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UNIT ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
UNIT ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
How do works of literature reflect their context of production?
How do works of literature reflect their context of production?
Are our ethical and moral codes situational?
Are our ethical and moral codes situational?
How do playwrights create meaning in their works?
How do playwrights create meaning in their works?
COURSE COMPONENTS
ADDRESSED IN THIS UNIT
COURSE COMPONENTS
ADDRESSED IN THIS UNIT
Conceptual Understandings: Perspective &
Representation
Areas of Exploration: Readers, writers and texts, Time and space
ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW AND TIMELINE
ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW AND TIMELINE
The aim of our exploration of this text is to provide you with a level of understanding that allows for various possible lines of inquiry for an HL essay based on this text (if you so choose).
This unit be structured as a seminar aimed at providing a broad overview of the text. This will require a fair amount of independent research and work at home.
If needed we may revist aspects of the text at the beginning of year 13 as a review
summER READING HOMEWORK
summER READING HOMEWORK
Over the summer I would like you to read "Death and the Maiden" in its entirety. The links below will give you some important contextual information about the Pinochet regime in Chile and the transition to democracy afterwards. This contextual information is important to understanding the play.
Week 1
Week 1
L/O: To gain a better understanding of the contextual background of the play
Tuesday, Aug. 8
Looking at background context - jamboard guidance sheet
Context jamboard assignment
HW: Be ready to present your context slide on Thursday.
Thursday, Aug.10
Context presentations
Week 2
Week 2
L/O: To explore Act 1 of the play through questions and group seminar discussion
Monday, Aug.14
Answers and discussion - initial response questions
HW: Complete your assigned questions and be ready to discuss them in a student led seminar next lesson
Tuesday, Aug.15
Thursday, Aug. 16
NO LESSONS - Indonesian Independence Day
Week 3
Week 3
L/O: To remind ourselves of best practice when it comes to group discussions/Harkness and seminars
L/O: To continue the discuss key points in Act 1, Scene 3 of the play
L/O: To prepare for group Harkness exploration of Act 2
Monday, Aug. 21 (double)
Tuesday, Aug. 22
Harkness - Act 2 - planning and preparation
Thursday, Aug. 24
Harkness Act 2 - Let's discuss!
HW: Preparing for Harkness on Act 3 - Individual - see instructions ➡️
Act 3 Harkness preparation instructions:
You are going to prepare for your Act 3 Harkness for HW. All instructions are outlined in this PPT
STEPS:
1) Examine the act in detail - make notes, post-its etc. Check out slide 7 of the PPT for guidance on this step
2) Generate some questions and observations based on your observations and ideas in Step 1. Check out slides 8-9 of the PPT for guidance on this step
3) Create an A4 sheet of notes, ideas, questions, quotations etc. to help guide you in your Harkness discussion. You will only have these notes and your text to guide you. No computers allowed.
4) Email me your notes page by 8:15am on Monday, Aug. 28th - Make sure your name is on the sheet. I will print them all and have them ready for our discussion
5) Come prepared with post-its and pen/pencil/highlighter for taking notes and adding ideas to your notes sheet.
6) DISCUSS!! You all did amazing in the Act 2 discussion. I was so excited I ran and told all the other English teachers how awesome you were. You should all be super proud of yourselves. Yay Learning!
Week 4
Week 4
L/O: To explore key themes and ideas in Act 3 through a class Harkness discussion
L/O: To review dramatic techniques
L/O: To further unpack themes in the text
Monday, Aug. 28
Act 3 Harkness
Act 3 discussion debrief
Dramatic technique review - matching (link to answers)
Tuesday, Aug. 29
Work lesson on themes assignment
Thursday, Aug. 30
Theme assignment presentations
This folder contains all student notes from the Act 3 Harkness
Week 5
Week 5
L/O: To unpack themes in the play through group presentations
L/O: To create detailed character sketches of the 3 characters in the play through mindmapping
Monday, Sept. 4 (double)
P3
P4
Tuesday, Sept 5 & Thursday, Sept.7
CAMPS WEEK - No regular classes
WEEK 6
WEEK 6
L/O: To further explore characters in the play through group mindmapping exercise
L/O: To explore connections between the play and the course concepts
L/O: To introduce Antigone and the conventions of Greek drama
Monday, Sept.11 (double)
Working on character mindmaps
Presentations
adding to concept maps - Death and the Maiden
Tuesday, Sept. 12
Concept maps cont'd
Working on written assignment
Thursday, Sept. 14
school photos - no Lessons
End of Unit
End of Unit
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Please go to our next unit page on "Antigone"
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