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 * What is folklore? **

During this unit, you will learn about folklore. You will watch videos of folklore used in World of Warcraft and read folklore from around the world. Ultimately, you will demonstrate what you have learned by creating your own folktale and performing it in class.

**Common Core Standards**: [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.3] Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences. [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.4] Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.5] Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience. [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.10] By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

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