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The unit contains: - Anticipation Guide Unit contains a focus on New Media: - has research project around central concepts: Identity, authenticity, Change, Moral & Ethical Dimensions, meaning and connections - - above concepts created as a research assignment with group work - - group presentation on each concept - - - Research presentation regarding concepts can easily apply to other novels that deal with content similar to Ready Player One (i.e. Divergent, Ender's Game, Do Androids Dream of

Full unit plan for the game that is accessible for differing grade levels - have used this with grades 8/9/10 - 55 pages Has chapter work -Anticipation Guide Part I: - Quote integration work - critical thinking questions Part II: - critical thinking questions - Character Profile Assignment with exemplar Part III: - Critical thinking questions Appendix: - Contains novel essay questions with some page references for the topics - Synthesis essay outline for comparison with the 2000 film Gladiator -

Unit plan contains TWO versions for teaching the novel – class study and reading circles Pages 2-29 – Novel unit as a class directed study - Has quote integration practice – exercises to promote effective quote integration / manipulation - Critically engaging questions to examine the context of the novel - Freudian psychoanalytical model character assignment - Character poetry assignment – with exemplar -Freudian psychoanalytical assignment with exemplar - Novel focusses on Thomas Hobbes pe

Look at paragraph construction: -Topic Sentence Review and Exercise -Unity Review and Exercise -Coherence Review and Exercise -Concluding Exercise LOOKING FOR COMPLETE PACKAGE FOR ENGLISH 8 WITH EXTENDING EXERCISES CHECK OUT THE FOLLOWING:Complete English 8 Writing Development BookletOther senior grades will be made available but this presents a glimpse of the style of work in these units - see links for other grade level writing development books English 9 English 9 Writing BookletEnglish 10 En