Syllabus ENR. English 10
   

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.


  1. 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.


  1. 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.


  1. 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.


  1. 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.


  1. Life of Pi (ongoing during 2nd quarter)

  2. Vocabulary (ongoing throughout the semester)


  1. 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


  1. 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.


  1. Vocabulary (ongoing throughout semester)


  1. Spring Semester Final

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