2020 English 9

  CONTENT/UNIT:     NIGHT: Memory and Social Justice Anchor Text: Night – Elie Wiesel Additional Texts: “Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech” – Elie Wiesel “Montgomery Boycott” – Coretta Scott King “I Have A Dream” – Martin Luther King From Farewell to Manzanar – Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston Unit Learning goal: Students will determine the author’s purpose by citing specific evidence from the text and creating a project (video, PowerPoint, spoken word presentation with visual aids) that connects Night to other works that contain ideas of 1) social justice; 2) the use of memory as a force of change; 3) the Holocaust. Scale/Rubric relating to learning goal: 4 – The student can determine the author’s purpose by citing specific evidence from the text and connect NIGHT to many works, fiction and nonfiction, that contain ideas of social justice, memory as a force of change, and the Holocaust. 3 – The student can determine author’s purpose and cite evi...

 Here is your essay question:  Fahrenheit 451   How is Fahrenheit 451 a cautionary tale?    Cautionary against what?   With a thesis statement and specific evidence from the text write a 1-page + essay discussing what Fahrenheit 451 warns against? This is due by the end of the day.  

 Monday - we will review for the Test.  Essential Questions:  How is  Fahrenheit 451  a cautionary tale?  Cautionary against what? Is Technology taking over our lives? What is your connection to television? Why do people read or tell stories?  What is censorship and how does it appear in the world?  Why is it important to fight against censorship?  Is our nation reading less?  How do we convey complex thoughts or emotions?  What if books were illegal?  What if music became illegal?    Does the white clown love you?  Objectives: At the end of the book students will be able to 1) Outline the plot according the six elements of plot. Give at least three events for the rising action and falling action. 2) Be able to discuss the importance of the following characters: Montag Clarisse Beatty Mrs. Phelps Black Stoneman Faber Granger Mildred The Mechanical Hou...

 Today, we will continue to work on Fahrenheit 451 .  11/16 pages 133-142 11/17 pages 143-152 11/18 FINISH BOOK 11/19 REVIEW and JOURNAL DUE 11/20 TEST

  11/13 pages 123-132 11/16 pages 133-142 11/17 pages 143-152 11/18 FINISH BOOK 11/19 REVIEW and JOURNAL DUE 11/20 TEST 

  READING SCHEDULE  11/12 pages 113-122 11/13 pages 123-132 11/16 pages 133-142 11/17 pages 143-152 11/18 FINISH BOOK 11/19 REVIEW and JOURNAL DUE 11/20 TEST    DOES THE WHITE CLOWN LOVE YOU?

 Today, we need to take a quiz on PART 2 of Fahrenheit 451 . If you finish early, either work on your blogs or read ahead.

 Today, you need to print out and turn in short stories. Then we need to finish part 2, and give you some time to work on your reading logs. Essential Questions:  How is  Fahrenheit 451  a cautionary tale?  Cautionary against what? Is Technology taking over our lives? What is your connection to television? Why do people read or tell stories?  What is censorship and how does it appear in the world?  Why is it important to fight against censorship?  Is our nation reading less?  How do we convey complex thoughts or emotions?  What if books were illegal?  What if music became illegal?    Does the white clown love you?  Objectives: At the end of the book students will be able to 1) Outline the plot according the six elements of plot. Give at least three events for the rising action and falling action. 2) Be able to discuss the importance of the following characters: Mon...