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Unit Texts

Grade 10, Unit 3 Student Reader
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Writing Tasks

S-6: Writing About “Crabs Dig Holes…”
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S-12: Writing About “Allegory of the Cave”
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Charts for Discussion

S-1: Difficulty in “Crabs Dig Holes” What and Why?
S-2: “Crabs Dig Holes” Lists: Important Moments and Questions
S-3: Retelling of “Crabs Dig Holes”
S-4: Retelling ‘Crabs Dig Holes’: Making Sense of Difficult Moments
S-5: What message do you think McPherson is sending in “Crabs Dig Holes”?
S-7: Difficulty in “Allegory of the Cave” What and Why?
S-7: Retelling Strategies
S-7: Section 1: A Retelling
S-8: Section 2: A Retelling
S-8: Section 3: A Retelling
S-9: Section 4: A Retelling
S-10: Section 5: A Retelling
S-11: What is the central idea of Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave”?

Forms and Graphic Organizers

S-3: Retelling “Crabs Dig Holes” Search and Study
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S-4: Retelling “Crabs Dig Holes” Making Sense of Difficult Moments
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