Read paragraphs one and two from the prologue of Invisible Man together to establish our understanding, and then summarize the text.
React to chapters 14- 15 from A Lesson Before Dying to establish our initial understanding of the relationship between the characters.
Build our knowledge of the musical group Simon and Garfunkel by reading the background information. This will help you prepare to read "I Am a Rock."
Prepare to write by posing and answering questions about the theme of isolation in A Lesson Before Dying.
Draft a response that addresses the theme of isolation in A Lesson Before Dying and the secondary text?
Students read chapters 18-27 of A Lesson Before Dying and examine how the interactions among the characters and the lessons learned by these characters develops a theme. Students also view the video, "Why Your Worst Deeds Don't Define You" and determine the claim the speaker is making about humanity and redemption. Students answer questions in order to make connections between the themes in A Lesson Before Dying and the claims made in "Why Your Worst Deeds Don't Define You." Students write a response that analyzes how the interactions among the characters result in lessons learned by Grant and Jefferson.
Students read chapter eighteen of A Lesson Before Dying. Students will deepen their understanding about the lessons that Grant and Jefferson are learning about humanity by rereading sections of the text and answering questions. Students will also add to the humanity understanding tool and the character interaction understanding tool.
Read chapter eighteen from A Lesson Before Dying in pairs and analyze the development of characters.
We will react to chapter twenty-two from A Lesson Before Dying to establish our initial understanding of character and theme.
Annotate pages 190- 194 from A Lesson Before Dying focusing on lessons about being human to deepen our understanding of theme.
React to chapters twenty-five and twenty-six from A Lesson Before Dying to establish our initial understanding of the conflicts of the characters.
Students will read chapters 28- 31 of A Lesson Before Dying. They participate in a whole-class discussion about the changes that occur in the main characters and how these changes relate to lessons being learned. Students will analyze how the author develops tone in the last chapters of the book and how this tone relates to "If We Must Die" by Claude McKay and make connections between the themes that are developed in the poems and in the last four chapters of the novel.
React to chapter twenty-seven from A Lesson Before Dying to establish your initial understanding of the conflict between the characters Grant and the Reverend.
React to chapter thirty from A Lesson Before Dying to explore the author's purpose and tone.
Form claims to prepare for a discussion about how characters Grant and Jefferson have changed throughout the story.
Read "Invictus" in groups to establish your understanding. When we are done reading, we will locate details that develop the tone.
In this section, students prepare to write, develop, and publish the culminating task essay. They also reflect on the understanding they've built through the unit texts by engaging in a discussion about the unit question, and they prepare for the application unit by previewing possible tasks which relate to A Lesson Before Dying.
We will prepare to write by analyzing the culminating task for A Lesson Before Dying guidebook unit. This will help us understand the task and prepare to gather evidence.
Prepare to write by posing and answering questions about a prompt. This will help you refine our understanding of the prompt.
Revise the organization of your writing to a prompt to make sure the structure is appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience.