Objective: Students will define cruelty and provide examples.
Opening activity: Activating Prior Knowledge
Write continuously until you hear my timer go off. (Sadly, you should NOT run out of examples for this topic.)
Entry event for the unit
Dear Students:
It seems like every week I see a new way that human beings were cruel to one another. This story in particular shocked me.
William Golding, the author, developed a theme on cruelty in his slim novel. While I reread his novel, I found myself wondering if he argument was valid. Did he have a valid point about human beings and cruelty? Or was he trying to write an entertaining book? Let's face it: people are often entertained by both exaggerations and cruelty.
I thought that we could investigate the question of cruelty. Golding seems to be making an argument about the conditions under which cruelty is allowed to flourish and grow. We could read to discover his point-of-view. But we could also see what the world of psychology has to say on this topic. The teens in Albuquerque exist, but across the world in Australia this happened.
We could learn literacy skills while learning about the topic of cruelty. So I came up with the following two driving questions for this unit:
It seems like every week I see a new way that human beings were cruel to one another. This story in particular shocked me.
William Golding, the author, developed a theme on cruelty in his slim novel. While I reread his novel, I found myself wondering if he argument was valid. Did he have a valid point about human beings and cruelty? Or was he trying to write an entertaining book? Let's face it: people are often entertained by both exaggerations and cruelty.
I thought that we could investigate the question of cruelty. Golding seems to be making an argument about the conditions under which cruelty is allowed to flourish and grow. We could read to discover his point-of-view. But we could also see what the world of psychology has to say on this topic. The teens in Albuquerque exist, but across the world in Australia this happened.
We could learn literacy skills while learning about the topic of cruelty. So I came up with the following two driving questions for this unit:
Let's pause here and give you an opportunity to jot down what you KNOW and what you NEED TO KNOW about the conditions that allow cruelty to flourish and grow.
Instruction:
We will be engaging in Project-Based Learning as we study Lord of the Flies and write our own narratives. PBL features an entry event in which you students are introduced to your driving question and your project. The letter with the linked news story serve as your entry event.
Now we must determine what we already know and what we need to know in order to successful complete the project for this unit.
Let's read the project prompt and rubric.
Then fill out the next section of your handout.
Now we must determine what we already know and what we need to know in order to successful complete the project for this unit.
Let's read the project prompt and rubric.
Then fill out the next section of your handout.