Maya Angelou Life After College

Maya Angelou—Life After College

H Puente 10 ---Period 2

Description: For this unit, you will be researching colleges and careers in order to create a road map to your life after high school. In addition, you will be reading, annotating, discussing, and writing about one of Maya Angelus’ autobiographical novels.

Tentative Agenda

1. “We Are Poem” (10)
2. Share Homework (15)
3. Creating a budget (30)

1. Finish job budget (45)

1. homework reflection (15)
2. Every pair will present their living situation (40)

1. Your free career test (30)
2. Introduction to Maya Angelou (25)

1. Investigating careers (30)
2. Recording We Are Poem (25)

1. Maya Angelou- literature groups (25)

1. Literary circles (25)

1. Colleges and career research (55)

1. Literary circles (55)

1. Maya Angelou (15)
2. “Still I Rise” (40)

1. Literary Circles (45)

1. College and career research (55)

1. Literary circles (55)

1. Individual -group30

1. Thanksgiving break (10)
2. “We Are” poem (10)

1. Literary circles (45)

1. College and career (55)

1. Literary circles (55)

1. Literary analysis (55)

1. “Televised” (55)

1. Literary analysis (45)

1. College and Career presentation (25)
2. College and careers presentation

1. College and career presentations

Common Core Standards:RL 2: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. RI 4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language of a court opinion differs from that of a newspaper). W2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. W6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically. W7: Conduct short as well as more sustained research. SL1: Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions. SL5: Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest. L1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

EL Standards/Unit Objective:

Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways: A collaborative: exchanging information and ideas with others through Socratic discussions. B Interpretive: Reading one of Maya Angelou’s autobiographical novels closely to determine how meaning is conveyed explicitly and implicitly through language. C Productive: Writing literary analysis to argue and defend conclusions, and using computers to practice keyboarding skills. Plan and deliver a brief oral presentation on the career and college of your choice.

Part II: Learning About how English Works: A/B/C writing well-written essays by focusing on coherence, unity, order, and completeness. Routinely practice creative writing by participating in writer’s workshops.

Part III: Using Foundational Literacy Skills: Students will continue to develop their vocabulary by using looking at the similarities between their native language and English (Spanish cognates).

Homework

Culminating Tasks

1. Select ONE of the following prompts and write a 2 ½ page literary analysis.

1)One of the most revealing types of conflict occurs when a character’s inner struggles are resolved at great personal price. Often, the character learns a lesson, but too late to help himself or another character. Explain how, in the work that you read, a character struggles but fails to learn a lesson in time, and thus, serves as an example for the reader. In your essay, focus on the conflict within the character. Be sure to include the price paid as part of the resolution and the lesson to be learned.

2)What is the theme of the novel? In your introduction, state the theme of the novel. In your thesis, explain how the theme is developed. In your body paragraphs, give specific examples of scenes from the novel in which the author developed the theme.

3)Write an analysis of Maya Angelou.

2. At the end of this unit, as your final, you will present a three-minute presentation in which you pretend to have already graduated from college and are returning to San Fernando High School as a professional who has agreed to come to motivate high school students to pursue a college career.

Ms. GarciaFall 2016Maya Angelou-Life After High School