Quarter Two: "International Concerns" |
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Focus: §
Narrator
and Voice §
Comparing
Themes §
Irony
and Ambiguity §
Agreement §
Using
Pronouns Correctly §
Using
Verbs Correctly §
Irony
and Ambiguity §
Using
Modifiers Correctly §
A
Glossary of Usage |
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§
Major
Works §
Animal
Farm |
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§
Selections
(may include, but
not be limited to): §
By
the Waters of §
The
Storyteller §
The
Cold Equations §
All
Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace §
Typhoid
Fever §
The
Education of Frank McCourt §
Taste—The
Final Frontier §
An
Ancient Enemy Gets Tougher §
Catch
the Moon §
The
Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant §
It’s
Raining in Love §
And
of Clay Are We Created §
Ill-Equipped
Rescuers Dig Out Volcano Victims §
The
Man in the Water §
The
Parable of the Good Samaritan §
Lamb
to the Slaughter §
R.M.S.
Titanic §
A
Fireman’s Story §
From
a Lifeboat §
Into
Thin Air §
Notes
from a Bottle Writing: §
Analyzing
Problems and Solutions §
Writing
a Compare/Contrast Essay §
Writing
a Persuasive Essay §
Comparing
Media Genres §
Analysis
questions on assigned reading Activities: §
Giving
a Persuasive Speech §
Vocabulary
Tests §
Participating
in a Debate §
Midyear
Exam |
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Quarter Three: "Education,
Bravery, and Prejudice" |
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Focus: §
Vocabulary
for readings §
Daily
Grammar Practice §
Symbolism
and Allegory §
Poetry §
Literary
Criticism: Evaluation Style §
Capitalization §
Punctuation,
Punctuation, and Punctuation |
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§
Major
Work §
Night |
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§
Selections
(may include, but
not be limited to): §
Through
the Tunnel §
The
Masque of the Red Death §
The
Black Death §
Stopping
by Woods on a Snowy Evening §
After
Apple-Picking §
A
Storm in the Mountains §
Same
Song §
Eating
Together §
Grape
Sherbert §
The
Legend §
I
Am Offering This Poem §
since
feeling is first §
Heart!
We will forget him! §
Three
Japanese Tankas §
Shall
I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day? §
Ode
to My Socks §
The
Word §
Sea
Fever §
Bonny
Barbara Allan §
The
Flying Cat §
Ex-Basketball
Player §
miss
rosie §
Remember §
We
Real Cool §
Jazz
Fantasia §
Geraldo
No Last Name §
Night
Calls §
A
Very Old Man with Enormous Wings Writing: §
Analyzing
a Short Story §
Writing
a Short Story §
Describing
a Person Activities: §
Presenting
a Literary Response §
Presenting
a Description §
Vocabulary
and grammar tests §
Tests
on assigned reading |
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Fourth
Quarter: Rhetoric and Power |
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Focus: §
Literary
Criticism: Biographical and Historical Approach §
Drama §
Consumer
and Workplace Documents §
Research §
Analyzing
and Evaluation Speeches §
Spelling §
Writing
Complete Sentences §
Writing
Effective Sentences |
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§
Major
Works §
To
Kill a Mockingbird |
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§
Selections
(may include, but
not be limited to): §
Where
Have You Gone Charming Billy? §
The
Friendship Only Lasted a Few Seconds §
The
Sword in the Stone §
“The
Magic Happened” §
The Tale of Sir Launcelot
du §
Theseus §
“All
We Need Is That Piece of String” §
Sigurd, the Dragon Slayer §
The
Brute §
What
Is a Tragic Hero? §
The
Fear and the Flames §
William
Shakespeare’s Life §
The
Elizabethan Stage §
The
Play: The Results of Violence §
How
to Read Shakespeare §
Evaluating
the Logic of Functional Documents §
Following
Technical Directions §
Analyzing
Functional Workplace Documents §
Citing
Internet Sources §
Reading
Consumer Documents Writing: §
Writing
a Research Paper §
Comparing
a Book and a Film §
Writing
Technical Documents §
Writing
Business Letters Activities: §
Research
Report Presentations §
Analyzing
and Evaluating Speeches §
Final
Exam |
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