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7th Grade Unit 2
Perseverance
 *  This second six-week unit of seventh grade builds upon the study of character by examining those who persevered in a variety of challenging circumstances. **

 Students read an array of novels—one about an orphan in the midst of the Civil War, another about a girl on a whaling ship in 1835, still another about a Latino teen working at the time of Cesar Chavez. They also read informational texts—about Helen Keller, Geronimo, or Martin Luther King Jr. to name a few. Students continue to reflect on the impact that historical events have on people, but also delve more deeply into the internal and external conflicts that characters experience and the qualities they possess that help them overcome challenges. Students continue to hone skills learned in the first unit about how characters develop and compare their development to the development of ideas in an informational text. This unit ends with an informative/explanatory essay in response to the essential question: How do individuals, real and fictional, use words and actions to demonstrate perseverance?

**ESSENTIAL QUESTION** How do characters, real and fictional, use words and actions to demonstrate perseverance?

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