Unit Topic & Rationale
Unit 4 Tragic Hero's and Epic Quests |
|
In this 9th grade English unit, students will read Romeo and Juliet to learn to identify significant beliefs and cultural experiences. They will evaluate Romeo and Juliet to compare and contrast significant events and character traits to their own personal experiences. Students will evaluate the techniques authors use to develop characters and reveal the conflicts within a text. Through analysis of character actions, beliefs, and interactions with other characters, students will assess how a series of events and ideas can contribute to the conflict and tragedy of a text. By identifying various social offenses prevalent during Elizabethan time, students will relate to modern issues and experiences. They will work to identify evidence and demonstrate comprehension using a variety of information, original literary text, visuals, and abridged texts. They will understand textual and situational development by summarizing, analyzing, and correlating past and modern times.
Specifically, students will be determining a theme or central idea in Romeo and Juliet. They will analyze details, significant events, and character development over the course of a text to evaluate points of view and perspective. Students will be able to identify and outline the relevance of Romeo and Juliet in comparison to modern society. The content standards and curricular sequences will follow along with reading the text and the development of student understanding/analysis of the play. As they examine the characters and the details outlined by the author, students will evaluate the sequence of events leading to the tragic end. They will create their own visual representations and paraphrase the text to demonstrate their comprehension.
As students identify and analyze the social offenses highlighted in Romeo and Juliet they will begin to compare and contrast their own experiences in modern society. Students will highlight the consequences and repercussions attributed with the text, as well as discuss consequences and repercussions to "social offenses" experienced in their own lives. Students at Greeley Central High School are often exposed to situations and events such as family feuds, fights, suicides, and even murder. It is imperative these students, as well as other students in similar situations around the globe, understand that actions and decisions made have consequences. By analyzing fictional characters and mistakes made in Romeo and Juliet, students can conjecture what their own lives could/would look like if they chose to make the same decisions.
For an outline of the unit, assessments, and activities please see the attached UbD Outline.
Specifically, students will be determining a theme or central idea in Romeo and Juliet. They will analyze details, significant events, and character development over the course of a text to evaluate points of view and perspective. Students will be able to identify and outline the relevance of Romeo and Juliet in comparison to modern society. The content standards and curricular sequences will follow along with reading the text and the development of student understanding/analysis of the play. As they examine the characters and the details outlined by the author, students will evaluate the sequence of events leading to the tragic end. They will create their own visual representations and paraphrase the text to demonstrate their comprehension.
As students identify and analyze the social offenses highlighted in Romeo and Juliet they will begin to compare and contrast their own experiences in modern society. Students will highlight the consequences and repercussions attributed with the text, as well as discuss consequences and repercussions to "social offenses" experienced in their own lives. Students at Greeley Central High School are often exposed to situations and events such as family feuds, fights, suicides, and even murder. It is imperative these students, as well as other students in similar situations around the globe, understand that actions and decisions made have consequences. By analyzing fictional characters and mistakes made in Romeo and Juliet, students can conjecture what their own lives could/would look like if they chose to make the same decisions.
For an outline of the unit, assessments, and activities please see the attached UbD Outline.