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English I Language Arts - Unit II Overview
Using the vignette-driven novel, The House on Mango Street
by Sandra Cisneros, students will demonstrate essential language
arts knowledge and skills in a variety of ways. They will apply
these skills by focusing on the voice, word choice, and syntax
of personal writing, which is influenced by the background and
culture of the author.
Priority skills in this unit include the following: literary
techniques, diction, style, voice, syntax, and mechanics. The
vignettes provide models for students to examine and to use as
examples for their own writing.
Critical Questions:
- What literary techniques does an author use to add flavor
to his or her writing?
- How do these literary techniques contribute to the meaning
and understanding of literature related to different cultures?
- How does the method of vignette writing work?
- How do diction, voice, and syntax influence writing style?
- How do the mechanics of a piece contribute to the overall
meaning?
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Student Performance Expectations |
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Key
Information in the brackets that is not in bold (8.2A) is the
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skill (TEKS) that this objective is
aligned to.
Information in the
brackets that is in bold
(8.2.11B) (8.2.12A)
(11.2US10A)
is the specific Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS-
test) objective this objective is aligned to.
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Analyze the relevance of time and setting to literature
(11B) by determining how they are related to
narrator's point of view and character development (11C)
and theme (11A). (EI.11A, B, C) |
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Analyze characteristics of text, including structure, word
choice, and intended audience (12A); recognize and
interpret poetic elements like metaphor, simile,
personification, and the effect of sound on meaning (11G);
rely on context clues to determine meanings of words and
phrases such as figurative language (6B). (EI.6B, 11G,
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Construct images such as graphic organizers based on text
descriptions and text structures by creating a character
map (7D); analyze a character and identify
time and point of view distinguishing character traits,
motivations, and development (11C); identify basic
conflicts (11D); compare text events with his/her
own experiences (7B). (EI.7B, D, 11C, D)
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Write in a variety of forms using effective word choice,
structure, and sentence forms (1A); write in a
voice and style appropriate to audience and purpose (1B);
organize ideas in writing to ensure coherence, logical
progression, and support for ideas (1C); use
prewriting strategies to generate ideas, develop voice, and plan
(2A); develop drafts, alone and collaboratively,
by organizing and reorganizing content and by refining style to
suit occasion, audience, and purpose (2B); proofread
writing for appropriateness of organization, content, style, and
conventions (2C); use technology for aspects of
creating, revising, editing, and publishing (2E); draw
upon his/her own background to provide connection to texts
(7B); read to be entertained, to appreciate a
writer's craft, and to discover models to use in his/her own
writing (8A). (EI.1A, B, C; 2A, B, C, E; 3A, B, D; 7B,
8A) |
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Draw inferences such as conclusions, generalizations, and
predictions and support them from the text (7H);
recognize distinctive and shared characteristics of cultures
through reading (9A); use elements of text to
defend his/her own responses and interpretations (10B);
recognize the theme within a text (11A);
analyze characters and identify time frame and point
of view (11C); recognize and interpret
important symbols (11F); recognize and interpret
poetic elements like metaphor, simile, personification, and the
effect of sound on meaning (11G). |
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Draw inferences such as conclusions, generalizations, and
predictions and support them from text (7H); use
study strategies such as skimming and scanning, note taking,
outlining, and using study guide questions to better understand
texts (7I); recognize distinctive and shared
characteristics of cultures through reading (A);
analyze characters and identify time and point of
view (11C); identify basic conflicts (11D);
recognize the theme within a text (11A);
recognize and interpret important symbols (11F);
recognize and interpret poetic elements like
metaphor, simile, personification, and the effect of sound on
meaning (11G); use elements of text to defend
his/her own responses and interpretations (10B).
(EI.7H, I; 9A; 10B; 11A, B, C, D, F, G) |
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