Transformations in Stories and Arguments

Stambaugh, Tamra; Fecht, Eric; Finn, Kevin

ISBN 10: 1618218301 / ISBN 13: 9781618218308

Published by Routledge, 2019

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Synopsis:

Transformations in Stories and Arguments explores essential questions, such as "How does the development of a character build the reader's understanding? How do the actions of others change the world? How do words and images impact our thinking?" This unit, developed by Vanderbilt University's Programs for Talented Youth, is aligned to the Common Core State Standards and features accelerated content, creative products, differentiated tasks, engaging activities, and the use of in-depth analysis models to develop sophisticated skills in the language arts.

Through the lens of transformation, students will examine narrative and persuasive elements essential to the analysis of short stories, advertisements, visual art, scientific argumentation, and their own writing. Students will discover transformations in themselves and their written work as they craft and revise narrative and persuasive pieces, realizing their own voice in the process.

Ideal for gifted classrooms or gifted pull-out groups, the unit features stories by Dan Santat, Fiona Roberton, Jannell Cannon, Christopher Myers, Maurice Sendak, Daniel Manus Pinkwater, Jane Yolen, and Patricia Polacco; poetry by Carl Sandburg; sculptures by Arturo Di Modica and Kristen Visbal; a viewing of Pixar's short film Lou and a variety of commercials; and engaging short nonfiction readings.

Winner of the 2015 NAGC Curriculum Studies Award

Grades 2-4

About the Author:

Eric Fecht, Ed.D., is an educational consultant for Vanderbilt Programs for Talented Youth. He supports a number of programs and special projects, including the Reading Academy at Vanderbilt.

Kevin Finn is a middle grade gifted education specialist for Rutherford County Schools in Murfreesboro, TN.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Transformations in Stories and Arguments
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2019
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: like_new