Tragedy.pptxEnglish 10 Course Information:

• Course Syllabus
• Georgia Performance Standards: Grade 10 ELA Standards, World Literature & Composition
• RCPS gifted education goals

Unit 1: Border Crossing and Cultural Clashes

Essential Questions:

• What forces influence individuals to cross borders and cultures?
• How does what we know about the world shape the way we view ourselves?
• What are the benefits and detriments of crossing borders?
• How does the experience of crossing borders and experiencing diverse cultures affect an individual’s identity?

Week of 3 August 2009

• SAT vocabulary group 1
• colors personality test
• archetypes in Bless Me, Ultima (archetype notes)
• Vocabulary Workshop lessson 1

Week of 10 August 2009

• Achilles' Heel allusion (notes)
• colors personal narrative drafts and writers' workshop (rubric)
• SAT vocabulary group 2
• VARK learning styles inventory
• introduction to Into Thin Air  (tragedy notes)

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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Gifted English 10 Summer Reading:

• assignment instructions
• Bless Me, Ultima graphic organizer