Kathy+West's+Unit+Plan+Rationale

=TOPIC OVERVIEW= = Title of Unit Plan-Follow your dream=


 * Targeted course and grade level-American Lit/Multicultural Lit/10th grade**


 * Time frame-Five weeks, with classes five days a week, 55 minute per class.**

=RATIONALE= = What is the focus of this unit? What are its curricular content and its main goals?= = · The focus of this unit is to identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of theme through the characters of each of the texts. In these texts, characters are on life journeys in pursuit of a dream. Through analysis of these text’s and their themes, students can relate this to their own lives and become more aware of issues young people from other culture’s face.= = = = What is the organizing thread that makes these texts work together? =
 * Key Texts: The Alchemist **
 * The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian **
 * Esperanze Rising **
 * How does this unit relate to previous and future units of study? **
 * ** Theme has been taught in previous units on a more basic level involving only one text. **
 * ** In future units we will delve into analyzing themes across genres and how they are alike and different. **
 * **Each of these text’s portray a character in pursuit of a dream and the obstacles they face in their pursuit of their dream.**


 * Is the topic worthy of several weeks of study in a literature classroom with adolescents? Why? **
 * ** I will have students read and analyze each text while using many different teaching techniques that will appeal to all students and facilitate identifying, analyzing, and knowledge of the theme. I also want to emphasis the multicultural aspect of each of these text’s. Finally, I want student’s to learn collaboration on their journey through this unit of Follow Your Dream. **

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