UNIT 3: Migration, Mixture, Transformation, Identity

TEXTS

Pygmalion (Shaw)
All the Pretty Horses (McCarthy) OR The Bean Trees (Kingsolver) OR The Joy Luck Club (Tan)

RESOURCES

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

Why do living creatures migrate and blend with new cultures and environments?
How does migration and blending transform a living entity?
Is adaptation necessary for survival?
How are individuals defined by their environments (physical, social, and cultural)?
How do movement and mixture cause conflict within the individual?
What are the positive and negative effects of assimilation?
In what ways does change require sacrifice?

Week of January 8 (no class on Monday)

Tu 01/08/13 etymology pretest (What do you know about the language you speak?), word bank of vocabulary; reading and discussion of Richard Lederer's “English is a Crazy Language” (analysis of main idea & dominant rhetorical device)
W 01/09/13 group work in analyzing Richard Lederer's “English is a Crazy Language” (focus on main idea & rhetorical devices); close reading from literature circle texts
Th 01/10/13 discussion of literature circle texts; introduction to etymology (deciphering a word's history; words to research: cow, beef, swine, pork, chicken, poultry); history of English lecture (presentation, map/dates, language families; Five Events that Shaped English)
F 01/11/13 Emory University student visits to discuss the realities of college life and how to prepare during high school; Assessment 1 (etymology presentation) assigned; HOMEWORK: reading of articles on the evolution of language from Science 2004

Week of January 14

Week of January 22 (no class on Monday)

Tu 01/22/13 continuation of lecture on history of English language (presentation)
W/Th 01/23-24/13 completion of lecture on history of English language (presentation); viewing and discussion of Open University's History of English in Ten Minutes video; literature circle discussion 1 (reading due dates and discussion tasks, Edmodo: group code handwl)
F 01/25/13 discussion of "From Heofonum to Heavens" (Science magazine 2004); pre-reading activity; reading and analysis/discussion of Pygmalion Act 1; Act 1 vocabulary

Week of January 28

M 01/28/13 reading and analysis/discussion of Pygmalion Acts 1 & 2 (vocabulary)
Tu 01/29/13 reading and analysis/discussion of Pygmalion Act 2
W/Th 01/30-31/13 discussion and review for Assessment 2 (instructions & rubrics); literature circle discussion 2 (reading due dates and discussion tasks, Edmodo)
F 02/01/13 ASSESSMENT 2 (paragraphs about history of English and etymology; analysis of informational text) [instructions & rubrics]

Week of February 4

M 02/04/13 completion of ASSESSMENT 2 (paragraphs about history of English and etymology; analysis of informational text) [instructions & rubrics]
Tu 02/05/13 background information on Pygmalion myth (notes); reading and analysis/discussion of Pygmalion Act 3 (vocabulary)
W/Th 02/06-07/13 reading and analysis/discussion of Pygmalion Act 3 (vocabulary); literature circle discussion 3 (reading due dates and discussion tasks, Edmodo); Assessment 3 assigned
F 02/08/13 reading and analysis/discussion of Pygmalion Act 4 (vocabulary)

Week of February 11

M 02/11/13 reading and analysis/discussion of Pygmalion Act 5 & epilogue (vocabulary);
Tu 02/12/13 reading and analysis/discussion of Pygmalion epilogue (vocabulary); discussion of Pygmalion theme(s), character development, allusion (theme statement notes and allusion notes); small-group brainstorming of alternate titles (Assessment 3 and planning/outline guide)
W/Th 02/13-14/13 discussion of Pygmalion theme(s), character development, allusion (theme statement notes and allusion notes); drafting of Assessment 3 (planning/outline guide)
F 02/15/13 ASSESSMENT 3 DUE (argument essay about title/allusion in Pygmalion); literature circle discussion 4 (reading due dates and discussion tasks, Edmodo)

Week of February 18 (WINTER BREAK)

Week of February 25

M 02/25/13 literature circle discussion 4 (reading due dates and discussion tasks, Edmodo)
Tu 02/26/13 ASSESSMENT 3 BONUS (Pygmalion vocabulary assignment) DUE; literature circle reading day
W/Th 02/27-28/13 rewriting of ASSESSMENT 2 (history of English and etymology), organization guide
F 03/01/13 mini-lesson on structure; literature circle discussion 5 (reading due dates and discussion tasks, Edmodo)

Week of March 4

M 03/04/13 ASSESSMENT 4 assigned; Assessment 4 pre-writing 1 about what home represents and pre-writing 2 about literary character’s concept of home and significance of leaving home
Tu 03/05/13 literature circle discussion 6 (reading due dates and discussion tasks, Edmodo)
W/Th 03/06-07/13 drafting of ASSESSMENT 4 (JOIN Boyd's Gifted English 10 Edmodo with code z2esjy to participate in conversation about your essay drafts.)
F 03/08/13 preparation for Socratic seminar; revision/peer review of ASSESSMENT 4 (writing process) [JOIN Boyd's Gifted English 10 Edmodo with code z2esjy to participate in conversation about your essay drafts.]

Week of March 11

M 03/11/13 ASSESSMENT 4 DUE (literature circle analysis and personal anecdote connection essay); preparation for Socratic seminar
Tu 03/12/13 preparation for Socratic seminar
W/Th 03/13-14/13 ASSESSMENT 5 (Socratic seminar group 1 and group 2)
F 03/15/13 ASSESSMENT 5 BONUS (instructions)

Honors Eng 10 Unit 3