Course Information:
- Course Syllabus
- Georgia Performance Standards: Grade 10 ELA Standards, World Literature & Composition
- RCPS gifted education goals
Travelling Around the World through Literature
I look upon travel as a means of spiritual testing. What gives value to travel is fear. It is the fact that, at a certain moment, we are so far from our country . . . we are seized by an instinctive desire to go back to the protection of old habits. This is the most obvious benefit of travel. At that moment, we are feverish, but also porous, so that the slightest touch makes us quiver to the depth of our being. By exercising our most intimate senses, we understand a culture. It is through travel that we learn about ourselves. (Albert Camus)
Unit 3
Darkness Within: Man's Inhumanity to Man and Self
Essential Questions:
- Is humankind inherently good or evil?
- What is the relationship between freedom and responsibility?
- Do individuals have a moral obligation not to allow their own freedom to negatively impact other human beings?
- How do individuals control their dark side and reconcile their dual nature?
Resources:
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde online text
Week of 3 January 2011
- introduction to unit and discussion of essential questions (PPT)
- pre-reading activities for The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- background on The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Freudian psyche, model of psyche, Victorian society, Darwinian theory, characters, thematic concepts)
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde reading and analysis: "Story of the Door" and "Search for Mr. Hyde" (analysis questions, vocabulary assignment)
- Vocabulary Workshop Lesson 9
- 01/7/11 spring semester resolutions DUE (instructions)
Week of 10 January 2011
- School closed due to snow
Week of 17 January 2011
- Discovering Voice 1: Diction (activity)
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde reading and analysis: "Story of the Door" and "Search for Mr. Hyde" (analysis questions, vocabulary assignment)
- Vocabulary Workshop Lesson 10
- 01/20/11 "Story of the Door" and "Search for Mr. Hyde" analysis DUE (analysis questions)
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde reading and analysis: "Dr. Jekyll Was Quite at Ease," "The Carew Murder Case," and "Incident of the Letter"
- Discovering Voice 2: Figurative Language (activity)
- introduction to Poetry Out Loud recitation and explication (POL website, instructions)
Week of 24 January 2011
- 01/24/11 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde section one ("Story of the Door" through "Incident of the Letter") vocabulary DUE (vocabulary assignment)
- Vocabulary Workshop Lessons 9 & 10 review activity (instructions)
- 01/26/11 Vocabulary Workshop Lessons 9 & 10 review activity DUE (instructions)
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde reading and analysis: "Remarkable Incident of Dr. Lanyon," "Incident at the Window," and "The Last Night"
- 01/28/11 QUIZ: Vocabulary Workshop Lessons 9 & 10
- work on Poetry Out Loud recitation and explication (POL website, instructions)
Week of 31 January 2011
- Discovering Voice 3: Symbol (activity)
- 02/01/11 work on Poetry Out Loud recitation and explication with laptop cart (POL website, instructions)
- Vocabulary Workshop Lesson 11
- group work on "Remarkable Incident of Dr. Lanyon," "Incident at the Window," and "The Last Night" analysis (analysis questions)
- 02/03/11 RCPS mock writing test
Week of 7 February 2011
- 02/07/11 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde section two ("Remarkable Incident of Dr. Lanyon" through "The Last Night") vocabulary DUE (vocabulary assignment)
- 02/09/11 "Remarkable Incident of Dr. Lanyon," "Incident at the Window," and "The Last Night" analysis DUE (analysis questions)
- Vocabulary Workshop Lesson 12
- 02/09/11 introduction to independent reading project (instructions, works from which to choose)
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde reading and analysis: "Dr. Lanyon's Narrative" and "Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case"
- work on Poetry Out Loud recitation and explication project (POL website, instructions)
Week of 14 February 2011
- work on independent reading project (instructions, works from which to choose)
- work on Poetry Out Loud recitation and explication project (POL website, instructions)
- 02/17/11 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde section three ("Dr. Lanyon's Narrative" and "Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case") vocabulary DUE (vocabulary assignment)
Week of 21 February 2011
- 02/22/11 Poetry Out Loud recitation DUE (POL website, instructions)
- 02/24/11 independent reading characterization assignment DUE (instructions, works from which to choose)
Week of 28 February 2011
- group work on Poetry Out Loud class presentation (POL website, instructions)
- 03/04/11 Poetry Out Loud class presentation DUE (POL website, instructions)
Week of 7 March 2011
- group work on The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde section three ("Dr. Lanyon's Narrative" and "Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case") analysis questions (instructions)
- group work on Vocabulary Workshop Lessons 11 & 12 review activity (instructions)
Week of 14 March 2011
- 03/14/10 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde section three ("Dr. Lanyon's Narrative" and "Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case") analysis questions DUE (instructions)
- 03/14/11 Vocabulary Workshop Lessons 11 & 12 review activity DUE (instructions)
- work on independent reading assignment (instructions, works from which to choose)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde film viewing and analysis (questions)
Week of 21 March 2011
- 03/21/11 Vocabulary Workshop Lessons 11 & 12 QUIZ
- 03/21/11 independent reading setting assignment DUE (instructions, works from which to choose)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde film viewing and analysis (questions)
Week of 28 March 2011
- Vocabulary Lessons 13 & 14
- work on The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde research project (instructions, rubric, self-assessment)
- BONUS duality personal essay (instructions)
- introduction to Night (memoir PPT, coming-of-age PPT, journal assignment, journal template, discussion assignment)
Week of 11 April 2011
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde theme statements (How to Write Theme Statement)
- review of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde film scenes
- 04/13/11 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde research project self-assessment: theme statement, research focus, final product explanation DUE
- 04/13/11 independent reading conflict assignment DUE (instructions)
Week of 18 April 2011
- Night xvii-xxi and 3-22 DUE
- 04/19/11 Night characterization analysis DUE (instructions)
- 04/21/11 Vocabulary Lessons 13 & 14 review activity DUE (instructions)
- 04/21/11 Night section 1 double-entry journal DUE (journal assignment, journal template)
Week of 25 April 2011
- 04/25/11 Vocabulary Workshop Lessons 13 & 14 QUIZ
- 04/27/11 Night section 2 double-entry journal DUE (journal assignment, journal template)
- Vocabulary Lesson 15 context clues and meanings
- lesson on MLA style documentation (guide to documentation, documentation format examples, Jekyll and Hyde works cited)
Week of 2 May 2011
- 05/03/11 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde research project DUE (instructions, rubric, self-assessment)
- Vocabulary Lesson 16 context clues and meanings
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde research project self-assessment
- independent reading and work on Night double-entry journal
- 05/05/11 independent reading style assignment DUE (instructions)
Week of 9 May 2011
- introduction to The Merchant of Venice: suitors' test (instructions), initial attitudes (survey), character list, online text of The Merchant of Venice
- 05/09/11 Night section 3 double-entry journal DUE (journal assignment, journal template)
- The Merchant of Venice Acts 1-3 viewing and discussion
- The Merchant of Venice Act 1 comprehensions questions and journal topics (instructions)
Week of 16 May 2011
- The Merchant of Venice Acts 4-5 viewing and discussion
- 05/18/11 Night section 4 double-entry journal DUE (journal assignment, journal template)
- viewing of film The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (characters, questions)
- 05/19/11 independent reading theme assignment DUE (instructions)
Week of 23 May 2011
- 05/23/11 final exam review; work on Socratic Seminar discussion preparation (graphic organizer)
- 05/26/11 FINAL EXAM: Socratic Seminar (graphic organizer)
Useful Links:
- SAT Question of the Day
- Free Rice: vocabulary for the UN World Food Program
- BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) News
- Discover Magazine
- Do Something
- National Geographic
- National Public Radio
- The New York Times
- ProCon.org
- TED: Ideas Worth Spreading
Links to Critical-Thinking Games:
- Tangrams
- Sudoku
- Peg Puzzle
- Number Puzzle
- Mastermind
- Crossword Puzzle (New York Times Learning Connection; USA Today)
- Complete the Pattern
- Circle 99
- Circle 3
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