Module B:
Essential Questions
Driving Questions
Trimester 2 Skills, Assignments, and Activities
NONFICTION- annotate fiction and nonfiction texts, compare a nonfiction account to a fictional story
LITERATURE- adventure fiction genre study, historical fiction genre study, understand literary elements and how they create a story, learn types of point of view
WRITING- adventure fiction narrative, responses to literature/informational text/media, historical poetry
SPEAKING/LISTENING-book clubs, Socratic Circles
RESEARCH- Using online resources (example: Easybib), note taking
GRAMMAR- parts of a sentence and types of sentences
VOCABULARY- 7th grade required terms
Essential Questions
- How do the choices we make influence our identity?
- How do conflicts impact our identity?
- How is identity reflected in our choices?
Driving Questions
- What are adventure fiction and historical fiction?
- How are characters' motivations essential to the plot?
- How do characters' actions communicate a larger meaning by revealing something about self or life?
- How do political and social themes in text shed light on today's issues?
Trimester 2 Skills, Assignments, and Activities
NONFICTION- annotate fiction and nonfiction texts, compare a nonfiction account to a fictional story
LITERATURE- adventure fiction genre study, historical fiction genre study, understand literary elements and how they create a story, learn types of point of view
WRITING- adventure fiction narrative, responses to literature/informational text/media, historical poetry
SPEAKING/LISTENING-book clubs, Socratic Circles
RESEARCH- Using online resources (example: Easybib), note taking
GRAMMAR- parts of a sentence and types of sentences
VOCABULARY- 7th grade required terms