Inherit the Wind Unit Plan Essential Questions -­‐How do speakers convince an audience? What is the role of rhetoric in literature? -­‐Creationism vs. Evolution -­‐What should be taught in our schools? Objectives -­‐Students will rhetorically analyze a passage of the text -­‐Students will rhetorically analyze historical speeches -­‐Students will write a persuasive speech on a topic of their choice -­‐Students will present a persuasive speech on a topic of their choice Formative Assessments -­‐Close reading and close reading checks -­‐Reading Quizzes -­‐Quick Writes and Learning Logs -­‐Class Discussions Final Assessments -­‐Speech on an issue where education is being limited or where science is denounced, or where the minority is excluded because they are outside of the religious beliefs of the majority -­‐Unit Test Monday, 10/15
(5, 7)
Tuesday, 10/16
(3)
Thursday, 10/18
(5, 7)
Friday, 10/19
(3)
Monday, 10/22
(5,7)
Tuesday, 10/23
(3)
*Unit Test -­‐ Bless Me, Ultima *Learning Log: How should school curriculum be decided?
*Read Opening & Reflect – Why is the setting yesterday, or tomorrow? Why is it important not to read this text as history? HW:
1. Close read I.i 2. Work on Primary Text Source Notes (find 3)
3. Vocab Quiz Unit 4 *Vocab Unit 4 Test *Reading Quiz
*Dwight’s speech from The Office
*Introduction to rhetorical terms
*Rhetorical Analysis Activity– Clinton Speech
*Rhetorical Analysis – Brady’s first speech (19-­‐20)
HW:
1. Group Presentations
2. Primary Text Source Notes due to Drop Box (find 3)
3. Close read I.ii
*Primary Text Source Notes Due to Dropbox *Reading Quiz
*Jigsaw Education Articles
*Introduce Speech Assignment *Silly Speech Practice HW:
1. Close Read Act II (50 pages)
2. Group Presentations
3. Speech Assignment -­‐ think of a topic & bring laptops 4.Work on Skeletal Outline Wednesday,
*Learning Log: In what ways is Cates’ view of religion 10/24 (5, 7)
similar or different from Antonio’s? What about Thursday, 10/25 Drummond’s perspective? Brady’s?
HW: 1. Close Read Act III
2. Vocab Unit 5 Due (3)
*Speech -­‐ OK topics; writing and researching time (20 minutes)
3. Skeletal Outline Due (Dropbox)
4. Work on Speech -­‐ bring laptop to class Friday, 10/26
(5, 7)
Monday, 10/29
(3)
*Skeletal Outline Due (Dropbox)
*Vocab Unit 5 Due *Part III Quiz *Speech writing Time -­‐ bring laptops -­‐ 20 minutes *Introduce Sentence Outline
HW: 1. Study for Unit Test
2. Speech Assignment -­‐ finish draft -­‐ print 3. Work on Sentence Outline Tuesday, 10/30
(5, 7)
Wednesday,
10/31 (3)
*Unit Test *Peer edit speeches
HW:
1. Vocab Unit 5 Test 2. Organize research quotation to support points 3. Work on Sentence Outline -­‐ Paste quotations into outline 4. Revise Speech -­‐ begin to memorize Thursday, 11/1
(5, 7)
Friday, 11/2 (3)
*Vocab Unit 5 Test *Introduce Great Expectations
*Write topic sentences for each main point *Practice Speech w/ Partner -­‐ Focus on Presentation HW:
1. Speech Assignment -­‐ Presentations begin
2. Close Read pgs. 3-­‐52 3. Sentence Outline Due: Save to Dropbox Monday, 11/5
(5, 7)
Tuesday, 11/6
(3)
*Sentence Outlines Due to Dropbox
*Deliver Speeches *Character Detectives HW:
1. Speech Assignment -­‐ Presentations, continued. 2. Close Read pgs. 53-­‐98
3. Bring Laptops for CRP Work Wednesday,
11/7 (5, 7)
Thursday, 11/8
(3)
*Deliver Speeches
*CRP: Begin to analyze quotations (30 minutes)
HW:
1. Close Read pgs. 99-­‐147
2. On outline, write in context before and commentary after each quotation. 3. Complete Vocab Unit 6