The Wave
The unit plan I have created uses the anchor text The Wave to teach students about the themes of power, and individuality through an argumentative essay. The Wave is a controversial novel for many reasons, but the way it relates the environmental and social elements that led to Hilter and the Nazi party’s power to the everyday power struggle that takes place in high school is highly relatable to students. It is important to me to make the texts we read and the themes we study relevant to my students, and I and my mentor teacher believe that this text will connect with our students.