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Welcome English 11 Unit 2: The Highway! This unit's objective is...
Welcome English 11 Unit 2: The Highway! This unit's objective is...
In this unit, students will think about the theme and essential question as they focus on the literary periods of Transcendentalism and Romanticism, analyzing excerpts from Walden and poems by Emily Dickinson. They will also study the genre of fiction while reading excerpts and stories such as Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and “A Good Man Is Hard to Find.” In addition, nonfiction texts, such as Mississippi Solo by Eddy Harris and The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson, will encourage students to think about life-changing journeys as they read across genres.
Students will begin this unit as readers, and they will finish as writers, as they apply what they have learned about story elements to their own narrative writing projects.
Unit 2: The Highway
Unit 2: The Highway
Suggested Pacing Guide and Unit Calendar
Suggested Pacing Guide and Unit Calendar
To ensure that you stay on track, and don't fall too far behind, I have created this calendar of suggested due dates for this unit. Please use it to your advantage. No work for Unit 2 will be accepted past December 17th
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Yellow highlight = due date, red = Must Do assignment, blue = Should Do assignment, green highlight = Aspire To assignment
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Last updated on November 9, 2020
Last updated on November 9, 2020
After exploring background information and research links about a topic, students will respond to a question with a 140-character response. Additionally, students will study new vocabulary and use it in new contexts, and gather a new / deeper understanding of transcendentalism and romanticism
After reading “Walden,” students will demonstrate their understanding of describing personal connections and supporting an opinion in a short, written response.
After engaging in a close reading and discussion of “Driving My Own Destiny,” students will be able to compose a short, written response that explains the text structure the author uses and how that structure relates to her purpose.
After reading “Because I could not stop for Death,” and "A Good Man is Hard to Find" students will demonstrate their understanding of how an image contributes to a poem’s overall meaning in a short, and be able to identify and describe character traits and setting details written response.
Students will review the meanings of content knowledge and academic vocabulary words in order to recognize and use them in a variety of contexts.
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