English I Honors Year at a Glance 2016-2017
English Curriculum
1st Nine Weeks (44 days) / 2nd Nine Weeks (42 days)Summer Reading(15 Days)
TEKS: 16A, 13E, 13D, 19A, 22B, 23A,
24A, 24B, 24C, 25A, 26A, RCB
Lesson 1: Lord of the Flies
-Power Point
-Bible Activity
-Debate Activity
-Review
-Test
Lesson 2:Wuthering Heights
-Song Activity
-Art Walk Activity
-Essay (formal essay)
-Presentation
Lesson 3: Divergent
-Quiz
-Ethos, Pathos, Logos Propaganda Poster
How to write a formal/persuasive essay(15 Days)
TEKS: 9A, 9B, 10A, 12C, 13B, 13C, 13D, 13E, 16A, 16C, 22B, 23A,
23B, 23E, RCA, 18A, 18Bi, 18Biii,
Lesson 1: How to write a formal essay
-Power Point about how to write formal essay
-Thesis
-Intro
-Conclusion
-Body paragraphs
-Topic sentences
Lesson 2: How to write a persuasive essay/ write the essay
-Persuasive essay power point
-Understand the rubric
-In class time writing the essay
-Library time
-Present posters and essays
Grammar (8 Days)
TEKS: 13C, 14A, 17Ai, 17Aii, 17Aiii, 17B, 17C, 23C
Lesson 1: Grammar Assessment
-Grammar Assessment
Lesson 2: Nouns, Verbs, Pronouns, Adjectives, Adverbs etc.
-Power point and notes on nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs
-Quizzes over rules etc.
-Test
Short Story Unit (6 Days)
TEKS: 2C, 5A, 5C, 7A, 9C, 12D, 13C, 14A, 15ciii, 16A, 19A, RCA
Lesson 1: Intro to story telling
-Story Telling Elements
-The Story Mountain Activity
-Characterization
-Plot
-Setting
-Theme
-Tone
-3 Types of Irony
-Point of View
Lesson 2: Understanding and Analyzing Short stories
-“Thank You Ma’am”
-“The Most Dangerous Game”
-“Scarlet Ibis” / Old Man and the Sea (10 Days)
TEKS: 12D, 13D, 13E, 16A, 19A, 22B, 23A, 23E,
Lesson 1: Symbolism, Allegory, and Activities
-Group activities in order to understand symbolism and allegory
-Art Walk with questions on the short story
Lesson 2: Expository Essay/Project
-How to write an expository essay using the Shaffer Method
-Formal writing tri-fold/ symbolism and allegory project
-Working on project in the library and in class
-Understand symbolism and allegory
-Writing informative essay about symbolism and allegory throughout “The Old Man and the Sea”
Introduction to Animal Farm(14 Days)
TEKS: 5B, 9C, 12D, 15ciii
Lesson 1: Compare and Contrast the Russian Revolution to Animal Farm
-Understand who the characters represent within the novel
-Understand the events that took place within history
-Power Point
-Character Match Activity
-Penny Comparison (different types of governments)
Lesson 2: Elements and Vocabulary within the Novel
-Elements within a novel
-Elements within the novel Animal Farm
Lesson 3: Reading and Understanding Animal Farm
-Test
Character Analysis Essay (10 Days)
TEKS:5B, 13A, 13C, 15Ai, 15Aiii, 15Aiv, 15ci, 15cii, 16A, 19A, 22B, 23A, 23E, 25A, 18A, 18Bi, 18Bii, 18Biii
Lesson 1: How to write a character analysis
-Power Point
-Analyze a well written character analysis essay
-Address the 5 methods of characterization
Lesson 2: Understanding the literary elements
-Flat, round, static, dynamic
-Protagonist, antagonist
Lesson 3: How to internally cite a quote
-Go over internal citation handout
-Internally cite in a short essay quiz
Lesson 4:Write the Character Analysis
-Library Time
-Class Time
Mythology Unit (8 days)
TEKS: 2B
Lesson 1: Understanding the Hero’s Journey
-Video clips from new movies
-Read some different creation myths from all over the world
-Writing essays based on prompts that go along with certain myths
-Understanding different cultures and styles of writing
Grammar Application/ Short Story Paper
TEKS: 12D, 14A, 16A, 19A, 23B
Lesson 1: Understanding how to write a fiction piece
-Power point
Lesson 2: Writing while incorporating story elements
-Story mountain fill in sheet
-Explanation sheet with story elements explained
-Library time
-Peer edits
Lesson 3: Grammar application
-Highlight and understand specific grammar
-Clauses, Phrases, Nouns, Verbs etc.
3rd Nine Weeks (43 days) / 4th Nine Weeks (51 days)
Introduction to Poetry (10 Days)
TEKS:12A, 14B, 3A,
Lesson 1: Introduction to poetry
-Feet
-Meter
-Stanzas
-Syllables
-Power Point
-What is poetry?
Lesson 2: How to read poetry
-Poetry activities
Lesson 3: The different types of poetry
-How to write a memory poem
-How to write an address poem
-How to write a sonnet
-How to write a haiku
-How to write a dream poem
-How to write an experimental poem
Lesson 4: Understanding poetry
-Annotate and understand the meaning of a poem
Lesson 5: Writing poetry
-Write their own memory poem, address poem, sonnet, haiku, dream poem, and experimental poem
Romeo & Juliet (15 days)
TEKS: 7A, 12B, 12D, 14C
William Shakespeare's life and time
- Romeo and Juliet
- Literary elements within Romeo and Juliet
- Discuss moral issues and the time in which R&J lived
- Script writing
- How to write a script
- Group activity and presentations
Compare and Contrast Essay (10 days)
TEKS: 13A, 13D, 13E, 15Ai, 15Aiii, 15Aiv, 16A, 19A, 22B, 23A, 23E, RCA, 18A, 18Bii, 18Biii
-Understanding how to write a compare and contrast essay
-Identify elements
-Reinforce literary elements
-Punctuation
To Kill a Mocking Bird (8 days )
TEKS: 9C, 12D, 15ciii, RCB, RCA
Lesson 1: Reading a novel and novel analysis
-Novel analysis
-Vocabulary activities and understanding
Lesson 2:
-Relating the novel to our world today
-Art Walk Activity with novel based questions
-Group Activity
Lesson 3:
-Annotations and how to annotate a novel etc. / Non-Fiction (14 Days)
TEKS: 1B, 1E, 6A, 10B
Lesson 1: What is nonfiction
- 4 pieces of nonfiction
- Nonfiction vocabulary
Lesson 2: Mini Project
- Nonfiction "mini projects"
-Bring bios to read to the class
-Interviews
-Mini partner bios
Rhetorical Analysis Essay (10 days)
TEKS: 13B, 15Aii, 16A, 19A, 22B, 23A, 23E, 18A, 18B, 18Bi, 18Bii, 18Biii
Lesson 1: What is a Rhetorical Analysis
-What is a Rhetorical Analysis Power Point
-How to write a Rhetorical Analysis
Lesson 2: Understanding the different parts of a speech
-Analyze parts of a speech
-Explain how the parts work together to create a curtain effect
Lesson 3: Essay preparation and writing
-Write their own Rhetorical Analysis
Conspiracy Theory Research Project (10 days)
TEKS: 15D, 20B, 21A, 21B, 21C, 22A, 22C, 23D, 25A
Conspiracy theory research project
- How to research
- How to create a bib page etc
- How to create an easy bib page
- Reinforce how to paraphrase and summarize
- Reinforce how to internally cite
- Present projects and research
-Library time
-Easy Bib pages
-Rough Draft
-Peer Edits
Building Vocabulary(10)
TEKS: 18A, 18Bi, 18Bii, 18Biii
- Building Vocabulary
- Idioms and Slang
- Affixes etc.
- Analogies
- Connotation and denotation
- Etymology of words
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