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|Subject: English II |Timeframe Needed for Completion: |

|Grade Level: 10th |4 weeks |

|Unit Title: Journey to Freedom and Discovery |Grading Period: |

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|Understandings: |

|Struggle is not necessarily a bad thing; it’s often necessary for success. |

|Life is comprised of journeys that teach us more than destinations. |

|Lies can imprison, but the truth will set you free. |

|“Forgiveness is giving up the hope for a better past.” -- Lama Sabachthani |

|Forgiveness is a choice. |

|Redemption begins with the epiphany that one needs redemption. |

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

| |1.01 Produce reminiscences. |

|Are individuals born innately evil or good? |1.02 Respond reflectively to texts by making connections between text and life and exhibiting awareness |

|Is a journey necessary to discover truth? |of one’s culture and other cultures. |

|Is hardship or challenge necessary for growth? |1.03 Read, listen to and view a variety of expressive texts. |

|Does truth lead to salvation? |2.01 Demonstrate ability to read, listen to and view variety of complex print and non-print |

|Is there one truth? |informational texts. |

|Can you be redeemed from all circumstances? |2.02 Create responses that examine a cause/effect relationship |

|Why and how does a person forgive? |2.03 Pose questions prompted by texts and research answers. |

|Does everyone deserve the opportunity for redemption? |5.01, 5.02, 5.03 – Interpret and analyze world literature. |

|What must be sacrificed for freedom? |6.01, 6.02 – Apply conventions of grammar and language usage. |

|Can a nation be saved/redeemed? | |

| |Common Core Standards |

| |RL- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 |

| |RI- 1, 2, 3, 4, 10 |

| |W- 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 |

| |SL- 1 |

| |L- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |

|Essential Skills/Vocabulary: |Assessment Tasks: |

|Use inquiry to explore and analyze.* | |

|Reflect on important moments in life and those people or events that shape us. |Benchmark |

|Use details to effectively create anecdotes and memoirs. |Teacher-made tests |

|Actively read by making connections (text to self, text and world) actively annotate. * |Reading checks (Annotation checks) |

|Examine author’s purpose.* |Mosaic quotes |

|Draw conclusions from what you read.* |Chalk Talks (Dante’s Inferno) |

|Make inferences about deeper meanings.* |Paideia Seminars |

|Examine the structure of a text.* |One-pagers |

|Summarize.* |Mandalas |

|Analyze character motivation. |Soundtrack of my Life Project (writing and music) |

|Examine multiple perspectives.* |Common Theme Charting |

|Examine cause/effect relationships.* |Forgiveness Essay (Informational) |

|Write to define. |Thematic Connection Chart between Kite Runner and Dante’s Inferno |

|Write to inform. | |

|Establish main idea and elaborate with details in writing. | |

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|*Both literature and informational text | |

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|Vocabulary | |

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|Tier 2 | |

|Catholicism | |

|Shia | |

|Sunni | |

|Harelipped (cleft pallet) | |

|Buddhism | |

|Islam | |

|Ethnocentrism | |

|Forgiveness | |

|Redemption | |

|Mullah | |

|Pashtun | |

|Hazara | |

|Sin (Deadly Sins) | |

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|Tier 3 | |

|Canto | |

|Slant Rhyme | |

|Apostrophe | |

|Foreshadowing | |

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|Suggestions Anchor Literature: |Suggested Anchor Informational Text(s): |Suggested Mentor Text(s): |

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|Dante’s Inferno |Sunflower Essays | |

|Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner |FDR’s “Four Freedoms” | |

| |Obama’s Speech at West Point Fall of 2009 on Afghanistan | |

|Tim Krabbe’s The Vanishing | | |

|Literature: |Informational Texts: |Poetry: |

|Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist | |Chinese poetry |

|Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha | |“How Do We Forgive Our Fathers?” |

|Italo Calvino’s Baron in the Trees | | |

|Pär Lagerkvist’s The Dwarf | | |

|Sophocles’ Oedipus | | |

|Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis | | |

|Music: |TV/Film: |Art/Photography: |

|Dan Hill’s “I Am My Father’s Son” |Film Whale Rider | |

|Song Linkin Park’s song “What I’ve Done” |Film Rabbit-Proof Fences | |

| |Film In the Time of the Butterflies | |

| |Smoke Signals | |

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