English 4 Pacing Guide

Rev. August 2015

Week
(days) / Reading Literary Texts (RL)
Reading Informational Texts (RI)
Text: Pearson Literature: The British Tradition
Goal: Two units per nine weeks
Suggested readings listed below. / Language
Text: Prentice Hall Writing Coach / Writing
Text: Prentice Hall Writing Coach
1
(1-5) / Introduce First Nine Weeks Novel
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Color of Water
or another book of teacher’s choice
RLP1-4, RLMC5-8, RLLCS9-12, RLRC13
RIP1-4, RIMC5-7, RILCS8-11, RIRC12 / WL4-6
Grammar Review
Parts of Speech
Ch. 13, 293ff
Sentence Parts
Ch. 14, 335ff
Phrases and Clauses
Ch. 15, 356ff
Mechanics (L.2)
Commas ch. 23.2, 569ff
Semicolon, Comma
Ch. 23.3, 587ff
Apostrophe 23.6, 612ff
Hyphen 23.5, 605ff / College Application Essay
Ch. 12, 257
Resume
23, 257, 260-261
WL 4.1, 5.1, WRC6.1
WMCC 3.1
Informative Essay: Canterbury Pilgrims Character Sketch
WL 4.1, 5.1, WRC6.1
WMCC 2.1
Biographical Research Essay
224; 226-248
WL 4.1, 5.1, WRC6.1
WMCC1.1
2
(6-10)
3
(11-15) / Unit 1: From Legend to History: The Old English and Medieval Periods, A. D. 449-1485 Intro. 1-16
The Epic, 33-35
Beowulf , 36-76
Literary History: Chaucer’s World, 90-91
The Canterbury Tales, 92-151
Prologue + one tale of choice
From Sir Gawain and the Green Knight , 171-183
RLP1-4, RLMC5-8, RLLCS9-12, RLRC13
RIP1-4, RIMC5-7, RILCS8-11, RIRC12
4
5 / WL4-6
SLO Skills
Four Sentence Functions
Ch. 16.1, 396
Combining Sentences
Ch. 16.2, 398ff
Varying Sentences
Ch. 16.3, 404ff
Fragments and Run-ons
Ch. 16.4, 407ff
Modifiers
Ch. 16.5, 412ff
Faulty Parallelism
Ch. 16.6, 414ff
Faulty Coordination
Ch. 16.7, 418ff
6 / Unit 2: Celebrating Humanity: The English Renaissance Period, 1485-1625 Intro. 234-250
Lovers and their Lines (sonnets, pastoral poetry, Shakespeare),253-279
From The King James Bible, 297-304
William Shakespeare, 316-319
Shakespeare play of choice
RLP1-4, RLMC5-8, RLLCS9-12, RLRC13
RIP1-4, RIMC5-7, RILCS8-11, RIRC12
7
8
9
Week
(days) / Reading Literature/
Informational Texts / Language / Writing
10 / Unit 3: A Turbulent Time: 17th and 18th Centuries, 1625-1798 Intro. 462-478
Primary Sources: from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, 568-577; from A Journal of the Plague Year, 589-597
From Gulliver’s Travels, 605-616
“A Modest Proposal,” 617-626
From A Dictionary of the English Language, 648-653
RLP1-4, RLMC5-8, RLLCS9-12, RLRC13
RIP1-4, RIMC5-7, RILCS8-11, RIRC12 / WL4-6
SLO Skills, cont.
Pronoun Usage
Ch. 18, 461ff
Negative Sentences
Ch. 21.1, 520ff
Common Usage Problems
Ch. 21.2, 524ff
Review skills above until mastery is achieved / Persuasive Essay and Presentation
18, 47, 172-190, 194-195
WL 4.1, 5.1, WRC6.1
WMCC 1.1, 2.1
Analysis of Print Ads Essay
Propaganda 19, 173
Analytical Essays
146, 155, 195
WL 4.1, 5.1, WRC6.1
WMCC 1.1, 2.1
11
12 / Unit 4 Rebels and Dreamers: The Romantic Period 1798-1832 Intro. 714-727
Robert Burns, 733-739
Lyric Poetry, 773-894
Selections from Romantic Poets
William Wordsworth, 776ff
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 820ff
George Gordon, Lord Byron 854ff
Percy Bysshe Shelly, 868ff
John Keats, 882ff
RLP1-4, RLMC5-8, RLLCS9-12, RLRC13
RIP1-4, RIMC5-7, RILCS8-11, RIRC12
3
14 / Unit 5: Progress and Decline: The Victorian Period, 1833-1901 Intro. 942-953
Alfred Tenneyson “The Lady of Shallot” 963
Robert Browning “My Last Duchess” 979; “Porphyria’s Lover” 982
Elizabeth Barrett Browning “Sonnet 43” 986
Charles Dickens from Hard Times 998ff
Charlotte Bronte from Jane Eyre 1030ff
RLP1-4, RLMC5-8, RLLCS9-12, RLRC13
RIP1-4, RIMC5-7, RILCS8-11, RIRC12
15
16 / Unit 6: A Time of Rapid Change: Modern and PostmodernPeriods, 1901-present
Teacher’s Choice
RLP1-4, RLMC5-8, RLLCS9-12, RLRC13
RIP1-4, RIMC5-7, RILCS8-11, RIRC12
17
18 / Review and Final Exam