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1 English I CCSS Students should enter this course with a foundation in fiction, drama, poetry, mythology, and nonfiction. This course will provide them with the opportunity to build on that foundation. They will engage in in-depth analysis of more complex literature, view that literature from its historical perspective, and connect it to other arts. They will write literary analyses, logical arguments, informational/explanatory texts, narratives, and focused research projects. These writing tasks will be both formal and informal. Additionally, they will engage in speaking and listening activities that use and incorporate media and technology. As a result of the reading, writing, speaking, and listening students will do in this course, they will grow their vocabulary and their understanding of how to communicate effectively by making skillful choices when expressing themselves with language. Curriculum decisions for this course are guided by the Common Core State Standards. These standards were developed to provide clear and consistent goals for student learning and to ensure that students have the skills they need to be successful beyond high school. These standards define what students need to know and be able to do by the end of each grade. In additional to defining grade-level skills, the ELA standards require that students be exposed to increasingly more complex texts to which they apply those skills. In order for curriculum to align to these standards, it must be both rigorous and relevant. It must also expose students to certain critical content. In English language arts, that content includes classic myths and stories from around the world, America s Founding Documents, Foundational American literature, and Shakespeare. English I students will begin their climb up this staircase of skills through their study of the following genres: Short Stories: In this unit, students will gain a deeper understanding of common literary elements through the study of selected short stories. The goal will be to teach students how to apply this understanding to their reading, their writing, and their everyday life. Literary Nonfiction: Students will read a variety of nonfiction forms, including autobiography, memoir, essay, and speech. Selections will focus on writings about growing up, education, liberty, and politics. Students will consider the way in which each of these selections are reflective in nature and encourage readers and listeners to look at events and ideas in a new way. Epic Poetry: In this unit, students will focus on epic poetry as its own genre. Students will read Homer's The Odyssey in its entirety, as well as informational texts providing historical context, and various selections of poetry that draw on Homer's work. As a way of further exploring the theme of the unit, "heroism," students will also read selected works of nonfiction that address that theme from a more contemporary perspective. Drama: The focus of this unit will be on drama as a literary form with an emphasis on tragedy. Students will be introduced to philosophy by reading an excerpt from Aristotle s Poetics. They will then read the sources for and the text of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and compare the treatment of related themes in the two plays. Grading Scale A % A % A % B % B % B % C % C % C % D % D % D % F % Assignment Weighting per Unit With Projects Lessons: 15% Quizzes: 25% Projects: 30% Tests: 30% Assignment Weighting per Unit Without Projects Lessons: 21% Quizzes: 36% Tests: 43%

2 Novel: This unit will focus on the novel as a literary form. Students will apply and expand their understanding of literary elements as they read To Kill a Mockingbird. Students will explore a number of unifying themes as they read the novel, including honor, courage, intolerance, and compassion and these concepts will provide the basis for their writing, speaking, and other learning activities throughout the unit. A study of various informational texts will illuminate the historical context of the novel. Poetry: students will study the genre of poetry and its concentrated blend of sound and imagery, as well as the personal and the universal. Students will examine poetic form, rhyme, meter, devices, imagery and language. Students will study poems from different eras and different cultures. Students will also be introduced to literary criticism which will provide the basis for a research project and presentation. Course Requirements 1. Course Pre-Requisite: Integrated Math I 2. Keep up with your daily lesson plan. If you fall a day behind, work extra hard to catch up the next day. 3. Ask your teacher questions regularly to clarify concepts. Resources Academy Support Glossary and Credits Resource Center If you need help you may send a message to your teacher using the messaging system or call to speak with a teacher on the phone. Each unit contains a Glossary and Credits section with important formulas and definitions. This is a useful section to read and study. Visit the Resource Center to access academic policies, The Bridge Student Newsletter, and additional student resources (handouts, study guides, and videos) to help you in your course.

3 Unit 1: Short Story 1 Course Overview 23 Point of View in "I Stand Here Ironing" 2 Plot in "The Most Dangerous Game" 24 Narrator Reliability and "I Stand Here Ironing" 3 Conflict in "The Most Dangerous Game" 25 Quiz 4 4 Project: Group Discussion of "The Most Dangerous Game" 26 Alternate Quiz 4 Form A 5 Vocabulary and "The Most Dangerous Game" 27 Alternate Quiz 4 Form B 28 Literary Elements and Symbolism in "Everyday 6 Quiz 1 Use" 7 Alternate Quiz 1 Form A 29 Irony in "The Gift of the Magi" 30 Mood and Suspense in "The Cask of 8 Alternate Quiz 1 Form B Amontillado" 31 Essay: Literary Analysis of "The Gift of the 9 Setting and "The Marigolds" Magi" 10 Project: Dimensions of Setting 32 Vocabulary in "The Cask of Amontillado" 11 Essay: Compare and Contrast Setting in Art and in Prose 33 Parallel Structure 12 Figurative Language and "The Marigolds" 34 Quiz 5 13 Quiz 2 35 Alternate Quiz 5 Form A 14 Alternate Quiz 2 Form A 36 Alternate Quiz 5 Form B 15 Alternate Quiz 2 Form B 37 Essay: Author Research 16 Character in "Two Kinds" 38 Special Project 17 Exploring Theme and Plot in "Two Kinds" 39 Review 18 Project: Expository Essay: Identifying and Exploring a Theme in "Two Kinds" 40 Test 19 Project: Research on Chinese American Life in the Mid-20th Century 41 Alternate Test Form A 20 Quiz 3 42 Alternate Test Form B 21 Alternate Quiz 3 Form A 43 Glossary and Credits 22 Alternate Quiz 3 Form B

4 Unit 2: Literary Nonfiction 16 Historical and Literary Significance of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Address at the March on 1 Introduction to Literary Nonfiction Washington" 17 Project: Comparative Essay: An Analysis of 2 Characteristics of a Memoir Theme 18 Analysis of "Hope, Despair, and Memory" by 3 Analyzing Tone and Meaning Elie Wiesel 4 Delivery and Tone in "Uncle John s Farm" by Mark Twain 19 Project: Rhetorical Analysis of a Speech 5 Quiz 1 20 Project: Narrative Essay 6 Alternate Quiz 1 Form A 21 Adverbs and Parallelism 7 Alternate Quiz 1 Form B 22 Quiz 3 8 Analyzing Tone in Eudora Welty s "Eavesdropping" 23 Alternate Quiz 3 Form A 9 Point of View 24 Alternate Quiz 3 Form B 10 Tone and Allusion in "A Four-Hundred-Year-Old Woman" 25 Special Project 11 Quiz 2 26 Review 12 Alternate Quiz 2 Form A 27 Test 13 Alternate Quiz 2 Form B 28 Alternate Test Form A 14 Rhetorical Strategies 29 Alternate Test Form B 15 History and Language in the Gettysburg Address 30 Glossary and Credits Unit 3: Epic Poetry 1 Project: Research Paper: The Hero s Journey 21 The Odyssey: Books 23 & 24 2 Homer: The Father of Epic Poetry 22 Quiz 3 3 The Odyssey: Books 1 & 2 23 Alternate Quiz 3 Form A 4 The Odyssey: Books 3 & 4 24 Alternate Quiz 3 Form B 5 The Odyssey: Books 5 & 6 25 Project: Research Note Cards 6 Quiz 1 26 Project: Research Outline 7 Alternate Quiz 1 Form A 27 Project: Point of View: Re-telling a Scene 28 Project: Argumentative Essay: "Who Is More 8 Alternate Quiz 1 Form B Heroic?" 9 The Odyssey: Books 7 & 8 29 Project: Slide Show: "What Makes A Hero"? 10 The Odyssey: Books 9 & Figurative Language and The Odyssey 11 The Odyssey: Books 11 & Quiz 4 12 Persuasive Writing: Letter to Zeus 32 Alternate Quiz 4 Form A 13 Quiz 2 33 Alternate Quiz 4 Form B 14 Alternate Quiz 2 Form A 34 Special Project 15 Alternate Quiz 2 Form B 35 Review 16 The Odyssey: Books 13 & Test 17 The Odyssey: Books 15 & Alternate Test Form A 18 The Odyssey: Books 17 & Alternate Test Form B 19 The Odyssey: Books 19 & Glossary and Credits 20 The Odyssey: Books 21 & 22

5 Unit 4: Semester Review and Exam 1 Review 3 Alternate Exam Form A 2 Exam Unit 5: Drama 26 The Culture and History Behind Romeo and 1 Introduction to Greek Theater Juliet 2 Aristotle's Poetics 27 Introduction to Romeo and Juliet 3 Sophocles 28 Romeo and Juliet: Act I 4 Quiz 1 29 Quiz 4 5 Alternate Quiz 1 Form A 30 Alternate Quiz 4 Form A 6 Alternate Quiz 1 Form B 31 Alternate Quiz 4 Form B 7 Oedipus the King: Prologue and Parados 32 Romeo and Juliet: Act II 8 Oedipus the King: First Episode 33 Romeo and Juliet: Act III 9 Oedipus the King: First Stasimon 34 Romeo and Juliet: Act IV 10 Oedipus the King: The Second Episode 35 Romeo and Juliet: Act V 36 Project: Essay: Oedipus, Romeo and Juliet, and 11 Quiz 2 Tragedy 37 Project: Essay: Fate and Free Will in Oedipus 12 Alternate Quiz 2 Form A Rex and Romeo and Juliet 13 Alternate Quiz 2 Form B 38 Project: Two Versions of Romeo and Juliet 14 Oedipus the King: The Third Episode 39 Vocabulary and Romeo and Juliet 15 Oedipus the King: The Fourth Episode 40 Project: Inspiration PowerPoint 41 Pronoun Review and Punctuation of 16 Oedipus the King: The Fourth Stasimon Appositives and Clauses 17 Oedipus the King: The Fifth Episode 42 Quiz 5 18 Oedipus the King: The Sixth Episode and Exodus 43 Alternate Quiz 5 Form A 19 Project: Essay: Oedipus the King 44 Alternate Quiz 5 Form B 20 Project: Group Discussion of Picasso's "The Tragedy" and Sophocles' Oedipus the King 45 Special Project 21 Oedipus the King: Vocabulary 46 Review Test 22 Quiz 3 47 Test 23 Alternate Quiz 3 Form A 48 Alternate Test Form A 24 Alternate Quiz 3 Form B 49 Alternate Test Form B 25 The Influence of Source Material 50 Glossary and Credits

6 Unit 6: Novel 1 Introduction to the Novel 24 Dill and the Trial 2 Historical Connections in To Kill a Mockingbird 25 Chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird 3 History During the Time of To Kill a Mockingbird 26 Maycomb's People 4 Vocabulary in To Kill a Mockingbird 27 Chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird 5 Project: Informative Essay 28 Characterizing Change 6 Project: Perspective Taking 29 Quiz 3 7 Quiz 1 30 Alternate Quiz 3 Form A 8 Alternate Quiz 1 Form A 31 Alternate Quiz 3 Form B 9 Alternate Quiz 1 Form B 32 Meanings, Motifs, and Metaphors 33 Essay: Compare and Contrast with the 10 Chapter 1 of To Kill a Mockingbird Scottsboro Trials 34 Project: Oral Report: Compare and Contrast the 11 Chapters 2 and 3 of To Kill a Mockingbird Film and Novel Versions 12 Chapters 1-7 of To Kill a Mockingbird 35 Project: Songs Inspired by To Kill a Mockingbird 13 Chapters 8-11 of To Kill a Mockingbird 36 Punctuation Conventions 14 Atticus and Moral Courage 37 Quiz 4 15 Jem and Major Themes 38 Alternate Quiz 4 Form A 16 Quiz 2 39 Alternate Quiz 4 Form B 17 Alternate Quiz 2 Form A 40 Special Project 18 Alternate Quiz 2 Form B 41 Review 19 The Novel: Word Choice I 42 Test 20 Project Essay: Character Development in To Kill a Mockingbird 43 Alternate Test Form A 21 The Novel: Word Choice II 44 Alternate Test Form B 22 Points of View and Perspective 45 Glossary and Credits 23 Chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird

7 Unit 7: Poetry 1 Introduction to Poetry 2 Perspectives on Life: Anne Sexton s "Young" and Audre Lorde s "Hanging Fire" 22 Quiz 3 3 Perspectives On Life: Langston Hughes's "Theme 21 Project: Essay: Compare and Contrast Two Poems for English B" 23 Alternate Quiz 3 Form A 4 Perspectives on Life: Shakespeare s "Sonnet 73" 24 Alternate Quiz 3 Form B 5 Perspectives On Life: Gwendolyn Brooks s "The Bean Eaters" 25 Poetry is Meant to be Heard 6 Project: Comparative Essay 26 Project: Poetry Explication 7 Quiz 1 27 Project: Essay: Poetry Argument 8 Alternate Quiz 1 Form A 28 Semicolons and Spelling 9 Alternate Quiz 1 Form B 29 Project: Poetry Research 10 Finding Our Way: "The Road Not Taken" and "Song of the Open Road" 11 Finding the Theme: "We Grow Accustomed to the Dark" 31 Quiz 4 12 Sound and Imagery "The Courage My Mother 30 Project: Essay: Poetry and Art Had" 32 Alternate Quiz 4 Form A 13 Project: Sound Devices in Poetry 33 Alternate Quiz 4 Form B 14 Quiz 2 34 Special Project 15 Alternate Quiz 2 Form A 35 Review 16 Alternate Quiz 2 Form B 36 Test 17 Theme and Form in "Caged Bird" 37 Alternate Test Form A 18 Metaphor and Tone in Alice Walker s "Women" 38 Alternate Test Form B 19 Travels in the Imagination: Identifying a Theme in Mary Oliver's "The Journey" 39 Glossary and Credits 20 Imagery and Sandra Cisneros's "Cloud" Unit 8: Semester Review and Exam 1 Review 3 Alternate Exam Form A 2 Exam Unit 9: Final Exam 1 Exam 2 Alternate Exam Form A