S+Haigis,+Carinne

**Office:** Room 111 **Office Hours:** Every Day from 2pm-3pm ** E-mail: ** Carinne.Haigis@Maine.edu =Summary of Unit= In this unit, students will read __ Wuthering Heights __ by Emily Brontë. While reading the book, students will learn important key literary terms and devices. They will examine how the factors of mystery, suspense, and surprise influence the plot of a literary work. Students will also learn the importance of the concept of time within a book and how the terms and devices learned in this unit can be deliberately used by an author to manipulate time within a novel. Along the way, students will create several projects to demonstrate their understanding of these key ideas and to delve deeper into the world created by Brontë in __ Wuthering Heights __. The goal of these projects is to gauge student mastery of the material and also to show students how to apply the knowledge learned in this unit to the world. As a final project, students will create a digital magazine that will exhibit their understanding of the concepts learned in this unit and also demonstrate how closely they read the required text. The goal of this unit is to teach literary terms and devices in a way that students can connect to future classes and to the world around them and also to guide students toward an understanding of how authors convey their intent through a literary work.
 * Teacher:** Ms. Haigis

=Establish Goals= // Common Core State Standard // // Content Area: // English // Grade Level: // 9-10 // Domain: // Reading/Literature // Cluster: // Craft and Structure // Standard: // 4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone. 5. Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it, and manipulate time create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. = = =Students will understand that...= • the way an author chooses to manipulate time within a literary work creates mystery, tension, and/or surprise. • authors use certain words and devices to convey deeper meaning. • reading more deeply into the text is an essential life skill.

=Essential Questions= • How does an author manipulate time within a literary work to create elements of mystery, tension, and/or surprise? • How do authors use certain words and devices to convey deeper meaning? • Why is it essential to be able to read more deeply into a literary work?

=Students will know...= • // Definitions: // Metaphor, Gothic literature, point of view, flashback, dialogue, character development plot, mystery, tension, suspense, surprise, irony, diction, symbolism • // Timelines: // Introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, births, deaths, marriages, key events, comings and goings • // Important People: // Catherine Earnshaw, Heathcliff, Hindley Earnshaw, Catherine Linton, Edgar Linton, Isabella Linton, Ellen Dean, Lockwood, Linton Heathcliff

=Students will be able to...= 1. __ demonstrate __ examples of literary devices in a text. 2. __ evaluate __ elements of tension, mystery, and surprise within a literary work. 3. __ use __ word choice and literary terms to gain a deeper understanding of the text. 4. __ compare __ the dialogues of different characters and the way they impact the reader's understanding of each character. 5. __ consider __ an author's use of mystery, tension, and surprise to create plot within a text. 6. __ recognize __ the necessity of reading deeply into the meaning of a literary work.

**Performance Task Overview** You are part of a team of journalist students who are hoping to earn a summer internship with "People" magazine. In order to select which group of students will win the internship, the company has decided to hold a contest. The task is to digitally create a special edition magazine that follows the actions and events surrounding a group of interacting "celebrities" (the characters of __ Wuthering Heights __ ). The magazine must contain articles, images, and announcements, as well as any other elements your group deems necessary. All of these components must follow the lives of this specific set of celebrities. The group that creates the winning special edition magazine will have their project published and win the internship with "People".

=Expectations=
 * Absences:** School policy mandates that each student is allowed to have two excused absences a semester. If a student is absent during this unit, I will expect that he or she will check the class wiki, read the required chapters, download the class notes, and try and complete the assignment if possible. If there are any questions, a student must first email a classmate. If the student is still not clear, he or she may email me with further questions.


 * Assignments and Late Work:** Because many of the activities and projects build upon one another in this unit, it is crucial for each student to try his or her best on every assignment and to take all the work done in this class seriously. Every assignment //must// be passed in on time in order to receive prompt teacher feedback and to be able to complete future assignments on time. All assignments //must// be completed. If an assignment is late, the student will need to hold a mandatory conference with me explaining why the assignment was not completed and when I can expect it to be turned in to me. The assignment will lose ten points each day it is late.


 * Classroom Expectations:** This classroom is a positive learning environment. Students will be respectful of themselves, each other, and me. All students will be considerate of the viewpoints and ideas of others and any and all questions are welcome at any time. I will expect every student to be on time to class (in seats and ready to go when the bell rings) and to be prepared with all of the necessary materials and the required work completed.


 * Plagiarism:** The school does not tolerate plagiarism and any instances of plagiarism will be dealt with according to school policy (the student will also receive a zero on the plagiarized work for my class). All assignments must contain a "Resources" page on which all of the resources used are cited correctly and completely.

=Benchmarks (360 Points)= • //Class Participation:// Students are expected to contribute to class discussions and to actively share their ideas and thoughts with their classmates. It is also expected that all assignments and projects will be fully completed and turned in on time **{15 points}**.

• //Attendance:// Attendance is necessary in order to not fall behind on this unit. Please plan on being in class each day, prepared and ready to learn and to work. Each day of class missed will result in the loss of one point from this component of the unit unless you have emailed me and we have managed to reach an agreement ahead of time **{5 points}**.

• // Blog Postings: // Each student will choose two important characters in __Wuthering Heights__ to follow from the beginning of the book to the end. For every section of the reading, the student will be responsible for composing a blog entry (in the style of a journal) written from the perspective of each one of the characters that addresses what occurred in that section of the reading. Students can choose to focus on events, a character's inner turmoil and/or perspective, their relationship and thoughts on other characters, or any other aspect that makes sense with the required reading. Towards the end of the unit, each student will present their blog entries to the class **{50 points}**.

•Poster/ // Collage: // Students will demonstrate their understanding of literary devices and how these relate to __Wuthering Heights__ by creating a poster/collage on Glogster. This assignment may be completed individually or with a partner. Students will find direct examples of literary devices in the text and images that pertain to these devices and passages from the book and arrange these elements in an organized and neat fashion onto the poster. The final product will be briefly presented to the class and displayed around the classroom **{20 points}**.

•//Magazine Articles// // : // Each student will be responsible for writing two magazine articles on __Wuthering Heights__ that demonstrate their understanding of mystery, tension, suspense, and surprise in __Wuthering Heights__ and uploading these to the class wiki. Each student will be responsible for peer editing one another student's articles and leaving them constructive and positive feedback using the comment tool in Microsoft Word. **{**//25 points each:// **50 points}.**

• // Short Story: // In order to develop a concept of how authors develop elements of mystery, suspense, tension, and surprise in their works, students will be writing their own short story using these literary devices. After writing the story, the students will transform it into a presentation that can be viewed by others using Prezi **{50 points}**.

•//Final// // Thesis Paper: // __Wuthering Heights__ is a book that examines and explores several major themes. Students will choose one of these themes and write a through thesis paper that analyzes how this idea drives the plot. Direct and specific examples from the text that tie in the literary terms used in this unit must be included. Each student will then upload their essay into the class Google Docs document so they can see the their classmates work as well as their own. I will print off the essays for "Class Publication". This assignment will count as the final exam for this unit **{**//25 points for the rough draft, 50 points for the final:// **75 points}**.

• // Digital Concept Map: // In order to understand and apply __Wuthering Heights__ and it's ideas and themes to the real world, students will create a digital concept map using the Inspiration tool on the computer and connecting as many ideas and concepts as possible. Students may choose to work in pairs or individually to complete this assignment **{20 points}**.

•//Digital Magazine// // : // As a final project, students will work in predetermined (by me) groups of four to produce a magazine that can be shared with others digitally. The magazine will include articles written for a previous assignment as well as birth/death/marriage announcements, photographs, and other creative "magazine-type" aspects. Students will need to create a final product that includes accurate information, contains no errors in grammar or spelling, is attractively organized and pleasing to look at, and includes all of the resources used in a properly cited format. Each group will present their magazine to the class on the final day of the unit **{75 points}**.

=Grading Scale= A (93 -100), A- (90 - 92), B+ (87 - 89), B (83 - 86), B- (80 - 82), C+(77 - 79), C (73-76), C- (70 - 72), D+(67 - 69), D (63 - 66), D-(60 - 62), F (0 - 59).