So far with my HL students I have used Lord of the Flies, The Help, the Handmaid's Tale, the Giver, Of Mice and Men, Great Gatsby, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, the Room.....Some of them were quite a success, some a bit of a disappointment for a reason- at a point I realized I just need a change.
This year I decided to try out something more up-to-date and went for The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. I prepared a unit planner with activities that worked well for me and my students, maybe you will find it useful, too?
THUG UNIT PLANNER
1. Content quiz- eg.https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/the-hate-u-give/quiz/
HW- THUG topics hexagonal thinking (based on Hexagonal Thinking- Now Spark Creativity-highly recommended!)
2. Topics discussion- based on hexagonal presentations prepared as HW
HW- a meaningful quote analysis (rubrics based on the wonderful materials from the blog Cult of Pedagogy rubrics)
3. A quote that stuck with me- students individual presentations-2-3 min
HW- creative writing- choose a fragment of the book and ‘rewrite it in text messages’ using a text message conversation generator, for example https://ifaketextmessage.com/)
4. Historical references, cultural background and real life cases- 3 min presentations
after 10 min prep
Blm
Black panthers
MLK
Tupac Shakur
The Fresh Prince of Belair
Blue lives matter
All lives mater
Harlem resistance
REAL LIFE CASES:
Eric Graner
Tamir Rice
Philando Castile
George Floyd
HW-plot organizer revision (eg. Freytag's Pyramid)
5. Character analysis- in 4 groups, each group gets 4 characters, then a presentation- ppt, prezi, sway- following the pattern: Character: description, traits, quotes
HW- an interview with a character after 10-20 years- roleplay in pairs, recorded in OneNote, 5 minutes each
6. Code-switching, racism and the film (optional)
- the article THUG- how racism works
- the cost of code-switching Ted talk by Chandra Arthur
HW- preparation for the mock trial
7. Mock trial: officer One Fifteeen- Brian Cruise Jr (based on a sample high school mock trial script like this https://line.17qq.com/articles/uwwwrsahx.html or buy this excellent resource TeachersPayTeachers )
HW- opinion column writing- exam-style task
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