Unit III: Persuasion, Rhetoric, and Society
Animal Farm by George Orwell Essential Questions 1. How is language used as a means of persuasion? 2. What is the difference between influence and control? 3. Why do people blindly follow a leader? Enduring Understandings 1. Persuasive messages are delivered effectively through the use of rhetoric. 2. Appropriate language for an intended audience leads to a more effective argument. 3. A contradiction in the text indicates an important moment the reader must address. Unit II: Memoir and Narrative Writing
Night by Elie Wiesel Essential Questions: Theme: 1. How does one lose faith in humanity? 2. Why do people remain silent in the face of evil acts? 3. To what extent must a person be pushed to revert to natural instinct? Skill: 1. How does an author establish narrative voice in a personal narrative/memoir? 2. Why is it necessary for an author to create imagery for his readers? Enduring Understandings: 1. Writers use figurative language language to visualize the narrative. 2. Imagery allows the reader to visualize the narrative. 3. Nuance in language allows for multiple interpretations of meaning for a reader. 4. Narrative voice is created through diction (word choice) and syntax (word order). |
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Unit I: English II
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Essential Questions:
Theme:
Skill:
"We know what we are, but know not what we may be."-William Shakespeare
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Essential Questions:
Theme:
- What elements contribute to one’s identity?
- To what degree does gender and class affect one’s identity?
- How does a writer emphasize an important idea?
- How does an individual search for identify?
- How does characterization create identity?
Skill:
- What is writer’s voice?
- To what degree does writer’s voice contribute to
the understanding and appreciation of a text? - How does a writer develop
his/her characters? - How does a reader make inferences about characters
and their relationship to the purpose of a text?
"We know what we are, but know not what we may be."-William Shakespeare