ENG I CURRICULUM MAP

Unit / Selection Title / Genre / Lexile / Intervention Resources / Language / Writing
Unit 1: Is Conflict Necessary? Anchor Standards: RL 9-10.1, 9-10.3, 9-10.4, 9-10.5, 9-10.6 RI 9-10.1, 9-10.3, 9-10.4
Part 1:
Close Reading Workshop / Old Man at the Bridge
The Jade Peony / Short Story
Short Story / 740L / Pearson Language Study Workshop:
Using a Dictionary and Thesaurus
Language Study:
Latin Roots, Prefixes, & Suffixes
Conventions:
Parts of Speech
Simple and Perfect Tenses
Subjects and Predicates
Active and Passive Voice
(L 9-10.4, 9-10.5) / NRMS Writing Portfolio:
Learning Log/Response Journal
Perspective Writing
Argumentative Writing
Pearson:
Write an Argument p.112
(W 9-10.1, 9-10.4, 9-10.9, 9-10.10)
Part 2:
Genre Study: Short Story / The Most Dangerous Game
The Gift of the Magi (E)
Rules of the Game (E)
The Cask of Amontillado / Short Story
Short Story
Short Story
Short Story / 890L
990L
800L
1350L / NELA: Cecil the Lion & the Hunting Debate
RC: Buy Me This, Buy Me That p.48
RC: Competing to Win p.56
RC: Whose Justice is It? p.16
Comparing Texts / Checkouts
The Girl Who Can / Short Story
Short Story / 870L
1070L
Part 3:
Text Set:
Social Conformity / The Scarlet Ibis
Much madness is divinest sense
My English
The Case for Fitting In
from The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth
from Blue Nines and Red Words from Born on a Blue Day
from The New Yorker / Short Story
Poem
Personal Essay
Expository Essay
Expository Essay
Memoir
Cartoon / 1070L
1180L
1390L
1200L / RC: Shifting Gears on Learning p.24
Unit 1: Literary Focus: Elements of a Short Story / Academic Vocabulary / Speaking and Listening
Plot -Flashback
-Exposition -Foreshadowing
-Inciting Event Pacing
-Rising Action Point of View
-Climax -First Person
-Falling Action -Third Person
-Resolution/Denouement -Limited
Conflict -Omniscient
-External Conflict -Dramatic Irony
-Internal Conflict
Characters
-Complex Characters
-Character Traits
-Character Motivation
-Direct Characterization
-Indirect Characterization
Theme
Plot Structure
-Openings
-Setting
-Sequence
-Chronological Order
(L 9-10.6) / Amicably Distinction
Analyze Effective
Antagonize Emphasize
Appreciate Equity
Argument Evidence
Articulate Findings
Barrier Grievance
Battle Illustrate
Character Implied
Characterize Issue
Compete Literal
Competition Mediate
Consult Noteworthy
Context Perspective
Contradictory Pervade
Controversy Progression
Cooperate Survival
Critical Vivid
Depicts War
Detract
Differences
Differentiate
(L 9-10.6) / Partner Discussions
Group Discussions
Seminar
Accountable Talk
(SL 9-10.1, 9-10.3)
Pearson: Evaluating a Speech p.110
(SL 9-10.3) / http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-hunting-mutant-big-game-in-south-africa/
https://language-arts-land.wikispaces.com/The+Most+Dangerous+Game
Unit / Selection Title / Genre / Lexile / Intervention Resources / Language / Writing
Unit 2: Is Knowledge the Same as Understanding? RI 9-10.1, 9-10.2, 9-10.3, 9-10.4, 9-10.5, 9-10.6 , 9-10.9 RL 9-10.1, 9-10.3, 9-10.4
Part 1:
Close Reading Workshop / I Am an American Day Address
Before Hip-Hop Was Hip-Hop / Speech
Essay / Pearson Language Study Workshop: p.264
Etymology: Word Origins and Modern Meanings
Language Study:
Latin Roots
Conventions:
Direct and Indirect Objects
Predicate Nominatives
Predicate Adjectives
Colons, Semicolons, Ellipsis Points
Independent Clauses
Dependent Clauses
(L 9-10.2, 9-10.4) / NRMS Writing Portfolio:
Opinion Essay
Argument Essay
Pearson:
Cause-and-Effect Essay p.268
(W 9-10.2, 9-10.5)
Part 2:
Genre Study:
Essays and Speeches / On Summer
The News
Libraries Face Sad Chapter
I Have a Dream / Reflective Essay
Expository Essay
Persuasive Essay
Speech / 1180L
1180L
1070L
1140L / RC: Learning Without a Break p.80
RC: The Community Comes to School p.96
NELA: MLK’s Nobel Prize
RC: Has the Dream Come True? p.100
Comparing Texts / from Silent Spring
If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth / Argumentative Essay
Short Story / 1080L
Part 3:
Text Set:
The Great Depression / First Inaugural Address
from Nothing to Fear
from Americans in the Great Depression
Women on the Breadlines
Bread Line, New York City, 1932 / Speech
Expository Essay
History
Memoir
Photo / 1190L
1280L
940L / RC: The Effects of Fear p.104
Unit 2: Literary Focus: Elements of Essays, Articles, & Speeches / Academic Vocabulary / Speaking and Listening / Additional Resources
Nonfiction Occasion - Rhetorical
Essay Audience Questions
Thesis/Central Idea Development
Point of View Supporting Details
Article -Statement of Fact
Speech -Statistics
Author’s Purpose -Examples
-Inform -Descriptions
-Persuade -Reasons
-Entertain -Expert Opinions
Author’s Techniques Structure
-Organizational Structure -Chronological Order
-Language -Comparison/Contrast
-Tone -Cause-and-Effect
-Diction Sections
Types of Essays Paragraph
-Narrative Sentence
-Expository Technical Language
-Argumentative/Persuasive Connotations
-Descriptive Figurative Language
-Reflective -Simile
Types of Articles -Metaphor
-News Articles -Personification
-Feature Articles Rhetorical Devices
Types of Speeches -Repetition
-Public Advocacy -Parallel Structure/Parallelism
-Talk -Restatement
(L 9-10.6) / Accentuate Research
Ambiguous Senses
Argument Sensory
Articulate Signaled
Asserts Sources
Circumstance Statistics
Clarify Subjective
Composition Trace
Concept Visionary
Connection
Critique
Determine
Devastation
Elevated
Fact
Feeling
Illuminate
Information
Insight
Instinct
Interaction
Interpret
Interpretation
Objective
(L 9-10.6) / Speech Delivery/Oral Presentation (Based on Opinion Essay)
Seminar
Partner Discussions
Group Discussions
(SL 9-10.1, 9-10.3)
Pearson:
Delivering a Persuasive Speech p.266
(SL 9-10. 3, 9-10.4, 9-10.5, 9-10.6)
Unit / Selection Title / Genre / Lexile / Intervention Resources / Language / Writing
Unit 3: How Does Communication Change Us? RL 9-10.2, 9-10.4, 9-10.5 RI 9-10.4, 9-10.5, 9-10.6
Part 1:
Close Read Workshop / Barter
Uncoiling/ A Voice / Poem
Poem / Pearson Language Study Workshop: p.412
Words w/ Multiple Meanings
Language Study:
Latin Roots, Prefixes, & Suffixes
Greek Prefixes
Conventions:
Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
Participles and Participle Phrases
Gerunds and Gerund Phrases
Appositives
Absolute Phrases
Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases
(L 9-10.2, 9-10.4) / NRMS Writing Portfolio:
Genre-Based Writing (poetry)
(W 9-10.3)
Personal Narrative
(W 9-10.3)
Pearson:
Argument: Problem-and Solution Essay p.416
(W 9-10.1, 9-10.5)
Part 2:
Genre Study:
Poetry
Collection 1 / Dream Deferred
Dreams
Sonnet on Love XIII
Meciendo/Rocking
“Hope” is the thing with feathers / Poem
Poem
Poem
Poem
Poem / RC: In Your Head p.112
Collection 2 / The Bells
Analysis of Baseball
Slam, Dunk, & Hook
Jabberwocky / Poem
Poem
Poem
Poem
Collection 3 / Fifteen
Casey at the Bat
Twister Hits Houston
The Raven / Poem
Poem
Poem / RC: Choosing the News p.128
Collection 4 / The Road Not Taken
Macavity: The Mystery Cat
The Seven Ages of Man
We never know how high we are-- / Poem
Poem
Poem
Poem / RC: Brain Battle p.136
Comparing Texts / I Hear America Singing
Three Haiku
Women
Sonnet 30 / Poem
Poem
Poem
Poem
Part 3:
Text Set:
Kennedy
Assassination / The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Instead of an Elegy
from A White House Diary
American History
Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress
Images of a Tragedy / Poem
Autobiography
Short Story
Speech
Image / 820L
1000L
1230L / RC: Judging Eyewitness Accounts p.20
RC: Rebuilding What Makes Sense p.44
Unit 3: Literary Focus: Elements of Poetry / Academic Vocabulary / Speaking and Listening / Additional Resources
Poetry -Onomatopoeia
Lyric Connotation
Narrative Denotation
Dramatic Tone
Speaker Imagery
Lines Figurative Language
Stanzas -Simile
Rhythm -Metaphor
Meter -Personification
Feet Formal Verse
Iamb -Ballad
Metrical Feet -Haiku
-Trochee -English Sonnet
-Spondee -Ode
-Dactyl -Concrete Poem
-Anapest
Rhyme
-Exact/ True Rhyme
-Slant Rhyme
-End Rhyme
-Internal Rhyme
Rhyme Scheme
Additional Sound Devices
-Repetition
-Alliteration
-Consonance / Advocate Resolution
Articulate Respond
Aware Stirs
Caption Understanding
Communication Unique
Comprehension
Concept
Concise
Conduct
Consider
Counteract
Crystallize
Discuss
Disseminating
Empathy
Exchange
Forum
Illuminate
Implicit
Informed
Interpretation
Intimate
Meaning
Pose
React
Relationship / Partner Discussions
Group Discussions
Accountable Talk
Seminar
(SL 9-10.1, 9-10.3)
Pearson:
Oral Interpretation of Literature p.414
(SL 9-10.6)
Unit / Selection Title / Genre / Lexile / Intervention Resources / Language / Writing
Unit 4: Do Our Differences Define Us? RL 9-10.3, 9-10.4, 9-10.5, 9-10.6, 9-10.7, 9-10.9 RI 9-10.3
Part 1:
Close Reading Workshop / from The Glass Menagerie
The Inspector-General / Drama
Drama / RC: In Your Name p.156
RC: On Patrol p.160 / Pearson Language Study Workshop: p.654
Connotation & Denotation
Language Study:
Latin Roots, Prefixes, & Suffixes
Greek Prefixes
Conventions:
Parallelism
(L 9-10.1, 9-10.3, 9-10.5) / NRMS Writing Plan:
Literary Analysis/Interpretation
Digital Critical Writing: Interpretation of a Real-World Event, Issue, Etc.
(W 9-10.1, 9-10.9)
Pearson:
Informative Text: Comparison-and-Contrast Essay p.658
(W 9-10.2, 9-10.5)
Part 2:
Genre Study:
Drama / The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act I
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act II
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act III
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act IV
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act V / Drama
Drama
Drama
Drama
Drama / RC: What is Love? p.148
RC: Staying Connected p.152
Comparing Texts / Pyrammus and Thisbe
from A MidSummer’s Night Dream / Short Story
Drama
Part 3:
Text Set:
Aspiration / from The Importance of Being Earnest
The Necklace
New Directions
from Fragile Self-Worth
My Possessions, Myself
from The New Yorker / Drama
Short Story
Narrative Essay
Expository Nonfiction
Magazine Article
Image / 910L
1360L
1530L
1250L / RC: Wrongfully Accused p.60
RC: Riding the Waves p.8
Unit 1: Literary Focus: Elements of Drama / Academic Vocabulary / Speaking and Listening / Additional Resources
Drama -One Act Plays
Characters Dramatic Speeches
Conflict -Chorus
Plot -Narrator
Climax -Monologue
Resolution -Soliloquy
Acts -Aside
Scenes Conflict
Playwright/Dramatist -External
Script -Internal
Dialogue Protagonist
Stage Directions Antagonist
Sets Complex Characters
Props Flat Character
Dramatic Effect Round Character
Theme Static Character
Forms of Drama Dynamic Character
-Tragedy Characterization
-Tragic Hero -Direct
-Tragic Flaw -Indirect
-Comedy
Dramatic Structures
-Five Act Plays
-Screenplays / Accept Individuality
Ancestry Minimize
Articulate Reasoning
Assertions Similarity
Assimilated Standard
Background Status
Character Understanding
Class Unique
Compelling Values
Compensation
Conformity
Culture
Depicted
Determine
Differences
Differentiate
Discriminate
Elaborate
Emulate
Estimation
Exemplifies
Ideals
Illuminate
Incongruity / Partner Discussions
Group Discussions
Accountable Talk
Seminar
(SL 9-10.1, 9-10.3)
Pearson:
Multimedia Presentation of a Research Report p. 656
(SL 9-10.1, 9-10.2, 9-10.5 W 9-10.6)
Unit / Selection Title / Genre / Lexile / Intervention Resources / Language / Writing
Unit 5: Do Heroes Have Responsibilities? RL 9-10.1, 9-10.2, 9-10.4 RI 9-10.1, 9-10.2, 9-10.4, 9-10.6
Part 1:
Close Reading Workshop / Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett
Pecos Bill: The Cyclone / Tall Tale
Tall Tale / 610L
790L / Pearson Language Study Workshop: p.840
Idioms, Technical Terms, and Jargon
Language Study:
Latin Prefixes
Old English Prefixes
Conventions:
Simple and Compound Sentences
Complex and
Compound-Complex Sentences
(L 9-10.3, 9-10.4, 9-10.5) / NRMS Writing Plan:
Research Assignment w/ Oral Presentation
Definition Essay (Suggestion: What is a Hero?)
(W 9-10.2, 9-10.6, 9-10.7, 9-10.8, 9-10.9)
Pearson
Narration: Autobiographical Narrative p.844
(W 9-10.3, 9-10.5)
Part 2:
Genre Study:
Folktales / The Odyssey, Part 1
The Odyssey, Part 2 / Epic
Epic / 1090L
930L / RC: In the Path of Danger p.168
RC: The Borders of Giving p.172
RC: Making Things Better p.176
RC: Supporting the Troops p.180
Comparing Texts / An Ancient Gesture
Siren Song
Prologue and Epilogue from The Odyssey
Ithaca / Poem
Poem
Poem
Poem / 1530L
1210L
Part 3:
Text Set:
What is a Hero? / from The Ramayana
Perseus
The Washwoman
from The Hero’s Adventure
from My Hero’s Hero
Of Altruism, Heroism, and Nature’s Gift in the Face of Terror
American Blood Donation / Myth
Myth
Narrative Essay
Interview
Argumentative Essay
Expository Essay
Image / 950L
1060L
870L
1200L
980L
1340L / RC: As Long as They Can Play p.4
Unit 5: Literary Focus: Elements of / Academic Vocabulary / Speaking and Listening / Additional Resources
Oral Tradition
Point of View/Perspective
Cultural Experiences
Social/Cultural Context
Universal Theme
Archetype
-Trickster
-Hero’s Quest
-Protagonist
-Antagonist
Forms of Oral Tradition
-Myths
-Folk Tale
-Legend
-Epic
Implied Theme
Point of View
-Cultural
-Changing
Author’s Purpose / Align Involvement
Ambiguity Justice
Chaos Morality
Character Obligation
Choices Perspective
Circumstance Prevalent
Colloquial Rationality
Comprise Responsibility
Discuss Rife
Distinct Serve
Embodiment Stance
Emigration Standard
Establish Ultimately
Exemplify Underscore
Hero Universal
Honesty Wisdom
Identify
Imitate
Implicitly
Intentions
Interpret / Partner Discussions
Group Discussions
Accountable Talk
Seminar
(SL 9-10.1, 9-10.3)
Pearson:
Comparing Media Coverage p. 842
(SL 9-10.7)