Stage 1 - Desired Results

Unit 6: The Great Migration: The Aftermath of Slavery

Pacing: 5-6 weeks

Stage 1 Desired Results

Established Goals:

RL. 11.1 - Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain. 

RL 11.2 - Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text. 

RL.11.3 - Analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).

RL.11.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful. 

RI.11.1 - Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.

RI.11.6 - Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of the text.

Transfer

Students will be able to independently use their learning to….

How authors construct the story of a complicated history

Meaning

Understandings

Students will understand…

• The push-pull factors that impacted people’s decisions to migrate from the south and the impact of those decisions. 

• Tone is developed through the use of diction, point of view, mood, motif, and symbolism.

Essential Questions

Students will keep considering…

• How we construct the story of a complicated history

• How an author’s choices in terms of sources, organization, and structure convey his or her perspective and purpose. 

• The relationship between the end of slavery and the Great Migration.

Acquisition

Students will know…

• In fiction and non-fictions texts, author's purpose and perspective is determined by historical accounts and his or her personal family & cultural experiences. 

Students will be skilled at…

• Determining the meaning of unfamiliar words, phrases, and figurative expressions to understand tone and meaning of a text

• Analyzing an author’s use of stylistic devices, including point of view, mood, diction, symbolism, and tone to determine deeper meanings presented in a text

• Crafting evidence-based claims 

• Crafting a multi-paragraph expository essay 

• Reading closely