High School Vocabulary
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Short Story Lesson 5: Irony and "The Necklace"
Location: Short Story 9/10
Objective: Students will be able to... 1.discriminate between the 3 types of irony: verbal, situational and dramatic 2. identify the type of irony used in the story…
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Understanding the Hero Archetype: Intro to Campbell's Hero Myth
Location: The Hero Archetype
Objective: 1. Draft rubric to evaluate paragraphs that analyze tone. 2. Expand definition of hero. 3. Identify Campbell's hero's stages via reading and media.
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Short Stories Lesson 1: Understanding dramatic structure
Location: Short Story 9/10
Objective: Students will be able to identify the elements of dramatic structure in a short story
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Short Stories Lesson 2: Setting and “All Summer in a Day”
Location: Short Story 9/10
Objective: students will analyze “All Summer in a Day” for the setting and the effect it has on the story itself; students will apply knowledge of dramatic struct…
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Short Stories Lesson 3: Conflict & Characterization in Gary Soto’s “Desire”
Location: Short Story 9/10
Objective: Students will understand the 6 different types of conflict found in literature and identify character traits in the protagonist.
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Narrative/College Essay
Location: Writing
Objective: Students compose unique, personal narrative for college essay
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Big Idea: Characterization unpeels Gatsby.
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Rewrite the Script of Imperialism: Out of Europe, Into Africa
Location: Rewrite the Script of Imperialism
Objective: Students will understand what imperialism is, which countries/regions were involved, and what factors motivated imperialism.
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Short Story Lesson 4: Theme + Point of View in 2 Gary Soto Stories
Location: Short Story 9/10
Objective: Students will analyze 2 short stories for theme and point of view, and begin pre-writing for a comparative essay on them.
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Short Story Lesson 6: Irony and "The Gift of the Magi"
Location: Short Story 9/10
Objective: Students will be able to analyze the short story for theme and irony
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Short Story Lesson 7: Writing workshop
Location: Short Story 9/10
Objective: Students will use peer-editing and one-on-one conferencing with the teacher to improve their writing
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Day 1: John Smith's 'The General History of Virginia'
Location: Perspectives on Pocahontas
Objective: Read excerpt from “The General History of Virginia” by John Smith. Analyze Smith’s use of the third person & compare his account of the Native Ameri…
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Day 4: Analyze 'A Statement by the Powhatan Renape Nation regarding Disney’s Pocahontas'
Location: Perspectives on Pocahontas
Objective: Compare the end of Pocahontas to “A Statement by the Powhatan Renape Nation regarding Disney’s Pocahontas.” Analyze how the purposes of these two te…
