BCS ELA CCSS Unit 2: The Art of Persuasion Grade Level: English II Time Span: 4-5 weeks Unit Overview: How can we convince others that we are right? Students will explore the use of rhetoric in literature and rhetoric so that they will be able to develop their own persuasive arguments. RL 6 - Point of view/ Purpose RL 8 Arguments/ Evidence CCSS – RI 4 Vocabulary/ Word Choice – Grade Specific RI 5 Text Structure/ Organization – Standards: RI 8 Arguments/ Evidence – emphasized/ assessed in this W1 - Write arguments unit of study W4 - Clear/coherent writing (Essay) Activity/Strategy/Formative Assessment: Julius Caesar Anchor Text: Dramatic Readings Cyrano de Bergerac Historical Review A Doll’s House contains lessons using these Debate Les Miserables and other texts. or Sophocles Activity/Strategy/Formative Assessment: Antigone Oedipus, Companion Piece of String” Guy de Maupassant “A Quizzes Literature: Problem” Anton Chekhov “A Class discussion
BCS ELA CCSS Unit 2: The Art of Persuasion Grade Level: English II Time Span: 4-5 weeks Unit Overview: How can we convince others that we are right? Students will explore the use of rhetoric in literature and rhetoric so that they will be able to develop their own persuasive arguments. CCSS Grade Specific Standards: emphasized/ assessed in this unit of study RL 6 - Point of view/ Purpose RL 8 – Arguments/ Evidence RI 4 – Vocabulary/ Word Choice RI 5 – Text Structure/ Organization RI 8 – Arguments/ Evidence W1 - Write arguments W4 - Clear/coherent writing (Essay) Anchor Text: contains lessons using these and other texts. Julius Caesar Cyrano de Bergerac A Doll’s House Les Miserables Activity/Strategy/Formative Assessment: Dramatic Readings Historical Review Debate Companion Literature: Antigone or Oedipus, Sophocles “A Piece of String” Guy de Maupassant “A Problem” Anton Chekhov Activity/Strategy/Formative Assessment: Quizzes Class discussion
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