ENGLISH III HONORS ACADEMIC LIBRARY
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Unit 1: American Roots: From Native Traditions to the American Revolution
- The Iroquois Creation Myth: “The World on Turtle’s Back” Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – What is a creation myth, and how can it reveal the values of a culture?
- Assignment – Read “The World on Turtle’s Back” to learn its explanation of creation and cultural values.
- Instruction – What is a creation myth, and how can it reveal the values of a culture?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Jonathan Edwards’s “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How did early American writers use word choice and rhetorical techniques to appeal to an audience?
- Assignment – Read “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” to interpret Edwards’s word choice.
- Instruction – How did early American writers use word choice and rhetorical techniques to appeal to an audience?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Female Colonial Poetry Guided Notes
- Warm Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How do female colonial poets use poetic devices to impact the audience?
- Assignment – Read “To My Dear and Loving Husband” and “To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty.”
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Thomas Paine Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How did colonial writers inspire the American colonists to fight for independence?
- Assignment – Read “The Crisis,” No. 1 by Thomas Paine to examine his choice of language and decide on his purpose.
- Instruction – How did colonial writers inspire the American colonists to fight for independence?
- Assignment – Read an excerpt from Common Sense to examine rhetorical technique and language.
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- The Declaration of Independence Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How does the structure of the Declaration of Independence reflect its reasoning?
- Assignment – Read the Declaration of Independence and evaluate how each section develops the structure of the argument.
- Instruction – How does the structure of the Declaration of Independence reflect its reasoning?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Sentence Fluency Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How can understanding sentence elements and patterns make you a better writer?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Assignment – Practice revising sentences for better fluency.
- Quiz Answers
- Writing Workshop: Summary
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How can you write an objective and engaging summary of a text?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Assignment – Summarize an excerpt from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano.
- Quiz Answers
- Unit Test
- Unit Test Review Answers
- Unit Test Answers
Unit 2: Bright Romanticism: American Individualism
- Fireside Poets Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How can word choice, imagery, and structure be compared in two poems?
- Assignment – Read “Auspex” and “A Psalm of Life” to observe word choice, imagery, and structure.
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Ralph Waldo Emerson Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How can you use the central ideas of a text to determine and assess the author’s argument?
- Assignment – Read an excerpt from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Nature to determine its central ideas.
- Instruction – How can you use the central ideas of a text to determine and assess the author’s argument?
- Assignment – Read an excerpt from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Society and Solitude to assess his argument.
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Henry David Thoreau – “Civil Disobedience” Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How can knowledge of historical events be used to evaluate a text’s significance?
- Assignment – Read Henry David Thoreau’s essay “Civil Disobedience” to understand his beliefs.
- Instruction – How can knowledge of historical events be used to evaluate a text’s significance?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How does Whitman use word choice, tone, and structure to express themes in his poetry?
- Assignment – Read an excerpt from Whitman’s “Song of Myself” to examine word choice and tone.
- Instruction – How does Whitman use word choice, tone, and structure to express themes in his poetry?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Emily Dickinson’s Poetry Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How do structure and language create meaning in Dickinson’s poetry?
- Assignment – Read two Dickinson poems to analyze the poet’s style using structure and language.
- Instruction – How do structure and language create meaning in Dickinson’s poetry?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Writing Workshop: Narrative Writing
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How can you write a personal narrative to share a significant event with an audience?
- Pre-Writing – Plan to write your narrative essay.
- Instruction – How can you write a personal narrative to share a significant event with an audience?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Assignment – Write a narrative essay.
- Drafting – Draft your narrative essay.
- Assignment – Evaluate your narrative essay draft.
- Revising – Revise your narrative essay.
- Assignment – Evaluate your narrative essay revision.
- Quiz Answers
- Unit Test
- Unit Test Review Answers
- Unit Test Answers
Unit 3: Dark Romanticism: American Gothic
- Suspense and Horror: Gothic Writing across Time Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How do American gothic texts use suspense, and how do they affect contemporary stories?
- Assignment – Read Washington Irving’s “The Adventure of the Mysterious Picture” to analyze suspense.
- Instruction – How do American gothic texts use suspense, and how do they affect contemporary stories?
- Assignment – Read an excerpt from Stephen King’s Danse Macabre to recognize Irving’s influences.
- Instruction – How do American gothic texts use suspense, and how do they affect contemporary stories?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- The Scarlet Letter Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How can an author’s choice of words convey the setting and mood of a fictional plot?
- Assignment – Read chapters 1 and 2 of The Scarlet Letter to analyze setting and mood.
- Instruction – How can an author’s choice of words convey the setting and mood of a fictional plot?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- The Scarlet Letter, Part 2 Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – In what ways can an author use characterization to make a story more effective?
- Assignment – Read chapters 3 and 4 of The Scarlet Letter to uncover clues about characters.
- Instruction – In what ways can an author use characterization to make a story more effective?
- Summary – Review and connect what you learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Symbols in Moby-Dick Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How does Melville use symbols to convey themes in Moby-Dick?
- Assignment – Read “Ahab,” a chapter from Moby-Dick, to draw conclusions about its themes.
- Instruction – How does Melville use symbols to convey themes in Moby-Dick?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Choosing Vocabulary Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How can you use vocabulary to address specific situations and develop style and tone?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Assignment – Practice choosing vocabulary that is appropriate for the task, purpose, and audience.
- Quiz Answers
- Unit Test
- Unit Test Review Answers
- Unit Test Answers
Unit 4: A Nation Dividing and Expanding: Civil War, Regionalism, and Realism
- Abolition and Women’s Rights Movements, Part 1 Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – What types of reasoning and rhetorical devices make a persuasive argument effective?
- Assignment – Read Douglass’s speech “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” to evaluate his reasoning.
- Instruction – What types of reasoning and rhetorical devices make a persuasive argument effective?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- An Inner Story of the Civil War Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How can predicting plot and summarizing themes aid in understanding a short story?
- Assignment -Read “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” and make predictions about the plot.
- Instruction – How can predicting plot and summarizing themes aid in understanding a short story?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- The Mississippi River Runaways Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – What role do dialect and humor, including irony and satire, play in Twain’s writing?
- Assignment – Read excerpts from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to analyze use of dialogue and dialect.
- Instruction – What role do dialect and humor, including irony and satire, play in Twain’s writing?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- American Indian Issues Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – What are the central ideas of a speech, and how does tone affect the meaning?
- Assignment – Read Chief Joseph’s speech “An Indian’s View of Indian Affairs” to determine central ideas.
- Instruction – What are the central ideas of a speech, and how does tone affect the meaning?
- Assignment – Read Satanta’s speech “My Heart is Bursting” to determine tone and central ideas.
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Reality and Cynicism in Poetry Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How can analyzing irony help readers infer and compare themes in naturalist poetry?
- Assignment – Read Dunbar’s poem “We Wear the Mask” to determine how it is an example of naturalism.
- Instruction – How can analyzing irony help readers infer and compare themes in naturalist poetry?
- Assignment – Read “A Man Said to the Universe” to determine how it reflects naturalism.
- Instruction – How can analyzing irony help readers infer and compare themes in naturalist poetry?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Pronoun Agreement and Reference Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How can you use pronouns and subject-verb agreement correctly when you write?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Assignment – Practice pronoun usage and subject-verb agreement by completing a paragraph.
- Quiz Answers
- Writing Workshop: Effective Professional Communication
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How do you organize and write an argumentative letter?
- Pre-Writing
- Instruction – How do you organize and write an argumentative letter?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Assignment – Write an argumentative letter.
- Drafting
- Assignment – Evaluate the draft of your argumentative letter.
- Revising –
- Assignment – Evaluate the revision of your argumentative letter.
- Quiz Answers
- Unit Test
- Unit Test Review Answers
- Unit Test Answer
Unit 5: Make it New!: Early Modernism
- Early Stream of Consciousness and Feminism in Fiction Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How can viewpoint and gothic elements convey social context and attitudes?
- Assignment – Read “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Gilman to analyze social attitudes about women.
- Instruction – How can viewpoint and gothic elements convey social context and attitudes?
- Assignment – Read “Why I Wrote ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’” by Gilman to grasp her purpose for writing.
- Summary-Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Meta Poetry: Poetry about Poetry Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How do modernist poets use free verse to communicate the themes of their poems?
- Assignment – Read Marianne Moore’s poem “Poetry” and analyze how poetic form communicates theme.
- Instruction – How do modernist poets use free verse to communicate the themes of their poems?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Robert Frost’s Poetry Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How is Frost’s “Mending Wall” both a modern poem and a formal poem?
- Assignment – Read “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost to analyze its form.
- Instruction – How is Frost’s “Mending Wall” both a modern poem and a formal poem?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Reflecting on World War I Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How can an author use structure and key terms to express a viewpoint?
- Assignment – Read “How We Entered World War I” to focus on central ideas, viewpoint, and structure.
- Instruction – How can an author use structure and key terms to express a viewpoint?
- Assignment – Read Woodrow Wilson’s war message to Congress to analyze the use of key terms.
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Speaking and Listening: Evaluating a Speaker Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How can listening skills help you evaluate a speech’s effectiveness and its techniques?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Assignment – Practice listening critically to evaluate a speaker.
- Quiz Answers
- Writing Workshop: Literary Analysis
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How do you use the writing process to write and support a critical lens literary analysis?
- Pre-Writing – Plan to write your analytical essay.
- Instruction – How do you use the writing process to write and support a critical lens literary analysis?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Assignment – Write a critical lens literary analysis essay.
- Drafting – Draft your analytical essay.
- Assignment – Evaluate your critical lens draft.
- Revising – Revise your analytical essay.
- Assignment – Evaluate your critical lens essay revision.
- Quiz Answers
- Unit Test
- Unit Test Review Answers
- Unit Test Answers
Unit 6 – Cumulative Exam
- Cumulative Exam Review Answers
- Cumulative Exam Answers
Unit 7: Modern Drama Study
- Trifles: The Rise of Modern Feminism on the Stage, Part 1 Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How do stage directions and characterization set the scene for a murder mystery?
- Assignment – Read the first half of Trifles by Susan Glaspell and analyze its stage directions.
- Instruction – How do stage directions and characterization set the scene for a murder mystery?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Trifles: The Rise of Modern Feminism on the Stage, Part 2 Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How does Glaspell use symbols and irony to reinforce feminist themes in Trifles?
- Assignment – Read part two of Trifles by Susan Glaspell to notice symbols.
- Instruction – How does Glaspell use symbols and irony to reinforce feminist themes in Trifles?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Interpreting a Source Text: A Production of Trifles Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How do different forms of media interpret Glaspell’s Trifles?
- Assignment – Explore different versions of Trifles.
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Nonrestrictive Elements and Parallel Structure Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How can you use punctuation and parallel structure to improve your writing?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Assignment – Practice using parallelism and nonrestrictive elements in writing.
- Quiz Answers
- Writing Workshop: Exploring Argument
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How do you organize and develop an effective argument?
- Pre-Writing – Plan to write your argumentative essay.
- Instruction – How do you organize and develop an effective argument?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Assignment – Write an argumentative essay.
- Drafting – Draft your argumentative essay.
- Assignment – Revise writing for style and logic.
- Revising – Revise your argumentative essay.
- Assignment – Evaluate the revision of your argumentative speech.
- Quiz Answers
- Unit Test
- Unit Test Review Answers
- Unit Test Answers
Unit 8: Victory and Despair: The Roaring Twenties, Modernism, and Postwar Outlooks
- Fitzgerald and the Roaring Twenties
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How does Fitzgerald use setting to help the reader gain deeper insight into a story?
- Assignment – Read chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald to examine the setting of the story.
- Instruction – How does Fitzgerald use setting to help the reader gain deeper insight into a story?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Japanese American Internment Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Assignment – Read Executive Order 9066 by President Roosevelt to determine its purpose.
- Instruction – How can a reader analyze different texts to understand a historically significant event?
- Assignment – Read “In Response to Executive Order 9066. . .” by Dwight Okita and summarize the theme.
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Remembering and Reflecting on the Holocaust Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How do genre and point of view contribute to the power of Holocaust literature?
- Assignment – Read an excerpt from All Rivers Run to the Sea to analyze point of view.
- Instruction – How do genre and point of view contribute to the power of Holocaust literature?
- Assignment – Read an excerpt from Maus to analyze the genre and point of view.
- Instruction – How do genre and point of view contribute to the power of Holocaust literature?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Southern Gothic Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How does Flannery O’Connor use literary techniques to influence characterization?
- Assignment – Read “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” to analyze Southern gothic characters.
- Instruction – How does Flannery O’Connor use literary techniques to influence characterization?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Correct Modifiers and Concise Wording Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How can you correct wordiness, redundancy, and modifier errors to improve your writing?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Assignment – Practice correcting modifier errors, wordiness, and redundancy.
- Quiz Answers
- Writing Workshop: Comparing Texts
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How do you write a literary analysis comparing two works through a central topic?
- Pre-Writing – Plan to write your analytical essay.
- Instruction – How do you write a literary analysis comparing two works through a central topic?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Assignment – Write a five-paragraph literary analysis essay.
- Drafting – Draft your analytical essay.
- Assignment – Evaluate your literary analysis essay.
- Revising – Revise your analytical essay.
- Assignment – Evaluate your revision.
- Quiz Answers
- Unit Test
- Unit Test Review Answers
- Unit Test Answers
Unit 9: I, too, Am America: The Harlem Renaissance and the Civil Rights Movement
- Poetry of Langston Hughes Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How does Hughes use imagery, repetition, rhythm, and speaker to convey theme?
- Assignment – Read “Harlem” and “The Weary Blues” to analyze how imagery reveals theme.
- Instruction – How does Hughes use imagery, repetition, rhythm, and speaker to convey theme?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Zora Neale Hurston’s Strong Voice Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How does Hurston use nonstandard English and voice to convey cultural experiences?
- Assignment – Read chapter 16 of Their Eyes Were Watching God to examine the use of dialect.
- Instruction – How does Hurston use nonstandard English and voice to convey cultural experiences?
- Assignment – Explore the dialects of your region.
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Richard Wright’s Struggles with Racism Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How does Richard Wright’s Black Boy reflect societal and cultural influences?
- Assignment – Read a selection from Black Boy by Richard Wright to analyze anecdotes.
- Instruction – How does Richard Wright’s Black Boy reflect societal and cultural influences?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Brown v. Board of Education Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How can background knowledge be used to analyze and evaluate Supreme Court opinions?
- Assignment – Read Brown v. Board of Education and apply background knowledge to the text.
- Instruction -How can background knowledge be used to analyze and evaluate Supreme Court opinions?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Disobedience Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How does King use text structure and allusions to support his purpose?
- Assignment – Read “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr. to analyze purpose.
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Choosing Language for Context and Purpose Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How can you use language to understand and convey meaning, style, and tone?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Assignment – Practice determining how language functions in different contexts.
- Quiz Answers
- Writing Workshop: Argumentative Essay
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How do you use research, organization, and revision to write a clear argumentative essay?
- Pre-Writing – Plan to write your argumentative essay.
- Instruction – How do you use research, organization, and revision to write a clear argumentative essay?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Assignment – Write your argumentative essay.
- Drafting – Draft your argumentative essay.
- Assignment – Evaluate your argumentative essay draft.
- Revising – Revise your argumentative essay.
- Assignment -Evaluate the revision of your argumentative essay.
- Quiz Answers
- Unit Test
- Unit Test Review Answers
- Unit Test Answers
Unit 10: Cultural Rebellion: Mid-Twentieth Century Voices
- Individualism, Modern Capitalism, and Dystopian Visions Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How does Ayn Rand use fictional elements and themes to develop her philosophical ideas?
- Assignment – Read chapters 11 and 12 of Anthem by Ayn Rand to analyze how Rand develops theme.
- Instruction – How does Ayn Rand use fictional elements and themes to develop her philosophical ideas?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Beat Poetry Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How does Allen Ginsberg’s choice of structure, style, and allusions contribute to meaning?
- Assignment – Read “A Supermarket in California” by Allen Ginsberg to analyze style and structure.
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Beat Movement Spontaneous Prose Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How does Jack Kerouac use words to capture experiences and spontaneous thoughts?
- Assignment – Read an excerpt from “The Railroad Earth,” and monitor your comprehension as you read.
- Instruction – How does Jack Kerouac use words to capture experiences and spontaneous as thoughts?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Experiencing and Reliving Vietnam Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How can authors use structure to recreate the experience of being in and reliving Vietnam?
- Assignment – Read the short story “Ambush” by Tim O’Brien to identify structure.
- Instruction – How can authors use structure to recreate the experience of being in and reliving Vietnam?
- Assignment – Read the poem “Facing It” by Yusef Komunyakaa to analyze structure.
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Critiques of American Society in Science Fiction Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – What techniques does Vonnegut use to develop his critique of American society?
- Assignment – Read “Harrison Bergeron” to analyze how Kurt Vonnegut uses irony and satire.
- Instruction – What techniques does Vonnegut use to develop his critique of American society?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Assignment – Practice planning for and review a collaborative discussion.
- Quiz Answers
- Using Resources and Reference Materials for Editing Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How can using references and resources about language usage improve your writing?
- Assignment – Read excerpts from Strunk’s The Elements of Style to understand usage and conventions.
- Instruction – How can using references and resources about language usage improve your writing?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Assignment – Practice using reference materials to review and edit student writing.
- Quiz Answers
- Writing Workshop: Visual Media Analysis
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How do you write to analyze media messages?
- Pre-Writing – Plan to write your analytical essay.
- Instruction – How do you write to analyze media messages?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Assignment – Write a five-paragraph essay that evaluates the effectiveness of an advertising campaign.
- Drafting – Draft your analytical essay.
- Assignment – Evaluate your draft.
- Revising – Revise your analytical essay.
- Assignment – Evaluate your revision.
- Quiz Answers
- Unit Test
- Unit Test Answers
- Unit Test Answers
Unit 11: Heritage and Multicultural American Identities: Contemporary Voices
- Latin American Magic Realist Voices Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How do magic realism and text structure shape Cristina García’s fiction?
- Assignment – Read excerpts from Dreaming in Cuban to examine elements of magic realism.
- Instruction – How do magic realism and text structure shape Cristina García’s fiction?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Latina Poetry as an Expression of Cultural Heritage
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How do Judith Ortiz Cofer and Aurora Levins Morales express cultural identity with poetry?
- Assignment – Read “The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica” and “Child of the Americas” to explore cultural identity.
- Instruction – How do Judith Ortiz Cofer and Aurora Levins Morales express cultural identity with poetry?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Exploring Cultural Identity through Language Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How do authors use voice and rhetoric to express a clear purpose in their essays?
- Assignment – Read Anaya’s essay “Take the Tortillas Out of Your Poetry” to analyze elements of voice.
- Instruction – How do authors use voice and rhetoric to express a clear purpose in their essays?
- Assignment – Read Nye’s essay “Speaking Arabic” to analyze her voice and rhetorical techniques.
- Instruction – How do authors use voice and rhetoric to express a clear purpose in their essays?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Asian American Voices Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction -How can inferences help readers analyze central ideas in “Mother Tongue”?
- Assignment – Read Amy Tan’s essay “Mother Tongue” to make inferences about language and writing.
- Instruction – How can inferences help readers analyze central ideas in “Mother Tongue”?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Choosing Language Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How can you use word choice to convey purpose and affect topic and theme in a text?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Assignment – Practice evaluating the impact of word choice on purpose, audience, and topic.
- Quiz Answers
- Writing Workshop: Evaluating Sources That Support a Claim
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How do you evaluate two different sources to determine what makes an effective argument?
- Pre-Writing
- Instruction – How do you evaluate two different sources to determine what makes an effective argument?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Assignment – Write a compare-and-contrast essay.
- Drafting
- Assignment – Write a compare-and-contrast essay.
- Revising
- Quiz Answers
- Unit Test
- Unit Test Review Answers
- Unit Test Answers
Unit 12: Globalization and the Information Age: Postmodernism into the Twenty-First Century
- A Look at the Fast-Food Industry by Eric Schlosser Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How does Schlosser use evidence to develop his claims?
- Assignment – Read “Throughput” from Fast Food Nation to evaluate Schlosser’s reasoning.
- Instruction – How does Schlosser use evidence to develop his claims?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Assignment – Practice planning for a group discussion.
- Written Response (Project): Group Discussion – Participate in a discussion and write to evaluate it.
- Quiz Answers
- The Poetry of Physics Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How can you integrate diverse sources to address complex topics?
- Assignment – Read “Death by Black Hole” to understand its central ideas and analyze messages.
- Instruction – How can you integrate diverse sources to address complex topics?
- Assignment – Read “Man Listening to Disc” to understand its central ideas and analyze its themes.
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- David Foster Wallace’s Postmodern Voices Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How does David Foster Wallace use structure and voice to introduce a complex novel?
- Assignment – Read an excerpt from Infinite Jest to find subjectivity and objectivity in narrative voice.
- Instruction – How does David Foster Wallace use structure and voice to introduce a complex novel?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- A Response to 9/11 by Jonathan Safran Foer Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How does Foer’s use of narration and tone reveal meaning in a fictional work about 9/11?
- Assignment – Read part of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close to find assumptions and ambiguities.
- Instruction – How does Foer’s use of narration and tone reveal meaning in a fictional workabout 9/11?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Ordering the Chaos of the Contemporary World: An Introduction to Freakonomics Guided Notes
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How do Levitt and Dubner use data to make sense of the world?
- Assignment – Read an excerpt from Freakonomics to determine and examine an argument.
- Instruction – How do Levitt and Dubner use data to make sense of the world?
- Summary -Review and connect what you have learned.
- Quiz Answers
- Research Workshop: Writing and Presenting the Argumentative Essay, Part 1
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How do you write an argumentative essay in preparation for a presentation?
- Pre-Writing – Plan to write your argumentative essay.
- Instruction – How do you write an argumentative essay in preparation for a presentation?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Assignment – Write your argumentative essay.
- Drafting – Draft your argumentative essay.
- Assignment – Evaluate your draft.
- Revising – Revise your argumentative essay.
- Assignment – Evaluate your revision.
- Quiz Answers
- Research Workshop: Writing and Presenting the Argumentative Essay, Part 2
- Warm-Up – Get ready for the lesson.
- Instruction – How can you turn an essay into a clear and visually appealing multimedia presentation?
- Summary – Review and connect what you have learned.
- Assignment – Prepare to create a multimedia presentation to deliver a convincing argument.
- Project: Multimedia Presentation – Create a multimedia presentation to deliver a convincing argument.
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- Unit Test
- Unit Test Review Answers
- Unit Test Answers
Unit 13: Cumulative Exam
- Cumulative Exam Review Answers
- Cumulative Exam Answers