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Drama

• Dramatic Performance Unit - developed by Jamie Barrett
  • Unit overview
  • Matrix of tasks and standards
  • Performance of a pantomimed scene (solo)
  • Performance of a three line scene
  • Performance of an improvised scene - game (duet)
  • Performance of an improvised scene - no structure (duet)
  • Participation
  • Self-assessment of daily participation
  • Audition for a role
  • Block a scripted scene
  • Analyze a character from a scripted scene
  • Create a rehearsal calendar
  • Rehearse
  • Assess rehearsal process
  • Perform a scripted scene with a group
  • Reflection as an actor

Speech Communication

• Public Speaking, Inter- and Intrapersonal Communication, and Group Dynamics (Unit for Sophomore English) - developed by Phil Stowers
  • Introduction to unit
  • Standards and Matrix
  • Speech Master Rubric
  • Preparing for a speech
  • Nonverbal communication/movie clip and Worksheet
  • Nonverbal skit
  • Essay response on value of non-verbal communication
  • Critique of a speech video
  • Narrative speech
    • Part 1
    • Part 2 with Speech Master Rubric
  • Speech self-assessment
  • Parts of a speech / attention getter
  • Demonstration speech with Speech Master Rubric
  • Visual aids in a speech
  • PowerPoint presentation for House on Mango Street and Handout
  • Interview questions and Handout
  • Research careers in library
  • Informative speech with Speech Master Rubric
  • Boards activity/roles within groups
  • Group roles roleplay with Handout
  • Electronic website research article and Worksheet
  • Persuasion panel discussion with Speech Master Rubric

   

• Speaking Rubric

Literature

• Legacy of Slavery Unit - also addresses research, writing, and presentation skills - developed by Joseph Maffey
  • Overview of unit
  • Born to Trouble film notes
  • Born to Trouble evaluating arguments part 1
  • Born to Trouble evaluating arguments part 2
  • Huckleberry Finn racism and stereotypes discussion
  • Lest We Forget
  • Huck Finn reading guide
  • Analyzing Huck Finn
  • Satire assignment
  • Huck Finn/Civil Disobedience in-class essay
  • Annotated bibliography
  • Legacy of slavery PowerPoint
  • Works cited page
  • Legacy project: Reflective essay

• The Journey to Medieval Fest Unit (in an honors British Literature course; central text: The Canterbury Tales) - developed by Laura Kammes
  • Introduction
  • Standards matrix
  • Venn diagram -- Anglo-Saxon vs. Medieval England
  • Socratic seminar
  • Mini-lesson on a ballad
  • Frame story
  • Two-column notes
  • Prologue tabloids
  • Interview between the wife of Bath and the Pardoner
  • Modern moral
  • Self-introduction
  • Persona journal
  • Medieval topic research -- outline and report
  • Kingdom development
  • Medieval Fest
  • Self-evaluation of Medieval Fest
  • Medieval exam

• Understanding the American Dream: Past and Present Unit (central texts: The Great Gatsby and Death of a Salesman) - developed by Eric Landschoot
  • Family background project
  • What does it mean to live in America?
  • Character study and the depiction of the American dream
  • Magazine picture and the American dream
  • Making goals
  • When I grow up to be...
  • KWL chart on the American dream
  • Composing a short story
  • Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey and the American dream
  • American dream pre-test
  • Entry slip
  • Exit slip

• Power and Leadership Unit (central text: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar) - developed by Lynn Jankiewicz
  • Surveillance report on Cassius
  • Portia's letter to Dear Abby
  • Dear Abby's response to Portia
  • Predictions role play between the soothsayer and Portia
  • Diction analysis of funeral speeches
  • Dramatic reading and conflict analysis
  • Literary analysis essay on tragic hero and theme

   

• The Effects of Discrimination Unit (central text: the play Fences by August Wilson) - developed by Lynn Jankiewicz
  • Diary entry in Fences
  • Group activity on decisions in Fences
  • Group activity on symbols and themes in Fences

• Of Mice and Men Unit - developed by Melissa Bass

  • Standards
  • Reading strategy activity and Rubric
  • Study guide and Rubric
  • Investigation of language activity and Rubric
  • Character outlines for Lennie and George and Rubric
  • Trial activity
  • Role play and Rubric
  • Brochure on Steinbeck and Rubric
  • Migrant worker timeline and Rubric
  • Mental retardation poster and Rubric
  • Book review and Rubric

   

Writing

• Writing Rubric

English Courses

• There Are No Children Here Unit (in English II College Prep course) - developed by Melanie Griffin
  • Introduction
  • Standards
  • "Let's go shopping!"
  • Make a difference project
  • Newspaper article reaction paper
  • Most important passage
  • Socratic seminar
  • Poems and songs
  • Timed writing
    • Personal response to text #1
    • Personal response to text #2
  • Essay
  • Theme team presentation
  • Subsearch the novel
  • Quizzes and tests

• Writing about Literature - developed by Christy Keller
  • Introduction to unit
  • Standards
  • Short story visual/presentation
  • Fishbowl discussion
  • Five-paragraph essay
  • Lord of the Flies debate
  • Journals for Lord of the Flies
  • To Kill a Mockingbird setting drawings
  • To Kill a Mockingbird chapter presentation
  • Character performance
  • Circle discussion
  • Small group discussion
  • Something Wicked This Way Comes video scenes
  • Short story research

• Freshman English - developed by Mark Anderson
• To Kill a Mockingbird Journal
• To Kill a Mockingbird Roleplaying
• To Kill a Mockingbird Research Project
• Poetry Book Project
• Vocational Research Paper
• Issue Research Paper

 

• Freshman CLIMB - developed by Mark Anderson
• The Crossing Essay
• "The Jeweled Sea"
• American and Japanese Cities
• Travel Brochure
• Little Rock, Big Tomato

 

• Sophomore English - developed by Mark Anderson
• Shoeless Joe Research Project
• Shoeless Joe Essay
• 12 Lessons from "12 Angry Men"
• Goals and Soles
• Disabilities Research Project
• Issues in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
• Internet Tour of Manzanar
• The Teenager as Enemy
• Prejudice & Jeanne

 

Copyright 2010, Jon Mueller. Professor of Psychology, North Central College, Naperville, IL. Comments, questions or suggestions about this website should be sent to the author, Jon Mueller, at jfmueller@noctrl.edu.