S+Tibbetts+Courtney


 * Teacher:** Ms. Tibbetts
 * Office:** West Wing Rm. 113
 * Office Phone:** 207-357-3723
 * Office Hours:** Mon - 2:30pm-3:30pm, Fri - 2:30pm-3:30pm
 * E-mail:** courtney.tibbetts@maine.edu

=Summary of Unit= To know and understand the components that assembles the structure of //Fever, 1793// such as themes and conflicts. Analyze the time frame of //Fever, 1793// and compare it with recent times. How is it different? How is it similar? Examine literary devices such as symbols, wording, foreshadowing, and point of view within //Fever, 1793//. Identify and explain how main characters in the book are portrayed. How does the narrator depict the characters and how, as a reader, the student depicts the characters and how they can relate to one of the characters. Evaluate the growth and development of characters and the cause for the growth and development. Explain the story through a characters point of view based on their portrayal in the book and how they deal with certain situations. =Establish Goals= MLR: English Language Arts A. Reading A 2. Literary Texts Grades 7- Fever, 1793 Students read fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry, within a grade appropriate span of text complexity, and analyze the characteristics noting how structural features and common literary devices help shape the readers response. e. Compare how similar themes are presented in different works.

= = =Students will understand that= •Literary devices are used to create meaning in the text and contribute to the ways a text can be interpreted. •Characters portrayal and time of events associated with them are important aspects of the book that need to be looked at more closely. •The various components that contribute to the structure of a text (narration, themes) are important to the text as a whole.

= = =Essential Questions= •Why are there so many components that make up the structure of the novel and what are they? •How are the characters portrayed by the narrator and how does that contribute to the way the text is read? •Why are there literary devices and where can they be found? = = =Students will know= •Vocabulary- narrator, writing style, plot, irony, point of view (first person, third person). •Definitions- Define what a literary device is in general then define specific literary devices found in the novel. •Critical Details- Who the narrator is and their role in the novel, character portrayal, location, themes, and conflicts.
 * 1) How are the main characters introduced and depicted?
 * 2) How does yellow fever begin (who and where) in the story?
 * 3) How does the disease of yellow fever relate to diseases prominent today such as HIV and Hepatitis?
 * 4) How was the fever cured in the novel and how would that differ from today?
 * 1) How is the life of a fourteen year old (Matilda) in 1793 different from now?
 * 2) Why do some characters (Matildas' mother and grandfather) think it is okay to stay despite yellow fever spreading?
 * 3) How does King George (the parrot) add to the novel?
 * 4) How does the fever epidemic help Matilda to grow to an adult and when does this occur?
 * 1) How is the color yellow symbolized in the book?
 * 2) How are strange words used in the book that may be common in 1793 but not today?
 * 3) How is foreshadowing used in chapters 3 and 4?
 * 4) Why is the story told from Matildas' point of view (first person)?

= = =Students will be able to= •Describe the different components that make up the structure of the text (narration, themes). •Make sense of literary devices within the text. •Design a timeline of events according to the novel. •e. Compare how similar themes are presented in different works. •Assume the role of a character from the novel. •Self-assess the best way to interpret the text. Imagine if you could go back in time to 1793 when the yellow fever epidemic was occuring in Philidelphia? Well, guess what? ABC News just bought the new time machine that Magnavox has come out with! ABC News needs a new news crew to travel in their time machine and report events from the past. ABC News wants to go back to Philidelphia in 1793 and report on the yellow fever epidemic and they are looking for the next great news team to do this. It is your job as a news crew to get the down and dirty on the yellow fever epidemic in Philidelphia based on a certain scene from //Fever, 1793// and an interview with one of the characters on the scene. It is a reporters job to draw in the viewers at home and really make them feel like they are on the scene with you and know exactly what is going on, evoke some feelings into your viewers, make them grab the nearest box of Kleenex tissues to wipe their noses! They can't/don't want to be there, so atleast make them feel like they are from watching your report. You get the hint, make the scene you are reporting on exciting and interesting (while being true to the text). The best news report will receive a place at ABC News as the new news team reporting events from the past by traveling through their time machine.
 * Performance Task Overview**

=Expectations= = = =Benchmarks= Participation: 50 -** All students will participate in all class discussions, listen to one another thoughts and ideas, and respect a student when they have the floor.
 * Participation:** Making it to all classes, and making up work when missed is very important so that no one falls behind. Every student will be encouraged to speak up in all class discussions and ask any questions that they may have.
 * Absenses:** When missing school it is the students responsilbility to appraoch the teacher to find out what they may have missed and complete that work.
 * Respect:** Because every student is encourage to speak up in class and ask any questions they may have it is expect that everyone respects their peers thoughts and ideas so that we can all build from one another. Also it is expected that all students behave well when another student has the floor which means to listen intently and sit quietly.
 * Assignments & Projects:** All assignments and project are expected to be completed and handed in on time. As the student it is your responsibility to come to me with any problems you may have and receive help. Also if an extension is needed for any reason the student should ask plenty of time in advance before the assignment is due and one may be granted. Last minute problems and extensions are not acceptable, plan in advance.
 * Redo:** If any assignment is either failing or the student is dissappointed by it a redo will be acceptable as long as it is discussed with me and done in a proper time frame after the assigment is returned.
 * Plagarism:** Plagarism will not be acceptable in any way, shape, or form. If a work is copied from another source, it will be discovered and they will be caught. Technology allows teachers to recognize plagarism very easily. If caught, the assigment will automatically be given a zero and a parent teacher confrence will be held where the student is present and further measures will be discussed.
 * Based on a 1000 point scale:
 * Blog: 150 -** A blog will be created for each chapter based on each students understanding of each chapter and any questions it may pose. They will be encouraged to include a type of media relating to the chapter such as a song, video, or website. Students will comment on one anothers blogs.
 * Wikispace: 150 -** A wikispace will be created by the whole class based on comparison of themes, plot, and conflicts from Fever, 1793 and other texts. A compilation of similar books will be created along with their comparisons and explanations.
 * Grageband: 150 -** Students will create an adverstisement using specific literary devices used in Fever, 1793. They will advertise for a product based on Fever, 1793 such as a vaccine for yellow fever.
 * Inspiration: 150 -** A accurate timeline of events from Fever, 1793 will be created using both text and images.
 * Comic Life: 150** - A Comic Life will be created based on the students understanding of the plot of Fever, 1793 using different characters.
 * iMovie (Performance Task): 200 -** A news broadcast will be created reporting on a scene from Fever, 1793.

=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).