Lesson Plans September 22-26
Monday (Sep. 22):
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Content Standard: Understand horror as a genre, including its tropes and unique traits.
Language Standard: Use the terms “tropes” and “horror” to describe commonalities in horror
films.
Accountable Team Task: Create a web of knowledge of what we already know about horror
o Vocab: Horror, tropes
o Music Monday: “Evil” by Howlin’ Wolf
o Fears Powerpoint
o REV It Up Lesson 2 Day 1 “The Rain Came” by Grace Ogot
Tuesday (Sep. 23):
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Content Standard: Explore the concept of evil and power in a real-world situation
Language Standard: Begin discussing the concept of evil in shades of gray rather than in black
and white
Accountable Team Task:
o TED Tuesdays: “The Psychology of Evil” by Phillip Zimbardo
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http://www.ted.com/talks/philip_zimbardo_on_the_psychology_of_evil?language=en
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Read pages 89-91 in “The Tell-Tale Heart”
REV It Up Lesson 2 Day 2 “Explain Yourself” questions
Wednesday (Sep. 24):
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Content Standard: Understand how we can relate fictional characters to a real-world concept
Language Standard: Apply a layman’s psychological diagnosis to the narrator of the story
Accountable Team Task: Create a criminal psychology profile for the narrator in the story
o Read pages 92-94 in “The Tell-Tale Heart”
o Explore a psychological profile of Ted Bundy
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http://crime.about.com/od/serial/p/tedbundy.htm
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Begin creating a psychological profile for the killer
REV It Up Lesson 2 Day 3 “Take It Further” questions
Thursday (Sep. 25):
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Content Standard: Understand how we can relate fictional characters to a real-world concept
Language Standard: Apply a layman’s psychological diagnosis to the narrator of the story
Accountable Team Task: Create a criminal psychology profile for the narrator in the story
o Explore a psychological profile of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold
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http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/assessment/2004/04/the_depressive_and_the_psychopath.single.html
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Complete a criminal psychology profile for the narrator of the story
REV It Up Lesson 2 Day 7 “Eco-rific Trip”
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Friday (Sep. 26):
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Content Standard: Understand the concept of an unreliable narrator and distinguish what makes
a narrator unreliable as opposed to reliable
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Language Standard: Use the terms “reliable” and “unreliable” to describe a narrator and select
evidence to support reliability of the narrator
Accountable Team Task: Craft a claim/data/warrant-style argument for why the narrator is
unreliable, using at least 3 pieces of evidence
o Think-Pair-Share: With a shoulder partner, go through the text and find a piece of
evidence that supports the narrator being unreliable, then share
o With the evidence shared in class, write a paragraph in claim/data/warrant style
supporting the unreliability of the narrator
o REV It Up Lesson 2 Day 9 “In Your Own Words” prompt