Unit Plan Title: Colonial/Age of Reason
Subject/Grade: English III | |
Developed by: Kimberly Livaudais | |
JCS Unit Plan Name: Colonial/Age of Reason – Students will read texts that represent the Colonial Era of American literature, 1500s-1770s. Through these texts, students will gain an appreciation of literary movements and historical significance of those movements. Students will also explore the use of memoir and basic reading comprehensions skills through the reading. | |
Pacing: 3-4 weeks | |
CCSS Standard(s): RI 11.1: CITES strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly and through inferenceL.5a – DETERMINE understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meaning. INTERPRET figures of speech in context and ANALYZE their role in the text.
RL.5- ANALYZE how an author’s choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact. RI.5 – ANALYZE and EVALUATE the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her exposition or argument, including whether the structure makes points clear, convincing, and engaging. RI.6 – DETERMINE an author’s point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, ANALYZING how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness, or beauty of the text. Key Concepts: Authorial Point of View Bias Figurative Language Effectiveness of rhetorical devices, including figurative language, and use of appeals in a persuasive text The structure and clarity of the central idea in a persuasive text |
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Essential Question(s): (Big ideas written as questions… should be written as open ended to allow for in depth exploration)
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Standard English III Lessons and Handouts |
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Colonialism ppt F15
powerpoint on objectives, defining key concepts, historical relevance, and literary characteristics for the Colonial Era |
Colonialism Notes for PPT F15
Cornell style notes for Colonialism powerpoint |
Colonization Project
Introductory team Project for students to create their own colony and consider the difficulties for early Colonists
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Native American stories archetype
The Wolf Ceremony As Told by Chief Dan George Collection of native American myths for students to read to appreciate Native Culture and assess point of view and purpose |
Equiano text
Excerpt from Equiano’s Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (from EOL book)
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Equiano questions F14–
Reading Questions for Equaino that assess use of figurative language and how it is effectively used to show bias and purpose
Equiano Video – Video rap that connects modern life to issues in Equiano text |
History of the Dividing Line text
Byrd’s “The History of the Dividing Line” text and Bradford’s “Of Plymouth Plantation” excerpt |
BYRD and Bradford QUESTIONS updated for goal 1
Reading questions to accompany Bradford and Byrd – to compare and contrast their bias and point of view |
Narrative of Captivity text
Excerpt of Mary Rowlandson’s Narrative of Captivity (from EOL) |
MaryRowlandson Questions
Questions for Rowlandson that focus on use of figurative language, bias, and point of view |
Part 1
Video on King Phillip’s War told from Native perspective |
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AGE-OF-REASON power point
Age of Reason powerpoint on objectives, defining key concepts, historical relevance, and literary characteristics for the Age of Reason Era |
Age of Reason Notes for PPT
Cornell style notes for Age of Reason powerpoint
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Crisis No 1 text
Thomas Paine’s essay excerpt “Crisis, No. 1”
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The-Crisis-questions
Graphic organizers for Crisis, No 1 that examines premise and supporting ideas, rhetorical appeals, and rhetorical devices |
Speech to the Virginia Convention
Patrick Henry’s “Speech to the VA Convention” text |
Patrick Henry questions
Graphic organizers for Henry’s speech that examines premise and supporting ideas, rhetorical appeals, and rhetorical devices |
Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams’s Letters “Remember the Ladies” text and questions |
philliswheatley questions
To His Excellency General Washington Phillis Wheatley poem and questions |
Star Spangled Banner Lesson
Star Spangled Banner lesson to help understand figurative language and tone |
Declaration of Independence lesson plan
Declaration of Independence lesson plan |
franklin_arrivingatperfection
Arriving at Perfection – Ben Franklin text |
Franklin-lesson-plan1
Arriving at Perfection – Ben Franklin lesson plan |
Memoir common assessment
Memoir Writing Assignment |
Tiered Assignment for Age of Reason
Written Tiered Assignment for Age of Reason |
Honors English III Lessons and Handouts |
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Colonialism ppt
Powerpoint on objectives, defining key concepts, historical relevance, and literary characteristics for the Colonial Era |
Colonialism Notes for PPT
Cornell style notes for Colonialism powerpoint |
When Grizzlies Walked Upright
The Wolf Ceremony As Told by Chief Dan George Native American stories archetype Native American Myths to look at figurative language and purpose
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Equiano text
Excerpt from Equiano’s Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (from EOL book) |
Equiano vs Wheatley MC
Questions that compare Equiano’s text to Wheatley’s “On Coming to America” (includes poem) looks at diction, point of view, and purpose |
Narrative of Captivity text
Excerpt of Mary Rowlandson’s Narrative of Captivity (from EOL)
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MaryRowlandson Questions
Questions for Rowlandson that look at bias, subjective vs objective writing and use of figurative language |
TP-CASTT Instructions
Upon Our House Burning_TPCASTT Anne Bradstreet “Upon My House Burning” poem with TPCASTT |
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Sinners text
Edwards – “Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God” excerpt
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God lesson
Pre-reading, reading, and post reading for “Sinners in the Hand of An Angry God” looks at historical relevance, figurative language, and rhetorical strategies Lowell poem to accompany Edward’s sermon and look at its long-term impact |
Young Goodman Brown
“Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne text
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Young Goodman Brown Socratic Seminar
“Young Goodman Brown” socratic seminar “Young Goodman Brown” analytical questions young goodman brown lit analysis Young Goodman Brown literary analysis |
AGE-OF-REASON power point
Aeg of Reason powerpoint on objectives, defining key concepts, historical relevance, and literary characteristics for the Age of Reason Era |
Common Sense excerpt and questions
“Common Sense” excerpt with questions on persuasive structure and rhetorical devices
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Speech to the Virginia Convention
Patrick Henry’s “Speech to the VA Convention” |
Patrick-Henry-Speech-Questions
Analytical questions about Henry’s speech – group work with students reporting out |
Declaration of Independence text
Declaration of Independence excerpt Texts of the Declaration of Sentiments Declaration of Sentiments text |
Declaration of Independence and Sentiments Questions–
Jigsaw group questions to analyze premise and rhetorical strategies of the Declarations of Independence and Sentiments with a comparison of the two |
What-is-an-American
Creveouer’s text and reading questions on premise and effective use of language |
What-is-an-American-essay-assignment
Crevecouer Literary analysis Essay |
Memoir writing assignment honors
Creative Memoir Writing after reading Rowlandson, and Young Goodman Brown |
Tiered Assignment for Age of Reason
Written Tiered Assignment for Age of Reason |
OCS/ESL English III Lessons and Handouts |
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Colonialism ppt
Colonialism power point |
Colonialism Notes for PPT
Cornell style notes for Colonialism power point |
Olaudah Equiano OCS
“Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano” text and questions |
Narrative-of-Captivity-text OCS
“Narrative of Captivity” by Mary Rowlandson text and questions |
The_Way_To_Wealth OCS
Ben Franklin proverbs activity |
Benjamin Franklin’s Many Hats-Biography
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AGE-OF-REASON power point
powerpoint on objectives, defining key concepts, historical relevance, and literary characteristics for the Age of Reason Era |
Age of Reason Notes for PPT
Cornell style notes for Age of Reason powerpoint |
Speech to the Virginia Convention
“Speech to the Va Convention” by Patrick Henry text |
Patrick Henry questions OCS
Handout chart for Henry speech for main idea, supporting details, and logical and emotional appeals |
School-violence OCS
Contemporary Article that looks at emotional and logical appeals |
Persuasive Speech Analysis Assignment OCS
Writing assignment that looks at a youtube video and analyzes it for argument |
main_idea_mini_lesson
Identifying the main idea of a text |
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