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"So everything is necessary. Every least thing. This is the hard lesson. Nothing can be dispensed with. Nothing despised. Because the seams are hid from us, you see.
The joinery. The way in which the world is made. We have no way to know what could be taken away. What omitted. We have no way to tell what might stand and what might fall."
- Cormac McCarthy, THE CROSSING |
“While I turn the pages of my book
Across the world the author cooks She pours the wine, while I break the bread, Because we're connected … “Can you still hear that cosmic spark, Cannons blasting in the dark, When we blew out like grains of sand, Connected” |
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ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
1. ACCOUNTABILITY: Do we need this?
2. INTERCONNECTEDNESS: Is this good or bad?
3. INDIVIDUAL WORTH: Does this exist?
2. INTERCONNECTEDNESS: Is this good or bad?
3. INDIVIDUAL WORTH: Does this exist?
Science: ECOSYSTEMS
By evolving food chains into food webs to display animals' complex dynamics, the science component of this unit will identify and explore how niche, keystone species, and biodiversity relate to interdependence in ecosystems. Through Allen Ginsberg's "Sunflower Sutra" and a research project that taps into persuasive writing, you will be analyzing how and why man's endangerment (i.e.overfishing, pollution, etc) of a single species is detrimental to its ecosystem. Below is the page symbol for the science section of this unit. Click on the buttons to be directed to pages about the classwork and homework in this class.
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English: SHORT STORY UNIT
Ray Bradbury
"A Sound of Thunder" Continuing our short story study with a work of science fiction from Ray Bradbury - "A Sound of Thunder" - the literary section of this unit dives into imagery, parody, and theme as it grapples with time travel and explores the extent to which our actions have consequences and the degree to which all life has purpose. Supplemented by a William Carlos Williams's poem, "The Red Wheelbarrow," this story will hopefully make you wonder: "What if...I didn't exist?"
Joy Williams
"The Girls" After reading "A Sound of Thunder," our short story unit will conclude with a work of Gothic fiction by Joy Williams: "The Girls." Focusing on characterization, diction, and symbolism, we will navigate a story that aligns with "A Sound of Thunder" in that it too suggests we recognize individual value too late. Heavy with parasitic and mutualistic character relationships, the unusual - but thought-provoking - short story taps into accountability through the cats and parents and interdependence through the adult daughters.
Below is the page symbol for the ELA section of this interdisciplinary unit. Click on the buttons to be directed to pages about the classwork and homework in this class.
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INSTRUCTIONAL UNIT MAPS
ENGLISH:
10th Grade Short Story Unit
10th Grade Short Story Unit
SCIENCE:
10th Grade Ecosystems Unit