Parallel Curriculum Units for Language Arts, Grades 6-12

About the Editors About the Contributors Introduction to the Parallel Curriculum Model 1. Understanding and Finding Your Author's Voice: An Intermediate Language Arts Unit (Grades 6-7) Introduction to the Unit - Lee-Ann Hayen Content Framework - Judy Walsh Assessments - Judy Walsh Unit Sequence, Description, and Teacher Reflections Lesson 1.1: The Contributors to Identity Lesson 1.2: Shaping Your Voice Lesson 1.3: The Influences on Mood Lesson 1.4: Analyzing an Author's Voice Lesson 1.5: Finding the Right Voice and Mood for Your Purpose Lesson 1.6: Your Turn 2. The LIttle Napoleon in Us All: Literary Criticism and the Battle for Power (Grade 8) Introduction to the Unit Content Framework Assessments Unit Sequence, Description, and Teacher Reflections Lesson 2.1: Preassessment/Brainstorming Lesson 2.2: What Is Allegory? Lesson 2.3: Diary of an Author Lesson 2.4: Write a Personal Allegory Lesson 2.5: Character Analysis, Part I Lesson 2.6: Orwell's Responsibility Lesson 2.7: Literary Criticism Lesson 2.8: WRite a Literary Critique of Animal Farm Lesson 2.9: Character Analysis Map, Part II Lesson 2.10: What Is a Classic? Lesson 2.11: Survivor: The Isms Lesson 2.12: Final Assessment 3. Reacting to a Literary Model: Writing Original Pieces (Grades 9-10) Introduction to the Unit Content Framework Assessments Unit Sequence, Description, and Teacher Reflections Lesson 3.1: Preassessment Lessons 3.2 and 3.3: Setting and Mood Lessons 3.4 and 3.5: Creating Realistic Characters Lessons 3.6 and 3.7: Prejudice, Conflict, and Theme Lesson 3.8: Postassessment 4. You Be the Critic: Understanding, Using, and Writing Literary Criticism (Grades 11-12) Introduction to the Unit Content Framework Assessments Unit Sequence, Description, and Teacher Reflections Lesson 4.1: Introduction to Literary Criticism Lesson 4.2: Analyzing a Fictional passage for Content Lessons 4.3, 4.4, and 4.5: Character Development and Point of View Lessons 4.6 and 4.7: Understanding Tone Lessons 4.8 and 4.9: What Is Style? Lesson 4.10: Recognizing Style Lesson 4.11: Rhetoric and Rhetorical Devices Lessons 4.12 and 4.13 The Persuasive Essay and the Editorial Lessons 4.14 and 4.15: Writing a Literary Analysis Index