Course Code: ENG 1D
Unit Title: To Kill a Mockingbird
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What characteristics define courage?
How does prejudice limit opportunity?
How can appearances be deceiving?
How does one measure personal growth?
Knowledge (I will know):
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Unit Learning Goals
Do (I will be able to):
What discrimination/prejudice is.
The criteria of courage.
The historical context of racism in
North America.
Literary terminology (novels,
characters, plot, and devices)
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Formative:
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Contextual Stations (historical and social)
Argument Paragraph
Content Questions
Chapter Quizzes
Quotation Analysis
Essay Organizer
Summative:
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Tests
Racism Pamphlet
Quotation Analysis
Literary Essay
Understand the context of the Southern
U.S. in the 1930s and issues of racism
Identify literary devices in the novel
Identify courage within the novel
Identify the various types of
discrimination in the novel
Identify the consequences of prejudice
within the novel
Organize quotations and arguments into
a structured form
Understand key elements and purpose
of introductions and conclusions
Understand key elements of formal
essay through self and peer assessment