RL.11-12

RL.11-12.3

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).

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Characterization in "The Devil and Tom Walker"

11th Grade ELA » Unit: Gothic Literature: The Short Story

Julie Ferreira

Taunton, MA

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Old Scratch and a termagant wife add to Tom Walker's travails.

Standards:

RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.3 RL.11-12.9 W.11-12.9

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Edgar Allan Poe: "The Black Cat"

11th Grade ELA » Unit: Gothic Literature: The Short Story

Julie Ferreira

Taunton, MA

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Poe's macabre style is the cat's pajama.

Standards:

RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.3

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A Rose for Emily Part II

11th Grade ELA » Unit: Gothic Literature: The Short Story

Julie Ferreira

Taunton, MA

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Emily's is dying to get married: Is Emily a predator or victim?

Standards:

RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.3 RL.11-12.5 RL.11-12.7 W.11-12.9

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Flannery O'Connor: The Life You Save May Be Your Own

11th Grade ELA » Unit: Gothic Literature: The Short Story

Julie Ferreira

Taunton, MA

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

The grotesque and the obsessed maneuver through the American South.

Standards:

RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.3 W.11-12.9

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The Southern Gothic: A Rose for Emily

11th Grade ELA » Unit: Gothic Literature: The Short Story

Julie Ferreira

Taunton, MA

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

A rose is not just a rose: Emily's dreams wither along with her perception of reality.

Standards:

RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.3 RL.11-12.5 W.11-12.9 SL.11-12.1

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An Allegorical Investigation of "The Minister's Black Veil"

11th Grade ELA » Unit: Romanticism & Transcendentalism

Cassy McCoy Carey

Rochester, IL

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Making the leap from finding allegory in "Horton Hears a Who" to finding allegory in "The Minister's Black Veil" is easier than you'd think!

Standards:

RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.3 RL.11-12.4 RL.11-12.5 RL.11-12.6 RL.11-12.10 W.11-12.2b SL.11-12.1a SL.11-12.1b SL.11-12.1c SL.11-12.1d SL.11-12.2 L.11-12.1b L.11-12.4c

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Introduction to Their Eyes Were Watching God

11th Grade ELA » Unit: Reading Their Eyes Were Watching God

Martha Soto

Los Angeles, CA

Environment: Urban

Big Idea:

Helping students find a comfortable entry point to this complex novel.

Standards:

RL.11-12.3 RL.11-12.4 RL.11-12.9 SL.11-12.1

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Chapters 1-3 Quiz/Read Chapter 4

11th Grade ELA » Unit: The Great Gatsby

Julie Ferreira

Taunton, MA

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Characterization unpeels Gatsby.

Standards:

RL.11-12.3

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Get 'Em Moving by Blocking Out Chapter 4 of Great Gatsby

11th Grade ELA » Unit: Is Gatsby Really so "Great"?

Cassy McCoy Carey

Rochester, IL

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

You haven't lived as an ELA teacher until you've watched students latch on to the role of Meyer Wolfshiem...luxuriating nosehairs and all!

Standards:

RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.2 RL.11-12.3 RL.11-12.4 RL.11-12.5 RL.11-12.7 SL.11-12.1a SL.11-12.1b SL.11-12.1c SL.11-12.1d SL.11-12.6 L.11-12.4a L.11-12.5a L.11-12.5b

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Ravin' About "The Raven": Inside Gothic Lit with Oates & Poe

11th Grade ELA » Unit: Romanticism & Transcendentalism

Cassy McCoy Carey

Rochester, IL

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

If there's one thing kids understand, it's how creepy Christopher Walken is. Now let's apply that to Gothic Lit!

Standards:

RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.2 RL.11-12.3 RL.11-12.4 RL.11-12.5 W.11-12.2b W.11-12.2c W.11-12.2e W.11-12.2f W.11-12.4 W.11-12.5 W.11-12.9a W.11-12.10 SL.11-12.1b SL.11-12.1c L.11-12.2 L.11-12.2b L.11-12.5b

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Tracing Literary Elements through Music & Origin Myths

11th Grade ELA » Unit: Early American Voices & Developing Reading Habits

Cassy McCoy Carey

Rochester, IL

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Could combining your students' love for music and childhood memories of "story time" really help you teach figurative language? You betcha!

Standards:

RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.3 RL.11-12.4 SL.11-12.1c L.11-12.5

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"The Good and the Badde": Using Primary Texts to Unmask Female Stereotypes

12th Grade ELA » Unit: "The Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare: Unmasking a Troubling Text

Glenda Funk

Pocatello, ID

Environment: Rural

Big Idea:

Primary documents offer insights into gender roles in Shakespeare's texts.

Standards:

RL.11-12.3 RL.11-12.7 SL.11-12.1

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Reviewing "Winter Dreams" & Embarking on The Great Gatsby

11th Grade ELA » Unit: Is Gatsby Really so "Great"?

Cassy McCoy Carey

Rochester, IL

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

If only Fitzgerald’s leading men had “bros” to sit them down to say, “Hey man, don’t be a psycho & lose yourself--she’s crazy.” #golddiggers

Standards:

RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.2 RL.11-12.3 RL.11-12.4 RL.11-12.5 RL.11-12.6 RI.11-12.3 RI.11-12.5 RI.11-12.6 W.11-12.5 W.11-12.6 W.11-12.10 SL.11-12.1a SL.11-12.1b SL.11-12.1c SL.11-12.1d SL.11-12.4 L.11-12.1a L.11-12.5a L.11-12.5b

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"Why We Broke Up" with Beowulf: Using YA Fiction to Tell Our Stories and Understand Stories from the Past

12th Grade ELA » Unit: We Need a Hero: The Anglo-Saxon Epic "Beowulf"

Glenda Funk

Pocatello, ID

Environment: Rural

Big Idea:

We all have stories to tell about people, places, and things we value.

Standards:

RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.3 RL.11-12.5 W.11-12.3

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Reviewing Reading Logs & Exploring the Devices (and Dashes!) of Poetry

11th Grade ELA » Unit: Romanticism & Transcendentalism

Cassy McCoy Carey

Rochester, IL

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

A poetry lesson that results in a spontaneous rap session? Longfellow would be proud, though Dickinson would still be obsessed with death...

Standards:

RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.3 RL.11-12.4 RL.11-12.5 RL.11-12.10 W.11-12.9a W.11-12.10 SL.11-12.1a SL.11-12.1c SL.11-12.1d SL.11-12.4 L.11-12.1a L.11-12.2a L.11-12.4a L.11-12.5a L.11-12.5b

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