HPISD CURRICULUM (ENGLISH I PRE-AP, GRADE 9) EST. NUMBER OF DAYS: 5TH 6 WEEKS UNIT NAME Unit Overview Generalizations/Endur ing Understandings Concepts Guiding/Essential Questions Learning Targets OVERCOMING ADVERSITY Overcoming adversity broadens one s perspective and leads to reinvention of the self. Major Work: Non-fiction Short Stories and Persuasive Speeches Non-Fiction ROR Choice Writing Focus: Persuasive Writing 1. Meaning of the terms retoric and rhetorical devices 2. Rhetorical and syntactical elements of persuasive speeches 3. Author/speaker subject, audience, and purpose 4. The value of reading true stories about people from various cultures and walks of life Analyzing the elements of a persuasive speech; Rhetorical Devices and their connection to the audience s understanding; Using Logos, Pathos, and Ethos in a speech to persuade an audience; analyzing elements of a non-fiction work 1. What types of appeals are the most effective when trying to persuade an audience? 2. What is the most effective way to persuade an audience? 3. How can we apply persuasive techniques to our everyday lives? 4. How can we learn from struggles of those whose lives are quite different from ours on the surface? 1. Students will be able to analyze the relevance, quality, and credibility of evidence given to support or oppose an argument for a specific audience 2. Analyze famous speeches for the rhetorical structures and devices used to convince the reader of the authors propositions
3. Students will be able to create their own arguments using credible sources and persuasive/rhetorical devices 4. Students will understand the archetypal concept of death and rebirth in multiple pieces of literature across time and genre. 5. Students will read a non-fiction work and analyze it in their writing Formative Assessments Summative Assessments Discussion of political speeches watched/read Notes on how to create a claim and a counter-argument Logos, Pathos, Ethos definitions and real-world examples Rhetorical Device definitions and examples- students will see examples provided by the teacher and write their own Reading Checks Small Discussion Circles Independent and group analysis of a non-fiction piece- looking for Logos, Pathos, Ethos, and rhetorical devices Major Test over curriculum piece from 4 th six weeks Persuasive Speech about an issue using Logos, Pathos, Ethos, and Rhetorical Devices Vocabulary Quizzes Grammar Quizzes Writing assessment over non-fiction choice text TEKS (Grade Level) / Specifications Processes and Skills Topics Facts TEKS See Scope and Sequence Documents The Writing Process; Using the Elements of Non-Fiction Literature to analyze political speeches; Recognizing the audience and purpose of a speech Persuasion, Politics, Injustice, Change, Adversity, Survival, Evolution Specifications See Scope and Sequence Documents
Language of Instruction State Assessment Connections Rhetoric Rhetorical device Persuasive appeals Ethos Logos Pathos Syntax Author s Purpose Intended Audience Repetition Thematic Statement Point of View Fig.19.B (Persuasive) 1E.1.E 1E.2.C 1E.3.A 1E.4.A 1E.5.B 1E.7.A 1E.8.A 1E.9.A 1E.9.B 1E.9.C 1E.9.D 1E.10.A 1E.10.B 1E.11.A 1E.11.B 1E.12.A 1E.12.B 1E.12.C 1E.12.D 1E.15.B (i, ii)
1E.15.D 1E.16.A 1E.16.B 1E.16.C 1E.16.D 1E.16.E 1E.17.A (ii, iii) 1E.18.A 1E.18.B (i) 1E.19.A 1E.20.A 1E.20.B 1E.21.A 1E.21.B 1E.21.C 1E.22.A 1E.22.B 1E.22.C 1E.23.A 1E.23.B 1E.23.C 1E.23.D 1E.23.E 1E.24.A 1E.24.B 1E.24.C 1E.25.A 1E.26.A RC(A) RC(B) National Assessment Connections National Assessment Connections are embedded in the new STAAR and EOC Standards (see above)
Resources Diana Hacker MLA Handbook Laying the Foundation Sadler / Oxford Vocabulary Units Holt/McDougal Literature - [ Blind to Failure by Karl Tao Greenfeld*] [ The Rights to the Streets of Memphis by Richard Wright*] [ The Lost Boys by Sara Corbett*] [Excerpt from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou*] [ I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King*] [ Glory and Hope by Nelson Mandela*] [ Testimony before the Senate by Michael J. Fox*] Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom <owl.english.purdue.edu> for additional MLA resources * = Found in Holt / McDougal Literature