Step One: Determine themes in selected literature; find multigenre
connections to the themes.

Literature S
elected/Genre

Themes
in Selected Literature

Genre Options

Possible
Thematic
Connections

Literary Text

Poetry

Drama

Fiction (short
story or
novel)

Literary
Nonfiction

Informational Text

Expository

Persuasive

Procedural

Step Two: Develop essential unit questions. (What enduring understandings
do you want students to take from this unit of study?)

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