Unit #1: The Pursuit of Happiness
Prioritized Standards:
RL2: Determine two or more themes or central ideas of text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.
RL3: Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).
RL4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful. (Include Shakespeare as well as other authors.)
RL5: Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact.
RI2: Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text.
RL9: Demonstrate knowledge of eighteenth-, nineteenth- and early twentieth century foundational works (of American Literature, British Literature, World Literature, or Multicultural Literature), including how two or more texts from the same period treat similar themes or topics
W3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences. a. Engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, or observation and its significance, establishing one or multiple point(s) of view, and introducing a narrator and/or characters; create a smooth progression of experiences or events.
b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and multiple plot lines, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
c. Use a variety of techniques to sequence events so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole and build toward a particular tone and outcome (e.g., a sense of mystery, suspense, growth, or resolution).
d. Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.
e. Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on what is experienced, observed, or resolved over the course of the narrative.
W6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.
W8: Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and overreliance on any one source and following a standard format for citation.
W9A: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
a. Apply grades 11–12 Reading standards to literature (e.g., “Demonstrate knowledge of eighteenth-, nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century foundational works of American literature, including how two or more texts from the same period treat similar themes or topics”).
RL3: Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).
RL4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful. (Include Shakespeare as well as other authors.)
RL5: Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact.
RI2: Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text.
RL9: Demonstrate knowledge of eighteenth-, nineteenth- and early twentieth century foundational works (of American Literature, British Literature, World Literature, or Multicultural Literature), including how two or more texts from the same period treat similar themes or topics
W3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences. a. Engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, or observation and its significance, establishing one or multiple point(s) of view, and introducing a narrator and/or characters; create a smooth progression of experiences or events.
b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and multiple plot lines, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
c. Use a variety of techniques to sequence events so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole and build toward a particular tone and outcome (e.g., a sense of mystery, suspense, growth, or resolution).
d. Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.
e. Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on what is experienced, observed, or resolved over the course of the narrative.
W6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.
W8: Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and overreliance on any one source and following a standard format for citation.
W9A: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
a. Apply grades 11–12 Reading standards to literature (e.g., “Demonstrate knowledge of eighteenth-, nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century foundational works of American literature, including how two or more texts from the same period treat similar themes or topics”).
Text: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Week #1:
Day 1: Introduction & Class Discussion
What is "the pursuit of happiness"?
Of the following list, which do you think that teens currently deal with the most in their life (personally or in their family)? Why?
–Identity/self-esteem, poverty, racism/discrimination, family relations, hopes and dreams, bullying, alcoholism and violence
Click "reply" below to answer. Write 5 sentences on which item from the list and why you chose that item as the most prevalent in teens’ lives.
–Identity/self-esteem, poverty, racism/discrimination, family relations, hopes and dreams, bullying, alcoholism and violence
Click "reply" below to answer. Write 5 sentences on which item from the list and why you chose that item as the most prevalent in teens’ lives.
Day 2: Introduction PPT + Anticipation Guide
Intro PPT | |
File Size: | 7990 kb |
File Type: | ppt |
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/file/06BDF513-2743-478F-9639-94DDA7BC2750?tenantId=0cdcb198-8169-4b70-ba9f-da7e3ba700c2&fileType=docx&objectUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ffultonk12.sharepoint.com%2Fsites%2FSection_TEAMS214N86621279_H38LANGUAGE_ARTS%2FShared%20Documents%2FUnit%202-%20The%20Pursuit%20of%20Happiness%2FINTRO%20TO%20UNIT%2FAnticipation%20Guide%20.docx&baseUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ffultonk12.sharepoint.com%2Fsites%2FSection_TEAMS214N86621279_H38LANGUAGE_ARTS&serviceName=teams&threadId=19:[email protected]&groupId=1a9a7c75-ad4a-4720-81c5-9c7642c015e1
Day 3: ATDPTI Ch. 1 & 2 [RL2, RL3, W9, W3]
We will read the first two chapters together as a class.
https://www.sateskole.no/pluginfile.php/52444/mod_resource/content/1/the-absolutely-true-diary-of-a-part-time-sherman-alexie-1%282%29.pdf
https://www.sateskole.no/pluginfile.php/52444/mod_resource/content/1/the-absolutely-true-diary-of-a-part-time-sherman-alexie-1%282%29.pdf
Day 4: ATDPTI Discussion Questions for Chapter 1-2 [RL2, RL3, W9, W3]
Working in small groups, students will complete the questions for ch. 1-2. Responses must contain evidence from the text and should be in the form of CEI.
Ch. 1-2 Questions | |
File Size: | 23 kb |
File Type: | docx |
CEI | |
File Size: | 459 kb |
File Type: | pptx |
Day 5: Close Read Ch. 1-2 [RL2, RL3, W9, W3]
Week #2:
Day 6-7: Read + Annotate Ch. 3-6 [RL3, RL5]
CHARACTERIZATION & THEME TRACKER | |
File Size: | 60 kb |
File Type: | docx |
We will read these chapters together. Students will practice annotation strategies by filling out the chart as we read.
https://www.sateskole.no/pluginfile.php/52444/mod_resource/content/1/the-absolutely-true-diary-of-a-part-time-sherman-alexie-1%282%29.pdf
https://www.sateskole.no/pluginfile.php/52444/mod_resource/content/1/the-absolutely-true-diary-of-a-part-time-sherman-alexie-1%282%29.pdf
Day 8-10: ATDPTI Analysis Questions Ch. 3-6 [Rl3, RL5]
CH. 3-6 ANALYSIS QUESTIONS [rl3 + rl5] | |
File Size: | 23 kb |
File Type: | docx |
Students will work in small groups to complete the Characterization & Theme Tracker Chart. Students will also work on analysis questions for ch. 3-6.
Week #3:
Day 11: Unit #1 Summative Reflection
Unit 1 Student Reflection | |
File Size: | 32 kb |
File Type: | docx |
Day 12: Read pg. 77-104
Day 13-15: Informational Analysis
halloween___informational_reading.docx | |
File Size: | 88 kb |
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how_to_fight_monsters___informational_reading.docx | |
File Size: | 133 kb |
File Type: | docx |