Grade 10 Unit 1: Ourselves & Others
HMH Into Literature, Grade 10 · Five real end products
Every selection builds toward one real thing students make and present — a mini-documentary, a podcast, a spoken-word piece, a filmed debate segment. Each project has a built-in no-device alternative.
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Essential question
What do we owe to ourselves, and what do we owe to others?
About this resource
This guide is built to be taught straight from the page — every lesson below has the script, the materials list, the timing, the standards coverage, and a model answer key already worked out. Nothing here requires you to design your own engaging hook or invent a project from scratch; that work is done.
What's inside
- Teacher Guide — ready-to-teach scripts, timings and model answer keys
- Student Workbook — planning pages, trackers and drafts for every day
- 'Three Wishes' mini-documentary (Days 1–4)
- 'The Name Show' podcast episode (Days 5–7)
- Spoken-word / found-poem performance (Days 8–9)
- 'The Tonight Debate' news segment (Days 10–12)
- 'Hot Take' video review — enrichment (Day 13)
- Unit Task — Personal Essay (Days 14–15)
- A built-in no-device alternative for every project
Teacher materials
- Scripted mini-lessons with a Skill Spotlight for every day
- Materials list and timing for each lesson
- Standards coverage mapped to production steps
- Model answer keys
Student materials
- Team and concept pitch planning sheet
- Archetype carousel and motif tracker
- Documentary planning packet
- Daily planning pages and trackers
Skills covered
- Argumentative Writing
- Narrative Writing
- Argument & Claims
- Point of View
- Close Reading
- Theme
Texts and topics
- Short Stories
- Poetry
- Nonfiction
Grades
- Grade 10
Standards
- RI.9-10.1
- RI.9-10.6
- RI.9-10.8
- RL.9-10.1
- RL.9-10.2
- RL.9-10.3
- RL.9-10.4
- RL.9-10.5
- +7 more
Unit length
15 days
Duration
2+ weeks
Time required
15 days of lessons
Perfect for
Classrooms with or without filming access — every project has a no-device alternative.
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