10th Grade: English 10 Curriculum Scope and Sequence
Vocabulary and Grammar will continue every week
Kitsch (Day One Homework: Bring in an item of zero value to everyone else, but is priceless in your eyes. Make it something with a story behind it. Be prapared to share.)
Interest Inventory (Opening Speech/Essay)
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Come to discussions prepared
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Propel conversation by responding to questions that relate to topic at hand
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Present information, supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically
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Organize and develop thoughts
UNIT: Study Skills
UNIT: Short Stories: Unit Expectations and Required Readings
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Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly
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Inferences drawn from the text
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Determine a theme or central idea of a text
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Analyze in detail the development of theme, idea, and characters over the course of the text
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Provide objective summary of the text
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Aanalyze complex characters
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Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it, and manipulate time create effects
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Analyze point of view
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UNIT: The Chosen - Unit Study Guide
Anticipation Guide
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Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly
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Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text
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Explain the trajectory and meaning of a bildungsroman
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Interpret words and phrases as they are used in the text (Yiddish, Hebrew)
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Determine figurative meanings and connotations and how specific word choices shape meaning or tone
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Analyze large portions of the text and how they relate to each other and the whole
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Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text
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Assess insights and profound information into the human condition
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Read and comprehend literary text indepentently and proficiently
UNIT: Expository Essay
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Write explanatory text to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately
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Effective selection, organization, and content
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Introduce topic
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Organize complex ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions
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Develop the topic with well-chosen, relevant, and sifficient facts, definitions, details, quotes, and other information
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Use examples appropriate to the audience's knowledge of the topic
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Use appropriate and varied transitons to link major sections of the text
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Create cohesion and clarify relationships among complex ideas and concepts
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use precise language and vocabulary to manage complexity of the topic
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Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone
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Attend to the norms and conventions of an expository essay
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Provide a concluding statement that follows form and supports the information or explanation presented
UNIT: Non-Fiction PROSE
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Read and comprehend complex informational texts independently and proficiently Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take
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Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text
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Determine central ideas or themes of a text
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Summarize key supporting details and ideas
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Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop over the course of a text
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Evaluate the argument and specific claim in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient
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Identify false claims and statements and fallacious reasoning
UNIT: Philanthatropic Speech
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Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions on Grade 10 topic
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Arrive prapared to speak and refer to evidence from text and source material
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Respond thoughtfully to diverse perspectives, summarize points of agreement and disagreement, and qualify and justify own views
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Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media format - PowerPoint presentation with internet links
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Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric
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Present findings clearly, concisely, and logically for listeners can follow
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Demonstrate command of formal English
UNIT: MLA In-text Citation
UNIT: Persuasion Essay
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Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topic
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Use valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence
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Introduce precise claims, distinguish claims from opposing claims, and create an organization that establishes clear relationships among claims
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Supply evidence for each claim pointing out strengths and limitations in a manner that anticipates the audience's knowledge level and concerns
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Use words, phrases, and clauses that link to major sections of the text
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Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone
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Attend to the norms and conventions of persuasive essay
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MLA bibliography and in-text citations
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Provide a concluding statement that supports the argument presented
UNIT: Fahrenheit 451
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Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly
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Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text
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Interpret words and phrases as they are used in the text (Bradbury's Style of Writing)
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Determine figurative meanings and connotations and how specific word choices shape meaning or tone
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Analyze large portions of the text and how they relate to each other and the whole
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Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text
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Assess insights and profound information into the human condition
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Read and comprehend literary text indepentently and proficiently
UNIT: Personal Narrative: My Story
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Write a narrative to develop a real experience using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences
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Engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem
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Establish a point of view and introduce characters
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Create a smooth progression of experiences
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Use narrative techniques such as dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and multiple plots lines
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use a variety of techniques to sequence events so they build on one another to create a coherent whole
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Use precise words and phrases
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Provide a conclusion to follows form and conventional norms in writing
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Reflect on what is experienced, observed, or resolved over the course of the narrative
UNIT: Of Mice and Men
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Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly
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Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text
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Interpret words and phrases as they are used in the text (Steinbeck's Style of Writing)
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Determine figurative meanings and connotations and how specific word choices shape meaning or tone
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Analyze large portions of the text and how they relate to each other and the whole
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Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text
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Assess insights and profound information into the human condition
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Read and comprehend literary text indepentently and proficiently
UNIT: Julius Caesar
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Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly
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Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text
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Interpret words and phrases as they are used in the text (Shakespeare's Style of Writing)
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Determine figurative meanings and connotations and how specific word choices shape meaning or tone
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Analyze large portions of the text and how they relate to each other and the whole
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Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text
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Assess insights and profound information into the human condition
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Read and comprehend literary text indepentently and proficiently
UNIT: Poetry
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Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text
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Determine technical, connotative, and figurative language meanings
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Analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone
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Analyze structure of text
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Analyze how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text relate to each other and the whole
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Evaluate content in diverse formats (read-alouds, performances, individual readings, group readings) and media (video format)
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Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take
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