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Four
Short Stories |
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The students
will read “Leiningen versus the Ants,” “Contents of the
Dead Man’s Pockets,” “The Monkey’s Paw,” and “Masque
of the Red Death,” all short stories found in the brown
textbook they will be provided.
They will interpret the readings through the three
literary conflicts that I will teach them throughout the
unit.
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Five grammar assignments |
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The students
will review the structure of clauses in a sentence, and the use
and identification of relative pronouns and subordinating
conjunctions. They will complete five short assignments worth a total of 50
points.
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| 3. |
Grammar Quiz |
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A 40-point review quiz will test
their understanding of the grammar covered in the unit. |
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Vocabulary |
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The students will use
their dictionaries to define a list of vocabulary words,
organized according to the Greek or Latin words from which they
are built. |
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Vocabulary Exam |
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A 50-point
exam will review the introduced vocabulary.
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| 6. |
Five-paragraph essay on Literary Conflict |
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The students will
word-process a 110-point essay that interprets either “The
Masque of the Red Death” or “Contents of the Dead Man’s
Pockets” according the literary conflict of their choice. |
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| 7. |
Unit Test |
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This is a
comprehensive test, worth 120 points, that will review the
reading and concepts they learned.
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