Zuri+Kelver

= Protest Literature =

Fifteen 50 minute class sessions
====Overview: For this unit students will work with written texts that deal with issues of animal and human rights, environmentalism and other issues. The two main texts of the unit, Jack London's __Call of the Wild__, and Martin Luther King's philosophical treatise __Strength to Love__ will be discussed in terms of how the authors use prose to speak out against certain injustices. London's novel will be read in its entirety throughout the three-week unit, however, __Strength to Love__ will be read in bits and pieces during the second week of the unit. Each class period will begin with fifteen to twenty minutes of silent reading in London's novel. The silent reading time will also be devoted to a reading journal where each student will track their progress in the novel and write short reflections. After the silent reading and reflections each class period will focus on short writing assignments, discussions, debates and lectures based upon protest movements and literature. This unit also introduces the deductive logic forms modus ponens and modus tollens. By the end of the second week students will be able to construct simple arguments using these forms as well as deconstruct other's arguments and test them for validity.====