*We will be reading the short story “Sam the Athlete” aloud as a class.

*Please open the document below:

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1. Short story summary:  this chart will guide you through applying the short story terms to the short story “Sam The Athlete”.

 

Good Morning!

We started the short story “Identities” the other day…

“Identities”

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We are starting with our short story unit; to better understand literature when reading, it is important to look at the “lenses” of reading literature….

*Group Activity:  Each Group will identify a different lens.  Each group will have a different lens.  Your task is to identify how the story could be interpreted based on the lens your group is responsible for…

Persuasive Writing

What techniques are used in these?

*Rhetorical Arguments

Some resources I want you to think of as you transform your paragraph template into a rough draft: