Pitt County Schools

102912 English Essentials

Pacing Guide

TOPICS/CONCEPTS / GRADING
PERIOD /

TIME

/ CURRICULUM OBJECTIVES
Benchmark Assessment / 1 / 1 day / Assessment
Self as Reader, Definition of Reading, Reading Strategies Inventory, Reader’s Workshop Procedures, Choosing Books for Self-Selected Reading, Book Talks / 1 / 4 days / (Reading Strategies 1.01)
Cognition: Initial strategies the reader uses; purpose/organization of text; context clues; summarizing for main points; main idea and/or purpose; identify main problem; identify point of view / 1 / 7 days / Comprehensive Test of Reading
Preparation for Reading and Reflection Strategies: Frontloading, “T” Notes, Thinking Maps, Chunking, Reading Response Journals (Connections: Compare/contrast between selections and outside of the selection; connecting elements in the text to information outside of the text; analogies – initial relationships from text, others from outside experience) / 1 / 10 days / (RS 2.01)
SCOS 1.01
Writing Narratives / 1 / 3 days
Editing for Correct Usage of Parts of Speech, Using Varying Sentence Types
Book Talks / 1 / 3 days / 6.01
Writing Definitions, Editing for Mechanics / 1 / 2 days / 2.04, 6.02
Engagement Strategies for Reading; Organizing Ideas; Using Context Clues
Interpretation: Clarification; Explain the significance of something; Identify tone/mood of a selection; Inferences, conclusions, generalizations; Interrelationship of parts / 2 / 10 days and on-going / (RS 2.01, 6.01)
Monitoring Comprehension and Using Fix-Up Strategies; Setting Reading Purposes, Adjusting Reading Processes / 2 / 10 days and on-gong / (RS 4.01)
Writing to Explain a Process or Procedures; Editing for Comma Splices, Run-ons, Subject-Verb Agreement / 2 / 9 days and on-going / 2.03, 6.012, 6.02
Benchmark Testing / 2 / 1 day
Critical Stance: Compare/contrast within the selection; Fact/Opinion; Analysis of and impact of literary terms; Author’s Craft (placement of/usefulness of relevance of/ quality of information; analogies) / 3 / 10 days and on-going / TS 2.01
Writing and Speaking to Persuade / 3 / 10 days / 3.01
Editing for Spelling and Mechanics / 3 / 3 days / 6.02
Analyzing Literary Genres / 3 / 5 days / 5.01
Assessment / 3 / 2 / Benchmark Tests

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