Unit 4: Virtue & Vengeance
What motivates us to forgive?
WHERE ARE WE HEADED?
STANDARDS &
LEARNING TARGETS
click the arrow to expandHow do I analyze an author’s choices in the structure/outline of a text and how do those choices create mystery, tension, or surprise?
What strategies help me determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a given context?
How does word choice impact written and spoken language?
How do I determine and give a detailed analysis of how a theme/central idea develops over the course of the text,emerges, and is shaped and refined by specific details?
How can I compare similar themes in different artistic mediums?
How do I use sources from the past to help me figure out my life today?
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RUBRICS
The scale upon which all
assessments will be graded.
MASTERY TASK
Expository Essay
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PROGRESSIVE ASSESSMENTS:
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MASTERY ASSESSMENTS:
Students will write an expository essay on the virtues of forgiveness or vengeance.
MASTERY TASK
Lyric Poem
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PROGRESSIVE ASSESSMENTS:
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MASTERY ASSESSMENT:
Lyric Poem on Forgiveness, Virtue, or Revenge
Song Summary
MASTERY TASK
Talk Show Project
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PROGRESSIVE ASSESSMENTS:
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MASTERY ASSESSMENT:
students will assume roles of characters from different texts and conduct a talk show centered on forgiveness
What motivates us to Forgive?
Poetry & Prose
~William Blake
~William Ernest Hawley
~Gwendolyn Brooks
~Lucille Clifton
Señor Noboa
~Raul Leis
coming 2024-2025
~Joy Harjo
A Dish Best Served Cold
~Aminatta Forna
coming 2024-2025
~Emily Dickinson
Drama
The Tempest
William Shakespeare
