Unit 1: Generations
Essential Question: What can one generation learn from another?
Description: As you read through Unit 1, you will read many examples of how a person can influence someone from another generation.
Vocabulary:
dialogue, consequence, perspective, notable, contradict, lamented, indignity, reproach, discordant, squabbling, devastated, connects, influence, encouraged, bond, resilience, perseverance, generosity, struggling, impairments, frustrated, supervision, charitable, philanthropist, set, tone, composition, light and shadow, perspective, flung, catapulted, lurched, resistant, ballot, mediocre, prone, inspire, luggage, crate, confined, compartment, advocate, testament, fate, goad, plead, exhort, acquit, determination, perch, inference, quotation, narrator
Concepts/Skills:
summarize (8)
character- traits, motives, perspective (27)
point of view- first person and third person (27)
monologue (31)
author’s point of view- objective, subjective, weighted words (39)
memoir- a narrative point of view (47)
synonyms- similar meaning (48)
antonyms- opposite meaning (48)
transition words- similarities, differences, sequence, examples (51)
nonfiction narrative- elements (52)
sequence of events (54)
author’s style- voice (sentence structure, word choice, tone) (55)
rhythm, repetition (102)
precise language- (56)
dialogue- (56)
context clues (56, 94)
central idea (main idea) (67)
base words (70)
characterization- direct and indirect (78)
comparison-and-contrast essay (84, 85)
connotation and denotation (100)
symbol and symbolism (24, 101)
theme (101)
free verse (102)
narrative poem (103)
sensory language (103)
Conventions:
Nouns: common, proper, possessive (29)
Pronouns: personal, possessive (29)
Adverbs and the words they modify: (41)
Adjectives: coordinate adjectives, cumulative adjectives (49)
Conjunctions: coordinating and subordinating (49)
Independent and dependent clauses (79)
Latin Prefix: in- (28), super- (77)
Latin Suffix: -ity (48)
Suffix: -ment (66)
