Narrative reading unit:
In this unit, student will develop understandings about texts within multiple genres. Students will be able to deconstruct and interpret texts in a variety of meaningful ways while encountering more complex text genres as the unit progress. Students will participate in a reading workshop that hones reading skills through brief, specific lessons, teacher and student models, and thinking activities. Using important aspects of narratives and reading strategies, the students will learn the academic and social importance of reading while employing the selected tools and instruction. The unit emphasizes interaction between readers and text; readers learn to analyze intentional use of narrative elements, identify various narrators within a text, discuss authors’ crafts, and track theories about textual meaning while contrasting points of view from different characters. The unit encourages students to recognize that successful stories require many elements and actions of the author to change the lives of characters within a story. The Giver is used as the demonstration text (Adapted from the 7th Grade ELA MAISA Units).
Learning Targets:
UNIT LEARNING GOALS:
I can analyze literature to identify the narrator(s) within the text.
LESSON 2:
I can use textual evidence to identify the attributes of the characters in the novel I'm reading.
LESSON 3:
I can analyze how the setting of a story affects the characters' actions and events in a text.
LESSON 4:
I can identify and describe contrasting perspectives from different characters within a text.
LESSON 5:
I can locate and discuss examples of author's craft within a text.
LESSON 6:
I can make inferences using literal evidence about conflicts in a text.
LESSON 7:
I can analyze literature to identify themes within a text.
LESSON 8:
I can analyze literature to identify the narrative structure(s) within a text.
- I can read and comprehend grade-level literature.
- I can analyze how narrative elements contribute to the meaning of a text.
I can analyze literature to identify the narrator(s) within the text.
LESSON 2:
I can use textual evidence to identify the attributes of the characters in the novel I'm reading.
LESSON 3:
I can analyze how the setting of a story affects the characters' actions and events in a text.
LESSON 4:
I can identify and describe contrasting perspectives from different characters within a text.
LESSON 5:
I can locate and discuss examples of author's craft within a text.
LESSON 6:
I can make inferences using literal evidence about conflicts in a text.
LESSON 7:
I can analyze literature to identify themes within a text.
LESSON 8:
I can analyze literature to identify the narrative structure(s) within a text.
TEXt:
Handouts & Assignments
PRE-UNIT ACTIVITIES:
CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:
LESSON 1:
1. Read and Discuss Chapters 1-2 of The Giver
2. Then, complete the following activities about the three types of narration.
2. Then, complete the following activities about the three types of narration.
LESSON 2:
1. Read and Discuss Chapters 3-4 of The Giver
2. Then, complete the following activities about character attributes.
2. Then, complete the following activities about character attributes.
LESSON 3:
1. Read and Discuss Chapters 5-6 of The Giver
2. Then, complete the following activities about setting.
2. Then, complete the following activities about setting.
Analyzing Setting- The Giver
LESSON 4:
1. Read and Discuss Chapters 7-9 of The Giver
2. Then, complete the following activities about character perspectives.
2. Then, complete the following activities about character perspectives.
LESSON 5:
1. Read and Discuss Chapters 10-13 of The Giver
2. Then, complete the following activities about author's craft.
2. Then, complete the following activities about author's craft.
LESSON 6:
1. Read and Discuss Chapters 14-17 of The Giver.
2. Then, complete the following activities about identifying conflicts and making inferences.
1. Read and Discuss Chapters 14-17 of The Giver.
2. Then, complete the following activities about identifying conflicts and making inferences.
LESSON 7:
1. Read and Discuss Chapters 18-20 of The Giver.
2. Then, complete the following activities about theme.
2. Then, complete the following activities about theme.
LESSON 8:
1. Read and Discuss Chapters 21-23 of The Giver.
2. Then, complete the following activities about narrative structure.
2. Then, complete the following activities about narrative structure.
END of UNIT ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES: