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|Subject: English IV |Timeframe Needed for Completion: 4 weeks |

|Grade Level: 12th | |

|Unit Title: Goals and Dreams |Grading Period: TBD |

|Big Idea/Theme: |

|Pursuit of Goals and Dreams and the effect on self and others |

|Understandings: |

|The shared human experience embraces and encourages goals and dreams. Some dreams and goals are unrealistic and selfish and result in problems for others. |

|Essential Questions: |Curriculum Goals/Objectives (to be assessed at the end of the unit/quarter) |

|Are there universal goals and dreams? |Compose reflective texts |

|What is the difference between a goal and a dream? |Respond to texts |

|Do others have the right to determine your goals? |Read, listen to, and view a variety of texts on a literary focus |

|What is the role of responsibility in the pursuit of a goal or dream? |2.01 Process and comprehend texts that explain principles and |

| |concepts at work in the world |

| |Analyze principles at work in life and literature |

| |Compose texts that help an audience understand a principle or theory |

| |Read, listen to, and view a variety of informational texts |

| |3.01 Research and define issues of public concern |

| |3.02 Organize and deliver an argument |

| |3.03 Read, listen to, and view a variety of argumentative texts |

| |4.01 Develop critiques to evaluate arguments |

| |4.03 Read, listen to, and view a variety of critical texts |

| |5.01/.02 Explore and engage in British literature |

| |5.03 Read, listen to, and view a variety of literary texts |

| |6.01 Apply knowledge of literary terms, grammar, and rhetoric to |

| |write well |

| |6.02 Discern and correct errors in speaking and writing |

|Essential Skills/Vocabulary: |Assessment Tasks: |

|Understanding the historical era of the author (personal and cultural) | |

|Relating cultural and historical contexts to the literature |Graphic organizers (character wheel) |

|Identify the use of voice and diction in text |Narrative essays/journal |

|Understand the organizational structure of text |Informative/Analytical Essay |

|Imaginative literature |Project (research, creative writing) |

|Write fully developed essays with grammatical correctness |Philosophical chairs |

|Review literary terms/introduce those specific to literature pieces |Reading quizzes |

| |Grammar/Writing/Editing activities |

| |Test |

|Materials Suggestions: |

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|The Canterbury Tales |

|Frankenstein |

|Alice in Wonderland |

|Poetry from the Romantic Period (Byron, Keats, Shelley, Coleridge) |

|Jane Austen novel |

|Jean Jacques Rousseau: The Social Contract, 1763 (The Age of Enlightenment) |

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