Curriculum Map

Common Core Standards

Fulton Independent School District

Subject/Course: / Advanced Composition
Grade: / 12th Grade
Revision Date: / Fall 2013 (1st 9 Wks)
Timeline
(Days or weeks/dates) / Kentucky Core Assessment
Standard / Learning Target / Assessment / Lesson/Content
Week 1 / WS12: 5 (Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience)
WS12: 6 (Use technology to produce, publish, etc.)
WS12: 10 (Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences)
WS12: 2 (Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information)
RS12: 1 (Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the texts says explicitly as well as inferences) / I can use Compare and Contrast effectively to inform my readers.
I can decide to use either Block Pattern or Point by Point Compare and Contrast.
I can adequately help another student revise his or her own essay.
I can revise my rough draft. / Formative: Daily Homework, Class discussion over assigned readings, Peer Response Participation, Rough Draft.
Summative: Final Draft Grade / Expository Essay: Compare and Contrast three colleges that you are interested in attending next year
Week 2 / Writing:
3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using
effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
a. Engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, or
observation and its significance, establishing one or multiple point(s)
of view, and introducing a narrator and/or characters; create a smooth
progression of experiences or events.
b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, reflection,
and multiple plot lines, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
c. Use a variety of techniques to sequence events so that they build on one
another to create a coherent whole and build toward a particular tone and
outcome (e.g., a sense of mystery, suspense, growth, or resolution).
d. Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to
convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.
e. Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on what is experienced,
observed, or resolved over the course of the narrative.
4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization,
and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific
expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.)
5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing,
rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most
significant for a specific purpose and audience. (Editing for conventions should
demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 up to and including grades
11–12 on page 54.)
6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update
individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback,
including new arguments or information. / I can follow the themes developed in short stories.
I can write my own short story that develops and maintains a theme throughout the piece.
I can revise my own work and provide feedback to my peers. / Formative: Daily Homework, Class discussion over assigned readings, Peer Response Participation, Rough Draft.
Summative: Final Draft Grade / Micro-fiction unit: You will read numerous short, short stories in order to compose your own short, short story
Week 3 / W6: Know a variety of ways to use technology and the Internet to produce, update, and publish products / I can use technology to produce a product / Formative: Daily Homework, Class discussion over assigned readings, Peer Response Participation, Rough Draft.
Summative: Final Draft Grade / Resume Unit: This assignment requires you to update your ILP in order to complete a thorough and professional resume
Week 4 / W6: Know a variety of ways to use technology and the Internet to produce, update, and publish products / I can use technology to produce a product / Formative: Daily Homework, Class discussion over assigned readings.
Summative: Test over terms used in filmmaking. / Short Film Project
Week 5 / SL 1 / I can work with peers to promote civil, democratic discussions and decision making, set clear goals and deadlines, and establish individual roles as needed. / Peer Response Participation, Rough Draft.
Summative: Final Draft Grade
Group project: Individual grade as well as group grade. / Short Film Project cont.
Week 6 / RS12: 1 (Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the texts says explicitly as well as inferences)
RS12: 2 (Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their
development over the course of the text)
RS12: 5 (Analyze structure of text (epic)
RS12: 6 (Analyze pov and what it distinguishes) / I can use evidence from the text to support my analysis or the text while explaining inferences I have drawn from ambiguous sections.
I can locate and follow central themes presented in a text.
I can analyze the structure of an epic and explain its significance in conveying meaning.
I can analyze pov and discuss the reasons which it was used. / Formative: Daily Homework, Class discussion over assigned readings, / Reading Literature Unit: All The Pretty Horses
Week 7 / Continued / Summative assessment: a recorded Socratic Seminar. / Reading Literature Unit: All The Pretty Horses
Week 8 / RL7: Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem (e.g. recorded or live production of a play or recorded novel or poetry), evaluating how each version interprets the source text. / I can explain multiple interpretations: recorded novel
analyzing how each interprets source text and evaluate how an artist chooses to interpret an entire work. / Summative assessment: write a two page movie review (not a plot summary). You will be expected to compare the novel to the adapted screenplay. / Reading Literature Unit: All The Pretty Horses
Week 9 / W6: Know a variety of ways to use technology and the Internet to produce, update, and publish products
WS12: 5 (Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience) / I can use technology to produce a product
I can adequately help another student revise his or her own essay.
I can revise my rough draft. / Revision Week