Enduring Understanding: Words and actions, purposely chosen, have a great impact on the individual as well as society.
Objective: The students will read about and discuss what a hero is in our society. They will see some real and fictional examples of heroes and the effects that their actions had on their lives. The students will then pick a person that they think deserves the title of Person/Hero of the Year and complete research on their person. They will then complete a full research paper on their person using facts, details, and quotes from reliable sources.
Performance Activity/Assessment: The Person/Hero of the Year Essay
Person/Hero of the Year Prompt and Rubric
Focus: Research and Writing. Speaking and Listening
Common Core Standards Covered: Reading: 1,2,3,4,7
Reading Informational Texts: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
Writing: 1 a,b,c,d,e
2 a,b,c,d,e,f
4,5,6,7,8,9
Duration: 2-4 Weeks
Essential Questions:
1.
How does a
novel, short story, poem, essay or article reveal an author’s point of
view?
2. How is effective propaganda used?
3. How does one persuade or influence another person.
4. When do a person’s actions speak louder than their
words?
5. What is a hero?
6. What are the effects on someone who is/was a hero?
7. How can we all make a difference in society?What do we want our students to know?
- Reliable vs. Unreliable Sources
- Vetting important information and details
- Citing sources
- Integrating quotes into the flow of their writing
- Works Cited Page
- How to write an anecdotal intro
- How to peer edit, revise, and publish a "perfect" paper
Literature/Texts
- "Nothing Man" fictional poem by Bruce Springsteen
- "Man in the Water" non-fiction essay
- "The Parable of the Good Samaritan" historical text
- "Disturbing Legacy of Rescues: Suicide" non-fiction news article
Pre-Activity:
Person of the Year or
Hero of the Year
Important Vocabulary
Academic Vocabulary
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Class Specific Vocabulary
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Literature Vocabulary
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synthesize
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citation
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flailing
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analyze
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parenthetical citation
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abiding
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integrate
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quotation
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pitted
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gist
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implied thesis
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implacable
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thesis
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Anecdotal intro
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extravagant
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textual evidence
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Complete Person/Hero of the Year Vocabulary Exercise
Use Denotation/Connotation Vocabulary Handout
Day 1: "The Man in the Water"
1. Read the news article The Air Florida Crash of Flight 90
2. Close Read: "The Man in the Water"
3. Discuss and Complete Text Based Questions: "The Man in the Water" Text Questions
Day 2: "Man in the Water" Videos: Watch and discuss and complete Text Based Questions.
Divide the class into 8 different groups. Assign each group a paragraph of the text to discuss and present to the class. Assign a question also from the text based questions. The group comes to the front of the class and presents the "gist" and the "claim" that the paragraph presents.
Day 3: "The Parable of the Good Samaritan"
Close Read "The Parable of the Good Samaritan"
Day 4: "Nothing Man" by Bruce Springsteen: Group Activity
Day 5: News Article Close Reading
Disturbing legacy of rescues:Suicide
Disturbing legacy of recuses: Suicide Text Based Questions Handout
Days 6-7: Library Research
Day 8: Part 1: The Anecdotal Intro
Bruce Springsteen: Example Anecdotal Intro
Ice Bucket Challenge: 2014 Event of the Year Sample Intro
Pen Farthing 2014 Person of the Year Sample Intro
Day 9: Part 2: The Biographical Information
Bruce Springsteen: Example of Part 2: Biographical Information
Ice Bucket Challenge 2014 Event of the Year Part 2 Section Sample
Day 11: Part 3: What the Person Did in 2014 to Make Them a Hero
Ice Bucket Challenge 2014 Trend of the Year Sample Part 3
Day 13-14: Part 4: The Close and The Works Cites Page
Part IV: Example:
Use Easybib.com to complete the Works Cited Page
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