Speech in the Convention Benjamin Franklin Speech Author’s Purpose: Rhetoric Rhetorical devices Paradox Concession Rhetorical questions Tone Words are used to describe human vices and virtues infallibility, corrupted, salutary, despotism, prejudices, integrity Latin suffix: -ity Syntax and Rhetoric Evaluation recording Discuss the Speech Practice and Present Evaluate the Video Standards RI.1; RI.6, RI.9 L.4.c L.2; L.3.a W.1; W.1.f SL.3; SL.5 The American Revolution: Visual Propaganda Image Gallery Media Vocabulary Propaganda Appeal Symbolism Multimedia Presentation Political infomercial Plan the Project Consider Image Choices Prepare the Script Present and Discuss Standards RI.11–12.7 SL.11.1, SL.11.4 SL.5 Performance Task: Writing Mode: Argumentative Essay Prompt: Which statement do you find most compelling for Americans today: the Preamble to the Constitution or the first sentence of paragraph three of the Declaration of Independence? Standards: W.11.a-f, W.11.4, W.11.5, W.11.7, W.11.8, W.11.9.b, W.11.10 Language Development: Conventions Standards: W.11.1.c; L.11.1 Small-Group Learning
Title and Author Genre Prereading Vocabulary Skill Analyze Craft and Structure Concept Vocabulary Word Study Language Development: Conventions or Style Effective Expression: Writing Speaking and Listening Research from America's Constitution: A Biography Reed Amar Expository Nonfiction Context clues Author’s Choices: Rhetoric Analogy relate to groups and individuals Conclave Eminent Populist Latin suffix: -ist Author’s Style: Historical Narrative as Argument Historical Details Numerical Data Quotations Standards L.4.a RI.6 L.4.c L.4.c RI.3; RI.5 from The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation Jonathan Hennessey and McConnell Graphic Novel N/A Vocabulary Layout Speech balloon Caption Informative Standards L.6 RI.7; W.2; W.9.b, W.11.5 from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano Olaudah Equiano Autobiography Base words Literary Nonfiction Persuasive Purpose slave narrative emotional appeals Words reflect the horrific situation in which the captives found themselves loathsome, wretched, dejected Latin root: -ject- Eighteenth Century Narrative Style Argument Literary review Letter Advertisement
Standards L.4 RI.6 L.4.c L.1; L.1.a W.1.f, W.11.1 Letter to John Adams Abigail Adams from Dear Abigail: The Intimate Lives and Revolutionary Ideas of Abigail Adams and Her Two Remarkable Sisters Diane Jacobs Letter/Biography Context clues Primary and Secondary Sources Words are about oppression and rebellion vassals, foment, dissented Word families Author’s Voice Diction Syntax Tone Audience Purpose Oral presentation Dialogue Dramatic reading Public announcement Standards L.4.a RI.9 L.4.b L.4.b RI.6 SL.4 The Gettysburg Address Abraham Lincoln Speech Familiar word Author’s Choices: Diction Words reflect the idea of showing honor dedicate, consecrate, hallow Denotation and Connotation Author’s Style: Antithesis Research report presentation Review Analysis of the historical context Standards L.4; L.4.d RI.6 L.5.b, L.6 SL.3; RI.6 W.2; W.7 Performance Task: Speaking and Listening Focus Mode: Present an Argument Prompt: Do narratives provide strong evidence to support arguments about American freedoms? Standards: SL.1.b, SL.11.1.a-d, SL.11.4, SL.11.6 End-of-Unit Performance-Based Assessment Mode: Review Evidence for an Argument Writing Prompt: What are the most effective tools for establishing and preserving freedom? Standards: W.1.a; W.11.1.a-e W.11.10
nonconformity vs. conformity superfluous, vital, sufficed Conversational style Diction Word choice Figures of speech Analogy Direct address of the reader Brief anecdotes Pithy statements Defense Standards L.4.b RI.1 L.4.b RI.6 SL.1.b; SL.1.c; SL.1.d Innovators and Their Inventions Public Documents Media Vocabulary specifications cross-section figure Speaking and Listening: Speech Standards L.6 SL.4.b The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock T. S. Poetry Context clues Poetic Structure dramatic monologue Speaker Point of view Words relate to negative traits tedious, indecisions, digress prefix: di- / dis- Compound Nouns: Closed compound Hyphenated compound Writing to Sources: Digital presentation Slide show Oral recitation and discussion Filmed oral response Standards L.4.a RL.5; RL.6 L.4.b L.4.b L.2. L.1 SL.5, SL.11.4, SL.11.6 A Wagner Matinee Cather Short Story Familiar word parts Author’s Choices: Character Development Characterization Words are all related to music overture, motifs, prelude Word derivations Figurative Language Simile Metaphor Hyperbole Writing to Sources: Research Report Comparison and contrast
Title and Author Genre Prereading Vocabulary Skill Analyze Craft and Structure Concept Vocabulary Word Language Development: Conventions or Effective Expression: Writing Speaking and Listening Research Ain't I a Woman? Sojourner Truth Speech Context clues Effective Rhetoric Refrain Words used in colloquial or slangy— context racket, fix, obliged Latin root: -lig- Author’s Use of Words and Phrases Diction Audience Writing to Sources: Informative Text Biographical sketch Extended definition Cause-and-effect article Standards L.4.a L.3; RI.2 L.1.a L.4.d RI.6: L.1.a; L.3 W.2 Declaration of Sentiments Elizabeth Cady Stanton Public Document Context clues Author’s Choices: Allusions Words suggest a lowly position degraded, oppressed, subordinate Latin prefix: sub- Types of Clauses Standards L.4.a RI.9 L.4.c L.4.c L.1; RI.11.9 Giving Women the Vote Sandra Podcast Media Vocabulary Frame Special elements Tone Essay SL.3 RI.5; RI.6; RI.7 W.11.2, W.11.5 The Story of an Hour Kate Chopin Short Story Familiar word Development of Theme Words all describe being pushy Denotation/connotation Author’s Choices: Irony Situational Irony Group Discussion
Internal monologue persistence, imploring, importunities Dramatic Irony Verbal Irony Standards L.4.b RL.2, RL.11.3 L.5.b L.5.b RL.6; R.3 SL.1.c; SL.1.d Brown v. Board of Education Earl Warren Legal Opinion Familiar word parts Author’s Choice: Structure Opinion Analytical argument Claim Counterclaim Words all refer to the activity of a court of law plantiffs, jurisdiction, disposition Technical Coordinating Conjunctions Standards L.4.b RI.5 L.6 L.6 R.4; L.1; L.3 Was "Brown v. Board" a Failure? Sarah Garland Magazine article Context clues Author’s Choice: Structure Analytical argument Claim Words all suggest goals, past and present legacy, mission, policy Cognates Subordinating Conjunctions Simple sentences Combined sentences (version 1 and 2) Writing to Compare: Informative Essay Standards L.4.a RI.5 L.4.c L.4.c L.1; L.3 RI.5; RI.8; W.9.b W.11.5 Performance Task: Speaking and Listening Focus Mode: Panel Discussion Prompt: What were the goals of these reformers? Why did they want to achieve those goals? Standards: SL.1.a, SL.12.4, SL.12.6 End-of-Unit Assessment Mode: Review Evidence for an Informative Essay Writing Prompt: What motivates people to struggle for change? Standards: W.2.a W.11.2a-f, W.11.5, W.11.9 SL Outcome: Podcast Standards: SL.1.a SL.11.4, SL.11.6
Grade 11, Unit 4 Whole-Class Learning Title and Author Genre Analyze and Structure Concept Vocabulary Word Language Development: Conventions or Author’s Style Effective Expression: Writing to Sources Effective Expression: Speaking and Listening from Life on the Mississippi Mark Twain Memoir Author's Purpose Anecdotes Humorous descriptions Social commentary Words used to describe splendid objects or impressive people gilded, grandeur, exalted, ornamented, picturesquely, eminence Anglo-Saxon suffix: -esque Author’s Words and phrases Diction Tone Standards RI.6 L.4.d L.4.b RI.4 The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Mark Twain Short Story of View Frame Story Incongruity Hyperbole Words used to describe an experience with a boring, clueless person garrulous, exasperating, tedious, monotonous, interminable, buttonholed Connotation and Denotation Author’s Style: Impact of Word Choice Dialect Standard English Idiomatic expressions Actual Meaning Explanatory Text Standards RI.6; L.5.a S/b RL.6 L.5 L.5.b RL.4 W.2; W.2.a; W.2.b; W.5
discern, temporal, spatial Standards L.4.a RL.1; RI.3 L.4 L.4.b L.2; L.2.a American Regional Art Fine Art Gallery Media Vocabulary realism impressionism perspective romanticism palette Writing to compare: Interpretive Standards L.11–12.6 W.2; W.9, W.11.5 from Dust Tracks on a Road Zora Neale Hurston Autobiography Base Words Literary Nonfiction Autobiography Social context Dialogue Dialect Words relate to someone who is an extrovert self-assurance, forward, brazenness Words Author’s Style Style: Figurative Meanings Overstatement Idioms Oral Presentation Discussion Informative Talk Interview Standards L.4.b RI.6 L.4 L.5 L.5.a; RI.4 SL.11.1, SL.6 Chicago/Wilderness Carl Sandburg Poetry Collection 1 Context Language and Meaning Imagery Repetition Personification Words describe features or qualities of people or animals that also describe the city brawling, wanton, cunning Present participles Author’s Style: Poetic Structures Line lengths Ellipsis Standards L.4.a RL.4 L.4; L.5.a L.4.b RL.5 Sandburg’s Chicago Photo Gallery Media vocabulary Writing to Compare:
Mode: an Argument Prompt: Could any of the characters in The Crucible have done more to end the hysteria in Salem? Standards: W.1.a-f; W.10; W.11.4, W.11.5, W.11.8, W.11.10 Language Development: Conventions Standards: L.1 Small-Group Learning and Author Genre Prereading Vocabulary Skill Analyze Craft and Structure Concept Vocabulary Word Study Language Development: Conventions or Style Effective Expression: Writing Speaking and Listening Research from Farewell to Manzanar Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston Autobiography Base words Development of Complex Ideas Characterization Direct characterization Indirect characterization all refer to working secretly with the enemy collaborator, conspirators, espionage Latin Suffix: -or Author’s Style: Author's Point of View point of view Standards L.4.b RI.3 L.4 L.4.d RI.11.1,RI.6 Interview With George takei Archive of American Television Media Vocabulary documentary eyewitness account framing Writing to compare: essay Standards SL.3; L.6 RI.7; W.2; W.9.b W.11.5 Antojos Julia Alvarez Short Story Context Clues Author’s Choices: Narrative Structure Chronological order Words all come directly from the Spanish language Loanwords Conventions and Style: Pronouns and Antecedents Research: Research Project
In medias res Flashback Foreshadowing cantina, cabana, machetes Standards L.4.a RL.5; RL.3 L.4 L.4.c L.1 W.7, W.11.2 Performance Task: Speaking and Listening Focus Mode: Present an Argument Prompt: Do people usually learn from their fear? Standards: SL.1.c, SL.11.4 End-of-Unit Performance-Based Assessment Mode: Argument Writing Prompt: Is fear always a harmful emotion? Standards: W.11.1.a-e, W.11.10, SL.11.1, SL.11.4.b SL outcome: Speech Standards: SL.4.b Grade 11, Unit 6 Whole-Class Learning Title and Author Genre Analyze Craft and Structure Concept Vocabulary Word Study Language Development: Conventions or Author’s Effective Expression: Writing to Sources Effective Expression: Speaking and Listening Everyday Use Alice Walker Story Character Characterization Themes Words help reveal the tentative way Maggie acts in the story sidle, shuffle, furtive, cowering, awkward, hangdog Exocentric Compounds Conventions and Style: Dialect Dialect Regionalism Narrative Partner Discussion
Listening Research A Brief History of the Short Story D. F. McCourt Literary History Context Clues Sequence of Events Chronological order Words relate to change and status supplanted, ascendant, renaissance Latin Root: Active and Passive Voice Research Report Extended definition Analytical paper Standards L.4.a RI.3; RI.5 L.4.b L.4.b L.1.a W.7 An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge Ambrose Bierce Short Story Context Clues Structure Omnisicient third-person point of view Limited point of view Stream of consciousness Words relate to formalities etiquette, deference, dictum Latin suffix: -um Run-ons and Fragments Varying Syntax for Effect Syntax Asyndeton Standards L.4.a RL.5 L.4 L.4.b L.1.a; L.3 The Jilting of Granny Weatherall Katherine Anne Porter Short Story Familiar Word Narrative Structure Stream of consciousness Flashback Narrative point of view These medical words relate to someone who is in poor health hypodermic, clammy, dyspepsia Greek prefix: dys- Author’s Style: Figurative language Metaphor Simile Writing to Compare: Oral Presentation Standards RL.5 RL.4 L.4.b L.5 W. 2; W.5; SL.6 SL.11.1, SL.11.4 Performance Task: Speaking and Listening Focus Mode: Present a Narrative Prompt: The day felt as if it never end. Standards: SL.11.1.a-d, SL.11.4 , SL.11.5, SL.11.6