Power and Privilege Unit Overview (Part 1)

1. Power and Privilege Unit - Part 1
Objectives
● I can cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly
● I can draw inferences from a text
● I can identify and analyze literary themes
● I can show how a theme emerges and is shaped/refined by specific details
● I can analyze how complex characters (e.g. those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over
the course of a text, including how they interact with other characters
● I can analyze how characters advance the plot and theme of a text
● I can draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research
Concepts/Skills
● Annotation
● Paired text analysis
● Characterization
● Setting
● Perspective
● Author’s purpose
● Figurative language
● Objective summary
● Inferences
Grades
“The Lottery” x Capitol Hill Paired Text
Assignment
Formative
Internment (Ch. 1) x “Islamophobia Killed My
Brother” Paired Text Assignment
Formative
Utopian/Dystopian Narrative Writing Summative
Schedule
Module 1
Date Lesson Due Dates
Day 1 (1/11-1/12) Intro to Power and Privilege Unit
Intro to “The Lottery”
Paired Text Assignment #1 (Due
at 11:59 p.m. on January 15th)
Day 2 (1/13-1/14) Capitol Hill Images and Article
Analysis (whole class practice)
Flex Friday/Rotation Period Conferencing and remediation
Module 2
Date Lesson Due Dates

2. Day 1 (1/19-1/20) Internment whole class reading
and discussion
Paired Text Assignment #2 (Due
at 11:59 p.m. on January 22nd)
Day 2 (1/21-1/22) “Islamophobia Killed My Brother” -
whole class
Flex Friday/Rotation Period Conferencing and remediation
Module 3
Date Lesson Due Dates
Day 1 (1/25-1/27) What is a Dystopia/Utopia mini
lesson
Modeling speculative writing and
brainstorming
Utopia/Dystopia timed narrative
writing (Due at end of class period
on Jan. 28th/29th)
Day 2 (1/28-1/29) Dystopia/Utopia narrative (timed
writing)
Flex Friday/Rotation Period
(1/29)
Writer’s workshop