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Grade Level:

9

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Language Arts

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Goal Summary:

Standard Area - CC.1.3: Reading Literature: Students read and respond to works of literature - with emphasis on comprehension, making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.

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Essential Questions:

What are the elements of fiction?
What are the elements of a short story?
What are literary elements and how do they help us understand fiction?
What is a universal theme?
What is the author's purpose for writing this piece of literature?
What are the elements of poetry?
How should you read poetry? Figuratively or Literally? What's the difference?
What groups of people do you think were not given equal opportunity in the early 1900's?
How does "The Scarlet Ibis" and "I Too Sing America" emphasize the unfortunate theme of inequality during the early 1900's?

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