The Bluest Eye Unit: Cycle 1 (September to November)
September: Benchmark 1 (Sept. 9-25)
Themes: historical background; beauty; internalized racism; media; parental influence
Essential Questions: How does the historical background of The Bluest Eye impact the book? How does the author’s life impact the book? What is beauty? How are people treated based on their appearance? Why do we treat people differently? How does media define beauty? What is internalized racism or racial self-loathing? Why do people internalize racism? How do parents effect child development?
Assessment: Informative Essay
| Mon. Sept. 7
Labor Day |
Tues. Sept. 8
Staff Report |
Wed. Sept 9
Intro to class—hand out curriculum, rubrics, create class expectations |
Thurs. Sept 10
Intro and baseline |
Friday, Sept 11
Baseline |
| Mon. Sept. 14
Historical Background PPT Toni Morrison Motivation for Writing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8Zgu2hrs2k Internalized Racism definition, Born Black excerpt Skills: syntheisizing information |
Tues. Sept. 15
Author’s Background Character List NY Times Book Review Skills: synthesizing information; making connections |
Wed. Sept. 16
Media/Family Forward, pg. 1-2 Skills: Creating images Content: Stream of consciousness; deliberate fragmentation; enjambment; allusion Dick and Jane, pg. 1-2 Draw picture Show Dick and Jane Book |
Thurs. Sept. 17
Family Forward, pg. 3-4 Skills: creating images; analyzing text Garden, pg. 3-4 Draw picture Write about the contrast between both environments. Dick and Jane’s environment with Claudia’s environment |
Friday, Sept. 18
Family Autumn, Ch. 1, pgs. 9-12 “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid Skills: creating images and making inferences Aim: How do parents effect child development? Read Pgs. 9-12 Read Girl Found poem |
| Monday Sept. 21
Internalized Racism/Beauty Autumn, Ch. 1, pgs. 18-24 Youtube video on internalized racism Internalized racism article Symbolism: Doll, Shirley Temple Cup Skills: finding evidence, making inferences, answering text-dependent questions |
Tuesday, Sept. 22
Internalized Racism/Beauty “A Teacher’s Role in Fighting Racism” article Video: The Doll Test https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EivX77ORIIs Skills: listening and taking notes |
Wed. Sept 23
Assessment: Informative Essay Options: What is internalized racism? (use evidence from at least 2 texts) Which texts best portray the of influence parents on children? How does media influence identity in The Bluest Eye? (Dick/Jane excerpt; internalized racism youtube video; Shirley temple excerpt) Graphic organizer, model paragraph Vocabulary test |
Thurs. Sept 24
Assessment First Draft |
Friday, Sept. 25
Assessment Final Draft |
October:
Benchmark 2 (Sept. 28- Oct. 16)
Themes: martyr/victim complex, internalized racism, emotional abuse
Assessment: Argumentative Essay
Essential Questions: What is abuse? Why do people abuse and accept abuse?
| Mon, Sept. 28
“Love the Way You Lie” song pgs. 38-41
Determining Importance, making inferences How is abuse portrayed in the song and the text? |
Tues. Sept. 29
Victim Martyr Complex article Autumn, Chapter 3, pgs. 42-44 Determining importance, making inferences CER Chart (Claim, evidence, reasoning) |
Wed. Sept 30
Pinterest Board: choose on character Claudia, Pecola, Cholly, Pauline, Mrs. MacTeer Beauty category CER Chart (CLAIM, EVIDENCE, REASONING) |
Thursday, Oct. 1
Autumn Chapter 3, Blue Eyes/Beauty/internalized racism Pg. 44-50 |
Friday, Oct 2
Pgs. 44-50 contin. |
| Mon. Oct. 5
Colorism article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/culturally-speaking/201211/what-color-is-racism Winter, Chapter 4, pgs. 61-74 Race and class/skin color, Maureen |
Tues. Oct. 6
Pgs. 61-74 continued How is colorism conveyed in this chapter? |
Wed. Oct. 7
“Complexion” by Kendrick Lamar Excerpt from Yellowman on race and class/skin color |
Thurs. Oct. 8
Excerpt from Yellowman, Compare and contrast How is colorism conveyed in Yellowman? |
Fri. Oct. 9
Pgs. 81-93 contin. Verbal Discussion on essay questions |
| Mon. Oct. 12
CLOSED |
Tues. Oct 13
Argumentative Essay Which text best conveys colorism? (The Bluest Eye, Complexion or Yellowman) Which text best portrays the victim/martyr complex? (Love the Way You Lie, the article, and The Bluest Eye) |
Wed. Oct. 14
Argumentative Essay Organizer |
Thurs. Oct. 15
Argumentative Essay |
Friday Oct. 15
Argumentative Essay |
October:
Benchmark 3: (Oct. 19-Nov. 6)
Themes: past effecting the future; Point-of-view effecting readers impression; power of stories; childhood abandonment; sexual humiliation; internalized racism
Essential Questions: How does acceptance and rejection affect us as children and later in life?
| Mon, Oct. 19
Winter, Ch 5. Pgs. 81-93 Geraldine/Internalized racism, 3rd person omniscient |
Tues. Oct. 20
POV, 3rd person and 1st person Spring Ch. 7 pgs. 110-117 Pauline |
Wed. Oct 21
Pgs. 117-122 |
Thursday, Oct. 22
Pgs. 122-131 |
Friday, Oct 23
Pgs.122-131 Pinterest Board |
| Mon. Oct. 26
Pgs. 132-140 |
Tues. Oct. 27
Cholly 3rd person omniscient Spring, Ch 8 pgs. 140-150 |
Wed. Oct. 28
Pgs. 151-160 |
Thurs. Oct. 29
“Evil Deeds” Eminem and 161-163 |
Fri. Oct. 30
Contin. |
| Mon. Nov. 2
Assessment Which two characters do you sympathize with the most? Which point-of-view is most effective in evoking emotion in the reader? Which story is most effective in showing characters in a different light? |
Tues. Nov. 3
CLOSED |
Wed. Nov. 4
Argumentative essay ASSESSMENT |
Thurs. Nov. 5
ASSESSMENT |
Friday Nov. 6
ASSESSMENT |
November:
Benchmark 4: (Nov. 9- Oct. 25)
Themes: morality; religion; hypocrisy; hopefulness; mental breakdown
| Mon, Nov. 9
Article on morality/religion? What makes people good? Pgs. 164-170 Soaphead Church |
Tues. Nov. 10
Pgs. 164-170 Connection |
Wed. Nov. 11
CLOSED |
Thursday, Nov. 12
Pgs. 171-176 -183 |
Friday, Nov. 13
What makes people good? How do the prostitutes treat Pecola? Chapter on prostitutes, pg. 50-58 |
| Mon. Nov. 16
Summer, ch. 10 187-192 |
Tues. Nov. 17
Childhood Trauma article: http://www.helpguide.org/articles/ptsd-trauma/emotional-and-psychological-trauma.htm Summer, ch. 11, 193-206 |
Wed. Nov. 18
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Thurs. Nov. 19
Presentations |
Fri. Nov. 20
Presentations |
| Mon. Nov. 23
Book Review (include the most beautiful character) and Adverstisement |
Tues. Nov. 24
Book Review and Advertisement |
Wed. Nov. 25
Book Review and Advertisement |
Thurs. Nov. 26
CLOSED |
Friday Nov. 27
CLOSED |
The Bluest Eye Unit Plan 