Essential Question(s):
Do we have the power to make our personal dreams come true?
Key Questions:
*How have gender roles changed or impacted American society?
*What are the elements of drama as a form of communication?
*In what ways does the American Dream mean different things for different Americans?

Standards
The student practices both timed (Quick Writes) and process writing and when applicable, uses the writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing.

The student participates in student-to-teacher. student-to-student, and group verbal interaction.

The student formulates reasoned judgments about written and oral communication in various media genres. The student delivers focused, coherent, and published presentations that convey a clear and distinct perspective, demonstrates solid reasoning, and combines traditional rhetorical strategies of narration, exposition, persuasion, and description.