Eden C. Stein
Reading Standards for Literature
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.1 Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. During the first lesson of this unit, students write a one page essay on
The Snow Queen
citing textual evidence.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text. During the second lesson, students create a theme target for
Kit’s Wilderness.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.6 Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text. For the film
The Secret of Rona Inish,
students will study how the filmmakers convey various points of view of the children.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.7 Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium (e.g. lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film). The students will do this for both films viewed in this unit.
Writing Standards
- CCSS.ELA-Writing.7.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
- CCSS.ELA-Writing.7.9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
- CCSS.ELA-Writing.7.10 Write routinely over extended time frames and shorter times frames for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes and audiences.
In the course of the unit, the students write an essay, respond to questions in writing, and complete dialectical journal entries.
Speaking and Listening Standards
-CCSS.ELA-SL.7.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners on grade 7 topics, texts, and issues, building on others ideas and expressing their own clearly.
-CCSS.ELA-SL.7.2 Analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media and formats and explain how the ideas clarify topic, text, or issue under study.
The class will be discussing the film and literature regularly and in a variety of formats (student led and teacher led).