Wendy's+Thematic+Unit

Initial Ideas: narrative writing, persuasive essays, poetry

I will be doing my unit on the book __The Hunger Games__ by Suzanne Collins. My CT has said that I can teach the book if I want next semester (it will be a class read whether I teach it or not). It is a book that I really enjoyed reading so I took her up on the offer. I plan to morph the story and themes in the book into poems, stories and other creative products. I want to incorporate Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken" in this unit.

Nada will be my partner to edit my work

I want the students to be able to think for themselves, no matter what. __The Hunger Games__ provide a perfect platform to discuss freedom to think for yourself. Also, in this highly political age it gives an opportunity for students to think about the future of government and voice their own growing political voice. Students can explore this through poetry and propaganda in addition to the novel. The students will learn about taking risks in their writing to create the best works possible. Looking at different ways that the government and civilian organizations try to sway people can show students different ways of interpreting the world around them. Showing them how to become their own people and not to simply follow the path laid out for them by society is a great gift. Along with a good education giving them the gift of forging their own paths into life are the great gifts we can give our students.
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I really like your title! It definitely is a great grabber to a really interesting Unit. It would be interesting to see how you will incorporate your students abilities to think for themselves and to create things that will influence others. I'm sure you have great ideas in your Unit that will cover such examples. I really like how your unit will focus, not only on the "typical" student, but also the special need and students who have exceptional abilities. It would be very interesting to hear the students voices about the future of the government.. I'm sure you would be surprised and their ideas would be spectacular! I agree...as teachers, we are definitely the learning facilitator, but we also should give them the gift to navigate their own learning as well.

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