English 1 Pacing Guide

English 1 Pacing Guide

Williston-Elko High School Fall, 2010

Page references are to M/L Literature (the big orange book)

Week One

Roots / HOSP/HOST PAC/PEAS
Literature / Daughter of Invention p. 78
Standards / E1-1.1inferences
E1-1.2point of view
E1-1.4relationship among character, plot, conflict, and theme
E1-1.5author’s craft
E-1.3 use of modifiers, use of strong verbs
E1.4 Mechanics, conventions, E1.4.2 (sentences)
E-1.6 reference materials in the textbook (glossaries, indexes, guides)

Week Two

Roots / CRIM AM/IM E1-3.2
Literature / Informational text “Ticketed Teens…”
Sorry, Right Number p. 178
Standards / E1.4 mechanics/conventions (agreement, apostrophes, quotation marks)
E1.2.1 (thesis)
E1.2.2 (conclusions, inferences)
E1.3.1 (context)
E1-1.4 (plot, characteristics of drama, suspense)
E1-1.5 author’s craft (flashback, foreshadowing, imagery)
E-1.6 reference materials in the textbook (glossaries, indexes, guides)
E1-5.2 Writing: narrative/descriptive tone/mood

Week Three

Roots / PROB/PROV GRAV
Literature / Who Killed the Iceman? p 534 (Skeletal Sculptures)
Pancakes p 192
Standards / E1-3.2 (roots)
E1-5-1 (informational piece, adjust language to audience)
E1-2.6 text elements
E1-2.7 graphics
E1-4 tenses
E1-1.2 (point of view)
E1-1.4 (character, plot, them) characterization terms, setting

Week Four

Roots / LEV CAP/CEP/CIP
Literature / Island Morning p 514
Qualifications for Seattle Police Officer
Standards / E1-3.2 roots
E1-4.2 sentence formation (syntax, repetition, parallelism)
E1-4 punctuation as a means of developing sentences
E1-1.2 point of view
E1-1.5 (author’s craft: tone, imagery)
E1-1.3 author’s craft (tone, mood, style in descriptive writing)
E1-2.3 bias, word choice, denotation/connotation
E1-2.2 conclusions, inferences

Week Five

Roots / AM/IM CRED
Literature / The Lost Boys 546
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 236
Standards / E1-3.2 Roots
E1-4 voice
E1-4.2 using mature sentences: simple, compound, complex, compound-complex
E1-2.3 bias, author’s purpose, mood
E1-2.7 graphic aids, visuals
E1-1 characterization, theme, autobiography, author’s perspective
E1-1.5 author’s craft
E1-1 character traits

Week Six : Benchmark Test 1

Roots / AMBI/ AMPHI EP/EPI
Literature / Math and After Math 446
Standards / E1-1 analyze conflict (conflict of cultures, internal conflict)
E1-2 sequence, implied main idea, idiom, multiple-meaning words
E1-2.6 graphics
E1.4 combine sentences using phrases and clauses
E1-4.5 revision strategies (improve organization, develop content)
E1-4.6 editing
E1-4 Use of colon and dash

Week Seven

Roots / DUC TRACT
Literature / Michael J. Fox testimony p. 610
The Pedestrian 642
Standards / E1-5 persuasion (constructing an argument, using emotional appeals)
E1.5 understanding logical fallacies
E1-2.1 thesis
E1-2.3 bias
E1-5.4 persuasion/argumentation
E1-5.4 claim/support counterargument, facts, statistics, firsthand accounts
E1-1 theme, setting, mood – analysis of theme (too much tv?)
E1-3.2 roots

Week Eight

Roots / JAC/JEC FIN
Literature / Research Strategies Workshop 1187
Chuck E. Cheese article
My Papa’s Waltz 676
I Ask My Mother to Sing 680
Grape Sherbet 681
Standards / E1-6 Clarify and refine a research topic
E1-6 Access and use information from a variety of sources
E1-4 Use parentheses
E1-5.1 Create informational pieces, use language for audience
E1-2 informational pieces- analysis of cause and effect
E1-6 research (primary/secondary sources)
E1-3.1 vocabulary in context
E1-6 use a standardized system of documentation
E1-1 Poetry rhythm, rhyme, imagery, mood, motivation
E1-6 Incorporate direct quotations/summaries/paraphrasing
E1-3.2 roots

Week Nine

Roots / POLY HYPO/HYP
Literature / The Seven Ages of Man 720
The Road Not Taken (724)
Standards / E1-5.2 narrative (tone and mood)
E1-1.7 compare and contrast texts
E1-4.3 multiple paragraph, intro/conclusion thesis, support
E1-4.3 focus clear, details sufficient
E1-3.2 roots

Week Ten

Roots / CURR/CURS FID
Literature / O What Is That Sound? 714
Procrastinator letter
Standards / E1-1.7 poetry
E1-2.3 roots
E1-2.3 bias, tone, irony, imperative sentences, vocab in context

Week Eleven

Roots / FLECT/FLEX PED
Literature / The Cask of Amontillado 342
Grocery store arson article
Standards / E1-1.1 literature (the definition of revenge)
E1-1.2 point of view (narrator complexity)
E1-1.4 character, plot, conflict
E1-1.5 author’s craft
E1-1.2 informational text (definition of term as applies to a given incident)
E1-1.1 E1-1.2 style (literary, journalistic, formal, informal)

Week Twelve: Benchmark Test Two

Roots / MAL CATA
Literature / Angela’s Ashes 836
The Highwayman
Pyramus and Thisbe
Standards / E1-1.1
E1-1.5
allusion,
memoir,
author’s background, historical background,
conclusions, inferences parallel stories
E1-3.2 roots

Week Thirteen

Roots / ANTE PROT/PROTO
Literature / Article on Facial Profiles
A Narrow Fellow in the Grass 790
Hope Is the Thing with Feathers 793
Standards / E-3.2 roots
E1-1.7 poetry
E1-2 informational text, bias,
E1-6 evaluating research

Week Fourteen

Roots / ORTH/ORTHO
Literature / Romeo and Juliet
Decriminalization of marijuana
Standards / E1-1 (study of play should approach standards at an advanced level. Other works of literature should be explored if study of this play doesn’t help students)
E1-3.2 roots

Week Fifteen

Roots / EU DYS
Literature / The Odyssey
I’m Not Lying, I’m Telling a Future Truth
Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy 750
Standards / E1-1 E1-1.5
E1-3.2 roots
Proofreading/editing review

Terms review (these are words used in sample test questions)

mood, suspense, trait, flat character, round character, static character, dynamic character, plot, affects plot, foreshadowing, internal conflict, ironic, imagery, infer, setting, third-person omniscient, conflict, external conflict, author’s primary purpose, excerpt, narrator, claim, paraphrase, first-person narrator, third-person limited narrator, motivation, analyze motivation, main idea, cause/effect, draw conclusion, author’s purpose, connotation, denotation, synonym, antonym, multiple-meaning words, context clue, supports the idea, active voice/passive voice, precise verb, strong verb, compound predicate, revise, adjective clause, relative pronoun, precise adjective, series, sensory language, exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, symbolize, appeal to senses, universal message, rhetorical device, repetition, parallelism, analogy, rhetorical question, bias, association (bandwagon, testimonial) emotional appeal (pity, vanity), argument, anticipate opposing argument (counterclaim), fact, opinion, author’s purpose, details for support, classification, chronological order, cite, subheading, transition, historical and cultural context and background, alliteration, tone, metaphor, sonnet, ode, ballad, free-verse, personified, simile, contraction, diction, rhyme scheme, emphasis, meter, rhythm, theme, synthesize, homonym/homophone, end rhyme, iambic pentameter, blank verse, allusion, assonance, epic hero, alliteration, narrowing the topic, plagiarism, reliable source, validity of source, crediting source