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**DRIVING QUESTION: What does it mean to be mature?**

**LITERARY TEXTS:**

 * Short Stories from anthology
 * //Midsummer Night's Dream//
 * //Tuck Everlasting//
 * //The Devil's Arithmetic//

**POWER STANDARDS:**
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text Common assessment: Open response based on "The All American Slurp" Scheduled: January || 4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone. Common assessment: Short answer quiz identifying figurative language or connotative meanings based on specific short stories. Scheduled:November ||  ||   ||   ||
 * 1.