Grade 10        Second Quarter:  Character

 

 

Themes:   Hero/anti-hero, tolerance, respect (11.4, 10.5)

 

Big Question in Literature:  How are you different from me? How do I respond? Who do I look up to?

                                                What makes someone a hero?  Why do we need heroes?

 

Structure and Conventions:   Phrases, Clauses, Modifiers (5.16, 5.27, 22.9)

                                                   MCAS samples

Oral Language:  Discussion: (1)

                             Oral Presentation; Hero (3.14)

                             Dramatic Readings/Acting out literature: Antigone

 

 

Reading and Literature: Legend: King Arthur (16.9, 16.10, 10.4, And 6.8)

 (4, 7.9, 7.10)

                                           Drama: Antigone (16.11, 17.5, 17.7, 10.4, 6.8)

       

                                           Multi-cultural hero literature (3.15, 15.8)

    

                                           Outside Reading: Novel:  Kite Runner

 

Composition:    Collins: (21, 22)

   (20.3, 20.5)      Response to Literature: Hero analysis and comparison (23.13)

                            Open Response Question: Antigone: Response to conflict. (19.26)

                            Creative Writing: Writing a storybook or script about a hero/characters using basic

                            elements  of fiction, and tone (, 19.24, 23.12)

                            

                              Journal Writing (2.4, 2.5)

 

Media:   Analysis: OBEY project by Shepherd Fairey focusing on Antigone  (26.5, 27.7)

              Production:  King Arthur Movie/ Antigone Interpretive Dance ( 27.6 )

 

Art and Music:  Current song lyrics relating to character

                           King Arthur picture books (art pictures)

                            

 

Community Speaker:   Someone who overcame obstacles : Jacqui De Lorenzo ( NSCC)

 

Connections to other disciplines:  Who are the heroes in math, science, history etc…