Essential Questions: How do several authors develop the same theme differently How does the setting help develop the plot and theme of a story? How does a character’s point of view impact a reader’s understanding of a story? Learning Objective: Students… Continue Reading
Essential Questions: How do authors use elements of poetry to convey meaning? Why do poets use different forms and structures of poetry to convey meaning? How does a poet communicate his or her meaning through the use of sound devices?… Continue Reading
“To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experience and the fruits of many inquiries.” – AC Grayling Learning Objective: Students will be… Continue Reading
The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow. Bill Gates Learning Objective: Students will be able to synthesize information from fiction and nonfiction texts Key Skills: character, inference, figurative language, author’s purpose, foreshadowing, literary device, synthesizing Essential… Continue Reading
Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. – Vince Lombardi Learning Objective: Students will be able to synthesize information from fiction and nonfiction texts Key… Continue Reading