USD 230 Curriculum Map
Tested State
Indicators
Reading:
1.4.2-Inferences
1.4.7-Character
Traits/Problem
solution
1.4.8-Cause an
Effect
2.1.2-Historical
Aspects
Writing:
1.4.18-21-grammar
Grade: 9
Subject: English I
Unit VIII: Animal Farm
Quarter Taught: 4
District
Instructional Strategies
Student
Objectives/Outcomes/
Activities or
Key Concepts
Product(s)
Literary Terms:
allegory
analogy
character
--direct/indirect
fable
imagery
novel
parable
satire
setting
stereotype
hyperbole
Define allegory, satire, and
fable and determine to what
extent Animal Farm fits
into these categories
Declarative
_____3 Minute Pause
Analyze characters and
recognize how they are
stereotypes in human
society
__X_Practicing
Understand the literary
elements of the novel: plot,
setting, character, etc.
_____Front Loading
__X_Note-Taking
__X_Graphs or Charts
__X_Questions
_____Linking
Research and
create PowerPoint
on parallels
between Animal
Farm and the
history of the
Soviet Union from
1917-1945
_x___Comparing/contrasting
Each student will
create a comic
book summarizing
the theme of each
chapter from the
novel Animal
Farm. Each
chapter of the
comic book focuses
on the main idea of
each chapter from
the book.
_x___Abstracting
Journal entries
_____Pegboard
_____5-Step vocabulary
Procedural
_____Constructing
_____Shaping
Extend/Refine Knowledge
_x___Summarizing
____Inductive/Deductive
_x___Analyzing perspective
Resources Used
Animal Farm
Methods of
Assessment
Quizzes over
chapters
Unit Test over
novel