Curriculum / ELA / 9th Grade / Unit 3: Power, Justice, and Culpability: Of Mice and Men and The Central Park Five / Lesson 1
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Compare depictions of migrant workers in a video from Reading Through History and various photographs by Dorothea Lange, noting the similarities in their representations.
Video: “History Brief: Okies During the Great Depression”
Photo: Migrant worker on California highway by Dorothea Lange
Photo: Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California by Dorothea Lange
Photo: Drought refugees from Texas encamped in California near Exeter. Seven in family by Dorothea Lange
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Standards
RI.9-10.4RI.9-10.7
Explain how setting and characterization establish the mood in Of Mice and Men.
RL.9-10.3RL.9-10.4
Analyze how Steinbeck develops the reader's understanding of the relationship between Lennie and George.
Analyze how Steinbeck develops social hierarchies on the ranch that foreshadow conflict in the story.
RL.9-10.3RL.9-10.5
Write a strong topic sentence and select relevant textual evidence to support that claim.
RL.9-10.1W.9-10.1.aW.9-10.1.bW.9-10.4W.9-10.5
Outline an analytical paragraph using the acronym T-E-A-L, and write a first draft.
W.9-10.1.aW.9-10.1.bW.9-10.1.cW.9-10.1.dW.9-10.1.e
Write a strong analytical paragraph that effectively integrates textual evidence and argues for which person at the ranch poses the greatest threat to Lennie and George.
W.9-10.1.aW.9-10.1.bW.9-10.1.cW.9-10.1.dW.9-10.1.eW.9-10.4W.9-10.5
Analyze how Steinbeck develops characters and explain what characters' actions and beliefs can reveal about human nature.
RL.9-10.2RL.9-10.3
Analyze the character of Crooks through the lenses of racism, loneliness, and power.
RL.9-10.3
Analyze the character of Curley's wife through the lenses of sexism, loneliness, and power.
Analyze how Steinbeck has used foreshadowing to develop tension leading up to the story's climax.
Analyze how Steinbeck shapes the reader's perception of Lennie's murder through setting, diction, and mood.
RL.9-10.3RL.9-10.4RL.9-10.5
Analyze the Robert Burns poem "To a Mouse" and draw conclusions about why Steinbeck chose a line from this poem for the title of his novel.
RL.9-10.2RL.9-10.3RL.9-10.9
Take a position on one of three analytical prompts and gather textual evidence in preparation for a Socratic Seminar.
RL.9-10.1RL.9-10.2RL.9-10.3W.9-10.1
Engage in a Socratic Seminar in preparation for crafting a literary analysis of Of Mice and Men.
SL.9-10.1.aSL.9-10.1.bSL.9-10.1.cSL.9-10.1.d
Write a strong thesis statement in response to an analytical essay prompt, and outline body paragraphs needed to support that thesis statement.
W.9-10.1.aW.9-10.1.bW.9-10.4W.9-10.5
Write the body paragraphs of an analytical essay in the literary present tense, using strong transitions within and between paragraphs.
W.9-10.1.aW.9-10.1.bW.9-10.1.cW.9-10.4W.9-10.5
Review the parts of an introduction, and write a strong introduction to an analytical essay using the acronym H-I-T (hook, introductory information, thesis statement).
W.9-10.1W.9-10.4W.9-10.5
Review the parts of a conclusion, and write a strong conclusion to an analytical essay using the acronym B-A-M (refer back to thesis, analyze its significance, make it universal).
W.9-10.1W.9-10.1.eW.9-10.4W.9-10.5
Revise and edit essay drafts using a peer review structure.
W.9-10.4W.9-10.5
Explain what the Atkins v. Virginia decision and the case of Marvin Wilson reveal about perceptions of culpability in the criminal justice system.
RI.9-10.2RI.9-10.5
Analyze how characters in Of Mice and Men view Lennie's culpability in different situations throughout the text.
Identify the central idea about the relationship between bias and wrongful convictions in two nonfiction articles.
RI.9-10.2
Identify Sarah Burns's purpose in The Central Park Five and explain how she uses tone to achieve that purpose and develop the reader's understanding of her perspective.
RI.9-10.4RI.9-10.6
Analyze the structure of the first chapter of The Central Park Five and explain the purpose and impact of specific sections of the text.
RI.9-10.3RI.9-10.5
Analyze how Burns uses descriptive language and specific details to communicate her perspective.
Analyze the choices director Ava DuVernay made in When They See Us and compare her portrayal of characters and events with Sarah Burns's text, The Central Park Five.
RI.9-10.1RI.9-10.7
Analyze how racism shaped media coverage of the Central Park Five, and explain the debate around blame and culpability in this case.
RI.9-10.3RI.9-10.4
Analyze the choices director Ava DuVerney made in When They See Us and compare her portrayal of characters and events with Sarah Burns's text, The Central Park Five.
RI.9-10.3RI.9-10.4RI.9-10.7
Brainstorm, outline, and record a podcast episode that analyzes the power of language to construct meaning about a person's identity in both Of Mice and Men and Central Park Five.
RI.9-10.2RI.9-10.4RL.9-10.2RL.9-10.4W.9-10.6
Outline a podcast episode that analyzes the power of language to construct meaning about a person's identity in both Of Mice and Men and The Central Park Five.
RI.9-10.2RI.9-10.4RL.9-10.2RL.9-10.4W.9-10.4W.9-10.6
Record a podcast episode that analyzes the power of language to construct meaning about a person's identity in both Of Mice and Men and The Central Park Five.
RI.9-10.2RI.9-10.4RL.9-10.2RL.9-10.4SL.9-10.4SL.9-10.5W.9-10.4W.9-10.6
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