Unit 2: Justice and Equality

Essential Questions:

Is liberty and justice for all attainable?
Should people sacrifice freedom in the interest of security?
How do we balance liberty and equality?
When does government have the right to restrict the freedoms of people?
Can literature be a vehicle for social change?
What are the responsibilities of the individual in regard to issues of social justice?

Literary Texts:

Week of 8 November

11/8/10 The Odyssey travel brochure project DUE (assignment & rubric)
distribution of To Kill a Mockingbird texts
introduction to Unit 2: free-writing and discussion of essential questions (Unit 2 EQ PPT)
Language Handbook 143 exercises A & B, 144 exercise A: italics and quotation marks
Vocabulary Workshop Lessons 7 & 8
11/12/10 Vocabulary Workshop Lessons 7 & 8 dialogue activity DUE (instructions)
Language Handbook 126 exercise A, 127 exercise A, 128 exercise B: capitalization

Week of 15 November

Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes (PPT chart)
"The Cask of Amontillado": reading, discussion, and theme analysis (What is Theme, How to Write Statement)
11/18/10 benchmark reassessment

Week of 29 November

11/29/10 To Kill a Mockingbird chapters 1-13 (pages 1-134) DUE (vocabulary assignment)
exploring prejudice in To Kill a Mockingbird chapters 1-5 (group activity)
To Kill a Mockingbird multiple-choice reading passages 1 & 2
To Kill a Mockingbird blog discussion question creation (instructions)
introduction to Edmodo blogging site [Edmodo (access code: 3p6qqo), rubric]
12/03/10 To Kill a Mockingbird chapters 1-13 blog post DUE [Edmodo (access code: 3p6qqo), rubric]
12/03/10 QUIZ: Vocabulary Workshop Lessons 7 & 8
12/03/10 To Kill a Mockingbird chapters 14-20 (pages 135-206) DUE (vocabulary assignment)
To Kill a Mockingbird multiple-choice reading passages 3 & 4
Language Handbook 16 exercises A & B, 17 exercises A & B: agreement

Week of 6 December

Language Handbook 22 exerecises A & B, 23 exercises A & B: agreement
review of Language Handbook agreement exercises
discussion final exam review sheet
To Kill a Mockingbird multiple-choice writing passages 1 & 2
To Kill a Mockingbird multiple-choice SAT vocabulary sentence completion
review: Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes (PPT chart)
final exam review: literary terms and To Kill a Mockingbird activities (PPT)
12/09/10 To Kill a Mockingbird chapters 21-31 (pages 206-281) DUE (vocabulary assignment)
12/09/10 To Kill a Mockingbird vocabulary acquisition assignment DUE (instructions)

Week of 13 December

blogging in media center on To Kill a Mockingbird chapters 24-31 [Edmodo (access code: 3p6qqo), rubric]
12/13/10 pre-final exam self-assessment (instructions)
12/13/10 To Kill a Mockingbird chapters 24-31 blog post DUE [Edmodo (access code: 3p6qqo), rubric]
12/15/10 FINAL EXAM (review sheet, literary terms review)

Gifted English 9 Unit 2