S1+Jones,+Timothy

=Stage 1 - Identify Desired Results= A2 Literary Texts Grades 9-Diploma //To Kill a Mockingbird// Students read text, within a grade appropriate span of text complexity, and present analyses of fiction, nonfiction, drama and poetry, using excerpts from the text to defend their assertions. d. Evaluate the theme or themes, whether explicitly stated or implied in a literary text. ||
 * **Establish Goals (MLR):** **(G)** ||
 * Maine Learning Results: English Language Arts- A. Reading

//What understandings are desired?//
•Racial inequality can severely affect a character's moral values. •Mystery characters and their influences on a book can be both positive and negative for characters. ||
 * **//Students will understand that://** **(U)** ||
 * •Specific time periods are accurately portrayed in fictional books.

//What essential questions will be considered?//
•Why is racial inequality able to have such dramatic effects on characters? •How does a mysterious character enhance a books value? ||
 * **Essential Questions:** **(Q)** ||
 * •What other fictional books have accurately portrayed specific time periods and how does it effect the book?

//What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?//
•Important events and people: The Great Depression, racial inequality into the 30s, Tom Robinson's trial, Bob Ewells attack on the Finch children, Boo's gifts to Scout and Jem, Boo Radley, Atticus Finch, Scout and Jem Finch, Bob Ewell •Sequence and timelines: What lead to the Great Depression, encouraging factors for racial inequality, events leading up to Bob Ewell's attack, events leading up to Tom Robinson's trial. || •Demonstrate an ability to connect two works of fiction by comparing accurate time period portrayal and it's enhancements of the book. •d. Evaluate the theme or themes, whether explicitly stated or implied in a literary text. •Place the events of //To Kill a Mockingbird// in a different time period and explain how it would alter the storyline. •Analyze Atticus' views on Boo Radlley and why he dislikes Boo's interactions with Scout and Jem. •Consider how the role of racial inequality negatively affects Atticus. •Reflect on Boo Radley's positive and negative influences on Scout and Jem. ||
 * **//Students will know://** **(K)** || **//Students will be able to://** **(S)** ||
 * •Critical details: the real story behind Tom Robinson's case, Atticus' motives in preventing Jem and Scout from furthering a relationship with Boo, the importance of empathy for Scout.


 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe.**