Sequence / Skills / Resources / Assessment / Instructional
Strategies
1. Innovation & Creation Research
This module includes attachments. / Students will be able to:
conduct and gather research on a creator or innovator that reports on events and circumstances of his/her life (12.W.8).
present research in a digital media (PowerPoint, Prezi, etc.) format to the class (12.SL.4-5). / Instruction:
Computer Lab or Laptop Cart
Digital Media Access (PowerPoint, Prezi, etc.)
Research Report Rubric
Presentation Rubric / Formative Assessments:
Research Graphic Organizer
Creators and Innovators Research
Summative Assessments:
Report
Creators and Innovators Presentation / Independent Projects on Student-chosen topics
Modeling of Presentations
2. Anticipation of Literary Non-fiction
This module includes attachments. / Students will be able to:
create short arguments on topics that are central to the text (12.W.1).
identify the different modes and language use of the types of literary fiction (12.L.3). / Electronic Resources and Alternative Media:
Literary Nonfiction Presentation (https://prezi.com/vtsvrexwzfke/literary-nonfiction/)
Literary Nonfiction Multiple Choice Quiz / Formative Assessments:
Lecture Notes
Summative Assessments:
Literary Nonfiction Quiz / Lecture
Notes Graphic Organizer
Small Group Discussion
3. Individual vs. Society: Kamkwamba as the Influencer
This module includes attachments. / Students will be able to:
prepare answers and notes for a student-led Socratic discussion (12.SL.1).
participate and discuss important topics related to The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (12.SL.1).
cite textual evidence in support to support an inference drawn from the text (12.RI.1).
identify and explain two central ideas of the The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind in a 1 paragraph response (12.RI.2). / Multicultural Adoptions:
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
Instruction:
Socratic Seminar Question Sheet, Rules, and Rubric
Critical Response Questions Part 1
Short Response Rubric
Text-Based Response Rubric
Electronic Resources and Alternative Media:
TEDTalk: William Kamkwamba: How I Harnessed the Wind (https://www.ted.com/talks/william_kamkwamba_how_i_harnessed_the_wind?language=env) / Formative Assessments:
Socratic Seminar Participation
Summative Assessments:
Critical Response Part 1
Short Essay / Socratic Seminar
3-2-1 Video Summary Response
4. Tradition vs. Progression: Comparing Fiction and Nonfiction
This module includes attachments. / Students will be able to:
identify and explain the meaning of No Witchcraft for Sale in a short essay response (12.RL.3).
analyze the impact of tradition on real and imagined characters in fiction and nonfiction texts (12.RL.5). / Multicultural Adoptions:
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, by William Kamkwamba
Extended/Short Texts:
No Witchcraft for Sale, by Doris Lessing (The Language of Literature text)
Instruction:
Critical Response Questions Part 2
Critical Response Questions, No Witchcraft for Sale
Text-Based Response Rubric
Short Answer Response Rubric / Summative Assessments:
Critical Response Part 2
Critical Response, No Witchcraft for Sale
Short Answer Response / Independent Reading
Teacher-led Discussion
5. Dystopias and Utopias: An Introduction to Anthem.
This module includes attachments. / Students will be able to:
create short arguments on topics that are central to the text (12.W.1).
analyze how central themes develop over the course of a text (12.RL.5).
cite textual evidence to support an interpretation or inference from a text (12.RL.1). / Extended/Short Texts:
Anthem, by Ayn Rand
Anthem Anticipation Questions
Critical Response Questions, Anthem Part 1
Instruction:
Dystopia and Utopia Presentation
Text-Based Response Rubric
Short Answer Response Rubric / Formative Assessments:
Anthem Anticipation Guide Responses
Dialectical Journal Part 1
Critical Response Questions
Summative Assessments:
Short Answer Response / Lecture
Literary Circle Discussion
6. The Impact of Structure: Analyzing Organizational Elements of Anthem
This module includes attachments. / Students will be able to:
analyze the author’s structure of the text and how it contributes to the central conflict of society vs. individuality (12.RL.5).
cite textual evidence to support an interpretation or inference from a text (12.RL.1). / Extended/Short Texts:
Anthem, by Ayn Rand
Critical Response Questions, Anthem Part 2
Close Reading excerpt, Chapter 1 Anthem
Instruction:
Text-Based Response Rubric
Short Answer Response Rubric / Formative Assessments:
Dialectical Journal Part 2
Critical Response Questions
Close Reading Response
Summative Assessments:
Short Answer Response / Literary Circle Discussion
Close Reading Activity
7. Patriotism in Anthem: Comparing Anthem and the Declaration of Independence
This module includes attachments. / Students will be able to:
use The Declaration of Independence to support an interpretation of Anthem (12.W.9)
analyze how the sequence of events in Anthem contribute to the conflict of society vs. individuality (12.RL.3)
cite textual evidence to support an interpretation or inference from a text (12.RL.1). / Extended/Short Texts:
Anthem, by Ayn Rand
Electronic Resources and Alternative Media:
The Declaration of Independence text (http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html)
Instruction:
Text Comparison Graphic Organizer
Text-Based Response Rubric
Short Answer Response Rubric / Formative Assessments:
Dialectical Journal Parts 3-4
Text Comparison Graphic Organizer
Critical Response Questions
Summative Assessments:
Short Answer Response / Student-led Discussion
Literary Circle Discussion
8. Imagining a World: Create a Utopia/Dystopia
This module includes attachments. / Students will be able to:
conduct research and create an imagined world to synthesize themes and ideas from multiple texts (12.W.7)
present the utopia / dystopia project that is appropriate for an academic audience (12.SL.4). / Extended/Short Texts:
Anthem, by Ayn Rand
Instruction:
Text-Based Response Rubric
Short Answer Response Rubric
Utopia / Dystopia Project Directions / Formative Assessments:
Dialectical Journal Part 5
Critical Response Questions
Summative Assessments:
Short Answer Response
Utopia / Dystopia Project
Utopia / Dystopia Presentation / Collaborative Work
Student Presentations
Student Grading
9. Themes Across Media: The Village and Anthem
This module includes attachments. / Students will be able to:
analyze multiple interpretations of a theme by examining and writing on The Village and Anthem (12.RL.7).
cite textual evidence to support an interpretation or inference from a text (12.RL.1). / Extended/Short Texts:
The Village by M. Night Shyamalan (2004)
Critical Viewing Questions, The Village
Instruction:
Thematic Comparison Graphic Organizer / Summative Assessments:
Short Answer Response
Critical Viewing Questions, The Village / Alternative Media
Discussion
10. Creating a Philosophical Argument: Society vs. Individuality
This module includes attachments. / Students will be able to:
write an argument essay that makes a claim about the conflict of society vs. individuality using all the texts discussed (12.W.1)
review and develop writing by revising, reflecting, and editing writing (12.W.5) / Instruction:
Philosophical Argument Essay Rubric
Peer Review Rubric
Peer Review Self Reflection Sheet
Computer Lab or Laptop Cart (for SchoolCity Assessment) / Formative Assessments:
Philosophical Argument Essay Rough Draft
Peer Review Sheet
Peer Review Self Reflection
Summative Assessments:
Final Argument Essay
SchoolCity Summative Assessments Assessment / Peer Revision
Testing
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*These lesson modules are not an exhaustive list of resources and may be used by teachers in whatever way they choose to meet the needs of their students and meet the target standards per quarter.
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