Units of Study
Unit 1 - Who Am I?
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Who am I?
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How do I define who I am?
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What is my story?
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How do stories help us understand our world?
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How do an author's choices impact mood and meaning?
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How do authors develop experiences, events, and characters?
Unit 2 - Belonging
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What does it mean to belong?
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How does our participation in different groups impact oour sense of belonging?
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How do we stand up for each other when our sense of belonging is threatened?
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How does the author's word choice impact mood, tone, and theme?
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How do authors structure writing to convey message?
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How do we write essays that support claim with clear reasons and relevant evidence while organizing reasons and evidence clearly?
Unit 2 - Survival
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What does it take to be a survivor?
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What causes peope to take risks? What makes some take risks and others not?
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How do authors develop points of view?
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How does word choice affect tone, meaning, and mood?
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How does text structure impact the development of ideas and meaning?
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How are effective arguments with sound reasoning and sufficient evidence developed and delivered?
Unit 4 - Making Choices
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What are we willing to give up in order to gain what we think we need?
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What control do we have in making choices?
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What impact do our choices have?
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How do authors develop points of view?
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How does word choice affect tone, meaning, and mood?
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How does an author reveal a plot or devellop key ideas or events in writing?
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How does text structure impact the development of ideas and meaning?
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How are effective arguments with sound reasoning and sufficient evidence developed and delivered?