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Unit 1: The American Dream (7 weeks)

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Unit 1 Pacing and Planning Guide

Dates / SpringBoard Activities and Assessment Opportunities / Differentiation for Student Needs / District Expectations and
Opportunities for Additional Instruction
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You might consider including SpringBoard Writing Workshops, Close Reading Workshops, or Literature Circles. Allow 1-2 weeks for each one added.
Note that adding additional instruction is likely to require strategic decisions about specific activities or units to compress or omit.
1 period / 1.1: Previewing the Unit -Unpack Embedded Assessment 1
3 periods / 1.2: Defining a Word, Idea, or Concept – Writing Prompt
1.3: America’s Promise -Writing Prompts
4 periods / 1.4: America’s Voices – Graphic Organizers, Writing Prompts
1.5: Fulfilling the Promise - Graphic Organizer, Timed Writing Prompt
3 periods / 1.6: Defining an American – Graphic Organizer, Writing Prompt
1.7:A Hyphenated American- Writing Prompt
3 periods / 1.8: Researching Images of America- TP-CASTT, Writing Prompt
3 periods / 1.9: What is Freedom? – Graphic Organizer
1.10:Strategies for Defining Freedom - Group Definition
2 periods / Embedded Assessment 1: Writing a Definition Essay
1 period / 1.11: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2 and Synthesizing Ideas - Unpack Embedded Assessment 2
2 periods / 1.12: Annotating an Argumentative Text – Check Your Understanding
1.13:The Structure of an Argument - Graphic Organizer, Writing Prompt / Sample Differentiation Instruction Suggestion: Add SOAPSTone Analysis after reading the text
5 periods / 1.14: Coming for the American Dream – Graphic Organizer, Writing Prompt
1.15: Money and the American Dream – Writing Prompt
1.16: Working Toward the Dream - Graphic Organizer, TP-CASTT, Writing Prompt
4 periods / 1.17: The Road to Success – Check your Understanding
1.18:American Dream: Real or Imagined? Structured Academic Controversy - SOAPSTone; Thesis Statements / Sample Differentiation Instruction Suggestion: Evaluate the two argumentative texts to determine who makes the better case about achieving success.
3 periods / Embedded Assessment 2: Synthesizing the American Dream

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Unit 2: The Power of Persuasion (Suggested Time: 7.5 weeks)

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Unit 2 Pacing and Planning Guide

Dates / SpringBoard Activities and Assessment Opportunities / Differentiation for Student Needs / District Expectations and
Opportunities for Additional Instruction
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You might consider including SpringBoard Writing Workshops, Close Reading Workshops, or Literature Circles. Allow 1-2 weeks for each one added.
Note that adding additional instruction is likely to require strategic decisions about specific activities or units to compress or omit.
1 period / 2.1: Previewing the Unit -Unpack Embedded Assessment 1
2 periods / 2.2: Preparing to Read The Crucible: Setting Context–Graphic Organizer
2.3: Salem Society: Meet the Characters - Graphic Organizers
3.5 periods / 2.4: The Beginnings of Characterizations–Graphic Organizer, Writing Prompt
2.5: Pivotal Scene 1: Considering Interpretations–Graphic Organizers, Exit Slips
2.6:Analyzing the Elements of a Script - Graphic Organizers
3 periods / 2.7: Illuminating Hysteria: Characters, Conflict, and Social Commentary–Graphic Organizer, Writing Prompt
2.8: Conflicts in Salem – Graphic Organizer, Writing Prompt
2.9:Speaking Like a Puritan- Graphic Organizer, Dialogue
3 periods / 2.10: Rising Action – Writing Prompt
2.11: Pivotal Scene 2: Proctor and Elizabeth - Graphic Organizers, Discussion Summary
5 periods / 2.12: Courtroom Drama: Evidence and Confession - Scene and Script
2.13: The Role of Irony in Climax – Graphic Organizers, Writing Prompt
2.14:Speaking Out - Graphic Organizers, Writing Prompt
5 periods / 2.15: Integrity Rises to the Top: Writing Dialogue– WritingPrompt
2.16: Comparing Interpretations, Arriving at Conclusions – Graphic Organizer
2.17: Timed Writing – Timed Writing
2.18: Contemporary Conflicts- Script Drafts
4 periods / Embedded Assessment 1: Creating and Performing a Dramatic Scene
1 periods / 2.19: Previewing Embedded Assessment2 and Speaking Skills - Unpack Embedded Assessment 2, Graphic Organizer
4 periods / 2.20: American Rhetoric: Historical Context – SOAPSTone
2.21: The Power of Rhetoric – Writing Prompt
2.22: The Appeal of Rhetoric - Speech Drafts
4 periods / 2.23: Planning the Delivery – Check Your Understanding
2.24: One Last Stand with Syntax – Check Your Understanding
2.25:Vocal Delivery - Graphic Organizer, Check Your Understanding
2 periods / Embedded Assessment 2: Writing and Presenting a Persuasive Speech

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Unit 3: American Forums: The Marketplace of Ideas (7 weeks)

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Unit 3 Pacing and Planning Guide

Dates / SpringBoard Activities and Assessment Opportunities / Differentiation for Student Needs / District Expectations and
Opportunities for Additional Instruction
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You might consider including SpringBoard Writing Workshops, Close Reading Workshops, or Literature Circles. Allow 1-2 weeks for each one added.
Note that adding additional instruction is likely to require strategic decisions about specific activities or units to compress or omit.
1 period / 3.1: Previewing the Unit - Unpack Embedded Assessment 1
4 periods / 3.2: Rights and Responsibility–Definitions, Writing Prompt
3.3: Introducing the Media–Writing Prompt, Viewing Log
3.4:Independent Reading: Newspapers - Quotation Summaries
6 periods / 3.5: The Newspaper Debate – Graphic Organizers, Writing Prompt
3.6: News or Views: A Closer Look – Graphic Organizer, Expository Writing Prompt
3.7: The Bias of Rhetoric –Paraphrased Definitions
3.8:Fair and Balanced - Graphic Organizers, SMELL
8 periods / 3.9: How to Read an Editorial - Graphic Organizer, Writing Prompt
3.10: How to Write an Editorial - Graphic Organizers, Writing Prompts
3.11: Where’s Your Proof?- Graphic Organizers
3.12: Reading and Writing a Letter to the Editor - Graphic Organizer, Writing Prompt
3.13: Fallacies 101 - Revision Writing Prompt
3.14:How to Read and Write an Editorial Cartoon - Editorial Cartoon
3 periods / Embedded Assessment 1: Creating a News Outlet
1 periods / 3.15: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2 and Introducing Satire - Unpack Embedded Assessment 2
5 periods / 3.16: Identifying the Elements of Satire - Graphic Organizer, Writing Prompt
3.17: The Satirical Spectrum–Check Your Understanding
3.18: The Tone of Satire- Writing Prompt
3.19: Writing a Parody - Writing Prompt
5 periods / 3.20: Need Some Advice? - Graphic Organizers, Writing Prompt, RAFT
3.21: Twain in Twain – Check Your Understanding, SOAPSTone
3.22:The Satirical Critique - Writing Prompt
2 periods / Embedded Assessment 2: Writing a Satirical Piece

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Unit 4: The Pursuit of Happiness (6.5 weeks)

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Unit 4 Pacing and Planning Guide

Dates / SpringBoard Activities and Assessment Opportunities / Differentiation for Student Needs / District Expectations and
Opportunities for Additional Instruction
Adjust this column to add dates and/or instructional weeks based on the district calendar. / Adjust the Unit Activities and Embedded Assessments to correspond with the designated dates of instruction. / Add modification plans to extend learning or strengthen support based on identified student needs. / Add specific district expectations here (e.g., benchmark assessments, required reading/writing tasks, cross-curricular projects or strategies, etc.)
You might consider including SpringBoard Writing Workshops, Close Reading Workshops, or Literature Circles. Allow 1-2 weeks for each one added.
Note that adding additional instruction is likely to require strategic decisions about specific activities or units to compress or omit.
1 period / 4.1: Previewing the Unit - Unpack Embedded Assessment 1 – Graphic Organizer, Writing Prompt
4 periods / 4.2: Searching for Meaning–Writing Prompt, Graphic Organizer
4.3: Re-Searching for Meaning - Group Synthesis Research Poster
3 periods / 4.4: Linking the Past to the Present –Creative/Reflective Writing Prompt
4.5: Another Transcendental View- OPTIC, Writing Prompt
2 periods / 4.6: Drafting My Credo–Graphic Organizer, Writing Prompt
4.7: Writer’s Craft: Revising My Credo - Graphic Organizer, Writing Prompt
5 periods / 4.8: Framing the Subject - Writing Prompt
4.9: Meeting Christopher McCandless- Graphic Organizers, Writing Prompt
4.10: Literary Connection - Graphic Organizers, Check Your Understanding
4.11: Shedding Light - Graphic Organizer
4.12: Meaning Through Structure - Writing Prompt, Graphic Organizer
4 periods / 4.13: A Personal Perspective - Graphic Organizer, Writing Prompt
4.14: Writer’s Craft: A Personal Perspective on Style - Graphic Organizer
4.15: Reflecting on Life Experiences - Graphic Organizer, Revised Freewrite
4.16:Making Your Choice - Graphic Organizer
2 periods / Embedded Assessment 1: Writing a Personal Essay
1 period / 4.17: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2 and Style - Unpack Embedded Assessment 2, Graphic Organizer
2 periods / 4.18: Searching for the Author - Writing Prompt
4.19:Many Ways of Showing - Writing Prompt, Graphic Organizer
4 periods / 4.20: Nuts and bolts of the Multi-Genre Research Project– Graphic Organizer
4.21: Exploring, Recording, and Imagining Research – Graphic Organizer
4.22: Melding Facts, Interpretation, and Imagination- Graphic Organizers, Check Your Understanding
3 periods / 4.23: Meeting in the Middle - Graphic Organizer
4.24: Thematic Threads to Create Flow–Graphic Organizer
4.25:Organizing the Multi-Genre Research Paper–Check Your Understanding
2 periods / Embedded Assessment 2: Creating a Multi-Genre Research Project

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Unit 5: An American Journey (Suggested Time: 8 weeks)

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Unit 5 Pacing and Planning Guide

Dates / SpringBoard Activities and Assessment Opportunities / Differentiation for Student Needs / District Expectations and
Opportunities for Additional Instruction
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You might consider including SpringBoard Writing Workshops, Close Reading Workshops, or Literature Circles. Allow 1-2 weeks for each one added.
Note that adding additional instruction is likely to require strategic decisions about specific activities or units to compress or omit.
1 period / 5.1: Previewing the Unit -Unpack Embedded Assessment 1
4 periods / 5.2: Developing Research Questions – check Your Understanding
5.3: The Historical Context of the Harlem Renaissance - Levels of Questions - Graphic Organizer, Writing Prompt
4 periods / 5.4: Synthesizing Facts, Interpretation, and Media Formats–Graphic Organizer
5.5: Documenting Your Sources - Writing Prompt
5.6: Finalizing Research - Graphic Organizer, Writing Prompt
3 periods / Embedded Assessment1: Presenting a Literary Movement: The Harlem Renaissance
1 period / 5.7: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2 -Unpack Embedded Assessment 2
5 periods / 5.8: “A Unity of Opposites”–Graphic Organizer
5.9: The Traditions of Dialect - Graphic Organizer, Writing Prompt
4 periods / 5.10: Janie’s Return Home–Check Your Understanding
5.11: Nanny’s Story - Writing Prompt, Check Your Understanding
5.12: Nanny, Janie, and Logan - Writing Prompt
5 periods / 5.13: Janie’s New Life - Graphic Organizer, Writing Prompt
5.14:Jane’s “Route of Tradition” - GraphicOrganizers, Writing Prompt
5 periods / 5.15:Discussion Groups - Discussion Summary
5 periods / 5.16: The End of a Long Journey - Check Your Understanding
5.17: Reviewing the Reviews–Check Your Understanding
5.18:Oprah Winfrey Presents - Graphic Organizers, Check Your Understanding
2 periods / Embedded Assessment 2: Writing an Analytical Essay