Freshman Level ELA Curriculum 2015-2016
Quarter One – August 25 - October 15, 2015
Content/Units / Skills / Assessments / StandardsYearlong:
· Journal writing, sentence corrections, and other daily bell ringer activities
· Vocabulary exercises and tests (10 words per week, test & new words on Friday)
· Online support and resources found on Gooru and Quizlet.com
McDougal-Littell Literature: Unit 2, Grammar for Writing: Chapters 1-2
Big Questions: Who am I? What is my character? What are my strengths?
Introduction games
Lesson: What is my name? / Online research tools, poem writing, analysis of timelines
Lessons: Short Story – “Sound of Thunder” and “From Here to There” (non-fiction) / Foreshadowing, analyze sequence, reading strategies for fiction and non-fiction, independent & partner reading / Students read for homework and take a quiz next morning; selection tests / CCSS: key ideas craft, range of reading and text complexity
Lesson: Plagiarism
Use Gooru for online lessons / What is plagiarism and how to avoid it / Summaries of articles,
contract / Research
Grammar: Parts of Speech / Booklet: “My Parts of Speech” / Conventions of writing
Lesson: “The Most Dangerous Game” / Conflict, visualizing details, / Selection tests / CCSS: key ideas craft, range of reading and text complexity
Lesson: “Gift of the Magi” / Irony, prediction / Selection tests / CCSS: key ideas craft, range of reading and text complexity
Grammar: Capitalization
Use Gooru for online lessons / Hands on activities, booklet, practice sheets / Tests, Correctly used in student generated writing; booklet: “My Rules of Capitalization / Conventions of writing
Writing Project: Personal Narrative;
“Memoir;” Read essay in breakfast on Mars / Narrative techniques, sequence, written and visual responses; read / 30 entries, memoir, reflection sheet, / CCSS: range of writing, text types and purposes, production
Biography – select & read / Make notes and citations (MLA) *start the note cards! / Note cards
Grammar: Punctuation
Use Gooru for online support / Hands on activities, booklet / Tests, Correctly used in student generated writing; booklet / Conventions of writing
Lesson: “The Necklace” / Character motivation, point of view, irony, inferences / Selection tests / CCSS: key ideas craft, range of reading and text complexity
Quarter Two – October 16, 2015 - December 18, 2015
Yearlong:
· Journal writing, sentence corrections, and other bell ringer activities
· Vocabulary exercises and tests (10 words per week, test & new words on Friday)
· Online support and resources found on Gooru and Quizlet.com
McDougal-Littell Literature: Units 3, 4 & 5, Grammar for Writing: Chapters 3 & 4
Grammar: Using Phrases / Gooru and in class lessons / Tests, Correctly used in student generated writing / Conventions of writing
Study “Citation & how to avoid Plagiarism” / Gooru and in class lessons / Plagiarism contract
Unit: Writing Project - Biography Research Paper / MLA format, note and source cards, online and print research, outlines, graphic organizers / This project will take most of Q2. Essay rubric. / CCSS: range of writing, text types and purposes, production, research
Grammar: Using Clauses and Sentence Structure / Tests, Correctly used in student generated writing / Conventions of writing
Grammar: Subject-Verb agreement / Tests, Correctly used in student generated writing / Conventions of writing
Unit: media study on mood, illustrations for Poe / News formats, reading for information, author’s purpose / CCSS: range of writing, text types and purposes, production
Lesson: “The Raven” and “The Incident in the Rose Garden” / Poem, tone, mood, imagery, strategies for reading poetry / Selection tests / CCSS: key ideas craft, range of reading and text complexity
Grammar: Writing Complete Sentences / Tests, Correctly used in student generated writing / Conventions of writing
Humor essay
Poetry - LOVE contest
Quarter Three – January 4 - March 10, 2016
Content/Units / Skills / Assessments / StandardsYearlong:
· Journal writing, sentence corrections, and other bell ringer activities
· Vocabulary exercises and tests (10 words per week, test & new words on Friday)
· Online support and resources found on Gooru and Quizlet.com
McDougal-Littell Literature: Lord of the Flies, Units 6-9, Grammar for Writing: Chapters 5, 6 & 7
Unit: Lord of the Flies / Reading strategies, character, plot, tone, mood, prediction / Selection tests / CCSS: key ideas and details, craft, range of reading and level of text complexity
Lesson: Poetry (selected poems) / Poetic elements, sound devices, imagery, figurative language, compare to style in Lord of the Flies / CCSS: key ideas and details, craft, range of reading and level of text complexity
Writing Project: Character analysis / Character analysis, art; response to literature / CCSS: range of writing, text types and purposes, production
Speech Project: / Present scene from Lord of the Flies
Grammar: Using Power Verbs / Tests, Correctly used in student generated writing / Conventions of writing
Unit: Romeo & Juliet
Pre-Romeo & Juliet: video, discussion, line activity (have you ever been in love, etc.) / “What does love do to the brain?” TED talk, interview parents – who should choose one’s mate? You or your parents? / discussions
Compare and contrast 2 movies/scenes – from lord of the flies – or a review? Essay and presentation
Emphasize inference
Quarter Four – March 11 - May 27, 2016
Content/Units / Skills / Assessments / StandardsYearlong:
· Journal writing, sentence corrections, and other bell ringer activities
· Vocabulary exercises and tests (10 words per week, test on Friday)
· Online support and resources found on Gooru and Quizlet.com
McDougal-Littell Literature: Units 10, Grammar for Writing: Chapters 8 & 9
Unit: Romeo & Juliet / Characteristics of Shakespearian tragedy and language, tragic form, soliloquy, aside, allusion, comic relief, blank verse / Selection tests / CCSS: key ideas and details, craft, range of reading and level of text complexity
Lesson: Reading student choice novel / Used as homework and for class activities; plot, sequence, character, creative book ‘report’ / CCSS: key ideas and details, craft, range of reading and level of text complexity
Grammar: Using Pronouns / Tests, Correctly used in student generated writing / Conventions of writing
Writing Project: Compare and Contrast on topic related to R & J / Analysis, synthesis, literary response, compare/contrast essay / CCSS: range of writing, text types and purposes, production
Grammar: Using Modifiers / Tests, Correctly used in student generated writing / Conventions of writing
Speech Project: Performance – / students present their “book” reports / Present in library and require music
Portfolio review / Review year’s work and selects 3-5 to keep; letter to Ms. Staniec about writing skills / Letter / CCSS: range of writing, text types and purposes, production; evaluation
End of school stuff / Book return, clean up
Add Diary of Anne Frank?
Action story? – non-fiction