Unit One/ The Short Story Part 1

Unit Objectives

Students will be able to:

-understand the elements of a short story

-apply strategies for reading and comprehending short stories

-read and analyze a short story about generosity and selflessness in love

-identify the narrator's point of view in a short story

-read and analyze a short story about two people who act on their first impressions of each other

-identify elements of plot

-read and analyze a short story about a young boy who comes to terms with his fears about the impending death of his grandmother

-understand characterization in a short story

-read and analyze a short story about a difficult choice that is a matter of life and death

-identify conflict in a short story

-read and analyze a short story about a man who changes places with the other class

-identify setting

-read and analyze a short story about revenge

-identify mood in a short story

-read and understand magazine articles

-read and analyze a short story about a dramatic response to an invasion of privacy

-understand the use of dialect

Important Date (s):

-Vocabulary Test: 10/3/08- Vocabulary Preview Words: "The Lady, or the Tiger?" "The Most Dangerous Game", and "The Cask of Amontillado"

- Unit Test: 10/5/08

Short Story Unit Part I/ Theme: Matters of Life and Death

Unit Objectives

Students will be able to:

-understand the elements of a short story

-apply strategies for reading and comprehending short stories

-identify the narrator's point of view in a short story

-identify setting, conflict, and mood in a short story

Important Date (s):

-Vocabulary Test: 10/3/08- Vocabulary Preview Words: "The Lady, or the Tiger?" "The Most Dangerous Game", and "The Cask of Amontillado"

- Unit Test: 10/5/08