Module 1: Journeys and Survival
Module Focus: Becoming a close reader and writing to learn
Book (s) read for the Module: A Long Walk to Water
Description: Students explore the experiences of people of Southern Sudan during and after the Second Sudanese Civil War. They build proficiency in using textual evidence to support ideas in their writing, both in shorter responses and in an extended essay. They read A Long Walk to Water, analyzing the points of view of the central characters, Salva and Nya. Students focus on one key theme: how individuals survive in challenging environments. The novel is paired with complex informational texts on Sudan.
Vocabulary: All definitions can be found in the Reading Vocabulary Notebook
scenario, determine, representation, plains, cradle, droned, route, point of view, central idea, literary text, theme, serene, pilgrimage, tally, imitate, refugees, Muslim, dehydration, exhaustion, topple, guerrillas, dysfunction, compound, dowry, humanity
**Please make sure that you have done the required reading and any articles in your reading folder. Bring your reading folder and books for this Module with you for the Exam.
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Module 2: Working Conditions: Then and Now
Module Focus: Working with Evidence
Book(s) read for the Module: Lyddie
Description: In this module, students explored the issue of working conditions, both historical and modern day. As they read and discussed both literary and informational text, students analyzed how people, settings, and events interacted in a text and how an author developed a central claim. Students strengthened their ability to discuss specific passages from a text with a partner, and write extended text-based arguments and informational pieces.
Vocabulary: All definitions can be found in the Reading Vocabulary Notebook
harassment, mighty, anxious, queer, dubious, noxious, transaction, loom, tavern, comrade, envious, mortified, garment, intruder, grimaced, snare, notion, fugitive, obliged, foreboding, conscientious, flaw, decipher, infamous, hapless
**Please make sure that you have done the required reading and any articles in your reading folder. Bring your reading folder and books for this Module with you for the Exam.
