Powerful language Quote Explanation Essential question Powerful quote

Powerful language Quote Explanation Essential question • Powerful quote • Explain why the quote is powerful. • What essential question does the quote address? Why/how does it address that question?

Unit Theme �Leaders use the power of language to inspire and influence Essential questions: 1. How can I effectively articulate my opinions and perspectives? 2. How can I influence others through the use of language? 3. What qualities define a world citizen? 4. How can I use language to create and maintain the world I want to live in? 5. How can I use language to create new opportunities for myself and others?

Example 1. Quote Explanation Essential question • “Don’t forget that you are in a concentration camp. In this place, it is every man for himself, and you cannot think of others. Not even your father. ” (110) • This quote explains how concentration camp prisoners were ‘dehumanized. ’ They were forced to give up their loyalty to family members in order to look after themselves. In the camps there was no such thing as “father” or “mother. ” All that mattered was survival. • How can I use language to create and maintain the world I want to live in? • Elie is attempting to describe the evils that camp prisoners endured. He wants the quote to serve as a “warning” for people not to let something like the Holocaust happen again. 2. 3. 4. 5. How can I effectively articulate my opinions and perspectives? How can I influence others through the use of language? What qualities define a world citizen? How can I use language to create and maintain the world I want to live in? How can I use language to create new opportunities for myself and others?