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Survey: The Four Unit Year

Survey: The Four Unit Year. Josefino Rivera, Jr. 24 August 2009. What’s the difference? The literature-centered approach:. When Steinbeck describes the tree as having “recumbent limbs” what is the effect on the reader? What event foreshadows Lennie’s death?

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Survey: The Four Unit Year

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  1. Survey:The Four Unit Year Josefino Rivera, Jr. 24 August 2009

  2. What’s the difference?The literature-centered approach: When Steinbeck describes the tree as having “recumbent limbs” what is the effect on the reader? What event foreshadows Lennie’s death? Who is to blame for the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet? What’s the recurring metaphor in this poem? Who saved Scout and Jem at the end of the novel? What happens to Esperanza in “Red Clowns”? The book is at the center of the curriculum

  3. What’s the difference? The student- centered approach: Why do people through the centuries write about relationships, especially those involving love and hate? Is there anything the contemporary literature shows the human race has learned about family relationships in the last ten years? What do literature and my experience suggest about deciding who is and isn’t a scholar? Compare the strategies for resolving ethical conflict employed by Mayella Ewell and Friar Lawrence. Student Inquiry (4 Unit Year) Approach: Focus is on the student and his/her inquiry process.

  4. Ok, but what’s the difference to me? Greater student choice in reading materials, writing topics and styles. Greater variety in materials. Greater opportunity for students to be responsible for the level of their learning. Greater opportunity for students to direct their own learning.

  5. What the year looks like DiscoveringPersonal and Cultural Identity Examining the Complexity of Relationships Making Moral and Ethical Decisions Becoming a Scholar and a Leader

  6. Unit One: Becoming a Scholar and a Leader • “The Game of School” by Robert Fried • Various selections of non-fiction essays • Various selections of speeches

  7. Unit Two: Making Moral and Ethical Decisions • Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck • Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare • Ethical Systems from the Santa Clara Markkula Center of Applied Ethics

  8. Unit Three: Examining the Complexity of Relationships • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee • Interview of the cast of Crash on Oprah • Scottsboro Boys—a documentary • The Riddle Scale

  9. Unit Four: Developing Personal and Cultural Identity • The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros • Various poems on identity • YA (Young Adult) novel on teenage topics

  10. The Essential Questions Every unit has its own set of provocative, challenging questions that you will learn to answer using fiction, non-fiction, film clips, the internet, interviews, etc. instead of just using a book to answer questions about it.

  11. All of the texts (fiction, non-fiction, movies, songs, poetry, advertisement, etc.) we encounter have something to tell us about who we are and how we can live our lives. When we interpret them meaningfully, we expand our understanding of the world around us and become more thoughtful and interesting people. The Enduring Understanding

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