Grade+7,+Unit+2

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=UNIT 2: PERSEVERANCE= = = =ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How do characters, real and fictional, use words and actions to demonstrate perseverance?= = =

=LITERARY TEXTS--= =ANTHOLOGIES:= = = =NOVELS:= = = =SHORT STORIES:= = = =POETRY:= = = =MEMOIR:= = = =INFORMATIONAL TEXTS--= =ESSAYS:= = = =SPEECHES:= = = =ART, MUSIC, MEDIA--= =ART:= = = =MEDIA:= = = =ADDITIONAL RESOURCES--= = = =FUNDAMENTALS--= =WRITING:= = = =GRAMMAR and USAGE:=
 * =Prentice Hall Penguin Series Grade 7=
 * =Prentice Hall Writing and Grammar=
 * =//Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry// by @Mildred D. Taylor=
 * ="Song of the Trees" by Mildred D. Taylor=
 * ="Oranges" by @Gary Soto [E]=
 * ="Mother to Son" by @Langston Hughes=
 * ="My Furthest Back Person" by @Alex Haley=
 * ="In Search of Our Mother's Gardens" by @Alice Walker=
 * ="I Have a Dream" by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.=
 * =Photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. delivering his “I Have a Dream Speech”=
 * =Photography from Jim Crow Era=
 * =Photography from the Great Depression=
 * =Film version of //Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry//=
 * =Additional Poems by Gary Soto=
 * ="Exploring Author’s Voice Using Jane Addams Award-Winning Books" (ReadWriteThink)=
 * ="She Did What? Revising for Connotation" (ReadWriteThink)=
 * ="Drama Map" (ReadWriteThink)=
 * =Bio-poem worksheet=
 * =None this unit=

=MECHANICS:=
 * =None this unit=

=TERMINOLOGY:=
 * =Biography=
 * =Character's conflict: external and internal=
 * =Diction=
 * =Imagery=
 * =Tone=
 * =Symbolism=
 * =Irony=
 * =Metaphor=
 * =Prose=

=RETURN to 7-12 ELA Curriculum=

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