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Home > INSTRUCTION > State Standards and Frameworks > English Language Arts > Unit_Overview

 Gr. 9 Unit: Making my Point : My Words are my Weapons


Essential Question:

How does fear threaten freedom? How can language overcome limitations?


Lesson Calendar

Day 1 – SEED 1

Day 2-4 – PLAN 1

Day 5 – SEED 2

Day 6 – PLAN 2

Day 7 – PLAN 3

Day 8-10 – SEED 3

Day 13-20 – PLAN 4

Day 21-23 – PLAN 5

Day 24-25 – SEED 4

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Unit Overview

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UNIT OVERVIEW

This unit is a study of how fear can be used to threaten or limit freedom and how words can be used to overcome fear and limitations. Using a variety of texts, including “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, Fahrenheit 451° by Ray Bradbury, and “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury, students are challenged to examine topics like fear, and censorship in dystopian literature. The final assessment requires students to write an argument essay addressing the importance of using words to express beliefs.

TEXT MODELS FOR LESSONS AND LESSON SEEDS

  1. The First Amendment
  2. Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut
  3. Night Shadows by Edward Hopper
  4. Censorship by Eric Drooker
  5. Fahrenheit 451° by Ray Bradbury
  6. The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury

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  Last Updated 3/17/2020 1:13 PM