Unit 2 Author's Craft
Essential Question: How does an author craft a story?
Overview
Students read works of fiction to identify and analyze the various ways the authors craft their stories.
- The structure of a story
- Narrative elements
- Figurative language and imagery
Common Core Standards
Students will:
RL.7.1. Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
RL.7.2. Determine a theme of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
RL.7.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings.
RL.7.6. Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.