LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

English II

Goal 4: The learner will critically interpret and evaluate experiences, literature, language, and ideas.

Objective 4.01. Interpret a real-world event in a way that:

  • makes generalizations about the event supported by specific references.
  • reflects on observation and shows how the event affected the current viewpoint.
  • distinguishes fact from fiction and recognizes personal bias.

Additional related resources

We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

You ate what??
After reading the novel, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, students will use primary sources to relate Paul's experience to the life of a North Carolina soldier. Students will create their own primary source journal entry.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
By Kari Siko.
Eyewitness to the flood
In this lesson, students will listen to oral history excerpts from Hurricane Floyd survivors and contrast their experiences with the experiences of the characters in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
Defining tyranny
Students will focus on gathering support for and elaborating on ideas for an essay of definition on tyranny. Students will use examples from history and from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 English Language Arts)
By Bethany Hill.
Colors and symbols of stigmatization
This lesson is an introduction to the reading of Night by Elie Wiesel, which students will read independently. The students will do research to discover the different colors and symbols used to symbolize the Nazi party's list of undesirable people. The students will gain an understanding of how other people can arbitrarily judge other people as inferior.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 English Language Arts, English Language Development, and Social Studies)
By Sandra Hurd and Wilma Gale.
Adding support and detail without getting arrested!
This lesson plan is designed to teach students the concept of using facts to support ideas and to interpret (elaborate on) those facts in order to create a synthesized paragraph.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Information Skills)
By Bonnie Mcmurray and Julie Joslin.

Resources on the web

Building Vietnam War scavenger hunts through web-based inquiry
This lesson uses fiction or nonfiction books on the Vietnam War as a catalyst for research on how the war affected different groups of people. Once small groups are formed based on student interest, the teacher models how to write effective questions and... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Arts, and Social Studies)
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