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 / Assessments1/2 / 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.