Unit 3: The Ties That Bind
Duration of Days: 45
What brings us back to one another?
Character
Summarizing
Media
Dramatic Elements and Structure
Figurative Language
Point of View
Author's Purpose and Point of View
Informational Text Elements
Connotation and Denotation
Story Structure
In this unit, students will think about the theme and essential question as they focus on the literary period of Renaissance literature, analyzing excerpts from the drama Macbeth (Act I, Scene iii) and the poem “On the Painting of the Sistine Chapel.” They will also study the genre of drama while reading plays such as Antigone and Cherokee Family Reunion as well as an excerpt from the screenplay of Hotel Rwanda. In addition, such nonfiction texts as Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Dumas and “Claudette Colvin Explains Her Role in the Civil Rights Movement” by Roni Jacobson will encourage students to think about real-life issues as they read across genres.
- Character
- Summarizing
- Media
- Dramatic Elements and Structure
- Figurative Language
- Point of View
- Author's Purpose and Point of View
- Informational Text Elements
- Connotation and Denotation
- Story Structure