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Pancakes, Unit 2 2008
Literature
(PP 192-205) Series
Story 2 Synthesizing Identifying
A Christmas & drawing tone
Carol conclusions
(Story 3)

Story 3, Identifying
Horse of the Defining
character’s words in
Century, Unit 1, context
Pg 132 traits

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1. How do authors create tone?

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2. Why is it important for readers to synthesize and draw conclusions?

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3. How are traits used to develop a character?
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Grammar
Synthesizing & Tone 9th Grade
Drawing
Conclusion •Identify poem’s tone sentence combining

• make predictions •Shift in tone Identifying words in context

Determine implied meanings
•Pre-reading •Speaker’s tone
strategies BCR: explain how words/phrases affect
meaning
•Identifying universal
themes
10th Grade
Editing for punctuation
Writing Recognizing sentence structure
COMPOSE TO DESCRIBE Determining implied meanings
BCR: explain how words/phrases affect
meaning

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Story 1: Pancakes- Short Story- (Unit 2) Pg 194: Draw Conclusions,
Analyze Character (static character, dynamic character), First-Person
POV, Third Person Omniscient POV, Evaluate Character Traits
Grammar: Determining Implied Meanings

**Story 2: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (Classic Tale):

Characterization, POV, Predicting (Writing Prompt: Character Sketch:
Descriptive Writing Piece – T Shirt Activity – Movie Field Trip)

Story 3: Horse of the Century (Magazine Article, Timeline, Radio

Transcript) – (Unit 1) Pg 132: Synthesize and Draw Conclusions,
Summarize, Analyze Mood and Tone
Grammar: Sentence Combining, Recognizing
Sentence Structure