English II This I Believe Unit Syllabus
April 8th to April 12th
Belief- a state or habit of mind in which trust
or confidence is placed in some person or thing
Learning
Targets- - I
can create a personal essay that combines elements of both the narrative and
the memoir since an insight about life or a
personal belief is usually based upon both experiences and relationships that have
taught the writer what individual values are most important.
Materials-
Selected
episodes of This American Life and selected This I Believe essays
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Days
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Class Activities
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Homework
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4/8
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This I Believe and WWII a history
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Check out Night pages 1-27 Due
4/17
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4/9
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This I Don’t Belief a This American Life
Presentation
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Personal Belief Statement due 4/12
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4/10
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Belief verse Persuasion
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4/11
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This I Believe Webquest
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4/12
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Peer Review of Personal Belief Statement
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Revised Belief Statement due 4/19
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English II This I Believe Unit Syllabus
April 15th to May 1st
Genocide- the deliberate
and systematic
extermination of a national, racial, political, or
cultural group.
Purposes
To examine the causes and effects of
genocide
To remember and honor the fallen
To examine how to end current genocide
Learning
Target
I can write a coherent and logical essay
discussing either the causes or effects of genocide or create a poster on the
events and concepts studied.
I can support my thesis statement with
reading, observations, quotes, and personal experiences.
Materials
Hotel Rwanda-film
Night by Elie Wiesel- novel
“The Shawl”
Selected Poems
Interviews, audio, and websites from a
variety of Holocaust museums
Daily Activities
and Homework Assignments
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Days
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Class Activities
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Homework
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4/15
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Night Webquest
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Quiz on pg 1-23 4/17
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4/16
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Presentation on the Holocaust
Complete pages 3-22 in pairs and
complete section 1 chart in pairs
Clip and bio on Elie Wiesel and visuals
from Auschwitz
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Complete pre-reading Complete Reading
questions for sections 1-3 questions
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4/17
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Read pages 23-46 in class with group
quiz and complete Night vocab activity
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Complete Reading questions for section 4
pages 27-45 with quiz 4/18
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4/18
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Pages 27-45 Quiz
Complete bio on Elie Wiesel and visuals
from Auschwitz
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Read pages 47-65 for HW due 4/22
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419
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Present This I Believe Essay to the
Class
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Send essay to This I Believe.org for
extra credit
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4/22
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Quiz
on pages 47-65 Close Reading on Human Rights
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Pages 66-84 due 4/26 Complete Road map
for success for sections 5 and 6 of Night
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4/23
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Poster Collage on The Destructive Power
of Hatred
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Pages 84- End due 4/29 Complete Road map
for success for sections 7 and 8 of Night
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4/24
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Lit circles sections 1-5 of Night
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4/25
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Box Car Activity and Complete Sections 7
and 8 of Night in class
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4/26
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Work Day pages 66-84 Due
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4/29
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Figurative Language page 84-End Due
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4/30
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Night Test
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5/1
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Genocide Webquest
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5/2-5/3
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Watch Hotel Rwanda and complete the
major works data sheet
Sheet must be written in complete
sentences and use details from the film to explain your statements. Please
remember that the film documents actual events that took place in Africa in
the 90’s.
The Rwandan Genocide
was the 1994 mass murder of an estimated 800000 people in the small East
African nation of Rwanda.
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5/6
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Maus: A Survivor's
Tale, by Art Spiegelman
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5/7
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“The Shawl” and Selected Poems
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Extra Credit and Test Review
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Eugenics Webquest see Edmodo
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Maus Assignment on Edmodo
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Taking a Different Perspective: Voices
of Victims Letter see packet
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Web quest on causes and effects of the
Holocaust
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