9th-10th+English+Language+Arts+Regular


 * ** UNIT ** || **TOPIC** || **WRITING MODE** || **LITERATURE CONTENT** || **VOCABULARY** || **MECHANICS** || **SKILLS** || ** COMMON CORE ** ||
 * 1 || Myth and Archetypes || Compare and Contrast (using summer work) || World and Ancient Myth
 * What is an epic
 * Archetypes
 * Hero’s Journey

Texts Used: “Scarface” “Fenris Wolf” //Odyssey// || From Literature—learn to use in context || Daily Oral Grammar || * Cause and effect—identify RL 9-10 2 RL 9-10 3 RL 9-10 4 RL 9-10 5 RL 9-10 6 L.9-10.4 || Summary/Response/ Cite Compose Sonnets Timed Expository Essay || Intro to Drama Basics Intro to Shakespeare
 * Visual notes
 * Group work—linos
 * Research
 * Identify figurative language || RL 9-10 1
 * 2 || Maccabee Project and Shakespearean Drama || Dramatic Monologue

Texts Used: //Romeo and Juliet// || PowerPlus for the SAT || Daily Oral Language || * Assessing Sources RI 9-10 1 W 9-10 1 W 9-10 2 SL.9-10.5
 * MLA Style/ documentation
 * Group work—linos
 * Research
 * Creative effective visual presentation
 * Identify and explain the elements of drama
 * Close reading
 * Verbal and non-verbal delivery
 * Recognize and demonstrate the distinguishing characteristics o various kinds of poetry (sonnet, blank verse)
 * Create a sonnet
 * || Monologue:

Shakespeare: RL 9-10 1 RL 9-10 3 RL 9-10 7 RI.9-10.1

L.9-10.4 || Selections from //Elements of Literature// || Vocabulary from the stories used in context ||  || * Identification and use of verbal irony RL.9-10.4 RL 9-10.5 W.9-10.2 L.9-10.4 || Response Writing Expository—Analyzing non-fiction || Elements of Argumentation
 * 3 || Short Stories (full unit for foundational and mini-unit for regular) || Expository || Texts Used:
 * Identify author’s choices in plot structure (flashback, frame narrative) and explain how they reflect the author’s purpose
 * Explain how use of literary techniques (ambiguity, figurative language, symbolism, etc) affect the reader and serve the author’s purpose || RL.9-10.1
 * 4 || Persuasion || Persuasive Speech

Language Techniques used to persuade

Texts Used: “Defense of the Jury System” Mass Media (ads) “I Have a Dream” || PowerPlus for the SAT ||  || * Demonstrate the Difference between logical and emotional appeals RL.9-10.3 RI.9-10.9 SL.9-10.3 L.9-10.1 || Creative--Poetry || Seletions from Elements of Literature poetry unit
 * Writing process
 * Peer revision
 * MLA Style
 * Identification of language techniques
 * Verbal and non-verbal dialogue
 * Marking up a manuscript || W.9-10.2
 * 5 || Poetry || Exposition—Poetry Analysis

Stephen King essay about poetry || PowerPlus for the SAT ||  || * Identifying literary techniques (fig. language, apostrophe, imagery, sound device, etc.) in text of poetry RI.9-10.2 L.9-10.3 || W.9-10.2 SL.9-10.2 SL.9-10.5 L.9-10.4 || //Pride and Prejudice// ||  ||   || * Write an essay compare two characters from the novel ||   ||
 * Recognize the distinguishing characteristics o various kinds of poetry (lyric, haiku, etc.)
 * Identifying the theme and tone of a poem
 * Create poetry using literary techniques studied
 * Compose analytical essays about poetry || RL.9-10.4
 * 6 || Novel || Persuasion—written and visual || Choice novel || PowerPlus for the SAT || Through peer revision || * Applying previous skills learned about persuasive writing to a marketing project
 * Objective summary of text || RL.9-10.2
 * SUMMER WORK || Novel || Compare and Contrast Essay || //The Chosen//
 * Honors reads additional novels
 * Foundational did an extra short story unit instead of Shakespeare

Students will study a survey of the basics of language arts, beginning with mythology and archetypes seen in literature. Students will learn about the basics of drama and study a major work of Shakespeare and perform their own dramatic monologue. Oral presentation will also be featured in a unit about persuasive writing. Students will round out the year by learning about the fundamentals of the language techniques used to create short stories and poetry. Students will compose expository essays analyzing literature as well as personal response essays to non-fiction text. Students will also perform a major research project that must be cited in MLA style.
 * English 9/10 Honors/Regular Language Arts Course Outline **