Week 3: Advanced Themes

Characters Who Change

Day 1: Introduction and Reading

Do People Change Journal
Teacher Notes (Vocabulary) Latin Roots with Key
Read "Do People Really Change?" (USB)
Discussion Questions (Text Evidence & Text Structure) Worksheet
Overcoming Obstacles (Article-A-Day Set) (USB)

Day 2: Supporting Themes

Read "The Scholarship Jacket" (USB)
RULER Discussion Questions (Discussion Worksheet)
(RL 8.2) by Citing Textual Evidence (RL.8.1) (Update)

Day 3: Supporting Themes

Read "Unusual Normality" (Youtube Interview - Short Story is a transcript of this speech.)
RULER Discussion Questions (Discussion WS) (Sample Answers)
Words to Study

Day 4: Persuasive Writing Task

Do People Really Change Persuasive Writing Task (Sentence Frames Worksheet)
Martin Luther King Jr. Article (How Leaders Change Others) (USB)

Day 5: Grammar and Review

Lesson Notes:

The order of short stories can be adjusted based on group. 
For example, it may be helpful to start with character short stories and then present the nonfiction article with writing activity.