Unit Lesson Plan

Teacher: Song
Subject: English 10 Unit Title: Night and the Syrian Refugee Crisis

Unit Goal: All students at the end of this unit, must be able to write a written proposal for a community service
project, use rhetorical techniques to persuade their audience, and use effective oral presentation techniques.

Unit Reading: Night by Elie Wiesel

Reading Goals: Understand theme, Summarize readings, Determine meaning of words, identify tone and
connotation in text, identify use of figurative language.

Focus Theme: Indifference, apathy, and silence

Assessments: Vocabulary quizzes, chapter summaries, and annotation of articles and speeches.

Syrian Refugee Station Lesson Plan

CCSS/CLGs/SC Assessment Limits/Standards: Agenda: (What is the snapshot of my class flow?)
RI.2.1 Determine Central Idea of a Text Students will flow through stations throughout the day and
RI.2.2 Provide an Objective Summary of a text learn about the Syrian Refugee crisis.
RI.7.0 Analyze the accounts of a subject in two different mediums
RI.8.0 Evaluate the argument in a text
W.4.0 Produce clear and coherent writing
Sl.1 Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions
Lesson Objective: (What will my students KNOW by the end of the lesson? What will they DO to learn it?)

# STATION SEQUENCE FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Note: A variety of formative
assessments should be used at key
points throughout the lesson.
Station 1: Students will read an article about the Trump executive order banning immigrants from Students must be able to
predominantly Islamic countries. identify what the executive
order does, and how its
1 different from the initial
executive order that Trumps
administration put out.
Station 2: Students will then watch two videos that explain the Syrian Civil war, and what Aleppo is. Students must be able to
identify what a proxy war is
2
and what Aleppo is and why
its so important and famous.
Station 3: Students will watch a VR short film that shows the story of a girl in a Syrian refugee camp. Students must be able to
identify the themes in this
3
short film, and the characters
desires.
Station 4: Students will watch a video about Syrian immigrants in America, and their experiences in coming Students must be able to
to America. identify the logical fallacies
4 and rhetoric that politicians
use when discussing the
refugee issue.
Station 5: Students will read a feature on a family that is adjusting to life in America. Students must be able to make
inferences about what the
5 family is feeling, and why the
family wants to Smile, but
cannot.
6 Station 6: Students will participate in a gallery walk. Students will look at images of the refugee migration Students must be able to have
and the devastation caused by the war. a conversation explaining their
thoughts and feelings about
the images. Students must be
able to explain why a certain
image was more impactful than
 another.
Station 7: Students will write a letter to a Syrian Refugee. Students must be able to write
7 a letter to a Syrian Refugee
with proper grammar and tone.

Resources/Instructional Materials Needed: (What do I need in order to teach the lesson?)

Google Cardboard
Smartphones
Laptops

Notes: Borrow smartphones from students and have Mobile App ready to show VR film.

Summative Assessment:

Part 1: Writing the Proposal W.2. Write Explanatory Text, W.2.a. Introduce topic, organize complex ideas, W.2.b.
Develop the topic with well-chosen and relevant details and facts, W.2.e. Establish and maintain formal style

Proposing a Community Service Project:

Goal: Students must write effective proposals based on research and effective rhetoric. Students must have clear goals and
guidelines for how theyll accomplish this project, and why their project will be worthwhile.

Lesson: Students will learn how to write an effective proposal for a project that they will participate in. This project must be
something that benefits the Syrian Refugees. Students will have the opportunity to choose what kind of project they would
like to participate in. Projects can include screening a documentary, an art project around campus, a persuasive speech
they give to the school, a social media campaign, or raising funds for an organization somehow.

Students will learn to practice the rhetorical techniques they learned earlier in the year, they will learn how to organize a
proposal letter, and they will incorporate all of this into a writing assignment that is close to a real-life situation where one
might attempt to get a project approved.

Part 2: Carrying out the service project

Students will participate in their approved project and document with evidence to include in their presentation.

Part 3: The Presentation SL.4. Use effective oral presentation techniques, SL.5 Use Digital media to enhance
presentation, SL.2. Integrate multiples sources of information

Students will present through Google Slides and show the class what they accomplished in their project, how effective their
project was, and share documentation of their project. Students must use effective presentation techniques, know their
audience, and use effective rhetorical techniques to present their projects.