Class: ELAC/English Comp 10

6 weeks
NAME OF UNIT: Literary Devices/House on Mango Street DURATION OF UNIT:

Essential
Questions How do readers know what to believe in what they read, hear, and view?
How do strategic readers create meaning from informational and literary text?
How does interaction with text provoke thinking and response?
How do strategic readers create meaning from informational and literary text?
How does interaction with text provoke thinking and response?
How do authors use figurative language devices to affect their craft?

ACADEMIC
SKILLS/COMPETENCIES RESOURCES
VOCABULARY
Plot
Basic situation
Rising action Standards House on Mango Street Study
Climax Questions.pdf
 Analyze what the text says explicitly as well as inferentially; cite strong and thorough textual
Falling action
evidence to support the analysis. Sandra Cisneros Pre Reading
Resolution
Character/characterizat Research.pdf
 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the
ion Setting. course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details.
The House on Mango Street -
Narrator Provide an evidence-based summary of the text.
Point of view Sandra Cisneros.pdf
Irony  Analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding the development of complex
Style characters over the course of a text, the interaction with other characters and/or the social, The House on Mango Street
cultural, historical context, and the advancement of the plot or the development of the Journal Entries.pdf
Symbolism
Tone
theme.
The House on Mango Street
Internal Conflict
 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in literary guide.pdf
Motivation word meanings.
External Conflict
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony

CURRICULUM GUIDE – Subject 1

Dramatic Irony Students will be able to:
Protagonist
Antagonist
Suspense  define and describe differing literary devices.
Mood  explain why and how literary devices are used in text.
Foreshadowing  identify literary devices in text samples.
Flashback  identify character traits.
Theme  analyze the author’s use of literary elements to develop characters (characterization).
Central idea  analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text, interact with other
3rd Omniscient characters, and advance the plot or develop a theme.
3rd Limited
1st Person  identify and explain characterization techniques in short stories.
Exposition  identify and explain irony and how it affects the plot of the story.
Resolution  identify the point of view in a short story and analyze how point of view affects the reader’s
interpretation of the story.
 analyze symbolism in a short story and explain how it contributes to the story’s theme.

CURRICULUM GUIDE – Subject 1

 Formative Assessments

CURRICULUM GUIDE – Subject 1

 Summative Assessments
HOUSE ON MANGO STREET
video 1.mp4 This video will be played at the end of the unit just prior to the students starting their Summative Assessment Project

PowerPoint

Introduction to
House on Mango
Street PPT.pptx

Presentations/Videos

CURRICULUM GUIDE –Subject 2

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Tests/Quizzes

Other Resources

CURRICULUM GUIDE – Subject 3

CURRICULUM GUIDE – Subject 4
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CURRICULUM GUIDE – Subject 6