English III--Unit 2: Revolutionary Period LPSS—updated Summer 2009
Elements of Literature / Black Line Masters / Elements of Language / Reader’s Handbook / Supplementary Materials1Ongoing Independent Reading
Daily Language Activities: Critical
Reading Section, 24 transparencies
Resources for Teaching Advanced Students:Reading Instruction for the Advanced Classroom, 3-6; Reading Log Copymaster, 12; Metacognitive Strategies, 16-19
Workshop Resources—Writing,
Listening, and Speaking: Presenting a
Literary Response, 44-49
TE: Presenting a Literary Response,
692-693 / See Blackboard, “Reading: SSR” for BLMs of reading logs and other SSR documents / Reading Skills and Strategies, 15-16
Reading Process, 546-547
Reading Log, 991
Quick Reference Handbook: Reading, 988-998
Transparencies: Your Reading Process, 1-4
Holt Professional Learning for Language Arts: Strategies for Helping Struggling Readers; Developing Critical Thinking about Literature / Connect to Reading: 41 / See LCC, English III, page 95 for a list of recommended novels for this grade level
“91 Ways to Respond Literature”
reading strategies from Adolescent Literacy
Gallagher, Kelly. Deeper Reading. (Stenhouse, 2004).
Pilgreen, Janice L. The SSR Handbook: How to Organize and Manage a Sustained Silent Reading Program. (Boyton/Cook, 2000).
Steineke, Nancy. Reading and Writing Together: Collaborative Literacy in Action. (Heinemann, 2002)
2 OngoingVocabulary Study
Daily Language Activities: Vocabulary Section, 50 transparencies; Analogy Section, 25 transparencies
Vocabulary Development
Act. #6: “from The Autobiography,” 4
Act. #7: “from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” 2
Act. #8: Henry Speech 5
Act. #9: “from The Crisis, No. 1,” 6
Act. #10: “from The Autobiography: The Declaration of Independence,” 7
Cumulative Vocabulary Review, Collection 1, 8
Powernotes: Handbook to Literary Terms
Resources for Teaching Advanced Students: “Handbook of Literary Concepts, ” 229-240; “Handbook of Rhetorical Concepts,” 241-243; “Word Banks,” 248
Holt MindPoint® Quiz Show CD for vocabulary practice in game format
Brozo in CLSD for the LCC:
“Vocabulary Cards,” 26; “Vocabulary
Self-Awareness,” 27; “Word Grid,” 28 / Checklist of Common Errors, 1 / Vocabulary Strategies, 559, 560, 575, 600, 601, 607, 646, 688, 689, 728, 729, 774, 775, 827, 828, 869, 887, 907, 918, 1037-1038
Word Choice, 729, 775, 828, 907, 1000-1003
Related Word Forms, 688, 728, 827, 1000, 1004-1007
Analogous Statements, 601, 607, 775, 918, 1037-1038
Quick Reference Handbook: Vocabulary, 999-1009
Holt Professional Learning for Language Arts: Effective Vocabulary Instruction
Six Traits: Word Choice, 11-13, 104-105
Word Sharp: Context Clues: Synonym, Antonym, Contrast, Comparison, Example, Restatement; Word Structure: Prefixes, Latin Roots, Greek and Anglo-Saxon Roots, Suffixes
Vocabulary Workshop: Making New Words Your Own (word attack strategies),1ff.; Connecting New Words and Patterns (analogies), 123ff.; Reading New Words in Context (context clues), 141ff.; Vocabulary Words, 233-234 / Improving Vocabulary: 659
Word Families: 676
Word Roots: 762 / “Using a Word Journal to Create a Personal Dictionary”
link to handout on Powerpoint from above lesson
Merriam Webster’s Online Dictionary to identify new words
Allen, Janet. Inside Words. (Stenhouse, 2007). Practical strategies for teaching vocabulary.
3 Ongoing Writing Prompts
Powernotes: Collection 1, Quickwrites, slides 5-10
Brozo in CLSD for the LCC: QtA
(Questioning the Author), 12
Holt Assessment—Writing, Listening, and Speaking: Portfolio Assessment, 121-161 / Writing Strategies & Applications,
Writer’s notebook, 1076
Informal Writing to Learn: Reading Log, 991; Graphic Organizers, 1068-1069; Outlines, 1071; Prewriting Techniques, 1073-1076.
Teaching Strategies for English Language Learners: Think as a Writer, 2; prompts in Ch. 21-29
Writing NotesDVD
Think as a Writer: Interactive Writing Worktext, prompts in Ch. 21-29 / Connect to Reading: 41 / “Draft letters,” for students to think critically about major writing assignments. Students write letters of reflection to share with a peer before completing the final draft.
class journal rubric
another journal rubric
4 Ongoing Grammar Study
Daily Language Activities: Proofreading Warmups Section, 27 transparencies; Sentence Combining Section, 15 transparencies
Resources for Teaching Advanced Students: “Handbook of Grammatical Concepts, ” 244-247
Powernotes: Collection 6, “Proofreading Warmups”
Holt Virtual File Cabinet: grammar pages for Practice, Remediation,
Assessment, Review, and Enrichment
TE: Taking the SAT and the ACT, LA19-LA32; Test Smarts, 1395 / Checklist of Common Errors, 1 / Grammar, 47-139; Usage, 140-313; Mechanics, 314-477
Commas, 338-363
Diction, 575, 618-619, 842-843, 930-933
Quotation Marks, 379-387
Parallel Structure, 486-487, 1099
Passive/Active Voice, 240-244
Sentence Clarity, 480-497
Sentence Combining, 498-508, 706-708
Style, 510-514, 574-575, 661-663, 618-619, 807-809, 842-843, 886-887, 931-933
Grammar Notes DVD, Lesson 11 (passive/active voice), Lesson 30 (strong verbs)
Holt Professional Learning for Language Arts: Teaching Grammar in Context
Transparencies: Proofreading Warmups, Sentence Combining
Six Traits: Sentence Fluency, 14, 106-112; Conventions, 17,113-118
Thinking as a Writer: Interactive Grammar Worktext: Sections 1, 2, 3
Grammar,Usage, Mechanics:
Language Skills Practice, Ch. 1-14, 16
Developmental Language Skills: Ch. 1-14, 16
Preparing for the SAT and ACT / Reading for Tests, 596-637 / “Analyzing Grammar Pet Peeves”
OWL (Online Writing Lab)
Flash-based overview of quotations
“Manipulating Sentences to Reinforce Grammar”
quick reference to MLA style
Students can sign up to have a daily SAT question delivered to their e-mailboxes. Other invaluable resources for college are available here.
student guide to grammar and writing
free practice tests for ACT, SAT, MCAT, LSAT, etc.
for ACT preparation
And I Quote: A Punctuation Proofreading Minilesson
5 The Age of Revolution: An Overview & Search
Powernotes: Collection 1, Audio/Video 11-1 “Forging a New Nation”; Historical Intro., slides 13-18
Visual Connections: Segment 3, “The American Journey”
Holt Reading Solutions: Summarizing, 254
Holt Assessment—Writing, Listening, and Speaking: “Writing: Reporting Literary Research,” scale and rubric 36; “Speaking: Presenting Literary Research,” scale 40 / Quotations: citing sources of, 735; incorporating, 745-747, 799; notetaking and, 786
Evaluating Web Sites, 813-816
Organization, 523, 788
Delivery, 581-584, 634, 688-671, 750, 850-854, 890, 1010-1019
Summarizing, 638, 642-644, 992-993
Writing and Researching in a Digital Age DVD, 15 lessons / Doing Research, 690
Group Skills, 384-386
Skimming, 728-729 / teaching guides and information to support PBS series Liberty! The American Revolution
lesson using role play to present biographical research on American authors (writers to assign: Franklin, Edwards, Paine, Henry,
Jefferson)
MLA format
an online tutorial on avoiding plagiarism by acknowledging sources
develops bibliographic entries
a site for high school and college students on how to research
6 The Life and Work of Benjamin Franklin
TE: “from The Autobiography,” 67;
Connection: “from All I Really Need to
Know I Learned in Kindergarten,” 74;
“from Poor Richard’s Almanack,” 75
The Holt Reader: “from The Autobiography,” 46;
Holt Adapted Reader:Adapted Reading
(with apparatus) 20; Graphic
Organizer, First-Person Point of View,
25
Holt Reading Solution: 312;
Vocabulary and Comprehension
(copying master), 66; Additional Vocabulary Practice (copying master), 67; Identifying Text Structure, 236; Making Inferences, 248
Audio CD Library: disc 2
Vocabulary Development: 4
Holt Assessment: Literature, etc.--37
Fine Art Transparencies: Transparency
1, with Teaching Notes, Worksheet, and
Answer Key, 2
TE: Reteaching Lessons,
Philosophical Assumptions and Beliefs, 1329G; Irony, Tone, and Author’s Style, 1329L-M; Philosophical
Approach to Literature, 1329Q-R / Questioning the Author, 10 / Autobiography, 550-558
Autobiographical Narrative, 549-585
Descriptive details, 550, 557
Structure of a composition, 527-540
Compositions, 1061-1064
Writing Notes DVD, Narration-Description, Lesson 14
Think as a Writer: Interactive Writing WorkText, Ch. 21
Teaching Strategies for English Language Learners, Ch. 21
Transparencies, 10-12; Daily Writing Transparencies 8-14 (voice)
Six Traits for Writing, 8-10
Holt Professional Learning for Language Arts: Teaching Narrative and Expository Texts / Connect to Reading: 41
Introduction to Reading Nonfiction: 154
Reading a Biography, 193; Reading a Memoir, 210
Focus on Persuasive Writing: 225 / a Benjamin Franklin e-magazine
of Franklin’s Autobiography
7 Analyzing the Persuasive Rhetoric of a Sermon
TE: “from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” 46
The Holt Reader: “from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” 22
Holt Adapted Reader: 16; Graphic Organizer: Figures of Speech, 19
Holt Reading Solutions: “from Sinners,” 44; Vocabulary and Comprehension (copying master), 48; Additional Vocabulary Practice (copying master), 49
Resources for Teaching Advanced Students, 60
Audio CD Library, disc 1
Powernotes: Collection 1, Quickwrites, slides 7 & 8
Holt Assessment: Literature, Reading,
and Vocabulary, “from Sinners in the
hands of an Angry God,” 31 / Point of view/Bias &
Persuasive Appeals, 823–826
Avoiding logical fallacies, 835 / Focus on Persuasive Writing 225-234
Figurative Language: 404
Questioning the Author: 724 / Consider covering the rhetorical devices listed in the text on page 149
has audio c clips of rhetorical devices
(Logic in Argumentative Writing)
8 Analysis of Patrick Henry’s Speech
TE: “Speech to the Virginia Convention,” 82
The Holt Reader: “Speech to the
Virginia Convention,” 55
Holt Adapted Reader: Adapted Reading
(with apparatus), 26; Graphic
Organizer: Persuasion, 31
Holt Reading Solutions: Lesson Plan, 62; Adapted Reading, 314; Vocabulary and Comprehension (copying master), 66; Additional Vocabulary Practice (copying master), 67
Powernotes, Collection 1, “Speech” (includes a discussion of logical fallacies); “Listening” (workshop for presenting and evaluating speeches); “Sinners” (focus on figures of speech); “Quickwrites” slide 9
Audio CD Library, disc 2
Vocabulary Development, 5
Holt Assessment: Literature, Reading,
and Vocabulary: “Speech to the Virginia Convention,” 43
Fine Art Transparencies: Transparency 2 and Teaching Notes, Worksheet, and Answer Key, 5 / Point of view/Bias &
Persuasive Appeals, 823–826
Avoiding logical fallacies, 835
Analyzing persuasive techniques, 990-991
Text structures, 993-994 / Organizational Schemes: 60
Focus on Speeches: 235-245
Author’s Purpose: 251
Questioning the Author: 724 / website on Patrick Henry
this site has audiofiles with scholars providing insights Patrick Henry’s speeches
Consider covering the rhetorical devices listed in the text on page 149, as above.
has audio c clips of rhetorical devices
Logic in Argumentative Writing
9 Figurative Language in Essays of Thomas Paine
TE: :” from The Crisis, No. 1,” 87-96
Resources for Teaching Advanced Students: from The Crisis, No. 1, 63-65
Powernotes: Collection 1, “Quickwrites” slide 10 / Analyzing Paine’s Essay, 11 / Figurative Language: 244
Style: 307
Focus on Persuasive Writing: 225 / good link to search for additional Paine essays by subject
-- background material on The Crisis, No. 1
10 Analyzing Organization and
Support in a Historical Document
Holt Adapted Reader: “from The
Autobiography: Declaration of
Independence,” 32-37
Resources for Teaching Advanced
Students: “fromThe Autobiography:
Declaration of Independence” and
“fromDeclaration of Sentiments of the
Seneca Falls Woman’s Rights
Convention,” 66-68
Powernotes: Collection 1,
“Autobiography” / Holt Professional Learning for Language Arts: Teaching Narrative and Expository Texts / --This website has drafts of the Declaration of Independence and a comparison among them
11 Analyzing Contemporary Editorials
Workshop Resources: Writing, etc.: Revising: Evaluate Editorials, 6 is designed for peer- and self-evaluation but may be useful when looking at professional editorials as well / Assessment for an Editorial Analysis, 12 / Taking a Stand: Reading Workshop, 820-828
Point of view/Bias &
Persuasive Appeals, 823–826
Avoiding logical fallacies, 835
Analyzing persuasive techniques, 990-991
Text structures, 993-994
Teacher One Stop: Alternative Readings; Reading Workshop Support
Comprehensive Transparencies Collection Reading, Writing, Revising Transparency 28
Interactive Writing WorkText, 79–80
Holt Professional Learning for Language Arts: Teaching Narrative and Expository Texts / Reading an Editorial: 168-180 / Great source for excerpts from up-to-the minute editorials from a variety of newspapers and magazine, with links to the full texts.
This Newseum page includes images of the front page of hundreds of newspapers. Most pages include links to online sites for the specific newspaper.
Standards-based ideas and resources for persuasive writing are available at: Common Ground: Using Logical, Audience-Specific Arguments”
and
“Persuading an Audience: Writing Effective Letters to the Editor”
/style --a list of rhetorical devices
12 Reading and Responding to a Slave Narratives
TE: Meet the Writer: Olaudah Equiano,
52; “from The Interesting Narrative of
the Life of Olaudah Equiano,” 54;
Connection: “Phillis Wheatley: A
Revolutionary Woman,” 62;
Connection: “from To the Right
Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth,
His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of
State for North America, etc.,” 63;
Connection: “Honoring African
Heritage,” 64
The Holt Reader: “from The Interesting
Narrative of the Life of Olaudah
Equiano,” 29
Audio CD Library, disc 1
Vocabulary Development, 3
Holt Reading Solutions: Alternative Lesson Plans, 50;Vocabulary and
Comprehension (copying master), 54;
Additional Vocabulary Practice (copying master), 55; Identifying Text Structure, 236
Holt Assessment: Literature, Reading,
and Vocabulary, “from The Interesting
Narrative of the Life of Olaudah
Equiano,” “from To the Right
Honorable William, Earl of
Dartmouth. . . ,” and “Honoring
African Heritage,” 35
Powernotes: Collection 1, “Quickwrites” slide 6 / Autobiography, 550-558 / Huggins, Nathan Irvin. Slave and Citizen: The Life of Frederick Douglass (Little, Brown, 1995).
Collison, Gary L. Shadrack Minkins: Fugitive Slave to Citizen (HarvardUniversity Press).
index of slave narratives, some with audio files
slave narrative described and defined, with an extensive bibliography of narratives to investigate
13 Using the Techniques of Persuasive Writing
Powernotes: Collection 1, “Writing
Workshop”--Writing an Editorial
Workshop Resources: Writing, etc.:
Collection 1, Writing an Editorial, 1-7
TE: Sentence Structure, Style, and Combining, 1412-1418; The Writing Process 1351-1362
Holt Virtual File Cabinet: grammar pages for Practice, Remediation, Assessment, Review, and Enrichment
Holt Assessment—Writing, Listening, and Speaking: “Writing: Persuasive Essay,” scale 56; “Scales and Sample Papers: Persuasion” 99
Resources for Teaching Advanced
Students: Mini-Workshop—Writing a
Persuasive Essay / Assessment for the Persuasive Essay, 13;
Peer Review Evaluation Form, 14 / Taking a Stand, Ch. 27
Comprehensive Transparencies Collection Reading, Writing, Revising Transparencies 28–30 and Interactive Writing WorkText, Ch. 27
WritingNotes, Lesson 19
Teaching Strategies for English Language Learners, Ch. 27 /
Standards-based ideas and resources for persuasive writing
“Finding Common Ground: Using Logical, Audience-Specific Arguments” and
“Persuading an Audience: Writing Effective Letters to the Editor”
Logic in Argumentative Writing
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