Te 408 Final Unit Calendar

10th Grade Unit: Social Issues and Action Monday Introduction to the Novel: Anticipation Guide (Questions and Discussion) PowerPoint on historical context of Huckleberry Finn

Tuesday Journal (10 minutes) Read Huckleberry Finn in class (Chapters I-III) Examine political cartoons from the 1800s on slavery

Read Huckleberry Finn in class (Chapters XXXXII)

Friday Reading Quiz

Small group discussion of last night’s readings

Watch episode of The Colbert Report—“The Green Revolution” in class

Read “The Lesson of the Moth” by Don Marquis—a satirical poem—in class

Critically examine students’ cartoons in groups

Dialogically discuss the poem as a whole class

HW: Bring in current political cartoons

HW: Read chapters VIIX

HW: Read chapters XIXIII

HW: Read chapters XIV-XIX

Tuesday Journal (10 minutes)

Wednesday Journal (10 minutes)

Thursday Journal (10 minutes)

Friday Reading Quiz

Media literacy lesson: “SMAC UP” the Media

Read Marge Piercy’s “Barbie Doll” (poem)

Due: Research Proposal

Group Activity: Magazine advertisements and body image using “SMAC UP”

Read Huckleberry Finn in class (Chapters XXXII-XXXV)

Read “What You Pawn I Will Redeem” by Sherman Alexie (short story)

Pass out and discuss final assignment: Research Project/ Students brainstorm and choose topics

HW: Read chapters XXIII-XX/ Research Proposals

Review satire (exaggeration, incongruity, reversal, and parody)

Thursday Journal (10 minutes)

Complete worksheet on satire in the episode and compare the type of satire to the novel’s choice of satire

Discussion on how to approach the “N-Word”

Monday Introduction to Social Issues:

Wednesday Read Huckleberry Finn in class (Chapters IVVI)

HW: Read chapters XXVI-XXVIII

HW: Read chapters XXIX-XXXI

Read “Incident” by Countee Cullen (poem) in class and discuss the role of society and its influences

HW: Read chapters XXXVI-XXXIX

Reader Response activity: Poverty

HW: Read chapters XLXLIII/write questions

10th Grade Unit: Social Issues and Action Monday Introduction to Research and Action: Socratic Seminar over Huckleberry Finn

Tuesday Lesson on how to research effectively: How to find credible sources Discuss primary and secondary sources

Monday Computer Lab to research

Tuesday Computer Lab to research

Wednesday Computer Lab to research

HW: Bring song lyrics about social change Wednesday MLA lesson: How to properly cite (in-text) sources Lesson on developing solid arguments and counterarguments

Thursday Journal (10 minutes)

Friday Lesson on F=A+P

Read “I, Too, Sing America” by Langston Hughes (poem): dialogic discussion to follow

Show student examples of multimodal/ multigenre research projects

Song lyrics activity Thursday Journal (10 minutes)

Read “On the Damned Human Race” by Twain (essay) Friday Computer lab to research/create project

Lesson on persuasive techniques Grammar Lesson: Sentence variation HW: Research Project

Monday Last Computer Lab day to complete research project

HW: Research Project

Tuesday Rough draft due Peer edit day: Students form groups based on similar topics or similar modes/genres

Wednesday Presentations: 10 students (5 minutes each)

Thursday Presentations: 10 students (5 minutes each)

Friday Presentations: 8 students (5 minutes each) All materials due Discuss how to publish and distribute the research projects in the community