English II Human Rights and Responsibilities

September 16 to October 3

Genocide- the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.

Purposes

To examine the causes and effects of genocide

To remember and honor the fallen

To examine how to end current genocide

Learning Target

I can write a coherent and logical essay discussing either the causes or effects of genocide or create a poster on the events and concepts studied.

I can support their thesis statements with reading, observations, quotes, and personal experiences.

I can examine conflict (internal, external, man vs. self, man vs. man, man vs. society, man vs. nature) within the ext.

I can analyze dialogue and description as it relates to author’s tone and purpose.

I can analyze character’s motivations and author’s choices.

I can identify an extended metaphor or recurring symbol from the first several chapters. I can consider how this recurrence is related to the theme.

I can analyze how historical events influence literature.

I can analyze how literary devices help convey theme.

I can write appropriate transitions to organize paragraphs.

I can use precise language, avoiding clichés and casual language.

I can analyze the motives, qualities, and contradictions of a character in a major work.

I can select, come to group consensus, and evaluate “moving” passages. As a group analyze what techniques are used to make them so.

Materials

Presidential Speech on Syria

Hotel Rwanda-film

Night by Elie Wiesel- novel

“The Shawl”

Selected Poems

Interviews, audio, and websites from a variety of Holocaust museums

Daily Activities and Homework Assignments

Days	Class Activities	Homework
9/16	The President’s Speech on Syria
9/17	Presentation on the Holocaust Complete pages 3-22 in pairs and complete section 1 chart in pairs Clip and bio on Elie Wiesel and visuals from Auschwitz	Complete pre-reading questions
9/18	Read pages 23-46 in class	Complete Reading questions for sections 1-3
9/19	Read Pages 27-45	Complete Reading questions for section 4
9/20	Read list of Judaic and Night Vocab then create word wall Complete guided notes on vocabulary	Read pages 47-65 for HW
9/23	Complete the Novel Road Map to Success for Sections 1-4 of Night, and complete viewing of Wiesel interviews	Pages 66-84 for HW
9/24	Poster Collage on The Destructive Power of Hatred	Lit Circle HW for sections 1-5 of Night
9/25	Lit circles sections 1-5 of Night and read section 6 as a group	Complete Road map for success for sections 5 and 6 of Night
9/26	Box Car Activity and Complete Sections 7 and 8 of Night in class	Complete Road map for success for sections 7 and 8 of Night
9/27	Night Test
9/30	Genocide Webquest
10/1	Watch Hotel Rwanda and complete the major works data sheet Sheet must be written in complete sentences and use details from the film to explain your statements. Please remember that the film documents actual events that took place in Africa in the 90’s. The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass murder of an estimated 800000 people in the small East African nation of Rwanda.
10/2	Maus: A Survivor's Tale, by Art Spiegelman
10/3	“The Shawl” and Selected Poems