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Gifted English 9 Unit 2
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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:
- To Kill a Mockingbird (online text)
- Trifles
- Short Stories: “Harrison Bergeron,” “The Cask of Amontillado”
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
Week of 29 November
Week of 6 December
Week of 13 December
Gifted English 9 Unit 2
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