R/W IV- 7 week timeline
Grammar (Azar)/ Writing / Reading Q- Skills for Success- 4 / Vocabulary
Week 1:
Ch1 Grammar diagnostic
Ch 13 Adjective clauses
13-1, 2, 3, 8
(13-4, 7 optional) / Diagnostic essay
What’s a paragraph
p. 20-21
Q- Descriptive writing topic- What makes someone a hero?
- Go someplace, write and describe the place and actions around them / Q- ch 1 What makes someone a hero? p. 2-27
Outcomes: predicting, recognizing main ideas, details, different text types / Q- ch 1 Dictionary use
p. 17-19
Student created vocabulary notebooks (session-long assignment due end of week 6, with periodic quizes)
Week 2:
Ch 13 Adjective clause test (Monday or Tues.)
Ch 17 Adverb clauses 17-2- time clauses
(17-3, 4, 5, 8 if needed for teaching contrast; can be used later while teaching comparison essays, verb tenses, clauses, or in context of Q -book)
(no class Friday) / Q- ch 2 Descriptive essays p. 46, 50-52
Using the 5 senses
p. 47-48
- Creative writing activity (if time permits)
5 elements of good writing (covers: audience and tone- from Great Paragraphs to Great Essays, and Great Essays)
Q- Descriptive essay topic- Describe a product or service p. 52 / Q- ch 2 What makes you want to buy something? p. 28-35 (8-week session probably do pg. 36-43)
Outcomes: locating main ideas, details, different text types
Q- ch 3 What important lessons do we learn as children?
p. 55-71
Outcomes: locating specific information, main ideas, details, inferring, recognizing different text types /
Q- ch 3 Prefixes and suffixes
p. 70-71
(Could use Advanced Reading Power section for additional, prefix and suffix practice)
-vocab games
Week 3:
Ch 17 Test (Monday)
Ch 12 noun clauses
12-1, 2, 3, 5 (not ‘that clause used as a subject) 12-6, 7
(12-4 is optional, 12-8 is skipped)
-Sentence ordering
activity
-Quoted and reported speech especially important for reviewing summarizing and how to avoid plagiarism. / Q- Descriptive essay topics p. 69
#1 Describe a person you admire –what qualities does that person have that are admirable?
#2 Describe a person who influenced you as a child or teenager. Howe did that person affect who you are today?
Q-ch 4
5 paragraph essay format
p. 97-98 / Q- ch 4 How does the environment affect our health? p. 80-103
Outcomes: understanding different purposes and types of organization, recognizing main ideas, details, different text types / Q- ch 4 Learn synonyms to expand vocabulary and add variety to writing p. 95-96
-vocab games
Vocabulary quiz based on Student’s own lists
Week 4:
(no class Monday)
Ch 12 Test (Wednesday)
Ch 2 Present and Past verb tenses
2-1, 4, 5, 7
(2-2, 3, 8, 9, 10 optional) / Q- ch 7 Summarizing
p. 173-180 / Q- ch 7 Does school prepare you for work? p. 156-181
Outcomes: outline to understand organization, main ideas, details, recognize different text types / Q- ch 7 Learn to recognize different word forms p. 170-172
Week 5:
Ch 2 Present/ Past
-Practice irregular verbs
- time lines (time clause review)
-Irregular spelling quiz
-Ch 2 Test (Tuesday)
Ch 3 Perfect tenses
3- 1, 3
(3-5 past perfect is an objective but should be covered more in time clauses and in writing than on grammar tests)
-Guess who? HW / Summarizing
(suggest supplementing from other texts)
-Students create a time line of their life and then translate it into writing for practice in summarizing, and using a variety of verb tenses and time clauses.
Introduce Compare- contrast essays
-choosing a topic
-block vs. point by
point methods / Q- ch 8 Is discovery always a good thing? p. 182-205
Outcomes: understand purpose of quoted speech, distinguish fact from opinion, recognize main ideas, details, different text types
*2 timed readings to prepare for final exams
(use Advanced Reading Power to explain need for speed reading and use supplemental timed reading books in teacher’s lounge for shorter speed readings) / Q- ch 8 Use word roots to understand the meaning of unfamiliar 196-197
(Could use Advanced Reading Power section on word roots, prefixes and suffixes)
Week 6:
Ch 3 Test (Tuesday)
Ch 4 Future tense
4-1, 2, 3, (4-4 optional)
- Fortune telling HW / Q- ch 5 Compare and contrast essays p. 121-128
Q- Comparison essay topic- p. 126
Compare two artists, performers or works of art. / Q- ch 5 How important is art? p. 104-129
Outcomes: locate specific information, main ideas, details, recognize different text types, use compare and contrast organization
*2-3 timed readings to help prepare for timed final reading exam / Vocabulary notebooks due and final vocabulary quiz
Week 7:
-Ch 4 Test (if needed)
Final exam week:
Review verbs Ch 5 (optional)
Grammar Review sheet
Grammar Final Test on Wednesday / Practice final writing exam Weekend HW
Writing Final Essay on
Monday / Reading Final Test on
Tuesday
Final exam possible topics:
Compare music from your country with music made in the United States.
Compare movies made in your country with movies made in the United States. (Obviously don’t compare that one is made in your language and one is in English)
Compare two people you have admired in your life. (too close to topic in the book?)