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Unit 9: Utopia
Unit 9: Activity 4.1 - Universal Themes in Literature
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Unit 1: Unit Plan Framework
Unit 1: Lesson Plan
Unit 1: Activity 0.1 - Intro to e-Portfolio and Growth Mindset
e-Portfolio and Growth Mindset Discussion
Create and Share your e-Portfolio
Unit 1: Activity 0.2 - Developing my course e-Portfolio
Further Develop your e-Portfolio
Reflect on your e-Portfolio work
Unit 1: Activity 1.1 - Building Literary Knowledge Around Pre-Colonial America
Pre-Colonial America Stories discussion
Creating a Digital Timeline
Unit 1: Activity 2.1 - Nonfiction Shapes Our Truths
Submit your Nonfiction Shapes Our Truths Assignment
Unit 1: Activity 2.2 - Reflection is at the Heart of Deep Learning
Submit your e-Portfolio reflection
Unit 1: Activity 3.1 - Using Digital Tools to Keep Stories Alive
Submit your picture book
Unit 1: Activity 4.1 - Oral/Visual Myth Creation AND 4.2 - In Defense of Digital Creation
Myth Creation - Collaborative Story
On your own: Create Video
Unit 2: Unit Plan Framework
Unit 2: Lesson Plan
Unit 2: Activity 1.1 - Understanding the Colonists’ Need for Change
Activity 1.1 Submission
Unit 2: Activity 1.2 - The Constitution: A Bridge between Then and Now
Submit your chart
Just Do It - Constitution Video
e-Portfolio Submission
Unit 2: Activity 1.3 - The Use of Rhetorical Devices in Persuasion
Comparison Presentation
Digital Speech
Unit 2: Activity 1.4 - Giving Voice to the Unheard Stories
Unheard Stories Discussion
Presentation of Lost Voices
Unit 2: Activity 2.1 - Tensions Mount as Time Passes in the Colonies
Colonial Tensions Discussion
Unit 2: Activity 3.1 - Does this Tension Still Exist in American Society Today? AND 3.2 - Who is Involved in these Tensions in Society?
Developing Good Research Questions
Revise and Submit your Research Questions
Unit 2: Activity 4.1 - Research Fluency
4.1 Activity Submission
Unit 2: Activity 5.1 - What is your Digital Workflow? In Other Words, What is your Plan?
Submit your research plan
Unit 2: Activity 6.1 - What Have you Learned about Tensions in the United States?
Unit 2: Teacher Resource - Grammar
U.S. Tension Presentation
Unit 3: Unit Plan Framework
Unit 3: Lesson Plan
Unit 3: Activity 1.1 - What is the Age of Reason? AND 1.2 - Background and Rationale: Age of Reason
Pre-Assessment Prompts
Submit Background Notes
Unit 3: Activity 2.1 - Digging into the Texts of the Time Period AND 2.2 - Analysis Response
Submit Text Summary and Essential Questions
Unit 3: Activity 3.1 - A Common Man- A Common or Uncommon Theme
Theme Activity
Unit 3: Activity 4.1 - Do I have to read this? The text is so hard! AND 4.2 Reading tough text is worth it.
Text Complexity Discussion
Unit 3: Activity 5.1 - A Rhetorical Question
Rhetorical Question Activity
Unit 3: Activity 6.1 - Ben Franklin- It’s Time for a Timeline
Timeline Activity with Prompts
Unit 3: Activity 7.1 - The Grammar Police Will Not Arrest You AND 7.2 - Everyone Could Use a Mentor, Even a Mentor Text
Autobiography Discussion
Develop an Autobiography
Publish your Autobiography on your e-Portfolio
Unit 3: Activity 8.1 - The Show Must Go On
Performing the One Act
Creating a Digital Performance
Unit 3: Activity 9.1 - Looking Back on the Age of Reason
Reflecting on the Age of Reason
Unit 4: Unit Plan Framework
Unit 4: Lesson Plan Overview
Unit 4: Activity 1.1 - Background and Rationale - Romanticism
Submit Assignment 1.1
Unit 4: Activity 2.1 - You Need Evidence!
Legend of Sleepy Hollow Assignments
Unit 4: Activity 3.1 - Left to Your Own Literary Devices!
Edgar Allen Poe - Bells Assignment
Unit 4: Activity 4.1 - Frederick Douglass - Author, Abolitionist, Activist
Fredrick Douglass - Collaborative Activity
Fredrick Douglass - Article Analysis
Unit 4: Activity 5.1 - Will the Real Edgar Allan Poe please Step forward? AND 5.2 - Is there One Real Edgar Allan Poe?
Poe Venn Diagram Activity
Unit 4: Activity 6.1 - Tough Text in the Past AND 6.2 - Tough Text in the Present
Difficult Texts Journaling
Unit 4: Activity 7.1 - Romantic Authors Write About What They Know AND 7.2 - What Will I Write About?
Analyzing Romantic Authors Works
Create your own Creative Writing Piece
Unit 4: Activity 8.1 - Reflection on Romanticism
Romanticism Reflection
Unit 5: Unit Plan Framework
Unit 5: Lesson Plan Overview
Unit 5: Lesson 1 Guide
Unit 5: Activity 1.1 - Build Your Knowledge, Shape Your Experience
Unit 5: Activity 1.2 - A Shift in Thinking
Unit 5: Activity 1.3 - Similar Messages...Different Approaches
Unit 5: Activity 1.3 Discussion
Unit 5: Lesson 2 Guide
Unit 5: Activity 2.1 - Bold Claims and Airtight Supports
Unit 5: Activity 2.1 - Bold Claims and Airtight Supports
Literary Devices Quiz
Unit 5: Lesson 3 Guide
Unit 5: Activity 3.1 - Who Else Embraced Transcendentalism In The Early 1800s?
Unit 5: Lesson 4&5 Guide
Unit 5: Activity 4.1 - Time to Self-Assess
Unit 5: Activity 5.1 - Putting It All Together
Unit 6: Unit Plan Framework
Unit 6: Lesson Plan
Unit 6: Lesson 1 Guide
Activity 1.1 - Why Realism? Why Now?
Activity 1.2 - Are Any American Authors the Real Deal?
Unit 6: Lesson 2 & 3 Guide
Activity 2.1 - Activity 1: And In This Corner… An Introductory Study
2.2 Logical an Emotional Appeals Discussion
Activity 2.2 - Persuasion - Logical and Emotional Appeals
Activity 3.1 - Issue?...Racism. Weapon?...Literature.
Unit 6: Lesson 4, 5, & 6 Guide
Activity 4.1 Connecting Recent Events with Literature
4.1 Discussion
Activity 5.1 - Twain, Adventurous and Brave
Activity 5.1 e-Portfolio
Unit 6: Activity 6.1 - Technology's Benefit
Activity 6.1 - Technology's Benefits
Activity 6.1 e-Portfolio
Unit 7: Unit Plan Framework
Unit 7: Lesson Plan Overview
Unit 7: Lesson 1
Unit 7: Pre-assessment--What Do I Know about Modernism and Postmodernism?
Unit 7: Pre-assessment Quiz
What Do I Know about Modernism and Postmodernism?
Activity 1.2 - Developing Reading Skills Using Self-Selected Texts
Activity 1.3 - Using Context Clues to Develop Vocabulary
Activity 1.4 - Finding Meaning in a Self-Selected Text
Unit 7: Lesson 2
Activity 2.1 - Discovering Modernism and Postmodernism
Activity 2.2 - Before and After the War--What Changed in Literature?
Activity 2.3 - Beyond Literature: Examples of Modernism and Postmodernism
Activity 2.3 Discussion
Activity 2.3 e-Portfolio
Unit 7: Lesson 3
The Modernist and Postmodernist’s American Dream
Activity 3.2 - Developing an Effective Argument
Activity 3.3 - Changing the Point of View
Activity 3.4 The changing of the American dream
Unit 7: Lesson 4
Activity 4.1 - The Connection between Language and Values
Activity 4.2 Developing Cultural Literacy to Deepen Reading Comprehension
4.2 Discussion
Activity 4.3 - “The Times They Are A-Changing”
Activity 4.4 - Using Music to Understand Literature
Unit 7: Lesson 5
Activity 5.1 - Then v. Now: The Millennial Generation and Past Generations Compare
Activity 5.2 - Articulating your American Dream
Unit 7: Lesson 6
Activity 6.1 - Choosing the Best Digital Tool
Activity 6.2 - The American Dream as Defined by Pop Culture
Submit your Presentation
Unit 8: Unit Plan Framework
Unit 8: Lesson Plan Overview
Unit 8: Lesson 1
Activity 1.1 - What Defines “Good” Writing?
Activity 1.2 - Understanding the Writing Process
Activity 1.3 - Making Time for Your Writing
Activity Activity 1.4 - What the Experts Say--Collecting Writing Advice
Unit 8: Lesson 2
Activity 2.1 - Learning Why You Love the Words You Love
Activity 2.2 - Getting to the Heart of It--Writing and Revising
Activity 2.3 - Participating in a Writing Community
Unit 8: Lesson 3
Activity 3.1 - Preparing for Publishing
Activity 3.2 - Putting Your Writing Voice Out There
Submit your Webpage
Unit 9: Unit Plan Framework
Unit 9: Lesson Plan Overview
Unit 9: Lesson Teacher Guide
Unit 9: Activity 1.1 & 1.2 - Efficiently Formulating a Solid Research Question
Activity 1.1 &1.2 - Efficiently Formulating a Solid Research Question
Unit 9: Activity 2.1 & 2.2 - Using Resources to Build Background Knowledge
Activity 2.1 & 2.2 - Using Resources to Build Background Knowledge
Unit 9: Activity 3.1 - Evaluating Sources
Activity 3.1 - Evaluating Sources
Activity 4.1 - Universal Themes in Literature
Unit 9: Activity 5.1, 5.2 & 5.3 - Discovering Theme in Herland
Activity 5.1, 5.2 & 5.3 - Discovering Theme in Herland
Submit Essay for Benchmark Assessment
Unit 9: Activity 6.1 - Discovering Utopia in Music
Activity 6.1 - Discovering Utopia in Music
Unit 10: Unit 10 Framework
Unit 10: Lesson Plan
Unit 10: Teacher Lesson Plan Guide
Unit 10: Activity 1.1 - What is Dystopia?
Activity 1.1 - What is Dystopia?
Unit 10: Activity 2.1 - What Common Characteristics Do Dystopias Share?
Activity 2.1 - What Common Characteristics Do Dystopias Share?
Unit 10: Activity 3.1 & 3.2 - Using Claim Evidence Warrant as a Foundation for Argument
3.1 Forum Discussion
Using Claim Evidence Warrant as a Foundation for Argument
Unit 10: Activity 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 - Analyzing Kurt Vonnegut’s 2 B R 0 2 B
4.1 Forum Discussion
Activity 4.2: Read, Discuss, Analyze 2 B R 0 2 B
Activity 4.3 Consider Satire
Activity 4.3 Your Claim Statement
Unit 10: Activity 5.1 Writing a Claim, Evidence, Warrant paragraph
Activity 5.1 Writing a Claim, Evidence, Warrant paragraph
Unit 10: Activity 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 - Vocabulary Study for The Machine Stops
Activity 6.1 - Vocabulary Study for The Machine Stops
6.1 Forum Discussion
Submit your Vocabulary Project
Unit 10: Activity 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 - Writing a Persuasive Literary Essay
Activity 7.1 - Outline
Activity 7.2 - Draft Essay
Activity 7.3 - Your Final Draft
Unit 10: Activity 8.1 - Evaluating My Work Through Reflective Practices
Activity 8.2 - Self Assessment
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