Implemented District Standards
This unit will be taught to a 10th grade English class in Richmond, Virginia. Listed below are the Virginia Standards of Learning aligned standards that will be used with this unit.
Developing Skilled Readers and Building Reading Stamina
- 10.DSR The student will build knowledge and comprehension skills from reading a range of challenging, content-rich texts. This includes fluently reading and gathering evidence from grade-level complex texts, reading widely on topics to gain purposeful knowledge and vocabulary, and using reading strategies when comprehension breaks down.
- A. Read a variety of grade-level complex text with accuracy, automaticity, appropriate rate, and meaningful expression in successive readings to support comprehension. Monitor while reading to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, as necessary (Reading Fluency, K-12).
- Connection to Unit: Texts in this unit will strengthen and support reading stamina and also expose students to complex texts.
Reading and Vocabulary
- 10.RV The student will systematically build vocabulary and word knowledge based on grade ten content and text.
- 10.RV.1 Vocabulary Development and Word Analysis
- A. Develop and accurately use general academic and content-specific vocabulary through reading, discussing, and writing about grade-level texts and topics.
- Connection to Unit: Students will be learning new dystopian and utopian vocabulary in addition to learning vocabulary through nonfiction articles.
Reading Literary Text
- 10.RL The student will use textual evidence to demonstrate comprehension and build knowledge from a variety of grade-level complex literary texts read to include literary nonfiction (including world, British, and American literature), narratives, poetry, and drama, with an emphasis on world literature.
- 10.RL.1 Key Ideas and Plot Details
- A. Analyze the development of universal themes (e.g., survival of the fittest, coming of age, power of love) prevalent in world literature (e.g., short stories, poems, plays, novels, and literary nonfiction) of different cultures and eras.
- Connection to Unit: Students can interpret character motivations, symbolism (e.g. hyperempathy, Earthseed), and societal commentary and identify how Butler builds setting, pacing, narrative voice (journal entries versus prose)
Writing
- 10.W The student will write in a variety of forms for diverse audiences and purposes linked to grade ten content and texts with an emphasis on argumentative writing.
- 10.W.1 Modes and Purposes for Writing
- Introduce a topic clearly by providing context, presenting well-defined theses, and previewing what follows.
- Adopt an organizational structure that clarifies relationships among ideas and concepts.
- Connection to Unit: Students could craft essays on how Butler’s Earthseed addresses environmental collapse or on social justice issues.
Research
- 10.R The student will conduct research and read a series of conceptually related texts on selected topics to build knowledge on grade-ten content, texts, and areas prompted by student interest.
- 10.R.1 Evaluation and Synthesis of Information
- B. . Gather and organize information from various sources, including internet resources, electronic databases, and other technology.
- Connection to Unit: Students will use the Internet to find nonfiction sources and use them to compare to Butler’s novel.
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