Digital Unit Plan Template

Unit Title: Language in Media Name: Juan Salgado

Content Area: English Grade Level: 11-12
CA Content Standard(s)/Common Core Standard(s):
CCSS. ELA.L.11-12.3 Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different
contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend
more fully when reading or listening

CCSS. ELA.L.11-12.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Big Ideas/Unit Goals:

To learn how different forms of language can change with different contexts. Students will use different sources such as news articles, novels, and short stories to
gain an understanding of the tools and styles of each and judge the effectiveness of each. By learning how to distinguish between forms and such, students will be
better prepared to observe, analyze, and argue the effectiveness of writing, in or out of class.

Unit Summary:

Students will engage in lessons that will engage them into how language shapes and works around context. While doing so, students will also demonstrate a high
degree of command of English. Students will also create arguments based on speech based on the provided resources. Students will first analyze two pieces of
writing that differ drastically to understand the fundamentals of contexts. This will a include a poem and a news article about the same topic. Afterwards, they
will observe a lecture by following through slides which they will have a handout of, then they will provide the answers on their own sheets. Finally, they will
analyze a Poplet graphic organizer, observe the contents that relate to the meaning and use of context and language, and begin to formulate a paragraph
describing the different ways environment can affect context.

Assessment Plan:
Entry-Level:
Students will observe the resources, and will be
introduced to important terms and ideas. They will
be given poems, news articles, slides and such to
analyze the individual components of each.
Formative:
Students will then modify the resources in a
manner that will allow them to show that they
understand the materials so far. This will include
repeating back important ideas, expanding upon
them, and applying it to other faculties of language.
Summative:
Students will then create their own resources to
show a demonstration and mastery of the big ideas.
Students will then write an essay about the topics
to convey that they have an understanding of the
ideas.

Lesson 1 (Teacher Lecture)

Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence Lesson Activities:
(Assessments):
Students will follow along a First, we will be exposed to a presentation concerning the topic. Students will follow along the slides while filling
presentation that will allow Students will be asked to in templates to ensure they are paying attention. Then, they will be asked to express their own ideas in a free
them to understand and provide follow along the write allowing them to brainstorm ways that language can be altered or shaped. This lessons is designed as an
establish the use of slides and be asked to fill in introduction to understanding the nuances that language can convey.
language and all its tools the blanks as well as turn in
these papers. There will be
sections where students
must write their own
thoughts and ideas. Merely
repeating back will not be
enough
Lesson 2 (Webercise/ iPad Lesson)
Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence: Students will look upon on the internet resources and information to help them evaluate and understand
the context of language. We will be looking at videos, poems, and other resources to answer several
Students will learn the Students will provide questions concerning the context. After looking at the resources provided, students will be asked to write
stylistics choice writers evidence based upon under several categories about topics they have previously discussed.
make concerning imagery, several keywords and how
figures of speech, and the it applies to the poem as a
effectiveness of language. whole. In this section,
students will respond
freely, through their own
words, to questions about
the topic. This is a free
write but blank spaces are
not accepted.
Lesson 3 (Graphic Organizer)
Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence: Lesson Activities:

Students will be able to
analyze and understand the
use of language regarding
context and format.
Students will have complete
a graphic organizer by
viewing a video, then
writing a paragraph about
how the organizer applies
to the video
We will begin by watching a video about contexts, then gloss over literary definitions, and then begin to
write about the 3 sections on the graphic organizer. These topics include what was said, what was
meant, and how it was displayed. Students will fill in the sections by collaborating with groups of 3-4
and then write a paragraph about the contexts in another facet of society.

Unit Resources:
Using Context Clues to Guess unknown Words
https://www.stumbleupon.com/
http://www.bestlibrary.org/murrayslit/2009/09/poetic-devices.html

Useful Websites:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/05/sports/basketball/warriors-cavaliers-nba-finals-kevin-durant.html?mcubz=3

http://literary-devices.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OztAiKJbU1A

Graphic Organizer
http://popplet.com/app/#/4344764