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Weekly Overview:

Unit Description:

This unit focuses on responding to the primary genres of the National Period of American Literature to discover how the literature relates to the historical context of the time.

Essential Questions: Can students identify the primary characteristics of the national period and  how they are reflected in the literature of the time?

Can students demonstrate how the basic elements of short stories by writers like Washington Irving contribute to discovery of meaning in their works?

Resources/Materials: Text, Resource Manager,  Journals

Standards/Benchmarks/GLEs: 01a-c,  07e, 09a, 09c,09d, 16a-g,18, 25, 26c, 27a-d, 30a-c, 31b

Objectives:

To explore the key idea of consequences.

To identify and analyze satire and imagery.

To read a short story.

To build vocabulary for reading and writing.

To explore the key idea of consequences.

To identify and analyze satire and imagery.

To read a short story.

To build  vocabulary for

reading and writing.

To explore the key idea of consequences.

To identify and analyze satire and imagery.

To read a short story.

To build

vocabulary for reading and writing.

To explore the key idea of consequences.

To identify and analyze satire and imagery.

To read a short story.

To build vocabulary for  reading and writing.

Student Learning Activities:

Bellwork

Chapter Review

Washington Irving - background

Literary Analysis - Satire and Imagery

Bellwork

"The Devil and Tom Walker"   

 - Voc. Study

 - Summay

Bellwork

"The Devil and Tom Walker"

 - Voc. Practice

 - Targeted Passages

 - Discussion Prompts

Bellwork

"The Devil and Tom Walker"

 - Voc. Strategy

Interpret Imagery

Bellwork

 "The Devil and Tom Walker"

Reading Check

Homework:

Select a passage from the story and present to class along with a visual representation.

Attachments:

Assessments: Discussion Prompts, Guided Questions, Journal Writing