SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Grade 10 Unit 01 Literary Unit
Special Education and Consultant Teacher Resource Guide
Teaching Points
(Lesson Objectives)
Scaffolds and Support
1.1 Readers examine a text closely by thinking about what the
author might be trying to tell the reader about the world.
Use worksheets to help determine theme.
1.2 Readers determine a theme and trace it throughout a text by
asking themselves, “What is the message the author is trying to
convey? How does the author develop this theme over the
course of the text?”
List of common themes to help students identify theme.
1.3 Readers make inferences about the theme by asking, “Why
does this keep coming up? What might the author be showing us
with these patterns?”
Use fact and inference chart throughout reading of the story.
1.4 Readers show their understanding of characterization by
recognizing the way an author develops a character over the
course of a text.
Free graphic organizers
Use for help with characterization and literary devices.
1.5 Readers synthesize how literary devices influence each other
(e.g., characterization influences conflict and vice versa) by
tracing how and understanding why a character acts in certain
ways.
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Teaching Points
(Lesson Objectives)
Scaffolds and Support
1.6 Readers examine the effects of syntax and diction on a text
by examining linguistic patterns and providing textual evidence
Choose sections of the following story to study word choice and to
discuss tone and mood.
1.7 Readers recognize the differences between tone and mood
in a text and use textual evidence to support an identified
tone/mood.
http://www.americanliterature.com/author/stephen-crane/shortstory/a-dark-brown-dog
Site that explains mood vs. tone and gives examples.
http://ourenglishclass.net/class-notes/writing/the-writingprocess/craft/tone-and-mood/
1.8 Readers examine figurative language (imagery,
personification, metaphor, simile, irony) by providing specific
examples of figurative language from the text an explain the
purpose of each device
Worksheets to help with figurative language.
http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/figurative-language/figurativelanguage-worksheets/
1.9 Readers understand what literary effects are and how they
are created by examining the use of literary devices such as
mood, tone, and irony in the text.
1.10 Readers pay attention to how an author has structures a text
and think to themselves, “Why would the author use this structure
or literary device? What is he or she trying to show me?”
Site with good examples of text structure.
http://www.adlit.org/strategies/23336/
1.11 Readers connect the author’s choice about structure, plot,
and time to literary effects such as mystery and surprise
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