Navigating Narratives: A Thematic Reader
Navigating Narratives: A Thematic Reader is a reading resource containing short stories, essays, speeches, poems, articles, and more, both fiction and nonfiction. Students can hone their reading, writing, and critical thinking skills as they encounter a carefully curated selection of both literary classics and contemporary pieces – varying in genre, length, topic, voice, and more – by authors of diverse perspectives, experiences, and purposes.
The readings are grouped into six thematic units emphasizing the powerful relationship between literature and the human experience:
Unit 1: Connections We Share Unit 2: Turning Points Unit 3: By Our Own Power Unit 4: Who Am I? Unit 5: The Roles We Play Unit 6: Breaking Free Each passage is supported by a framework of instructional content, developed by English educators across the country and designed to promote thoughtful discussion, deeper comprehension and analysis, and ample teaching opportunities:
• Introduction with author background • Discussion questions • Style and strategy questions • Writing assignment(s)
The readings are grouped into six thematic units emphasizing the powerful relationship between literature and the human experience:
Unit 1: Connections We Share Unit 2: Turning Points Unit 3: By Our Own Power Unit 4: Who Am I? Unit 5: The Roles We Play Unit 6: Breaking Free Each passage is supported by a framework of instructional content, developed by English educators across the country and designed to promote thoughtful discussion, deeper comprehension and analysis, and ample teaching opportunities:
• Introduction with author background • Discussion questions • Style and strategy questions • Writing assignment(s)
