10th Grade Curriculum and Sequence: College Prep

*All work for each marking period is an estimate, and teachers are asked to stick to this schedule as closely as possible. Before the beginning of each school year, this sequencing will be reviewed and any needed changes will be made.

*Content Vocabulary for each unit must be utilized throughout the year. For each piece of literature in the Elements of Literature: Fifth Course textbook, teach the highlighted vocabulary words in context.

*Common LFS maps must be utilized; they can be found on the “I” drive.

Marking Period 1:

  1. Binder System
  2. Letter to teacher (Personal Writing)
  1. Format
  2. Personal letter (p. 1035 in Elements of Language)
  3. E-mail (p. 1031 in Elements of Language)
  4. Future/Career Goals
  5. Personal interests/characteristics
  1. PSSA Summer Reading Packet
  2. LFS PSSA Unit (taught in segments throughout first marking period – practice test periodically)

a)Content Vocabulary

b)Expected Writing Format (PSSA Rubric)

c)Test-taking strategies

d)12 Powerful Words (utilized throughout the year)

  1. Roots/Affixes
  2. Approx. 8 days minimum -spread throughout the first semester
  3. Use Vocabulary Workshop, Level E – pgs. 7-12 and 17
  4. Grammar Unit –
  5. Review Parts of Speech- Ch. 14 in the Elements of Language: Fifth Course textbook (no test)
  6. Pronoun/Verb agreement Review- Ch. 19 and Ch. 20
  7. American Puritanism/Colonialism Unit (cover concepts listed in the LFS Prioritized Curriculum)
  8. “Beginnings”- pgs. 2-18 in the Elements of Literature: Fifth Course textbook
  9. Power Notes – CD Rom or “The Puritan Legacy” PowerPoint on the I Drive
  10. Native American: Assorted pieces from pgs. 20-25

(Fiction Writing Option #1)

  1. Fiction Writing – Native American-style myth
  2. Archetypal explanation of the myths
  3. Review MLA format (all papers typed in MLA format)

a.Heading

b.Margins

c.Spacing

d.Etc.

  1. Puritan representation: “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards;; “A Narrative of the Captivity” by Mary Rowlandson; The Crucible by Arthur Miller
  1. Late Colonial : from The Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin

Marking Period 2:

  1. American Romantic and Dark Romantic Unit (cover concepts listed in the LFS Prioritized Curriculum)
  2. Introductory Pieces of Reading in the Elements of Literature: Fifth Course textbook: pgs. 139-150, pgs. 206-214, and pgs. 342-346
  3. “Rip Van Winkle” by Washington Irving- pgs. 152-166

(Fiction Writing Option #2)

  1. Fiction Writing – Romantic Fairy Tale
  2. Review MLA format (all papers typed in MLA format)

a.Heading

b.Margins

c.Spacing

  1. Poe- The Raven; Tell Tale Heart
  1. Transcendental Literature Unit
  2. “Nature” , “Self Reliance” ,”Aphorisms” by Ralph Waldo Emerson- pgs. 220-225
  3. Grammar Unit - Parts of a Sentence- Ch. 15 in Elements of Language: Fifth Course textbook
  4. Informative/Expository Writing (describe, explain, or summarize information or ideas) – pg. 515-19 in Elements of Literature
  5. MLA Format
  6. CD School District MLA Handbook
  7. Works Cited (bibliographic information)
  8. In-text citations
  9. Word Choice
  10. Sentence structure choice
  11. Regionalism Unit
  12. Introductory piece of reading: pgs. 408-422 in textbook
  13. “Battle of Mr. Covey” by Fredrick Douglass- pgs. 426-430
  14. “Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce- pgs. 468-473

5. Romantic Poets, Poetry Structure and Devices - Elements of Literature: 5th Course

  1. Walt Whitman- pgs. 347-364
  2. Emily Dickinson- pgs. 371-396
  1. Midterm Review – utilize the study guide

Marking Period 3:

  1. Grammar Unit – in Elements of Language: Fifth Coursetextbook
  2. Phrases- Ch. 16
  3. Clauses- Ch. 17
  4. Persuasive Research Paper in MLA format (PSSA Rubric, personal handouts & Library MLA Handbook on website)
  5. Topic Choice – see “I” drive for list controversial list
  6. PSSA Rubric
  7. Thesis Statement
  8. Selection of Sources (reliability)
  9. Proper documentation (review: in-text and Works Cited)
  10. Teacher Generated Handouts
  11. Library’s MLA Handbook

3. Realism/Modernism Unit (cover concepts listed in the LFS Prioritized

Curriculum)

  1. Introductory piece of reading: pgs. 586-602 in textbook
  2. Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald

Marking Period 4:

  1. Realism/Modernism Unit (continued)
  2. Of Mice and Men - Steinbeck
  3. “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner- pgs. 713-724

(Additional Options: “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” by Katherine Anne Porter; “Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemingway; “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” by Flannery O’Connor)

  1. Misc. Harlem Renaissance Poets –pgs. 734-768
  2. (optional) Introductory material on Steinbeck- p. 606 in textbook\
  3. Langston Hughes, Booker T., Zora Neale Hurston
  1. Contemporary Literature
  2. Introduction – pgs. 904-918.

(Options: Poetry and Ethnic Literature selections from the text)

3. A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry- pgs. 826-887

  1. “American Drama” Reading in textbook- pgs. 812-824

4. Review for Final – utilize Final study guide