Lesson Plans September 22-26 Monday (Sep. 22): 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): 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 o http://www.ted.com/talks/philip_zimbardo_on_the_psychology_of_evil?language=en o o Read pages 89-91 in “The Tell-Tale Heart” REV It Up Lesson 2 Day 2 “Explain Yourself” questions Wednesday (Sep. 24): 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 o http://crime.about.com/od/serial/p/tedbundy.htm o o Begin creating a psychological profile for the killer REV It Up Lesson 2 Day 3 “Take It Further” questions Thursday (Sep. 25): 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 o http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/assessment/2004/04/the_depressive_and_the_psychopath.single.html o Complete a criminal psychology profile for the narrator of the story REV It Up Lesson 2 Day 7 “Eco-rific Trip” o Friday (Sep. 26): Content Standard: Understand the concept of an unreliable narrator and distinguish what makes a narrator unreliable as opposed to reliable 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