Curriculum / ELA / 10th Grade / Unit 3: "I was born to join in love, not hate—that is my nature": Civil Disobedience in Antigone / Lesson 22
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10th Grade
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Provide peer feedback on written speech and delivery.
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Peer review a classmate's written and delivered speech using the peer review worksheet. Revise your speech based on the feedback you received.
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Remind students that in the following lesson they will deliver their speeches to the class. They should finish revising their speech based on peer feedback and continue practicing their delivery.
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SL.9-10.4 — Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task.
SL.9-10.6 — Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
W.9-10.1 — Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
W.9-10.10 — Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
W.9-10.4 — Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
W.9-10.5 — Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
L.9-10.1 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.9-10.2 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
L.9-10.3 — Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
L.9-10.6 — Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
SL.9-10.1 — Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9—10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
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Deliver a speech to persuade an audience.
Build background knowledge about Greek theater and tragedy.
Standards
RI.9-10.2SL.9-10.1
Analyze how Sophocles uses characterization to introduce the major conflict of the play.
RL.9-10.3
Analyze Creon's use of rhetorical appeals.
RL.9-10.3RL.9-10.4RL.9-10.5
Analyze the first choral ode and make connections to the podcast episode "Death Interrupted."
RI.9-10.2RI.9-10.3RL.9-10.2RL.9-10.4
Evaluate Antigone's argument for reasoning, rhetorical appeals, and logical fallacies.
RI.9-10.8RL.9-10.3RL.9-10.4
Analyze Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s reasoning for breaking unjust laws and make connections back to Antigone.
RI.9-10.2RI.9-10.5RI.9-10.9RL.9-10.6
Evaluate the credibility of sources about a global figure who practiced civil disobedience.
W.9-10.7W.9-10.8
Write about the challenges and achievements of a global figure who practiced civil disobedience.
W.9-10.2W.9-10.4W.9-10.5W.9-10.7W.9-10.8
Present about a global figure's civil disobedience and engage in a small group discussion.
SL.9-10.1.aSL.9-10.1.cSL.9-10.1.dSL.9-10.4SL.9-10.6
Analyze the theme of fate in a choral ode.
RI.9-10.2RL.9-10.2RL.9-10.4
Evaluate Creon's leadership by synthesizing an informational text with Antigone.
RI.9-10.2RL.9-10.3RL.9-10.4
Analyze how Emma Watson persuades her audience using delivery techniques, as well as rhetorical appeals and devices.
RI.9-10.6W.9-10.1
Analyze Antigone as a tragic hero.
RL.9-10.3RL.9-10.4SL.9-10.1
Analyze Creon as a tragic hero.
Analyze the director's purpose in creating Antigone in Ferguson and make connections between the events of the play and Michael Brown's death in 2014.
RL.9-10.6RL.9-10.7
Analyze the role of the chorus in Antigone in Ferguson.
Analyze the role of catharsis in Antigone in Ferguson and brainstorm an adaptation of Antigone.
RL.9-10.2RL.9-10.3
Engage in a Socratic seminar about Antigone by supporting arguments with strong textual evidence.
SL.9-10.1SL.9-10.1.aSL.9-10.1.bSL.9-10.1.cSL.9-10.1.dSL.9-10.4
Analyze Rita Pierson's Ted Talk "Every kid needs a champion" and brainstorm a topic for the performance task speech.
RI.9-10.2RI.9-10.6W.9-10.1.aW.9-10.5
Conduct credible research to appeal to ethos and logos in a speech.
Draft a persuasive speech using rhetorical appeals and devices.
L.9-10.3W.9-10.1.aW.9-10.1.bW.9-10.1.cW.9-10.1.e
SL.9-10.4SL.9-10.6W.9-10.1W.9-10.10W.9-10.4W.9-10.5
SL.9-10.3SL.9-10.4SL.9-10.6
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