High School Language Arts Units
Compiled by Imad Fadlallah
September 2003

 

The American Dream
Unit Plan for The American Dream

 

The Darker Vision - A Genre Study of Tales
Unit Plan for The Darker Vision - A Genre Study of Tales of Horror

Lesson 1 - Beginning to Understand the Horror Genre

Lesson 2 - Examining Poetry in the Horror Genre

Lesson 3 - Gothic Horror Stories and Allegory

Lesson 4 - Modern Horror: Comparing Southern Gothic Writers and Stephen King

Lesson 5 - A Novel Exploring the Dark Side of the Human Mind

Lesson 6 - The Film Version of a Horror Novel

Lesson 7 - Listening to Radio Horror

Lesson 8 - Adapting Horror: Creating a Script from a Published Work

Lesson 9 - Adapting Horror: Creating a Video

Lesson 10 - Presenting and Reviewing Horror Videos

 

Well-Aimed Wit - Learning About Satire
Unit Plan for Well-Aimed Wit - Learning About Satire

 

Building Research Skills - Environmental Preservat
Unit Plan for Building Research Skills - Environmental Preservation

 

American Poetry - Form and Vision
Unit Plan for American Poetry - Form and Vision

Lesson 1 - Simple Poetic Form

Lesson 2 - Whitman and Frost: Two Visions of America

Lesson 3 - Dickinson and Bradstreet, the Poetic Soul

Lesson 4 - e. e. cummings and experimental modernism

Lesson 5 - Visions of Life from Four Contemporary Poets

Lesson 6 - Visions of Modern Society

Lesson 7 - Analyzing the Work of a Selected Poet

Lesson 8 - Poetry Portfolios

Lesson 9 - Publishing Poetry

Lesson 10 - Coffeehouse Presentation

 

The Language and Literature of War
Unit Plan for The Language and Literature of War

 

Drama
Unit Plan for Drama

 

The Oral Tradition - Myths, Poetry, and Folktales
Unit Plan for The Oral Tradition - Myths, Poetry, and Folktales from the Ancient World

 

Human Rights
Unit Plan for Human Rights

Lesson 1 - Introduction to Human Rights: Poetry of Oppression

Lesson 2 - Human Rights Watch: Documenting Oppression

Lesson 3 - Reading Holocaust Survivor Accounts

Lesson 4 - Reading and Responding to Night

Lesson 5 - A Holocaust Anthology: Writing Poetry about Survival

Lesson 6 - Understanding Responses to Oppression

Lesson 7 - Language and Literature from Apartheid

Lesson 8 - Obedience and Indifference: Discussing Oppression Behavior

Lesson 9 - Drafting an Editorial Against Oppression

Lesson 10 - Peer Revision and Editing of an Editorial

 

Contemporary World Issues - A Research Process
Unit Plan for Contemporary World Issues - A Research Process

 

Macbeth - Leadership Turns to Tyranny
Unit Plan for Macbeth - Leadership Turns to Tyranny

 

Reading and Writing Profiles
Unit Plan for Reading and Writing Profiles

 

Women's Lives - An International Perspective
Unit Plan for Women's Lives - An International Perspective