Into the Wild Lesson Plan

If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:

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   Reading closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it

2. 2

   Determining the text's central ideas and themes and analyzing their development

3. 3

   Analyzing the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text relate to each other and to the whole

4. 4

   Analyzing how texts address similar themes

5. 5

   Assessing how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of the text

6. 6

   Writing arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics of texts, using...