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Weekly Overview:
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Unit Description:
This unit focuses on responding to the primary genres of the colonial 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 colonial period and explain how they are
reflected in the literature of the age?
Can students connect events from the past such as the Salem witchcraft trials to contemporary situations that mirror the same errors and consequences?
Resources/Materials: Text, Resource Manager, Internet. Journals
Standards/Benchmarks/GLEs: 01a, 01b, 03b, 04,05, 06, 07d, 09a, 09c,09d, 09e, 09f,11, 12, 13a14a-d, 15a,16a-g, 20a, 21, 23d,23g, 24, 40a |
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Objectives: |
To understand the historical and cultural context of early American writing.
Explore the key idea of hysteria.
To build vocabulary for reading and writing. |
To understand the historical and cultural context of early American writing.
Explore the key idea of hysteria. |
To understand the historical and cultural context of early American writing.
Explore the key idea of hysteria. |
To understand the historical and cultural context of early American writing.
Explore the key idea of hysteria. |
To understand the historical and cultural context of early American writing.
Explore the key idea of hysteria. |
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Student Learning Activities:
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Bellwork
The Crucible-Act 2
Research |
Bellwork
"The Crucible" - Act 2
Dramatization
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Bellwork
"The Crucible" Act 2
Dramatization |
Bellwork
Read "The Crucible"-Act 2
Dramatization
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Bellwork
Read "The Crucible"-Act 2
Reading Check |
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Attachments:
Assessments: Discussion Prompts, Guided Questions, Journal Writing
What strategies will I use to address literacy this week? Questioning Strategies, Brainstorming,
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