The Unsung Hero
Unit Overview
THE UNSUNG HERO
| 10th grade |
| 4 lessons |
In this unit, the theme of Unsung Heroes allows students to examine their views of heroism by examining the lesser-known or unknown heroes through a variety of methods. |
| Students develop and apply skills in vocabulary, reading comprehension strategies, note-taking, summarizing, and analyzing media messages. |
| This unit consists of four lessons. The lessons focus on vocabulary, reading comprehension, note-taking, summarizing and analyzing media messages while investigating lesser-known or unknown heroes. |
| Handouts including graphic organizers |
| Formative and Summative Assessment |
| Glossary |
Unit Plan: Lessons
Each session represents one 50-minute class period unless otherwise noted.
| Heroic Vocabulary: Using Decoding Strategies and Thesaurus |
Word |
HTML (with links to documents) |
| Hero Images: Visualization/Media Messages (two sessions) |
Word |
HTML (with links to documents) |
| Recording the Deed: Note-taking on Heroes (may take two or more sessions if teacher uses a guest speaker) |
Word |
HTML (with links to documents) |
| Putting it all Together (Summarizing) |
Word |
HTML (with links to documents) |
Essential Questions:
| What is the difference between being famous and being a hero? |
| How is courage revealed? |
| What are some examples of modern-day heroes? |
| Who are our heroes locally, nationally? |
| How are heroes portrayed in popular media? |
| Why do we need heroes? |
Summative Assessment and Scoring Guides:
PREVIOUS LEARNING |
TARGETED LEARNING |
FUTURE LEARNING |
The student will be able develop and apply strategies to problem-solve unknown words when reading grade-level text, such as: affixes and roots.
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R1C Student will be able to apply decoding strategies to problem-solve unknown words when reading grade-level text. The student will be able to develop and apply vocabulary using a thesaurus. |
Students will be able to develop and apply strategies to problem-solve unknown words such as roots, affixes, and context clues.
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The student will be able to develop and apply reading comprehension strategies such as self-question, correct, clarify. |
R1G Students will be able to utilize during reading comprehension strategies such as visualization. |
During reading, utilize strategies to self-question and correct, infer, visualize, predict and check using cueing systems
- meaning
- structure
- visual.
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The student will be able to summarize information clearly and concisely in a multi-paragraph text routinely using an appropriate method for note-taking such as highlighting, webbing, and clustering.
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W3B Students will be able to summarize information clearly and concisely in a multi-paragraph text routinely using an appropriate method for note-taking.
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Students will use a variety of note-taking methods and summarizing skills to create a multi-paragraph text.
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The student will be able describe and evaluate the elements of messages projected in various media such as videos. |
IL2 Students will be able to synthesize, analyze and evaluate the elements of messages projected in various media, such as: videos, pictures, websites, and/or news programs. |
Students will be able to analyze and evaluate media messages including artwork and pictures. |
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