Pentucket Regional High School

 

Teacher  Fall                                    Subject  English 10 H2/CP

 

Time Frame

Essential Questions

Content/Concepts

Skills/Thinking Processes

Assessment

September

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·        What are the  essential elements of Nonfiction?

 

 

 

 

·        Vocabulary

 

·        Writing Process

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·        Letter of introduction

 

 

 

 

·        Nonfiction Unit

·        The key elements

of nonfiction: purpose, tone, and stylistic devices 

 

        

 

·        To increase student’s knowledge of vocabulary in order to expand student diction choices in their writing

·        To increase a student’s level of reading comprehension

 

·        To assess areas of weakness in written expression, including mechanics, unity & coherence

 

 

·        To enable students to identify an author’s purpose and the tone and stylistic devices he/she uses to achieve i

 

·        Weekly writing assignment involving application of the vocabulary words

 

 

 

 

·        Letter will be graded with a rubric

 

 

 

·        Jigsaw discussion questions

·        Quizzes

·        Essays

·        Unit Tests

 

 

October

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is the importance of following a writing process?

Writing Process

·        PreWriting Steps

·        Essay of Opinion: format, introductions, transitions, emphatic order of supporting paragraphs, conclusions,unity and coherence, internal citation, works cited page

·        Literary analysis essay of opinion on prejudice essays

·        Peer editing

·        Essay revisions

·        Grammar/ usage exercises  

 

To enable students to see the value in employing prewriting strategies in order to produce a well-organized essay

 

November

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·        Vocabulary

·        Autobiographical

Narrative Essay

·        MCAS nonfiction exercises

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assessment

December

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What are the key elements of Poetry?

·        Introduction to Poetry and elements of this genre

 

·        Steps to follow to analyze a poem

 

·        Poems

 

·        MCAS poetry packet

 

·        To enable students to appreciate poetry as a literary genre

 

·        To equip students to be able to apply the steps of poetry analysis

 

 

·        Group Projects

 

·        Quizzes

 

·        Essay Explicating a Poem

 

 

·        Unit Test

January

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·        What is the historical background of each novel?

·        What are the major themes of each novel?

·        What makes each of these novels worthy pieces of literature?

·        What real-life connections

·        Vocabulary

·        Elements of the novel

·        Steps to follow to respond to an MCAS prompt for the Long

Essay Question

·        See Previous Notation

 

 

·        To enhance students’ability to respond to the MCAS essay question

·        Group projects

·        and Presentation

·        Quizzes

·        Character Journals

·        Unit Test

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vocabulary

·        Elements of

      novels

·        Novel: A Separate Peace and analysis steps

·        Character journals

 

 

·        To enable students to view the novel as a unique literary genre with universal themes which address the strengths and weakness of society

Assessment

 

 

·        Quizzes

·        Character Analysis essays

·        Character Journals

·        Group Projects and Presentations

·        MCAS prompt essay

March

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·        Vocabulary

·        Novel: A Separate Peace

·        Character Journal

·        A Separate Peace essay in response to an MCAS prompt

·        Movie Version

 

 

 

 

·        Unit Test

Time Frame

 

April

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What are the elements of a short story?

 

 

·        Short story terms; notes to take while reading

 

·        Short story analysis steps

 

·        Short stories

·        Vocabulary

 

 

·        To increase the student’s ability to do a literary analysis of a short story

 

·        To increase the student’s knowledge of the literary elements employed in this genre

Assessment

 

·        Quizzes

·        Group Analysis Projects

·        Jigsaw discussion questions

·        Character Analysis

·        Unit Test

May

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·        What is the historical background of this play?

 

·        What are the conventions of the Shakespearan Theater?

 

·        What is Dramatic Characterization?

·        What are the Universal

 

·        Introduction: drama, elements of a tragedy, qualities of a tragic hero, Shakespeare and his theater, Julius Caesar (the man)

·        Read Plutarch’s biography of Julius Caesar

·        Read Julius Caesar 

·        Julius Caesar analysis steps

Content/Concepts

·        To enable students to value the unique qualities of drama as a literary genre

·        To introduce students to the characteristics of a tragic hero

 

·        To foster an appreciate of Shakespeare as a timeless playwright

 

·        To enable the students to appreciate dramatic

·        Historical Background Project

 

·        Dramatic Presentations

 

·        Essay of opinion on who is the tragic hero of this play?

 

·        Quizzes

 

·        Unit Test

June

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·        themes of the play

·        What are the qualities of a tragedy

·        What are the characteristics of a tragic hero

·        Read Julius Caesar

·        Julius Caesar essay

 

·        See Above

·        See Above

 

Pentucket Regional High School

 

Teacher : Fall                                   Subject  English 10 CP

 

Time Frame

Content/Concepts

Skills/Thinking Processes

Assessment

September

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·        Vocabulary

·        Writing Process

·        Letter of introduction

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