Subject: 9th ELA
Unit: To Kill a Mockingbird; Literary Analysis; Literary
Devices
Unit Goals/Objectives: Students will analyze literary excerpts to determine tone. Students will determine the
author’s purpose in cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts; Students will analyze famous speeches for
rhetorical structures and devices. Students will establish how author’s sensory language creates imagery in texts.
Students will analyze poetry, making inferences, drawing conclusions, and using evidence from the text to support
arguments.
Teacher: EDGE
Week Of: November 30-December 4
Student Learning Expectations: 1(A); 1(B); 6; 8; 10(B)
Monday
Mode of Instruction/Activities: DOL: Vocabulary Connection; Final Reflection: To Kill a Mockingbird;
FDR/1930s; Analysis (Persuasive Text): FDR’s “First Inaugural Address;” Analyze tone; answer questions as
a class
Assignments: Read for AR
Student Learning Expectations: 1(A); 1(B); 6; 8; 10(B)
Tuesday
Mode of Instruction/Activities: DOL: Vocabulary Connection; Lecture: Introduction to FDR/1930s;
Analysis (Persuasive Text): FDR’s “First Inaugural Address;” Analyze tone; answer questions as a class
Assignments: Read for AR
Student Learning Expectations: 1(A); 7; 3; 1(B); 26
Wednesday
Mode of Instruction/Activities: DOL: Vocabulary Connection; Lecture: Review/discussion of literary terms;
Guided Reading: “Abandoned Farmhouse” by Ted Kooser; Students will identify at least three different
poetic devices used in the poem. Students will provide their textual references and discuss how each
poetic device enhances meaning.
Assignments: Complete “Abandoned Farmhouse” exercise.
Student Learning Expectations: 1(A); 7; 3; 1(B); 26; 14(B)
Thursday
Mode of Instruction/Activities: DOL: Vocabulary Connection; Lecture: Review/discussion of literary terms;
Guided Reading: “Abandoned Farmhouse” by Ted Kooser; Students will identify at least three different
poetic devices used in the poem. Students will provide their textual references and discuss how each
poetic device enhances meaning. Writing Literary Texts: Students will write a poem in the manner of
“Abandoned Farmhouse” about themselves.
Assignments: Develop their own “Abandoned Farmhouse”
Student Learning Expectations: 1(A); 7; 3; 1(B); 26; 14(B)
Student Learning Expectations: 1(A); 7; 3; 1(B); 26; 14(B)
Friday
Mode of Instruction/Activities: DOL: Vocabulary Connection; Lecture: Review/discussion of literary terms;
Guided Reading: “Abandoned Farmhouse” by Ted Kooser; Students will identify at least three different
poetic devices used in the poem. Students will provide their textual references and discuss how each
poetic device enhances meaning. Writing Literary Texts: Students will write a poem in the manner of
“Abandoned Farmhouse” about themselves.
Assignments: Develop their own “Abandoned Farmhouse”
Student Learning Expectations: 1(A); 7; 3; 1(B); 26; 14(B)
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