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This page has lesson plans for Unit 3 class sessions.
October 13 - November 14
(approx 16 sessions)
Unit 3 Overview
Unit 3 Overview
Essential Questions:
What makes a story unforgettable?
How do we craft our thoughts and ideas into a story?
Texts
1984 by George Orwell
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka - PDF
also teach literary criticism - lots of different interpretations: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Metamorphosis
Nonfiction:
"Someone Might Be Watching — An Introduction to Dystopian Fiction" by Shelby Ostergaard
"Why Do People Follow The Crowd?" by ABC News
"Stop and Frisk: Right or Wrong?" by Mike Kubic
Poetry:
Music:
Artwork:
Selected Literary Interpretation/Criticism:
Topics:
Novel - narrative / storytelling
Reader expectations
Creating Surprising Yet Convincing Characters (see Mosaic of Details and The Making of a Story: Norton Guide ch 10)
Character Perspective, Motives
Character Comparisons
Character Change, Character Development
dynamic vs static character
external vs internal changes
What makes this a story? - character change
see notes from The Science of Storytelling by Will Storr, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders, and The Making of a Story: Norton Guide
Suspense - see notes from books above
Historical & Cultural Context
Plot - events, scenes, significance
Conflicts - internal, external
Creative Writing Workshop
Dialogue (see notes & The Making of a Story: A Norton Guide to Creative Writing pg 343-356)
Literary & artistic movements/periods in history - European, American, East Asian, South Asian, Middle Eastern, African, Latin American
eg. Renaissance, Elizabethan, Victorian, Harlem Renaissance, modernism, postmodernism, beat
Critical Lenses
Literary Criticism: Compare & contrast literary review, criticism, AP essay
Unit Skills:
Critique a novel with respect to storytelling and author’s craft.
Investigate and explain how historical and cultural context influence a novel and its interpretation.
Analyze a scene from a novel by applying a critical lens.
Write a character sketch for a work of fiction or nonfiction.
Define and discuss literary movements and periods in history.
Enduring Understandings:
Stories often relate a fundamental character change over the course of the novel.
The historical and cultural context for the author and for the story influence our understanding and interpretation of a novel.
Critical lenses allow readers to examine literature with a particular concept or focus in mind.
Formative Assessment(s):
Mentor Text Notes & Reflections - characterization, suspense, conflict
Creative Writing - Character Sketch
Online Discussion Board - literary movements & periods
Summative Assessment(s):
Literary Interpretation Video
Literary Criticism Essay - rubric
Assessment is focused on helping students develop:
critical thinking
creative expression
analytical writing skills
research skills
intellectual and professional communication skills
Visit the assessments page for more details.
Week of October 13
Week of October 13
3.1 Introduction to 1984: Historical Context
3.1 Introduction to 1984: Historical Context
Tuesday October 14
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Describe common characteristics and themes in dystopian literature.
Define and discuss the concepts of totalitarianism, surveillance, misinformation, and conformity in preparation for studying 1984.
Record notes on the historical, cultural, and literary context related to the novel 1984 by George Orwell.
Review the definitions and spelling of vocabulary words from 1984 Part 1. Identify the correct definition for each word, and spell each word correctly.
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
Overview of Dystopian Literature and Historical Context
Guided Notes Template
Vocabulary Study
Assignments
Assignments
Homework:
Study vocabulary words for Part 1 Ch 1-4
Read 1984 Part 1, Ch 1-4 and complete dialectical journal assignment, due Tuesday October 21.
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3.2 Socratic Seminar: Introduction to 1984 & Contemporary Connections
3.2 Socratic Seminar: Introduction to 1984 & Contemporary Connections
Wednesday October 15 & Thursday October 16
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Define and discuss the concepts of politics, power, political parties, authoritarianism, misinformation, and influence in preparation for studying 1984.
Agenda Items
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Discussion Preparation
Reading & annotating
Reflection & discussion question(s)
Socratic Seminar
Debrief
Assignments
Assignments
Homework:
Study vocabulary words for Part 1 Ch 1-4
Read 1984 Part 1, Ch 1-4 and complete dialectical journal assignment, due Friday October 13.
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3.3 1984 Part 1 Ch 1-4: Dialectical Journal & Vocabulary Study
3.3 1984 Part 1 Ch 1-4: Dialectical Journal & Vocabulary Study
Friday October 17
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Read for at least 15 minutes.
Use a dialectical journal format to manage text evidence and commentary related to characterization, setting, significant events and conflict.
Identify details in the text that influence our expectations or anticipation of plot events.
Identify and discuss details from the text that reflect character development, context, and significant events in 1984.
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
Opening Chapter -- World Building & Characterization
Independent Reading
Dialectical Journal
Assignments
Assignments
Homework: Read 1984 Part 1, Ch 1-4 and complete dialectical journal assignment, due Friday October 13.
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Week of October 20
Week of October 20
3.4 Chapter 1: World Building & Characterization
3.4 Chapter 1: World Building & Characterization
Tuesday October 21
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Read for at least 15 minutes.
Use a dialectical journal format to manage text evidence and commentary related to characterization, setting, significant events and conflict.
Identify details in the text that influence our expectations or anticipation of plot events.
Identify and discuss details from the text that reflect character development, context, and significant events in 1984.
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
Opening Chapter -- World Building & Characterization
Independent Reading
Dialectical Journal
Assignments
Assignments
Homework: Read 1984 Part 1, Ch 1-4 and complete dialectical journal assignment, due Friday October 13.
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3.5 Reading & Vocab Quiz: 1984 Part 1 Chapters 1-4
3.5 Reading & Vocab Quiz: 1984 Part 1 Chapters 1-4
Tuesday October 21
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Identify and discuss details from the text that reflect character development, context, and significant events in the novel.
Identify and explain significant events—episodes, encounters and scenes—and character development in the novel.
Identify the correct definition for vocabulary words from the novel, and spell each word correctly.
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
Reading & Vocabulary Quiz #1
Dialectical Journal / Reading Reflection Questions
Assignments
Assignments
3.6 Reading & Vocab Quiz #1
Homework:
Study vocabulary words for Part 1 Ch 5-8
Read 1984 Part 2 and complete dialectical journal assignment, due Tues October 24.
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3.6 Reading Notes & Discussion: Plot, Inciting Incident, Conflict, Significant Events
3.6 Reading Notes & Discussion: Plot, Inciting Incident, Conflict, Significant Events
Thursday October 23
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Define and discuss the concepts of propaganda and “reality control” in connection with studying 1984.
Identify and discuss details from the text that reflect examples of irony, allegory, rising action, internal conflict, external conflict, inciting moment, character development, characters’ perspectives, values and desires, context, and significant events in Part 1, Chapters 5-8 of 1984.
Discuss the significance of details and plot events in terms of their relationship to conflict (advancing the plot) and character development.
Review the definitions and spelling of vocabulary words from 1984 Part 1 Ch 5-8. Identify the correct definition for each word, and spell each word correctly.
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
1984 Part 1 Discussion & Notes
Orwell's philosophy on social and political aspects of language and history
Irony & Allegory
Plot & Significant Events - inciting moment, internal conflict, external conflict, rising action
Assignments
Assignments
Homework:
Study vocabulary words for Part 1 Ch 5-8
Read 1984 Part 1, Ch 5-8 and complete dialectical journal assignment, due Tues October 17.
3.5 1984 Part 1 Ch 5-8 Quiz tomorrow
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3.7 Thinking Thematically: Significant Quotes
3.7 Thinking Thematically: Significant Quotes
Friday October 24
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Discuss the significance of details and plot events in terms of their relationship to conflict (advancing the plot) and character development.
Write reading notes that include text evidence and commentary related to themes, significant quotes, significant events and conflict.
Explain the significance of excerpts from the text including the author’s use of literary elements and techniques and the relationship to larger themes present in the work.
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
Overview of significant quotes
Reading & Dialectical Journal
Assignments
Assignments
Homework: Read two thirds of your book and complete the significant quotes assignment, due Monday November 18.
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Week of October 27
Week of October 27
3.8 Reading & Vocab Quiz: 1984 Part 1 Chapters 5-8
3.8 Reading & Vocab Quiz: 1984 Part 1 Chapters 5-8
Tuesday October 28
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Identify and discuss details from the text that reflect character development, context, and significant events in the novel.
Identify and explain significant events—episodes, encounters and scenes—and character development in the novel.
Identify the correct definition for vocabulary words from the novel, and spell each word correctly.
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
Reading & Vocabulary Quiz #2
Dialectical Journal / Reading Reflection Questions
Assignments
Assignments
3.6 Reading & Vocab Quiz #1
Homework:
Study vocabulary words for Part 2 Ch 1-4
Read 1984 Part 2 and complete dialectical journal
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3.9 1984 Part 2: Character Development, Hero's Journey & Significant Quotes
3.9 1984 Part 2: Character Development, Hero's Journey & Significant Quotes
Wednesday October 29
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Define and discuss the concepts of character development, character change, and the hero’s journey in connection with 1984.
Identify and discuss the significance of details and plot events in terms of their relationship to conflict (advancing the plot) and character development.
Explain the significance of excerpts from the text including the author’s use of literary elements and techniques and the relationship to larger themes present in the work.
Use a dialectical journal format to manage text evidence and commentary related to character development, significant quotes, significant events and conflict.
Review the definitions and spelling of vocabulary words from 1984 Part 2. Identify the correct definition for each word, and spell each word correctly.
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
Character Development - Hero's Journey
Reading & Dialectical Journal
Discussion Questions
Assignments
Assignments
1984 Part 2 Reading & Vocabulary Quiz on Tuesday October 24
Homework:
Study vocabulary words for Part 2
Read 1984 Part 2 and complete dialectical journal assignment, due Friday October 20.
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3.9 Themes, Motifs & Symbols
3.9 Themes, Motifs & Symbols
Thursday October 30
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Brainstorm and discuss themes and motifs in the novel.
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
Themes - Small group discussions
Whole Class discussion & anchor charts
Assignments
Assignments
Practice: Anchor charts listing themes, motifs and symbols in the novel
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3.10 Critical Questions Online Discussion: 1984 Part 2
3.10 Critical Questions Online Discussion: 1984 Part 2
Friday October 31
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Identify and discuss details from the text that reflect character development, context, and significant events in the novel.
Identify and explain significant events—episodes, encounters and scenes—and character development in the novel.
Identify the correct definition for vocabulary words from the novel, and spell each word correctly.
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
Reading & Vocabulary Quiz #2
Dialectical Journal / Reading Reflection Questions
Assignments
Assignments
3.6 Reading & Vocab Quiz #1
Homework:
Study vocabulary words for Part 2 Ch 1-4
Read 1984 Part 2 and complete dialectical journal
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Week of November 3
Week of November 3
3.11 1984 Part 2 Exam
3.11 1984 Part 2 Exam
Tuesday November 4
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
Assignments
Assignments
3.14 Novel FRQ in class on Tuesday November 11
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3.12 AP Exam Preparation: Novel FRQ Outline & Thesis
3.12 AP Exam Preparation: Novel FRQ Outline & Thesis
Wednesday November 5
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Describe the characteristics of a strong literary interpretation essay.
Use scrap paper to capture and organize your ideas and text evidence.
Write an outline and thesis statement for an essay in response to an AP Literature FRQ prompt.
Write an outline that presents your line of reasoning, including relevant claims and text evidence.
Write a one-sentence thesis statement that answers the prompt and presents a defensible interpretation of the novel.
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
Review AP Literature Exam format
Review Novel FRQ Rubric & example essay
Review Novel FRQ Prompt formats
Anatomy of an AP Literature FRQ prompt
Using Your Scrap Paper
Organizing your ideas --> line of reasoning / outline
Writing your thesis statement
Assignments
Assignments
Practice: 3.12 Novel FRQ Outline & Thesis
Read & take notes - finish your book & reading notes by the end of this weekend
3.14 Novel FRQ in class on Tuesday November 11
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3.13 1984 Part 3: Context & Character Change Socratic Seminar
3.13 1984 Part 3: Context & Character Change Socratic Seminar
Thursday November 6 & Friday November 7
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
While reading, take notes on character change, conflict, significant events, motifs, juxtaposition, and symbols. For each note, include:
quote
page number
your thoughts/what you noticed
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
Assignments
Assignments
Practice: 3.11: Reading Notes - finish your book & reading notes by the end of this weekend
3.14 Novel FRQ in class on Tuesday December 10
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Week of November 10
Week of November 10
3.14 Novel FRQ
3.14 Novel FRQ
Tuesday November 11
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Write a 4-5 paragraph literary interpretation essay that includes a defensible thesis statement and presents a clear line of reasoning in body paragraphs with relevant claims, evidence and commentary.
Write commentary that explains the relationship between the evidence and the claim.
Use relevant literary terminology in a literary interpretation essay.
Write using appropriate capitalization, punctuation, spelling, grammar, and transition phrases.
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
Novel FRQ in AP Classroom
Assignments
Assignments
3.13 Novel FRQ in AP Classroom due in class today
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3.15 Essay Scoring
3.15 Essay Scoring
Wednesday November 12
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Use a rubric to discuss and evaluate your own literary interpretation essay to determine the score your essay should receive based on the thesis, line of reasoning (including claim, evidence and commentary), and sophistication.
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
FRQ Scoring Form
Assignments
Assignments
Practice: Use the rubric-based form to annotate & score your poetry interpretation essay
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3.X Creative Writing: Dystopian Fiction
3.X Creative Writing: Dystopian Fiction
TBD
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Examine and discuss the characteristics of impactful fiction stories.
Brainstorm current social and/or political issues for creating a literary or artistic work of dystopian fiction.
Write a dystopian fiction story that involves a protagonist experiencing internal and external conflict, an inciting incident, character development, and the hero’s journey.
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
Qualities of Impactful Fiction
Brainstorming - Current Social / Political Issues
Writing Your Fiction Story
Assignments
Assignments
Practice: Dystopian Fiction Story
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3.X Unit 3 Progress Check MCQ
3.X Unit 3 Progress Check MCQ
TBD
Welcome back! My plan for today is to guide you to:
Identify
Agenda Items
Agenda Items
Unit 3 Progress Check MCQ on AP Classroom
Assignments
Assignments
3.13 Unit 3 Progress Check MCQ on AP Classroom
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Unit 3 Skills
Unit 3 Skills
AP Literature Skills Focus for Unit 3: Novel
CHR 1.A Identify and describe what specific textual details reveal about a character, that character’s perspective, and that character’s motives
Which words, phrases, and details contribute to a character’s characterization?
How is a character described physically, emotionally, and/or psychologically?
Which aspects of a character’s background contribute to how the character perceives his or her world?
What drives the character to think, feel, and/or act in the manner he or she does?
CHR 1.B Explain the function of a character changing or remaining unchanged.
What provokes a character to change or remain unchanged?
What are the comparable traits of a character before and after he or she changes?
To what degree does the text convey empathy for those characters who change or for those who remain unchanged?
To what degree does a character’s changing constitute progress or decline?
How does a character’s changing or remaining unchanged affect other elements of the literary work and/or contribute to meaning of the work as a whole?
SET 2.A Identify and describe specific textual details that convey or reveal a setting.
How do details in a text convey or reveal one or more aspects of a setting (e.g., location, time of day, year, season, geography, culture)?
Setting includes the social, cultural, and historical situation during which the events of the text occur.
STR 3.E Explain the function of a significant event or related set of significant events in a plot.
Which event in a plot has a significant relationship to a character, conflict, another event, thematic idea, etc., and what is the relationship?
How is an event in a plot a cause or effect of another event?
How does an event or related set of events cause, develop, or resolve a conflict?
How can an event or related set of events represent competing value systems?
How does an event create anticipation or suspense in a reader?
How does an event or related set of events contribute to meaning in the whole work?
STR 3.F Explain the function of conflict in a text.
How might a conflict represent opposing motivations or values?
How might a conflict arise from a contrast?
What is the relationship of a particular conflict to other conflicts?
How does the resolution or continuation of a conflict affect a character, plot, narrator, or speaker, etc.?
How does the resolution or continuation of a conflict affect a reader’s experience with the text?
How does a conflict contribute to meaning in the whole work?
LAN 7.A Develop a paragraph that includes 1) a claim that requires defense with evidence from the text and 2) the evidence itself.
How do you analyze a text to develop a defensible claim about that text?
How do you develop a claim that requires a defense with evidence from the text—and is not simply an assertion of fact or statement of the obvious?
How do you develop a claim that you can defend with logical reasoning and textual evidence?
How do you develop a claim that acknowledges that contradictory evidence or alternative interpretations exist?
How do you develop a claim that articulates how a text explores concepts related to a range of experiences, institutions, and/or social structures?
LAN 7.B Develop a thesis statement that conveys a defensible claim about an interpretation of literature and that may establish a line of reasoning.
How do you write a thesis statement that clearly articulates a claim about an interpretation of literature?
How do you preview the reasoning of your argument in your thesis statement, perhaps by considering how your reasoning is organized?
LAN 7.C Develop commentary that establishes and explains relationships among textual evidence, the line of reasoning, and the thesis.
What are the logical reasons, inferences, and/or conclusions that justify your claim?
How do you develop commentary that does more than restate plot details?
How do you develop commentary that explicitly articulates your critical thinking and relationships among ideas rather than leaving it to readers to make inferences or connections on their own?
How do you develop commentary that carefully explains your reasons, inferences, and/or conclusions; how textual evidence supports your reasoning; and how your reasoning justifies your claim?
How do you develop commentary that conveys your complex argument about an interpretation of literature?
LAN 7.D Select and use relevant and sufficient evidence to both develop and support a line of reasoning.
How can an interpretation of a text emerge from analyzing evidence and then forming a line of reasoning or from forming a line of reasoning and then identifying relevant evidence?
Which information from a text can serve as evidence to develop and support your line of reasoning?
How do you know when evidence is relevant to your reasoning?
How do you introduce evidence into your argument and indicate the purpose of the evidence as it relates to your argument?
How do you know when your evidence is sufficient to support a line of reasoning and justify your claim?
How do you address evidence that contradicts your reasoning or your claim?
LAN 7.E Demonstrate control over the elements of composition to communicate clearly.
How do you revise an argument’s grammar and mechanics so that they follow established conventions of language to ensure clear communication of ideas?
How can you select organizational patterns (e.g., chronological, compare-contrast, cause-effect, general to specific, order of importance, part-to-whole) to organize your reasoning and support?
How do you organize clauses, sentences, and paragraphs to create coherence?
How do you select and place transitions in sentences to create particular relationships between ideas and create coherence?
How do you write sentences that convey equality/inequality of importance or balance/imbalance between ideas?
How do you select words that clearly communicate ideas?
How do you use punctuation to indicate clear relationships among ideas?
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