Westside High School Lesson Plan
Teacher Name:
Wed/Thurs
Tuesday
Monday
Course:
Morgan
GT English II
Unit Name and #:
Dates:
Unit 4
Dystopian Lit
Week 2
1/12-1/16
Daily Objective: I can analyze visual rhetoric in propaganda posters in order to
determine purpose and persuasion
TEKS/AP/Standards: Students will analyze visual rhetoric for a variety of
purposes.
Learning Activities:
Response to 1984 concepts
Propaganda poster analysis
Assessment Methods: Propaganda poster analysis
Checks for Understanding: Propaganda poster analysis
Materials: paper, pen, essay prompt
Follow Up/Homework:
1/13: Vocab sentences due
1/16: 1984 chapters 4-8 quiz
1/16: Individual Novel Study (dystopian lit) Dialectical Journal 1 due
Daily Objective: I can closely read a text in order to analyze its thematic elements
and purpose.
TEKS/AP/Standards: Students will analyze complex rhetoric for a variety of
purposes.
Learning Activities:
Response to 1984 concepts
Students will closely read “No One Died at Tianmanan Square” and complete a
SOAPStone analysis as well as an analytical paragraph connecting events in the article
to 1984.
Assessment Methods: SOAPStone analysis and paragraph
Checks for Understanding: Discussion of article
Materials: “No One Died…” article, paper
Follow Up/Homework:
1/16: 1984 chapters 4-8 quiz
1/16: Individual Novel Study (dystopian lit) Dialectical Journal 1 due
Daily Objective: I can evaluate the use of motifs through a close reading of a text.
TEKS/AP/Standards: Students make complex inferences about text and use
textual evidence to support understanding.
Learning Activities:
Response to 1984 concepts
Introduction to Individual Dystopian Project “Create a World”
Motif assignment—group poster using text evidence, rhetorical and literary analysis
and visuals
Assessment Methods: Motif assignment
Checks for Understanding: Motif assignment
Materials: posters, copies of 1984
Follow Up/Homework:
1/16: 1984 chapters 4-8 quiz
1/16: Individual Novel Study (dystopian lit) Dialectical Journal 1 due
1/23—Individual Dystopian Project due (major)
Friday
Daily Objective: I can recall plot and characterization in a text.
TEKS/AP/Standards: Students make complex inferences about text and use
textual evidence to support understanding
Learning Activities:
Response to 1984 concepts
PowerUP laptop deployment
1984 Quiz 2
If time allows, work on INS DJ 2 or Dystopian Project
Assessment Methods: 1984 Quiz
Checks for Understanding: 1984 Quiz
Materials: Quiz, dystopian novel
Follow Up/Homework:
1/23: 1984 chapters 9-13 quiz
1/23: Individual Novel Study (dystopian lit) Dialectical Journal 2 due
1/23—Individual Dystopian Project due (major)