Appendix on Implementing District Standards
Standards -- Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts -- 11th grade. These standards can be easily cross-referenced to other standards.
11.3.R.1 Students will analyze the extent to which historical, cultural, and/or global perspectives affect authors’ stylistic choices in grade-level literary and informational texts.
Before reading The Handmaid’s Tale, students will research the historical and cultural contexts of when this was written, as well as focusing on social movements that inspired this novel.
11.3.R.2 Students will evaluate authors’ perspectives and explain how those perspectives contribute to the meanings of texts.
11.3.W.1 Students will compose narratives reflecting real or imagined experiences that: establish narrator(s) that enhance(s) the narrative, include varied syntax to enhance readability, emulate literary elements and/or literary devices from mentor texts
With the final zine creations, students will be writing from the perspectives of the characters from the novel, creating an imagined situation where the Handmaids and others begin to unify their messages to create a social movement that revolts against Gilead.
11.3.W.3 Students will compose argumentative essays, reviews, or op-eds that: introduce precise, informed claims, include a defensible thesis, acknowledge counterclaims or alternate perspectives, organize claims, counterclaims, and evidence in a logical sequence, provide the most relevant evidence to develop balanced arguments, using credible sources, use sentence variety and word choice to create clarity and concision, use style and tone that suits the audience and purpose.
In both the zine and the fictional social movement, students will write speeches, essays, or opinion pieces. They will have to think about how their language and syntax impacts the audience.
11.3.W.4 Students will blend narrative, informative, and argumentative writing to suit their audience and purpose.
The fictional zines will have to blend all types of writing to unify their purpose and message to entice other people to join their oppositional movement to Gilead.
11.6.W.4 Students will present research in longer formats (e.g., sustained research projects, process essays) and shorter, informal formats (e.g., single-day research projects, informal discussion) to a variety of audiences.
At the beginning of the unit, students will do a single day research project with an informal presentation on their chosen social movement.
11.7.W Students will create engaging multimodal content that intentionally enhances understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence for diverse audiences.
Using a variety of spatial and visual elements, students will not only create zines that are creatively presented, they will also create a prezi that will contain pictures, clips of songs, excerpts of speeches, etc. about their chosen social movement.
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