These 7 lessons aim to support the creation of a more academic style of analytical writing from students. The lessons use 'Moon on the Tides' ('Character and Voice') as a focus.Keywords: Verbs; Analysis; Analytical writing; Essay writing; Academic writing; Modal verbs; Modifiers; Nominalization; Noun phrases Poems can also be found from other sources.Aligned with Common Core State Standard: RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.4, RL.9-10.5, RL.9-10.6
Academic Writing: Moon on the Tides
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Grades 9-12
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Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).
Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.
Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.
a well thought out scheme which will allow teachers to push those students closer to the A/A* boundaries!
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April 08, 2012
