SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Big Ideas Essential Questions

SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Grade 12 Unit 04 Hybrid Unit
Literary and Informational Text
Social Class and Classism
Special Education and Consultant Teacher Resource Guide
Big Ideas
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Essential Questions
Authors use literary elements and structure to create
meaning and aesthetic impact.
A critical analysis of literature helps us to determine
what bigger messages an author might be trying to
communicate.
Informational Texts present a specific claim and
perspective and require critical analysis in order to
determine accuracy and reliability of the given
information.
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Does social class have to determine your approach to
life?
Is your sense of self-worth dependent on the traditional
standards by
*This (PC) unit was created as a companion to the novel Things
Fall Apart, as a text to teach social class and classism.
Resources and Supports
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Anticipation Guide - Things Fall Apart
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Excerpts from The Great Gatsby & The House on Mango Street
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“Formulating Perspectives”
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“Money” poems & articles
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MP4 Self-Monitoring Checklist
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Oliver Twist (Chapter 2 excerpt)
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“Shadowy Lines That Still Divide”
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Strategies Organizer & Rubric for Cooperative Groups
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“The Sacrificial Egg”
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Things Fall Apart Activity Chapter Guide ppt.
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Things Fall Apart Teachers’ Guide
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“Work Stressors and Social Class”
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Unit 4 Pacing Guide
3/16
Social class/ Classism
3/17
“Formulating Perspectives”
3/18
2 “Money” poems
2 Money articles
3/19
Free write: Money =
Happiness?
3/23
Anticipation guide – Things
Fall Apart
3/30
Begin reading Things Fall
Apart – vary structures:
Read together
Read in groups
Read at home
3/24
4/6
SPRING RECESS
4/13
4/7
3/ 25
Chinua Achebe – Short
Story “The Sacrificial Egg”
4/1
Students will use a
strategies organizer to
track habits of good
readers, and self-score
using a rubric during
cooperative groups
4/8
3/26
“Village People”
Textbook
4/2
Students will use a selfmonitoring checklist for
the completing of the
reading and the study
guide questions while
reading the novel
4/9
4/14
4/15
4/16
4/17
4/22
4/23
Writing assessment
4/24
3/31
13 days of reading …
4/20
4/21
Excerpts - Gatsby/House on Oliver Twist Excerpt:
Mango Street
Characterization
Rich / poor perspectives
3/20
2 articles:
“Work Stressors and Social
Class”, “Shadowy Lines that
Still Divide”
3/27
“Old Woman”
Textbook
4/3 Good Friday
4/10
Writing Prompt:
Looking at two pieces from Unit 4 (novel, short story, or poetry), determine how wealth or poverty can develop
or impede a person’s character. Use specific examples from two pieces to show how particular characters’
personalities are affected by their social class.
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