UNIT AT A GLANCE
Contents
Pacing /
# of Days
Genre / Lexile Vocabulary / Word Study
INTRO
Unit Introduction
1*
Academic Vocabulary (L.11–12.6)
Launch Text: Better Never to Have Met at All
Argument
950L
WHOLE-CLASS LEARNING
Whole-Class Learning Introduction
Focus Period: 1485–1625^2
Renaissance and Reformation: A Changing England
Historical Perspectives
The Tragedy of Macbeth, Act I
William Shakespeare
2
Drama
NP
Concept Vocabulary
Word Study: Latin Root -bell- (L.11–12.4.c)
The Tragedy of Macbeth, Act II
William Shakespeare
2
Drama
NP
Concept Vocabulary
Word Study: Suffixes -ous and -ance
(L.11–12.2.b; L.11–12.4.b)
The Tragedy of Macbeth, Act III
William Shakespeare
1
Drama
NP
Concept Vocabulary
Word Study: Latin Prefix mal- (L.11–12.4.b, d)
The Tragedy of Macbeth, Act IV
William Shakespeare
2
Drama
NP
Concept Vocabulary
Word Study: Antonyms (L.11–12.4.c; L.11–12.5)
The Tragedy of Macbeth, Act V
William Shakespeare
2
Drama
NP
Concept Vocabulary
Word Study: Latin Root -turb- (L.11–12.4.c, d)
The Tragedy of Macbeth, Act V, Scene i • The
Tragedy of Macbeth, Act V, Scene i
L.A. Theatre Works • LibriVox
1 Audio Performances Media Vocabulary
Performance Task
Writing
2
SMALL-GROUP
LEARNING
Small-Group Learning Introduction
Sonnet 12, Sonnet 60, Sonnet 73 • Sonnet 32 • 6
Sonnet 75
William Shakespeare • Mary Wroth • Edmund Spenser
Poetry Collection 1
NP
Concept Vocabulary (L.11–12.4, a)
Word Study: Multiple-Meaning Words
(L.11–12.4)
from The Naked Babe and the Cloak of Manliness •
from Macbeth
Cleanth Brooks • Frank Kermode
4
Literary Criticism
1130L; 1090L
Concept Vocabulary (L.11–12.4, a, d)
Word Study: Affixes (L.11–12.4.b)
Performance Task
Speaking and Listening
1
INDEPENDENT LEARNING
Independent Learning Introduction
2
from Oedipus Rex
Sophocles, translated by David Grene
Drama
NP
Independent Learning provides students with the
opportunity to analyze a selection independently. To
facilitate students’ independence, no skills have been
assigned.
Ozymandias • Why Brownlee Left • Man’s Short Life
and Foolish Ambition
Percy Bysshe Shelley • Paul Muldoon • Margaret
Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle
Poetry Collection 2
NP
from Macbeth: The Graphic Novel
William Shakespeare, illustrated by John Haward; script
adapted by John McDonald
Graphic Novel
The Lagoon
Joseph Conrad
Short Story
1000L
What’s Your Time Perspective • Does Time Pass?
Jane Collingwood • Peter Dizikes
Science Articles
1100L; 1150L
END OF
UNIT
Performance-Based Assessment
Writing 2
Unit Reflection
Unit Test 1
* Pacing is suggested for a 40- to 50-minute class period. If you use block scheduling, you may combine days to meet your schedule needs.
3
COMPARE
236A UNIT 3 • FACING THE FUTURE, CONFRONTING THE PAST
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