Students will be able to…
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.

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

Compare and contrast the experience of reading a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text, including contrasting what they "see" and "hear" when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or watch.

Texts by J.R.R. Tolkien, 
"The Adventures of Tom Bombadil" 
"Tree and Leaf," 
"Beowulf, together with Sellic Spell" 
"Unfinished Tales," 
"Farmer Giles of Ham"
"Leaf, by Niggle"
"Smith of Wooton Major"
"Roverandom"
Excerpts of poems and songs from "The Hobbit," "The Fellowship of the Ring," "The Two Towers," and "The Return of the King"
Excerpts from the Appendices
"Letters to Father Christmas," 
and more!