10th Grade Unit: Social Issues and Action

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Introduction to the Journal (10 minutes) Read Huckleberry Finn Journal (10 minutes) Reading Quiz
Novel: in class (Chapters IV-
Read Huckleberry Finn VI) Small group discussion Watch episode of The
Anticipation Guide in class (Chapters I-III) of last night’s readings Colbert Report—“The
(Questions and Review satire Green Revolution” in
Discussion) Examine political (exaggeration, Read “The Lesson of class
cartoons from the incongruity, reversal, the Moth” by Don
PowerPoint on historical 1800s on slavery and parody) Marquis—a satirical Complete worksheet on
context of Huckleberry poem—in class satire in the episode
Finn Critically examine and compare the type
students’ cartoons in Dialogically discuss the of satire to the novel’s
Discussion on how to groups poem as a whole class choice of satire
approach the “N-Word”

HW: Bring in current HW: Read chapters VII- HW: Read chapters XI- HW: Read chapters
political cartoons X XIII XIV-XIX

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Introduction to Journal (10 minutes) Journal (10 minutes) Journal (10 minutes) Reading Quiz
Social Issues:
Media literacy lesson: Read Marge Piercy’s Read Huckleberry Finn Read “What You Pawn I
Read Huckleberry Finn “SMAC UP” the Media “Barbie Doll” (poem) in class (Chapters Will Redeem” by
in class (Chapters XX- XXXII-XXXV) Sherman Alexie (short
XXII) Due: Research Proposal Group Activity: story)
Magazine Read “Incident” by
Pass out and discuss advertisements and Countee Cullen (poem) Reader Response
final assignment: body image using in class and discuss the activity: Poverty
Research Project/ “SMAC UP” role of society and its
Students brainstorm influences
and choose topics

HW: Read chapters HW: Read chapters HW: Read chapters HW: Read chapters HW: Read chapters XL-
XXIII-XX/ Research XXVI-XXVIII XXIX-XXXI XXXVI-XXXIX XLIII/write questions
Proposals
 10th Grade Unit: Social Issues and Action

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Introduction to Lesson on how to Computer Lab to Journal (10 minutes) Lesson on F=A+P
Research and Action: research effectively: research
How to find credible Read “I, Too, Sing Show student examples
Socratic Seminar over sources America” by Langston of multimodal/
Huckleberry Finn Hughes (poem): multigenre research
Discuss primary and dialogic discussion to projects
secondary sources HW: Bring song lyrics follow
about social change Read “On the Damned
Song lyrics activity Human Race” by Twain
(essay)
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Computer Lab to Computer Lab to MLA lesson: How to Journal (10 minutes) Computer lab to
research research properly cite (in-text) research/create project
sources Lesson on persuasive
techniques
Lesson on developing
solid arguments and Grammar Lesson:
counterarguments Sentence variation
HW: Research Project

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Last Computer Lab day Rough draft due Presentations: 10 Presentations: 10 Presentations: 8
to complete research students (5 minutes students (5 minutes students (5 minutes
project Peer edit day: Students each) each) each)
form groups based on
similar topics or similar All materials due
modes/genres
Discuss how to publish
and distribute the
HW: Research Project research projects in the
community