Unit 4: Nonfiction/Fiction Synthesis—Race and Society/To Kill a Mockingbird Objective: To analyze challenging fiction and non-fiction texts and synthesize ideas coherently in
reading, writing, listening and speaking
Monday
Tuesday
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Friday
Oct 20 Race quickwrite Historical background of speeches Unit calendar Oct 21 Annotation Guide Historical Speeches Oct 22 – Schedule A
Oct 23/24 Modified Block Days
Individual prep Group prep Begin teaching speeches Finish speech teaching Historical timeline Book checkout Anticipation Guide HW: Finish reading and annotating speech HW: None Oct 28 Finish film (25 min) Reflection questions Discussion Oct 29/30 Oct birthdays Character review Chapter 3 Intro to DEJ and Reading Notes HW: Movie notes Nov 3 DEJ Assessment #1 Literary Analysis Paragraph #1 HW: Read Chapters 9­10 RN for 9­10 Nov 4 Quickwrite on family Family activities from Camp Everytown (2B) HW: Read Chapters 11­12 RN for 11­12 HW: RN for Ch 1­3 Read Chapters 4­6 RN 4­6 Nov 5/6 Chapters 11­12 Quickwrite DEJ #2 Read Chapters 13­15
Nov 10 No School! Nov 11 Part One of Courtroom Trial HW: None HW: personal background writing—what do I know about race and society in US history? Oct 27
Emmett Till movie HW: Read TKAM Ch 1­2 HW: HW: Read Chapters 13­15 RN 13­15 Nov 12/13
Chapters 18­19 RN 18­19 Literary Analysis Paragraph #2 HW: Read Chapters 20­21 RN 20­21 Oct 31 Chapter 1­6 Quickwrite Attitudes Towards Difference HW: Read Ch 7­8 RN for Ch 7­8 Nov 7
Mob mentality Chapters 16 and 17 HW: Read Chapters 16­17 RN 16­17 Nov 14
DEJ #3 Literary Analysis Paragraph #3 HW: None Monday
Tuesday
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Nov 17 Continue Trial HW: Read Chapters 22­24 RN 22­24 Nov 18 Finish Trial Do Trial Notes Literary Analysis Paragraph #4 HW: Read Chapters 25­27 RN 25­27 Nov 19/20 Begin movie HW: Read Chapters 28­29 RN 28­29 Nov 21 DEJ modeling Continue movie Nov 24 End of book quickwrite and discussion Literary Analysis Paragraph modeling Finish movie, if need be HW: Socratic prep Dec 1 Socratic debrief Intro to essay and scoring guide Brainstorm sheet Nov 25 Socratic Seminar HW: None ☺ Nov 26­28 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY—NO SCHOOL Dec 2 Evidence Collection Dec 3/4 Thesis Formation Outline Body Paragraph #1 Dec 5 BP #3 Intro/Conclusion tips HW: Finish Evidence Collection HW: Brainstorm sheet Dec 8 Final Exam Schedule and Info Peer Response HW: Essay due on Block Day HW: BPs #1 and #2 Dec 9 Review terms HW: Essay due Dec 10/11 Essay due Info about Reading Final Text review HW: Reading Final on Friday HW: DEJ #4 Finish reading book RN 30­31 HW: Rough Draft due Dec 12 All revisions due Reading Final Review Historical Speeches HW: Study and review Unit 5—Summative Semester Final
Dec 15 Unit checklist Socratic Info and prep HW: Unit packet due on Final Day Socratic Prep #1 and #2 Dec 16 December birthdays Socratic prep HW: Socratic prep #3 and #4 Unit packet due Wed., Dec 17 FINALS 2, 6, 7 Thursday, Dec 18 FINALS 0,1, 5 Friday, Dec 19 FINALS 3,4 Unit packets due Socratic Seminars – turn in packets