: Don’t Hate—Debate |
| Activity 3.17: Planning Your Argument |
| Activity 3.18: Revising and Editing Your Argument |
| Embedded Assessment 1: Writing an Argumentative Essay |
| Activity 3.19: Planning to Research |
| Activity 3.20: Diving into the Research Process |
| Activity 3.21: Incorporating Sources and Synthesizing Information |
| Activities 3.22 & 3.23: Presentation Skills and Visual Aids, Rehearsing for a Presentation |
| Unit 4 : Powerful Openings |
| Activity 4.1: Previewing the unit |
| Activity 4.2: Setting the Scene |
| Activity 4.3: Where am I? Orienting Yourself in a Novel’s World Creating a Fictional World |
| Activity 4.4: Creating a Fictional World |
| Activity 4.5: The Role of the Narrator |
| Activity 4.6: Word Study |
| Activity 4.7: The Power of the Omniscient Narrator |
| Activity 4.8: The Omniscient Narrator as a Mind Reader |
| Activity 4.9: Writing an Analysis of an Argument: Outlining and Drafting |
| Activity 4.10: The Bias of the First-Person Narrator |
| Activity 4.11: The Voice of Scout Finch |
| Activity 4.12: The Layers of Scout’s World |
| Activity 4.13: Writing a Literary Analysis Essay |
| Activity 4.14: Coming of Age and Forming Opinions |
| Activity 4.15: Conflict with Miss Caroline |
| Activity 4.16: Getting to Know Boo |
| Activity 4.17: Questions and Conclusions |
| Activity 4.18: Dissecting Symbols |
| Activity 4.19: The Wisdom of Atticus |
| Activity 4.20: Shifting Perspectives |
| Activity 4.21: A Solitary Light |
| Activity 4.22: Analyzing Atticus’s Closing Argument |
| Activity 4.23: Aftermath and Reflection |
| Activity 4.24: Standing in Borrowed Shoes |
| Activity 4.25: Controversy in Context |
| Activity 4.26: Discovering Context |
| Activity 4.27: Picturing the Past |
| Activity 4.28: A Call to Change |
| Activity 4.29: Acts of Courage and Resistance |
| Activity 4.30: Creating a Research Plan and Using Sources |
| Activity 4.31: Creating an Oral Presentation |
| Activity 4.32: Rehearsing and Revising and Oral Presentation |