10th Grade English 3-4 (Wilkie)

Timeline / Sept / Oct / Nov / Dec / Jan / Feb / March / April / May / June
Units of Study / Functional workplace documents / Research & Reporting / Research & Response to Literature / Persuasion & Reporting / Persuasion & Reporting / Drama / Drama & Poetry / Resp. to Literature / Oral Commun. / Oral Commun.
Enduring
Under-
standing / standard forms; job application; resumes, business letters / Synthesize & organize information accurately cite sources / Recognize complex literary devices, sequencing & character development / Analyze and use persuasive techniques; critique credibility / Logical organization presentation of evidence counterclaim / Drama as social criticism / Recognition appreciation of different types of written expression / Literary Criticism / Recognize features of speeches and public documents / Effective public speaking
Reading Comp. Standards / 2.1; 2.5; 2.6; 2.7 / 2.2; 2.3;2.4 2.5, 2.8 / 1.1; 1.2; 1.3; 2.0; 2.6; 3.3; 3.4; 3.8 / 2.5; 2.8 / 1.2; 2.5; 2.8 / 3.1; 3.2; 3.4; 3.10 / 3.1; 3.2; 3.10; 3.7 / 2.0 / 2.0; 2.4; 3.8 / 2.0; 2.4; 3.8
Writing Applications
Standards/
Products / 2.5
Resume &
Business letter / 2.6 Technical Documents / 2.2; 2.3
Analytical essay & research report / 2.4
Persuasive Essay / 2.3
Editorial / 2.1; 2.3
Scene or
review / 2.2
Compare/
Contrast essay / 2.3 Analytical essay / 1.11; 1.12; 1.13
Notes & Visual Aid / none
Writing Conventions Standards / 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 / 1.5; 1.7; 1.8 / 1.5; 1.6; 1.7; 1.8, 1.9 / 1.4; 1.12, 1.13 1.9 / 1.4; 1.3; 1.6 / 1.2; 1.6 1.8; 1.9 / 3.1; 3.2;1.6; 1.9 / 3.1; 3.2; 3.5; 3.11; 3.12 / Organiz-ation;
1.8; 1.9 / Organization
1.8; 1.9
Speaking Applications / 2.3 Interviewing / 2.2; expository presentations / 1.3; 1.4; 1.6
2.1 Narrative presentation / 1.7; 1.8; 1.9; 2.5 Publicity / 1.7; 2.5
persuasive speech / 2.1; 2.2
Act out scene / 2.2; 2.4
Expository presentation / 1.0; 2.0; 2.2
Group Present. / 1.3; 1.6; 1.7
Practice Presentation / 1.3; 1.6; 1.7
Final Presentation
SCANS skills Emphasis / Interpersonal
Personal Qualities / Technology Information / Basic Skills, Technology,
Information / Critical Thinking / Thinking Skills / Creativity
collaboration / Creativity / Basic skills
Collaborat. / Critical Thinking; Communic. / Critical Thinking;
Communic.

Link to English Standards: http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/enggrades9-10.asp

9th Grade Curriculum Map

Month / GOALS Enduring Understanding / Standards / Essential Unit Question / Texts
Resources / Skills / Assessment
September
Build Community
Reading and
Writing Assessment / Intro to Class
Procedures
Syllabus Review
Reading Assessment Test
I am Poems / T-shirt Assign.
Presentations / Speech
In-class
Narrative Essay
Assessment
Peer editing
Intro to Grammar
GOALS
Enduring
Understanding / L: 1.0 Listening and Speaking
S: 2.0 Speaking
W: 1.0,-1.2, 1.9, 2.3
W: 2.1 Autobiographical “Goals” Essay Narratives
W:1.1,1.2,1.3
Grammar and Writing Mech. / Who are you?
What is your passion?
Who are your influences? / Student Models / Classroom routine
Community
Building
Present Proficient Oral Presentations
Format a
5- paragraph Essay
How to edit a peer’s essay.
Spelling and, sentence structure.
SKILLS / Written Goals
Reading Journals
October
Short Story
Narrative Unit / Literary Terms
through
Short Stories / 3.7:
Literary Response
R: 3.2-3.10 / Why is writing an art? / Identify and write Literary Terms
Build pre-reading skills, vocabulary, rhetorical devices, protagonist, antagonist, foreshadowing, sensory details, internal conflict, external conflict
November
Drama Unit / Romeo and Juliet
December
Drama Unit / Romeo and Juliet
HOLIDAY BREAK
MONTH / STANDARDS
January
Expository Unit
And Functional Documents Unit
February
Persuasive Unit
March
Literary Terms Review
TEST PREP
April
Poetry Unit
May / June
Poetry Unit