Ms. Tasneem Date /Day Subject : English Standard: CCSS/NGSS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3 Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme. Grade 10 Unit: 2- Extending Freedom’s Reach Lesson: The Censors Positive Education Skill to be incorporated: Self Awareness Mutual Respect sabotage intercept irreproachable subversive jeopardy Warm-up/Pre knowledge: THINK- PAIR AND SHARE. • What does it mean to “be free” according to your perception? Objectives • to explore the main idea of the text • to analyze how main character develops over the course of a text • cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says Poor Juan! One day they caught him with his guard down before he could even realize that what he had taken as a stroke of luck was really one of fate’s dirty tricks. These things happen the minute you’re careless, as one often is. Juancito let happiness—a feeling you can’t trust—get the better of him when he received from a confidential source Mariana’s new address in Paris and knew that she hadn’t forgotten him. Without thinking twice, he sat down at his table and wrote her a letter. The letter that now keeps his mind off his job during the day and won’t let him sleep at night (what had he scrawled, what had he put on that sheet of paper he sent to Mariana?). Do you think we are enjoying enough freedom in UAE to communicate to our dear ones across the world? Analyze the first two paragraphs of the story and reflect on the following question. • What emotion leads Juan to write and send Mariana a letter? • How does he feel after he has sent the letter? • Why do his feelings change? • What does this communicate about the society in which he lives? Compare the society Juan was living in with the one we are living in here in UAE. Major Types of Conflicts Examine the story ‘The Censors’ Closely Which of the major conflicts have been threaded in the story The Censors? Cite the examples/evid ence from the text to support your point Your Analysis of power and freedom? What is the relationship between power and freedom? What has this story taught you about the nature of freedom and power in an oppressive society? Collaborate in your group and Share. Did your feelings about Juan change during the course of the story? Who should be blamed more for Juan’s death? Government or Juan himself? If you are ever offered the job of a censor in real life, would you accept? Why or Why not? Comment Do think Juan’s decision to join Censorship Department to intercept his own letter was right on moral grounds? Insight This story shows an important and disturbing insight about freedom. Often, people end up depriving themselves. It is easy to fall into a routine or a system that ends up hurting you or taking away your freedoms. Comment Imagine! You are living in a country where the government tracks all forms of communication. You are scared of writing to your friends and family. 1-Write a diary entry to share your feelings of fear and pain of living in a country where your phone calls are listened and emails are read. Success Criteria • Use descriptive vocabulary to convey your feelings • Use past tense • Use time connectives • Use informal language to sound more real Write a persuasive tweet and speak to the larger community and encourage the world to raise their voice against all type of censorship on communication. Success Criteria Use persuasive techniques for emotional appeal as well as reasoning Individual Writing Task Write a poem to express your feelings while living in a country where all means of communication are censored. Success Criteria • Use rhyme • Use other poetic devices as simile, metaphor and alliteration Presentation and Peer Feedback Time Evaluate and rate your peers’ task considering the given success criteria. 1 2 3 4 5 5 is the highest Plenary What have we learnt today? Summarize. When, if ever, are limits on freedom necessary?
