Fall Semester

1. Writing Unit (8-9 weeks)

• Students write narrative and evaluative paragraphs.

• Students employ the following orders of arrangement in their writing: logical, chronological, spatial, and order of importance.

• Students identify main ideas, topic sentences, tones, orders of arrangement, audience, and purpose in sample writing.

• Students edit and proof-read.

• Students write at least two persuasive essays.

• Students use all steps of the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising editing, and publishing.

• Students employ all six components of the AIMS Writing Rubric.

2. Poetry Unit (4 weeks)

• Students read and analyze model poems.

• Students write poems.

• Students acquire and use new literary terms as they pertain to poetry.

• Students analyze the author's use of literary elements.

• Students analyze the author's use of figurative langauge.

3. Short Story Unit (4 weeks)

• Students read short stories in English 10 textbook:

  “Cold Equations” by Tom Godwin

  “Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?” by Tim O'Brien

  “Geraldo No Last Name” by Sandra Cisneros

  “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing

• Students read one-page short stories from SunDog Publications.

• Students analyze one-page short stories.

• Students write one-page short stories.

• Students analyze the author's use of literary elements: theme, point of view, characterization, setting, and plot.

• Students analyze the author's use of figurative langauge: simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, symbolism, allusion, and imagery.

• Students compare and contrast the illustrations of the same theme in two different literary genres.

4. AIMS Prep Lessons (on-going throughout semester)

• Students complete reading and writing lessons and quizzes in Study Island.

• Students complete lessons and quizzes in Coach and Buckle Down AIMS Prep Workbooks.

5. Accelerated Reader (some books chosen by teacher; some by students)

• Students will read AR books.

    6.   Frankenstein (1 week)

• Students write a book report.

• Students identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the structures and elements of literature.

• Students research the relevancy of the novel in contemporary society, preparing a group Power Point presentation.

• Students acquire and use new vocabulary in relevant contexts.

• Students write a literary analysis.

7. Life of Pi (ongoing during 2^nd quarter)

8. Vocabulary (ongoing throughout the semester)

6. Fall Semester Final

Students will take a comprehensive final worth 15% of their total semester grade.

 

Spring Semester

1. Non-Fiction Reading (3-4 weeks)

• Students read the following selections from the Holt-Rinehart English 10 textbook:

-- “from Into Thin Air”

-- “R.M.S. Titanic”

-- “No News from Auschwitz”

-- “Hair” from The Autobiography of Malcolm X

• Students acquire and use new vocabulary in relevant contexts.

• Students read fluently.

• Students employ strategies to comprehend text.

• Students identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the purpose, structures, and elements of expository text.

2. AIMS Review (2-3 weeks)

• Students will take practice Writing and Reading AIMS Tests, especially focusing on writing and comprehending literary text from the first semester

3. Greek Mythology (last 3 months of school)

• Students will learn the major figures in Greek mythology.

• Students will read portions of the following myths:

  “Jason and the Golden Fleece”

  “The Odyssey”

  “The Iliad”

• Students will read Edith Hamilton's Mythology.

• Students will trace the hero's journey in several myths.

• Students will find allusions to Greek mythology in contemporary culture.

• Students will write stories using vocabulary words based on words from Greek Mythology.

• Students will write character sketches of Greek mythological figures.

• Students will read Greek tragedies.

• Students will analyze recurring themes in Greek mythology.

• Students will analyze movies based on Greek mythology.

4. Vocabulary (ongoing throughout semester)

5. Spring Semester Final

• Students will take a comprehensive final worth 15% of their total semester grade.