Day 1: What is vice?

Goals:
o Students will
understand the
definition of a vice
o Students will learn
vocabulary for the unit
o Students will start
reading Dope Sick by
Walter Dean Myers
Standards:
o 9-12.RT.2
o 9-12.WT.10
o HW.1.7
Objectives:
o Students will be able to
explain what a vice is
o Students will be able to
identity vices
o Students will be able to
understand that vices
are present in pop
culture
Materials:
o Computer
o This is Us-season 1
episode 2 opening clip
about vices
o Dope Sick book or
copied pages of chapter
1-3
o Word Wall bulletin
board
o Words & definition for
Word Wall
Anticipatory Set:
o Opening Clip of This is
Us episode 2Explaining what a vice
is
o https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?
v=DnSgMRZMvJA
o 7:00-7:30 or 9 minutes
& 36:00-38:30
Purpose:
o For students to
understand what a vice
is and that everyone has
a vice, but it may look
differently. Introduce
the unit and what to
expect from it and set
up a safe and vulnerable
atmosphere for the
lesson.
Body:

Day 2: Different Vices-2 days

potentially
Goals:
o Students will use 6
thinking hats to discuss
the first section of Dope
Sick
o Introducing the whole
unit journal assignment
that students will be
completing
o Use jigsaw method to
analyze pop songs and
vices
Standards:
o 9-12.RT.2
o 9-12.RT.5
o 9-12.WT.10
o ISTE 4.c
Objectives:
o Students will be able to
analyze song lyrics and
determine vices present
o Students will be able to
discuss their findings
from reading Dope Sick
o Students will be able to
identify different vices
Materials:
o Song lyrics printouts
o 6 thinking hats
labels/name plates
o Computer
o Weebly account/page
Anticipatory Set:
o Game: Vice or not a vice
o Different vices, virtues,
and random words will
be on the board and
student must categorize
them as vices or not.
Purpose:
o This lesson is
introducing different type
of vices to the students
and allowing them to
analyze pop culture to
figure out if vices are
present. The overall
purpose is to show
students that vices are
everywhere and
everyone has them
Body:
o Discuss the different
vices mentioned during
the anticipatory set

Day 3: Why we have vicesGoals:

o Different comics will
be analyzed and
students will see the
humor in some of
them
o Read the article
When Virtues
become Vices and
complete and
anticipatory guide
o Have a class
discussion on why we
have vices
Standards:
o HW 2.8
o HW 5.1
o 9-12.WT.10
o HW1.2
Objectives:
o Students will be able
to explain why people
have vices
o Students will be able
to interpret song lyrics
to figure out vices
present
o Students will be able
to comprehend comic
strips and what vice is
present and the irony
used
Materials:
o Print outs of the
comics
o Anticipatory Guide for
Virtues into Vice
article
o Virtue in Vice article
print out
o Choice Board
Anticipatory Set:
o Students will create
small groups and share
with each other the
songs they brought in
and as a table can
discuss if the vices
believed to be present
are in fact correct
Purpose:
o The purpose of todays
lesson is to get student
thinking about why
people have vices and
understand that vices

Day 4: Analyzing Vices

Goals:
o Students will continue
analyzing vices and
thinking through why
people have vices
o Look at different poems
about vices
o Analyze Miranda
Lamberts article and
song and complete a
Choice Board activity
Standards:
o 9-12.WT.9
o 9-12.WT.10
o HW.1.1
Objectives:
o Students will be able to
analyze more vices
o Students will be able to
explain why people use
vices
Materials:
o Choice Boards
o Miranda Lambert article
print outs
o Computers
o Poem print outs
o Dope Sick
Anticipatory Set:
o Review question: Name
3 vices and explain why
an individual may have
that vice
Purpose:
o To continue analyzing
vices and slowly
transition into how
vices affect an
individual and others
Body:
o Go over anticipatory set
o Read Miranda
Lamberts article and
complete Choice Board
activity
o Look at the different
poems and students will
think, pair, share their
views on the poems
o Find more poems about
different vices we have
not talked about
o Look at Dope Sick
quotes: page 67 and 132
Activities:
o Choice Board for article

Discuss the This is Us

clip and introduce what
a vice is and that
everyone has a unique
vice
o Go over rules and
expectations for this
unit and create a safe
environment that will
allow for students to
grow and be vulnerable
o Word Wall- introduce
the vocabulary and have
the students try to guess
the definition of each
word and then once the
definition is correct the
word will be placed on
the wall.
o Last 10 minutes start
reading Dope Sick
Chapter 1-3
Activities:
o Word Wall: as
mentioned above
o Start reading Dope Sick
together
Closure:
o Give Dope Sick reading
homework and prepare
them for 6 thinking hats
on the first section of
Dope Sick. Inform the
students to read the first
section and have the
topics/questions of;
what is the subject,
what are the facts, what
were you feeling, what
was negative, what was
positive, and what was
thought provoking
about the section?
Assessment:
o Students must finish
reading chapters 1-3 in
Dope Sick and be
prepared to do 6
Thinking Hats the next
day for class. Students
also need to bring any
questions that they
have, what vices they
noticed, and a character
list and their roles.
o

6 Thinking Hats Dope

Sick
o Jigsaw for song lyrics
o Introduce the unit project
of creating a Weebly and
posting each day what
was one take away
o Discuss different vices
and what type of people
use them
Activities:
o Jigsaw: Analyze different
pop culture songs and
see if the students are
able to identify the vices
in them
~Vice by Miranda
Lambert
~Chandelier by Sia
~Cant feel my face by
The Weekend
~You belong with meTaylor Swift
~Your Love is my drugKe$ha
~So What by P!nk
~Drink you Away-Justin
Timberlake
o Students after analyzing
the vice in the song then
will be put into a new
group and explain the
vice they found to their
new group

fill a void in people.

Another component of
the lesson is for
students to realize that
virtues can become
vices and vices can be
ironic and seem
pointless. We all have
them, but why

Closure:
o Look back at the
anticipatory set and the
vices or not and the
students get to figure out
if some of the words
need to move sides, since
they have a better
understanding of vices
Assessment:
o Students will post a
thought, comment, or
take away from the class
day on their Weebly page
o Students will bring a
song from the last 3
decades that they believe
have a vice mentioned in
it. They will not have to
analyze the song, just
bring a song and what
vice they believe it
mentions

Body:
o

As a whole class we
will discuss vices and
what we learned about
yesterday
o Different comic strips
will be displayed
around the room and
students will be able to
walk around and read
them. They will also
record what vice is
present and a thought
about the comic
o Anticipatory Guide:
for Virtues into Vice
article
o Complete Choice
Board on the Virtue to
Vices article
o Read parts of Dope
Sick and discuss the
vices and write down
on the board why the
different people had
those vices
Activities:
o Comic Strip activity
o Anticipatory Guide:
Virtues into Vices
o Choice Board:
o Read sections from
Dope Sick: page 6364,77-86,121, &159162
Closure:
o Whole class
discussion on why we
have vices and what
vices accomplish
Assessment:
o Continue Weebly post
of a comment,
thought, or take away
from the lesson

Poems: Why are these

poems impactful or
telling us? Think, Pair,
Share
~Drinking & Driving
by Amanda
~Escape by Emily F
~Perfect by anonymous

Closure:
o Discussion: Now that
we have looked at vices
and why people use
them, think about what
these vices do to others
and yourself
Assessment:
o Continue Weebly post
of a comment, thought,
or take away from the
lesson
o Think about what vices
do to others

Day 5: What vices do to others

Goals:
o Students will complete
a RAFT writing
assignment
o A Choice Board activity
will be completed for
another article
o Different sections of
Dope Sick will be read
and analyzed to figure
out how vices affect
others
Standards:
o HW 8.2
o HW 4.3
o 9-12.WT.4
o 9-12.WT.10
Objectives:
o Students will be able to
complete a RAFT
writing assignment with
the parameters of the
given assignment
o Students will be able to
comprehend an article
about the differences
between vices and
virtues
o Students will be able to
explain how vices affect
others and the
individual
Materials:
o RAFT handout
o Vice vs. Virtue article
printout
o Choice Board
o Dope Sick
Anticipatory Set:
o Situations that students

Day 6: Virtues
Goals:
o Search a website about
Divergent virtues and
examine what those
virtues are
o Complete a tea party
about different virtues
o Learn about virtues and
how they are the
opposite of vices
Standards:
o ISTE 3.c
o HW 6.2
o 9-12.WT.10
o HW.2.2
Objectives:
o Students will be able to
explain different virtues
o Students will be able to
discuss different virtues
that people have
o Students will be able to
set realistic goals
Materials:
o Virtue handouts for Tea
Party
o Divergent website link
o Computers
o Choice Board
Anticipatory Set:
o Watch trailer of
Divergent
o Discuss: what does this
have to do about vices?
Purpose:
o Todays lesson is about
showing the students the
opposite of vices are
virtues and explaining
what virtues are.

Day 7: What is your vice?

Goals:
o Have students selfreflect on their vice
and how to change it
into a virtue
o Read 2 sections of
Dope Sick
Standards:
o HW 6.1
o HW 5.4
o ISTE 6.a
o 9-12.WT.10
Objectives:
o Students will be able
to analyze themselves
to figure out their own
vice
o Students will be able
to create a goal plan
for changing their vice
o Students will be able
to comprehend how
their personal vice
affects others
Materials:
o Computers
o Dope Sick
Anticipatory Set:
Purpose:
o Todays purpose is to
allow students to selfreflect on what they
learned and what they
believe their vice may
be and how they can
change it
Body:
o Dope Sick reading
o Self-Reflection
o Create presentations

Day 8: Presentation
Goals:
o Each student will
present their RAFT
assignment and the
class will help tweak
the work in order to
create a promotional
announcement for the
whole school to know
o Presentations on
individual vices and
what was learned
throughout the unit
Standards:
o 9-12.WT.6
o 9-12.WT.10
o ISTE 1.b
Objectives:
o Students will be able to
work together to create
a PSA that the school
can use to inform others
on vices
o Students will
comprehend peers
presentations on
personal vices
Materials:
o Computers
o Materials that students
need for their
presentations
Anticipatory Set:
o Question and Answer
time that will allow the
students to ask any
questions before their
presentations begin
o Students will be handed
back their RAFT

will act out and decide

the outcomes
Purpose:
o This lesson is designed
to show students that
our vices not only hurt
us, but hurt the people
around us directly and
indirectly.
Body:
o Students will complete
the anticipatory set and
will discuss their
findings.
o Discussion: what did
we learn from this
activity?
o Read Vices vs. Virtues
and complete a Choice
Board
o Read Dope Sick pages
35, 56-57, 167
o Continue discussing
how our vices affect
others. Allow students
to discuss other vices
and how they even may
see vices affecting
themselves or what they
do affecting others
o Complete RAFT
assignment
Activities:
o RAFT activity
o Choice Board for Vice
vs. Virtue article
o Read sections of Dope
Sick and talk about it
with a partner and then
the class
Closure:
o Students will complete
the RAFT assignment
and turn it in at the end
of class
Assessment:
o Continue Weebly post
of a comment, thought,
or take away from the
lesson

Body:
o

Anticipatory Set &

Discussion
o Choice Board on
Divergent webpage
o Tea Party to understand
virtues
o Virtuous goals
Activities:
o Choice Board
o Tea Party
Closure:
o Students will set goals
for themselves on how
they can be more
virtuous
Assessment:
o Continue Weebly post of
a comment, thought, or
take away from the
lesson

Activities:
o Self-reflection time
different stations that
will be a review for
the students and
hopefully get their
thoughts stirring
Closure:
o Students will create a
small presentation on
what their vice is and
how they will change
it. The presentation
will include how they
have affected others,
and what they have
learned from this unit
Assessment:
o Continue Weebly post
of a comment,
thought, or take away
from the lesson

assignment
Purpose:
o This is a conclusion of
the unit and will allow
the students to present
what they learn to their
peers and allow for
accountability and
growth to happen in a
group and family
setting
Body:
o Presentations of RAFT
assignments
o Class discussion and
synthesis of the RAFTs
to make them better and
more understandable
o Student presentations
on what they learned
and what their vice is
and how they will
change it and grow
from it
Activities:
o Presentations
o Class discussions
o Creating a PSA for the
school to publish
Closure:
o A wrap up on vices and
virtues will take place
and a whole class
discussion
Assessment:
o The final blog entry will
be submitted