Unit+4+-+To+Kill+A+Mockingbird

=**Competencies: **=
 * __Writing: Argument:__ Students will demonstrate the ability to analyze and critique written or spoken arguments and write arguments that support claims with reasoning and sufficient evidence.


 * __Writing: Informative/Explanatory:__ Students will be able to write informative/explanatory pieces to convey information and ideas accurately and clearly.


 * __Vocabulary:__ Students will apply and acquire vocabulary through speaking, listening, reading, writing, and the use of vocabulary strategies.


 * __Speaking and Listening:__ Students will demonstrate the ability to speak, listen and view effectively for a variety of purposes.


 * __Reading Literacy Competency:__ Students will demonstrate the ability to comprehend, analyze, and critique a variety of increasingly complex print and non-print literary texts.


 * __Reading Informational Texts Competency:__ Students will demonstrate the ability to comprehend, analyze, and critique a variety of increasingly complex print and non-print informational texts, including texts for science, social studies, and technical subjects.

= = =**Essential Questions: **=
 * **How do effective readers infer or read between the lines?**
 * **How do we support our ideas or the truth?**
 * **How do we know our ideas about a piece of writing are valid?**
 * **How do we know what the author is trying to communicate to the reader?**
 * **What is the message?**
 * **How and why do individuals, events and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text?**
 * **How do we make meaning out of the written word?**
 * **How do organization and format lead to an understanding of a text?**
 * **Why is point of view and purpose important?**
 * **Why do writers choose to use a certain medium to convey their message?**
 * **What do effective readers do?**
 * **Why read?**

=**Banned Books Information:**=
 * [|ALA website]**

[|Banned Book Mini Research]


 * [|TKAM Banned/Challenged Reasons]**


 * [|ALA TKAM Reasons]**


 * [|Banned Book Reflection - General 9]**

=**Historical Background/Author Information**= [|__Video about Harper Lee__]

[|Timeline: Historical Context]

=TO Kill A Mockingbird= [|Full Text]

=Vocabulary= [|General 9 Answers]

=Blogs:=

[|To Kill A Mockingbird Blog #1]

[|To Kill A Mockingbird Blog]

=Time Periods:= __[|Literary Time Periods]__

=__Before Reading__ __//To Kill A Mockingbird//__ __Assignments:__=

[|Web Search]
=__While Reading //To Kill A Mockingbird// Assignments:__=

[|Shoe Activity]

__[|Tabloid Assignment]__ __[|Example Tabloid]__

[|Critical Reader Questions]

[|Chapter Questions]

[|Sentence Starters] [|Example of sentence starters] [|Example Sentence starters] [|More examples of sentence starters]

[|Annotation Exercise]

[|Illustration / Soundtrack]

[|Casting Call] __[|General 9 Example]__ __[|Example 2]__

Part II:
[|Annotation Rubric]

[|Annotation Example]

=__After Reading //To Kill A Mockingbird// Assignments:__=

__[|Cast of movie]__

[|Theme Notebook] (General) [|Theme Notebook Template] [|Theme Notebook Example]

3 degrees of
//TKAM & Remember the Titans// [|Courage Examples 3 degrees of] [|3 degrees of prep]

[|3 degrees of Assignment] (alt.)

[|Example 3 degrees] [|Model 3 degrees of]

=***SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS***:=

[|TKAM Text Set Assignment (Honors)]
[|Admissions Ticket Template] [|Example] [|Example 2]

*[|Facebook Project] (Honors)
[|Facebook Template] [|Instagram Template]

[|Rubric] [|Exampl]e [|Example 2]

* [|Author's Purpose Essay] (Honors)
[|Student Model 1] [|Student Model 2] [|Student Model 3]

*[|General 9 Essay Assignment]
[|Essay Example]

=Enrichment General 9= [|Part II Sentence Starters]