Digital Unit Plan Template

Unit Title: Slavery Novels and Narratives Name: Starr Gomez

Content Area: English Grade Level: 11th
CA Content Standard(s)/Common Core Standard(s):

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.2 Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and

analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact
and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text,
including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact
of specific word choices on meaning and tone,
including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh,
engaging, or beautiful. (Include Shakespeare as well as other authors.)

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what
the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text,
including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1 Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions

(one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 11-12 topics, texts, and issues,
building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

Big Ideas/Unit Goals:

Big Ideas
How does this piece of literature reflect the time-period the author lived in?
How does the author use their style to emphasize an important situation?
What lessons or themes does the author present throughout the book?

Unit Goals
Students will have the ability to analyze the text and grasp the main themes and ideas.
Students will use scholarly language and implement it on their work.
Students will participate in small and large group discussions discussing the style of the
author and they will decipher the meaning of the text for the time-period it was written in.
Students will also learn how to work in groups and present their projects appropriately and professionally.

Unit Summary:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn will begin with a short video on Mark Twain, the author of Huckleberry Finn. After the video, you
will all do some research and work in groups to inform the class on the life of Twain and what the main points of the video were. The
lesson will be composed of analyzing the text of Huckleberry Finn and making sure we grasp the main ideas and points of the book.
During this unit we will discuss the themes of slavery, adventure, and loyalty among many other themes. This unit will let you explore the
South during the era of The Civil War. After we finish with the Slave novels section, we will move on to Slave narratives and discover
what it was like to be a free slave and how it was like to struggle to get to freedom. I expect for you to all grasp the main concepts and
differences between slave novels and narratives. You should ask yourselves whether it is important that slave novels were mostly written
by people who were not slaves. The Unit will focus on the impact slavery had on the world and literature.

Assessment Plan:
Entry-Level: The entry-level assessment
will begin with two warm-up questions on
the new topic. The questions will be,
Warm up
1.What important time period in literature
did Frederick Douglass narrative become
Formative plan: would consist of a time
game, a presentation outline, flash cards,
quiz, and a journal entry.
Time Game- Olaudah Equiano & Frederick
Douglas practice game on Quizlet
Summative: . For summative assessments,
they will work on a class presentation
focusing on the historical importance that
both or one of the writers had for their time-
period, and the impact it had on slavery.
This presentation can be focused on the
published? Presentation outline- students will have a
A. Romantic presentation outline for their project and
B. Harlem Renaissance work on this.
2. Who was Olaudah Equiano? Flash Cards practice-Olaudah and Equiano
flash cards practice
Quiz- Olaudah Equiano
Journal Entry- What narrative style called
out to you the most? Which Narrative
would you like to focus our next project on?
importance of the middle passage, or can
solely focus on the author and the
importance his work had on the abolition
movement. There will be different topic and
their presentations will not be repetitive.
They will receive and give peer reviews and
on the last week of presentations all
students will receive their peer reviews and
final grades back
Presentation- A presentation on the
historical significance Olaudah and
Frederick had on literature about slavery.

Peer Feedback- Peers will provide feedback

on their peers presentations.
Lesson 1 (Teacher Lecture)
Student Learning Acceptable Evidence Lesson Activities: Short introduction with an Author stream presentation introducing
Objective: Students (Assessments): slavery. Students will fill out their worksheet on Slave narratives and the impact it
will have the ability to Cited information from had on people during that time.
analyze the text and the presentation,
grasp the main themes appropriate language,
and ideas. and professional
language.
Lesson 2 (Webercise/ iPad Lesson)
Student Learning Acceptable Evidence: Lesson Activities: Students will use the comic strip app to create their own slavery
Objective: Factual and accurate narrative/novel timeline.
Students will use information based on
scholarly language and the readings we have
implement it on their discussed in class.
work.
Lesson 3 (Graphic Organizer)
Student Learning Acceptable Evidence: Lesson Activities: KWL Sheet
Objective: Students Cited information from Students will fill out their KWL sheet on the slave narratives and the incorporation of
will have the ability to the text and/or videos Uncle Toms Cabin as a Slave Novel.
analyze the text and that are on the website.
grasp the main themes
and ideas.

Unit Resources:
Frederick Douglas Audio book version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjLyYxEckUo
Olaudah Equiano bio- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV7CG_Eyi1M
Frederick Douglas Educational Info- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtKY4bLUxC0
The Interesting Narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttC9m7XeQrM
Frederick Douglas Mini Bio- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su-4JBEIhXY
Critical Ways (Mark Twain)- https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/critical-ways-seeing-adventures-huckleberry-finn-context
Huck Finn Homepage- http://twain.lib.virginia.edu/huckfinn/huchompg.html

Useful Websites:
Purdue Owl- https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
Citation Machine- http://www.citationmachine.net/
Zunal- http://zunal.com/
Merriam-Webster- https://www.merriam-webster.com/
Diigo- https://www.diigo.com/
National Archives Catalog- https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog
BASE- https://www.base-search.net/
Google Scholar- https://scholar.google.com/