Semester 1 Tentative Schedule
Internet Piracy
Essential Question:
Should people be prosecuted for online piracy?
Key Vocabulary:
 Pirated / Piracy
 Copyright
 Infringed / Infringement
 Prosecute / Prosecution
 Persecute / Persecution
 Controversial / Controversy
 Bootleg
 Distribute / Distribution.
 Liable / Liability
 Peer-To-Peer (P2P)
 SOPA
 RIAA
 Prolific
 Exclusive / Exclusivity
Core Works:
Summative Assessment:
5 paragraph Argumentative Essay
-Write a multi-paragraph argumentative letter that will be presented to the
stakeholders (artists, consumers, record labels, film production companies, writers,
etc.) that argues either in support of or in opposition to people being prosecuted
for online piracy. Make sure you address potential counterarguments in your letter
and support your view with information from sources you have examined.
Module 1: Rhetorical Strategies, Speeches and Democracy Today
Essential Question:
Have we, as a nation, achieved a truly democratic society as our political leaders
have envisioned?
Core Works:
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Bill of Rights http://archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights.html
Patrick Henry’s Speech to the Virginia Convention, Textbook pages: 186-190
The Declaration of Independence, Textbook pages: 156-159
President Barack Obama’s 2008 Victory Speech,
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=6181477&page3#.UYfPTRwu2PQ
Key Vocabulary:
Rhetoric
Democracy
Main idea
Parallelism
Metaphors
Ethos
Pathos
Anaphora
Logos
Summative Assessment:
5 Paragraph Argumentative Essay
Grammar Skills:
subject-verb and pronoun antecedent agreement.
Choose words and phrases for effect.
Module 2 ERWC: To Clone or Not to Clone
Essential Question:
Should the cloning of mammals, including animals and humans, be allowed and
approved?
Core Works:
Summative Assessment:
Argumentative Essay
Grammar Skills:
Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments
and run-ons.
Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to/too/two; there/their).
Module 3: Is Society to Blame?
Essential Question:
To what extent is society responsible for the actions of its citizens? What
obligations do citizens owe their society? What does society owe its citizens?
Core Works:
1. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God by Jonathan Edwards, pages 108-111
2. The Crucible, Acts I-IV, by Arthur Miller, pages1230-1334
Media:
1. PBS American Master-Arthur Miller (Short Bio)
2. The Crucible Movie
Key Vocabulary:
Summative Assessment:
Explanatory Essay
The Crucible Exam
Grammar Skills:
Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely.
Choose punctuation for effect.
Module 4: Autobiographical Narrative
Essential Questions:
How does the people you have met and the places you have gone, define and/or help
to shape the person you will become? Who am I? Where am I from? Where do I
want to go from here?
Core Works:
1. Freedom Writers Diary entries
2. “Mother Tongue” (Amy Tan)
3. Tuesdays With Morrie excerpt (Mitch Albom)
4. Michael Orr’s “I Beat the Odds”
5. “Where I’m From” by George Ella Lyon
6. “6 word memoirs”
Key Vocabulary:
Sensory details
Point of View
Characterization
Interior Monologue
Tone
Diction
Metaphor
Annotate Voice
Summative Assessment:
Autobiographical Narrative
Grammar Skills:
Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.
Use punctuation to separate items in a series