Third Quarter Unit Plan

Ms. Williams - English I Pre-AP

Major Readings: Romeo and Juliet

Our Town

Assorted poetry

Short stories

Summative Grades: Romeo and Juliettest

Expositoryessay test

Our Town test

Cold read test

S Skills we will be working on:

Identification/purpose of foils, irony, foreshadowing, and other drama conventions in Romeo and Juliet.

Development of an expository essay with a focus on organization, evidence, analysis, and conventions.

Examination ofOur Town for theme, dramatic structure, characterization, and author’s purpose.

Analysis of expository texts for organization, evidence, rhetorical devices, and structure.

Revising and editing in context with a focus on sentence structure, punctuation, and capitalization.

Short story analysis with a focus on character development, author’s purpose, plot structure, and theme.

Date / Weekly Agenda / Objectives / Assessments
1/2 / Monday – No school
Tuesday – No school (teacher work day)
Wednesday: Shakespeare / Romeo and Juliet introduction,
Thursday: Read prologue and Act I, scenes 1 and 2 ; HW: Read Act I, scene 3
Friday –Reading quiz,ReadAct I, Scene 5; HW: short answer over Romeo’s characterization in Act I. / Rhyme scheme
Historical context
Drama conventions
Personification
Character foils
Foreshadowing
Author’s purpose / Reading quiz
Short answer
1/9 / Monday – Act II, scene 2; HW: read Act II, scenes 3-6
Tuesday – Act III, Scene 1; HW: expository essay practice due Friday
Block Day –Act III, Scene 2 and 3, HW: Finish Act III (Scenes 4 and 5)
Friday – Essay due;discuss the rest of Act III; ReadAct IV, scene 1; clips from the rest of Act IV; HW: Read Act 5, scenes 1 and 2. / Dramatic irony
Drama conventions
Character foils
Foreshadowing
Climax
Rhetorical strategies / Expository essay
Reading quiz
1/16 / Monday – “I have a dream” of no school!!
Tuesday – Act V scene 3, test review
Block Day – Romeo and Juliet test, fishbowl prep. Finish for HW, if needed.
Friday –R&Jfishbowl / Dramatic irony
Drama conventions
Character foils
Author’s purpose
Foreshadowing / Romeo and Juliet test
R&J fishbowl
1/23 / Monday – Checkpoint #3 - essay
Tuesday - Checkpoint #3 - revising and editing
Block Day - Checkpoint #3 - reading
Friday – Checkpoint #3 - finish the test /
  • Thesis development
  • Supporting evidence
  • Organization
  • Grammar conventions
/ Checkpoint #3
1/30 / Monday–Student commentary with expository essay rubric; HW: revising and editing practice
Tuesday–“May the fours be with you!”
Block Day - Essay revisions and peer edit activity; start individual writing conferences
Friday – Cold expository prompt practice; finish individual writing conferences /
  • Thesis development
  • Supporting evidence
  • Organization
  • Grammar conventions
  • Vocabulary
/ Essay revisions
Revising and editing practice
2/6 / Monday–Expository essay test
Tuesday–Our Town/ Thornton Wilderintro; begin Act 1
Block Day– Act 1, analysis of characters and stage directions, short answer practice
Friday – Our Town -finish Act I /
  • Thesis development
  • Supporting evidence
  • Dramatic conventions
  • Characterization
  • Theme
  • Setting
  • Allegory
/ Expository essay test
Our Town short answer
2/13 / Monday – teacher work day (no school!)
Tuesday - Our TownAct II, HW: Revising and editing due Friday
Block Day–Our Town Act II and crossover practice
Friday – Our Town Act II wrap-up, revising and editing due /
  • Dramatic conventions
  • Characterization
  • Theme
  • Allegory
  • Sentence structure
  • Grammatical conventions
/ R&E practice
Our Town analysis
2/20 / Monday–Our Town Act III, thematic analysis and author’s purpose
Tuesday–Our TownAct III analysis, test review
Block Day–Our Town Test; death poetry
Friday – Death poetry continued + crossover SAR /
  • Dramatic conventions
  • Cross-genre connections
  • Tone
  • Poetic devices
  • Theme
/ Our Town test
2/27 / Monday–Read “Sound of Thunder” and analyze characterization, plot, and theme; HW: take home essay
Tuesday–“Sound of Thunder” continued analysis and single selection SAR
Block Day – “Sound of Thunder” crossover and scoring activity
Friday - Revising and editing practice /
  • Characterization
  • Theme
  • Author’s purpose
  • Cross-genre connections
  • Revising and editing
  • Expository analysis
/ “Sound of Thunder” crossover
Scoring activity
3/7 / Monday – Cold read independent practice
Tuesday – Short answer scoring activity
Block Day – Cold read cross-genre test
Friday – Independent R&E practice /
  • Characterization
  • Theme
  • Author’s purpose
  • Revising and editing
/ Revising and editing
Cold read test

This syllabus is subject to change based on unforeseen events and a variance in pacing at the discretion of the teacher. Students will be informed well in advance if there is a change in any assessment dates.