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Unit Two Choosing to Persevere

Essential Questions
The big picture

Knowledge Targets
What I need to know

How do characters, real and fictional, use words and actions to

demonstrate perseverance?

How does the structure of drama contribute to its meaning?

How do elements of a drama interact in order to create a theme?

How do film versions of a play compare and contrast to the print

version?

I can define vocabulary from the text.

I can identify a variety of personality traits.
I can define perseverance.
I can list important prefixes and suffixes.
I can describe the difference between prose and drama.
I can read and understand stage directions.
I can recognize and define a variety of dramatic elements (i.e.
dialogue, character, plot, setting, etc).
I can identify the elements of a play.
I can define mood.
I can define flashback and foreshadowing.
I can identify and define a variety of cinematic techniques.
I can identify important conflicts within a dramatic text.
I can define monologue.
I can find symbols in a dramatic text.
I can identify various archetypes.
I can distinguish between phrases and clauses.
I can identify sentence types: simple, compound, and complex.
I can identify independent and dependent clauses.

Reasoning Targets
What I can do with
what I know

I can analyze characters by applying my knowledge of personality

traits.
I can recognize perseverance as a positive characteristic in other
people and in myself.
I can use my knowledge of prefixes and suffixes to better express
myself in writing.
I can compare and contrast the traits of prose and drama.
I can summarize essential details from a text.
I can interpret how stage directions reveal meaning in a play.
I can determine the mood of a play by carefully examining a
variety of dramatic elements.
I can analyze how authors use flashback and foreshadowing to
create meaning in a play.
I can explain how cinematic techniques help to convey the mood
of a film.
I can analyze how a playwright uses a monologue to help craft the

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Skill Targets
What I can
demonstrate

Product Targets
What I can make to
show my learning

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plot of a play.
I can connect stage directions and their ability to reveal character,
dialogue, and plot.
I can recognize the importance of symbolism and how symbols
help an author convey theme.
I can compare and contrast two film versions of the same scene
from a play.
I can apply my understanding of archetypes to a dramatic text,
determining which characters match with which archetypes.
I can analyze various points of view.
I can evaluate text evidence to support analysis and inferences.
I can compare and contrast a text with a multimedia version.
I can analyze how the dramatic elements contribute to the overall
theme of a play.
I can use my research to craft a project that summarizes what I
have read.
I can express my understanding of the relationship between
dramatic elements and mood.
I can invent original sentences that reflect my mastery of phrases
and clauses.
I can make predictions about what will happen in a play by
examining flashbacks and foreshadowing.
I can compare and contrast key conflicts within a dramatic text in
order to determine which conflict is the most important.
I can outline how a scene is filmed to enhance the mood of the
movie.
I can write convincingly about specific symbols within a play,
connecting their meaning with the plays theme(s).
I can make a determination about which of two filmed version of
a play are better, supporting my answer.
I can correlate an authors use of archetypes to the overall
meaning of the play.
I can participate in a discussion
I can evaluate my own writing to make writing goals
I can conduct short research projects to answer questions and
formulate opinions
I can evaluate my own participation in a discussion.
I can express my preference of two filmed versions of a scene
from a play in an original project.
I can use information from literary and informational text to
support my claims
I can create an authentic example of character who exhibits
perseverance.
I can write convincingly about how dramatic elements shape the
overall theme of a play.
I can present my research coherently for my classmates and my
teacher.
I can demonstrate my knowledge of stage directions through a

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variety of creative products.
I can create a variety of products to demonstrate my
understanding of the relationship between dramatic elements and
mood.
I can use my predictions about the ending of a play based on
flashbacks and foreshadowing to create an original alternate
ending.
I can illustrate my choice for the most important conflict through
original writing or a concept map that I create.
I can create an original movie or storyboard that shows the
important connection between cinematic techniques and mood.
I can create and perform a monologue.
I can create my own original work using archetypes to express
meaning.