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Unit 3: Play on Words Time
Frame: 4 Weeks |
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ELA > Grade 6 > Unit 3 |
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Unit Description This unit
focuses on reading, responding to, and writing poetry and drama, and on
applying a variety of strategies to demonstrate comprehension. The defining
characteristics, literary elements, and figurative language of poetry will be
analyzed, including simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole,
onomatopoeia, proofreading, revising, and publishing. Vocabulary and grammar
instruction occur within the context of the literature and student writing.
Oral interpretations of poems provide an opportunity for building fluency,
while publication of illustrated poems provides an opportunity for students
to hone technology and desktop publishing skills. With regard to drama, narrative
and dramatic techniques and conventions will be analyzed, including the use
of dialogue, stage directions, sound effects, and sets. Dramatic scenes and
short plays will be performed, as well as creative interpretation of a
dramatic speech to enhance its meaning. |
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Language can be used to evoke images. ·
A person’s dialogue and actions can be used to express conflict and
emotions. ·
Language and vocabulary should be selected based on purpose and
audience awareness. |
Essential Questions ·
How can language create mental images? ·
How can language affect emotions and experiences? ·
How do my words and actions relate to the meaning I want to convey? |
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GLEs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19,
20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39,
40 |
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Assessments ·
Performance Task – Poetry/Drama ·
Performance Task – Personification Poem Pattern ·
Unit Assessment – LCC |
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