EDUCATED
by Tara Westover
ENGLISH IV
The Tragedy of Prince Hamlet
1984 by George Orwell
ACT Reading
There are four ACT reading passages that have 10 questions each, which equals a total of 40 multiple-choice questions that each have four answer choices. These passage types are always in the same order: Prose Fiction, Social Studies, Humanities, and Natural Sciences
Reading Strategies to address the ACT Reading CONTENT
Key Ideas and Details (55–60%)
This category requires you to read texts closely to determine central ideas and themes. Summarize information and ideas accurately. Understand relationships and draw logical inferences and conclusions, including understanding sequential, comparative, and cause-effect relationships.
Craft and Structure (25–30%)
These questions ask you to determine word and phrase meanings; analyze an author’s word choice rhetorically; analyze text structure; understand the author’s purpose and perspective; and analyze characters’ points of view. Interpret authorial decisions rhetorically and differentiate between various perspectives and sources of information.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas (13–18%)
This category requires you to understand authors’ claims, differentiate between facts and opinions, and use evidence to make connections between different texts that are related by topic. Some questions will require you to analyze how authors construct arguments, and to evaluate reasoning and evidence from various sources.
CONTENT UNITS:
UNIT: Educated by Tara Westover
Students will read Educated by Tara Westover and a series of related literary and informational texts to explore the question: What does it mean to be educated?
Students will express their understanding through a narrative essay that explores how formal and informal experiences and settings can shape a person’s education.
Students will complete the Reading Guide to assess students' understanding of the text.
UNIT: The Tragedy of Prince Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Students will complete the Reading Guide to assess students’ understanding of the play.
Students will read Hamlet by William Shakespeare and a series of related literary and informational texts to explore the question: How are revenge and madness closely related to one another?
Students will explore the concept of revenge, its relationship to madness, and its consequences.
Students will also explore how perception can change the concept and understanding of sanity.
Finally, students will evaluate characters’ thoughts and actions, determine whether or not they are feigning madness, and examine the reasoning behind their behavior(s).
Students will express their understanding through a series of class discussions, writing prompts, and a literary analysis where we examine character motivation and behavior.
UNIT: Artificial Intelligence
Students will examine a broad selection of texts to explore how artificial intelligence has impacted society and what the future of artificial intelligence might hold.
Students will express their understanding through an essay which summarizes the origins of artificial intelligence, surveys the various ways it is used and how it has impacted society, and argues how it may be safely implemented in the future.