Enlish Language Arts 9: Units 1, 2 & 3

Well, after much brainstorming, reading and hard work, I have laid out my first 9 weeks of ELA 9... In just 2 days!!!  The following is an outline of the plan thus far...

Unit One: Imagine!
*Week One: Share Who You Are, Imagine Who You Could Be...
-Build Community, get outside!
-My Name & Me (Using "The House On Mango Street")
-My Stuff & Me (Show & Tell, Build Community)
-My Media & Me (Class Blog Contributions, in pairs)
*Week Two: Imagine You Had a VERY Different Life...
-Intro To "The Graphic World" (this is a graphic novels unit)
-Exploring "The Graphic World": Go Get Lost! (variety of texts)
-Find Your Way Home Again: Responding to "The Graphic World"
-Create Your Piece of "The Graphic World" (writer's workshop)
*Week Three: Imagine-in-Verse (poetry time)
-So, Say You're a Poet, And... ("Immersed in Verse", Alan Wolf 2009, Ch. 1)
-What Would You Need? ("Immersed", Wolf 2009, Ch. 2)
-What Would You Write About? ("Immersed, Wolf 2009, Ch. 3,4 + Various other inspirational media)
-Become a Poet Already! (writers workshop, 2 periods)
*Week Four: Imagine the Fantastic! (film studies)
-Genre Study Intro: My Fav, Fantasy! (Alice in Wonderland, Shrek, Avatar, Chronicles of Narnia, Golden Compass, Fantasia, Zathura, Hogfather)
-Fantastic Film: (not sure.... The Last Unicorn? The Hobbit? The Dark Crystal? Howl's Moving Castle?
-Responding to the Film (2 periods) (differentiated projects, provide choices!)
-FIELD TRIP!! To see "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole"
-In class film response and unit exam

Unit Two: Surviving, Living and Disturbing the Universe (novels & film)
*Week One/Two: Surviving Amidst Injustice; "To Kill a Mockingbird"
-(6 classes + exam)
*Week Two/Three: Living; "Tribes"
-(4 classes + exam)
*Week Three: Daring to Disturb the Universe; "9"
-(4 classes, including portfolio introduction)

Keep posted for more!!