Unit

PlanSarah Ochoa, Dark Romantic and Gothic Literature/Senior English

Unit Title: POWER Time Frame: 4 Weeks
Course: Dark Romantic and Gothic Literature Grade Level: 12th Grade
CURRICULUM/STANDARDS
Arizona State StandardsEnglish and Language Arts: http://www.azed.gov/standards-practices/englishlanguageartsstandards
(11-12.RL.1) (11-12.RL.2) (11-12.RL.3) (11-12.RL.4) (11-12.RL.5) (11-12.RL.9) (12.RL.10) (11-12.RI.5) (11-12.W.1)
(11-12.W.4) (AZ.11-12.W.4) (11-12.W.9)(11-12.W.10) (11-12.SL.1) (11-12.SL.4) (11-12.L.1) (11-12.L.2) (11-12.L.3)(11-12.L.4) (11-12.L.5)
(11-12.L.6)
KEY THEMES/QUESTIONS
How much POWER is too much?
What is POWER?
How is it obtained?
Is it ever at a cost?
Who decides the amount of POWER that is appropriate?
What happens when there is an imbalance or abuse of POWER?
ASSESSMENT
Quizzes/Exams
Daily Reading Comprehension Quizzes
Routine Writing
Bell work
Paragraph summaries focusing on power (using direct evidence)
Narratives
Personal response to power: Think of a time in your life when there was a clear example of power: who had the power and how did
you feel about it? Must be 250+ words
Research Project
Research a person in history who was powerful (famous or infamous) and determine the cause of that persons power, the effect,
and then make an overall statement about the power that the person embodies. CREATE A WANTED POSTER. Present in
PowerPoint, Prezi, Poster, etc
RESOURCES/MATERIALS
Extended Text
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Stevenson
Short Lit/Info Texts
Stem Cell Research/Designer Babies
BBC Article Crime and The Victorians
Materials
Reading Logs
Daily Reading Quizzes
Research Project Note-taker

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Unit Calendar
WEDNESDAY

TUESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

1/4

1/5

1/6

1/7

1/8

Lesson: Introduction to
POWER Unit and The
Victorian Era

Activity: Students
(broken into 5 groups)
will jigsaw read and
present on assigned
sections BBCs article
Crime and the
Victorians

HOMEWORK: Personal
narrative assignment
due 1/11 @ 4:30PM.

Lesson: Introduction to
Robert L. Stevensons Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Activities:
1. Preview and Predict-in
pairs, students will look at the
novels cover and write
paragraph predictions on
what they expect the book to
be about.
2. Distribute and explain
reading logs.
3. Start reading Chapter 1 as a
class.

HOMEWORK: Finish Chapter
1 and read Chapter 2.
Complete Reading log for
both chapters.

Activities:
1. Chapter 1/Chapter 2
Quick Review and
Reading Log Check
2. Reading Quiz
3. Vocabulary
Connection Question:
What is an experience
that you find detestable?
4. Start Reading Chapter 3
in class

HOMEWORK: Finish
Chapter 3 and read
Chapter 4. Complete
reading log for both
chapters.

Activities:
1. Chapter 3/Chapter 4
Quick Review and
Reading Log Check
2. Reading Quiz
3. Vocabulary
Connection Question:
What would you describe
with the word ghastly?
4. Start Reading Chapter 5
in class

HOMEWORK: Finish
Chapter 5 and read
Chapter 6. Complete
reading log for both
chapters.

Activities:
1. Chapter 5/Chapter 6
Quick Review and
Reading Log Check
2. Reading Quiz
3. Vocabulary
Connection Question:
Tell about a sinister
event from the news.
4. Start Reading
Chapter 7 in class.

HOMEWORK: Finish
chapter 7 and read
chapter 8. Complete
reading log for both
chapters.

1/12

1/13

1/11
PERSONAL NARRATIVE SHORT
ESSAYS DUE @ 4:30PM

Activities:
1. Chapter 7/Chapter 8
Quick Review and
Reading Log Check
2. Reading Quiz
3. Vocabulary
Connection Question:

Activities:
1. Chapter 9/Chapter 10
Quick Review and Reading
Log Check
2. Reading Quiz
3. Vocabulary Connection
Question: When have you
seen something that was
odious?

PERSONAL NARRATIVE SHORT

ESSAYS DUE MONDAY @ 4:30PM

Lesson: Basic Debate

Procedure Introduction

Activities:
1. Finish Presenting Skits
2. Debate Procedures
Overview
3. Students will be broken
up in groups. Each group

1/14

Activities:
1. LIBRARY DAY
2. Students will begin to
narrow down what their
research project topic.
Need to have a topic
chosen by the end of
class.
2. Students are given

1/15

Activities: RESEARCH
IN LIBRARY

HOMEWORK: NO
HOMEWORK

Describe a villainous
character from a movie.
4. Start reading Chapter
9 in class

HOMEWORK: Finish
Chapter 9 and read
Chapter 10. Complete
reading log for both
chapters.



1/18

NO SCHOOL

4. Readers Theatre:
Students will from groups of
3-5. They will pick theyre
favorite scene from the novel
and adapt it into modern day
society in a 5-7 minute skit.

HOMEWORK: NO
HOMEWORK

will read the Designer

Babies article and are
assigned either a PRO or
CON stance. Students will
partake in an informal
debate focused on
POWER.

HOMEWORK: NO
HOMEWORK

1/19

Activities:
STUDENT
RESEARCH IN
PRESENTATIONS
LIBRARY/FINISH
PROJECTS/PRESENTATIONS



HOMEWORK: Finish Posters
and Presentations.

their research project

note-taker.




HOMEWORK: NO
HOMEWORK

1/20

1/21

STUDENT
PRESENTATIONS

1/22

STUDENT
PRESENATIONS