Unit plan for 11th Grade CP English: Dante's Inferno
This is a unit plan based around Dante's Inferno, and attempts to bring the themes of the text into a modern day perspective through alternative assessments. I created this unit as part of a Secondary Methods course I took in my junior year at Albright College. The unit includes a complete list of objectives, P.A. State Standards, grading scheme, and a blocking out of the daily procedure. The unit test and all other assessments are uploaded here as separate files for easier viewing.
This is a unit plan based around Dante's Inferno, and attempts to bring the themes of the text into a modern day perspective through alternative assessments. I created this unit as part of a Secondary Methods course I took in my junior year at Albright College. The unit includes a complete list of objectives, P.A. State Standards, grading scheme, and a blocking out of the daily procedure. The unit test and all other assessments are uploaded here as separate files for easier viewing.
Dante's Inferno Unit | |
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This is the unit test given after reading through Dante's Inferno. The test contains a matching section, a drawing/physical layout section, and an essay section. This was my first attempt at test-making.
Dante's Inferno Unit Test | |
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This is a worksheet containing directions to one of the alternative assessments within the unit. The project, entitled "Build Your Own Hell," requires students to revamp Dante's image of hell, substituting modernized "sins" in place of Dante's outdated format. The assignment forces students to look at Dante's themes in relation to modern-day problems.
BYOH worksheet | |
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This is a powerpoint presentation on Virgil, author of The Aeneid, to which we compare Dante's Inferno throughout the unit. The powerpoint is designed to give students a brief biographical view of Virgil as well as introduce the text.
Virgil powerpoint | |
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The following two files are examples of full daily lesson plans, taken from the unit. The lesson plans include daily objectives, standards, materials, and classroom procedures, as well as accommodations for special needs students.
Lesson plan day 7 | |
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Lesson plan day 9 | |
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Miscellaneous artifacts
This file contains a handout focusing on proper pronoun usage. It was created in coordination with a mini-lesson I taught as a requirement for my Secondary Methods class. The handout was used in coordination with work done on the board- students could reference the handout to answer a problem.
Helpful pronoun hints handout | |
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This worksheet was used as a formative assessment to gauge the students' understanding of pronoun usage.
Pronoun practice worksheet | |
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