How do I analyze an author’s choices in the structure/outline of a text and how do those choices create mystery, tension, or surprise?
What strategies help me determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a given context?
How does word choice impact written and spoken language?
How do I determine and give a detailed analysis of how a theme/central idea develops over the course of the text,emerges, and is shaped and refined by specific details?
How can I compare similar themes in different artistic mediums?
How do I use sources from the past to help me figure out my life today?
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Students will write an expository essay on the virtues of forgiveness or vengeance.
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Lyric Poem on Forgiveness, Virtue, or Revenge
Song Summary
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students will assume roles of characters from different texts and conduct a talk show centered on forgiveness
~William Blake
~William Ernest Hawley
~Gwendolyn Brooks
~Lucille Clifton
~Raul Leis
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~Joy Harjo
~Aminatta Forna
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~Emily Dickinson
William Shakespeare