Action and ReactionThis unit explores the dimensions of conflict. Students will read texts which focus on challenges, how people deal with them, and the effects of the decisions. Throughout this unit of study, students will have the opportunity to read close, discuss openly, and think productively.
Students will write routinely throughout the unit by responding to text-dependent questions, paraphrasing, summarizing, analyzing text, and reacting to the unit's essential questions. Students will study the characteristics of a high-quality informative writing and apply the characteristics in numerous daily writing assignments and the unit's final writing. |
Essential Questions |
What conflicts arise in our lives?
How do people respond to conflict? What are the effects of conflict? |
Essential Understandings |
Students will understand that:
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