1. Unit 4
Theme

2. CCSS
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Common core state standards book:

3. Objective(s)
SWBAT identify and analyze…
theme
symbolism.

4. Vocabulary Theme (pp.386-389, R114) Symbol (pp. 386-389, R114)\
Verbal irony (pp. 443, R108)

5. Read The Interlopers pp. 394-405
Vocabulary: define, exemplify, illustrate
Acquiesce (396)
Condolence (400)
Draft (400)
Interloper (396)
Languor (401)
Marauder (398)
Pestilential (401)
Pinioned (399)
Precipitous (396)
Succor (401)
Reading level: avg.
About 13 min. Audio
Answer qs on pg. 403

6. Read Two Friends pp. 406-419 Vocabulary: Define, exemplify, illustrate
Dejectedly (408)
Fanatical (408)
Rejuvenated (410)
Pensive (410)
Eccentric (411)
Atrocity (411)
Afford (412)
Unperturbed (416)
Reading level: challenging
Audio about 13 min.
Answer qs on pg. 417

7. Read Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind and The sonnet-ballad pp 442-447
Bell ringer:
Who are the victims of war?
Exit slip:
Write 2 poems. The first poem about a nurse losing her war patient. The second poem about a son losing his father in a war.
Answer qs on pg 447

8. Complete Unit 4 Assessment
9 multiple-choice questions