Summer Reading Activity: Literary Terms

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Summer Reading Activity: Literary Terms

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This resource contains a list of literary terms that students should familiarize themselves with over the summer through their reading. Students will also keep dialectical journals, and note literary terms from the assigned reading, along with connections between the texts. Although the assigned texts for this activity are "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak and the Bible, other texts may be used.

Education Levels:

9, 10

Subject:

Writing (composition), Reading, Process Skills, Literature

Resource Type:

Activity

Medium:

PDF

Fee Status:

Free

Beneficiary:

Students

Online provider:

Biblioteca Las Américas

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Keywords:

Summer reading, Literary terms, Plot elements, Comparative literature

Mediator:

Secondary school teachers

Publisher:

Biblioteca Las Américas

Is Part Of:

http://bla.stisd.net/

Language:

English

General

Essential Resources:

"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak; Bible; Computer or paper and writing instrument

Learning Time:

Throughout summer

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Language Arts, English

Instructional Methods

Assessment Method:

Curriculum based assessment

Learning Outcomes:

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Reading Standards for Literature

Key Ideas and Details

1. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Reading Standards for Literature

Key Ideas and Details

3. Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Reading Standards for Literature

Craft and Structure

4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Reading Standards for Literature

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

9. Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work (e.g., how Shakespeare treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible or how a later author draws on a play by Shakespeare).

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Summer Reading Activity: Literary Terms

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