Division of School Improvement - Model Curriculum Units

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Constructed Response 1 Based on the nonfiction selection provided, identify an example of irony used by the author. Analyze how the irony reflects the author’s view of war. Use specific details from the selection to support your answer. OR Construct a graphic organizer that identifies examples of irony used by the author and analyzes how the irony reflects the author’s view of war. Use specific details from the selection to support your answer. Your graphic organizer may be a t-chart or fishbone. Be sure to label your graphic organizer appropriately. Constructed Response 2 Identify a sound device in the poem and explain how its inclusion helps the author set the tone. Use specific details/examples from the poem to support your answer. OR Construct a graphic organizer that identifies examples of sound devices used by the author and analyzes how the sound devices reflect the author’s view of war. Use specific details from the selection to support your answer. Your graphic organizer may be a t-chart or fishbone. Be sure to label your graphic organizer appropriately. Constructed Response 3 Identify an example of imagery in the selection and explain how it adds to the selection’s meaning. Use specific examples/details from the text to support your answer. OR Construct a graphic organizer that identifies examples of imagery used by the author and analyzes how the imagery reflects the author’s view of war. Use specific details from the selection to support your answer. Your graphic organizer may be a t-chart or fishbone. Be sure to label your graphic organizer appropriately. Performance Event Based on the poem provided, identify three examples of any combination of imagery and sound devices. In a well-developed essay analyze the author’s use of these images and sound devices to create his/her impression of war. The essay should include a title; the correct citation format for the poem; and correct punctuation, capitalization, and spelling. You may use dictionaries or other spelling resources to edit your essay.

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Constructed Response 1

Based on the nonfiction selection provided, identify an example of irony used by the author. Analyze how the irony reflects the author’s view of war. Use specific details from the selection to support your answer.

Construct a graphic organizer that identifies examples of irony used by the author and analyzes how the irony reflects the author’s view of war. Use specific details from the selection to support your answer. Your graphic organizer may be a t-chart or fishbone. Be sure to label your graphic organizer appropriately.

Constructed Response 2

Identify a sound device in the poem and explain how its inclusion helps the author set the tone. Use specific details/examples from the poem to support your answer.

Construct a graphic organizer that identifies examples of sound devices used by the author and analyzes how the sound devices reflect the author’s view of war. Use specific details from the selection to support your answer. Your graphic organizer may be a t-chart or fishbone. Be sure to label your graphic organizer appropriately.

Constructed Response 3

Identify an example of imagery in the selection and explain how it adds to the selection’s meaning. Use specific examples/details from the text to support your answer.

Construct a graphic organizer that identifies examples of imagery used by the author and analyzes how the imagery reflects the author’s view of war. Use specific details from the selection to support your answer. Your graphic organizer may be a t-chart or fishbone. Be sure to label your graphic organizer appropriately.

Performance Event

Based on the poem provided, identify three examples of any combination of imagery and sound devices. In a well-developed essay analyze the author’s use of these images and sound devices to create his/her impression of war. The essay should include a title; the correct citation format for the poem; and correct punctuation, capitalization, and spelling. You may use dictionaries or other spelling resources to edit your essay.