English 9 Enriched –2016 - 2017

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RL 1, 2, 3 Literature- Short Stories Students “Most Dangerous Game” Teacher created tests September
will: “Cask of Amontillado”
• Recognize the importance of setting “The Necklace”
• Distinguish types of figurative language “The Scarlet Ibis”
• Differentiate plot segments “Gift of the Magi”
• Recognize how language impacts mood
• Identify different types of irony used
SL 1 • Differentiate direct/indirect
characterization
L 1, 2, 4B, 5, 6 • Discover how use of symbolism Teacher Created Materials Teacher Created Cumulative
emphasizes overall meaning Reading Guides (shift 3) Quizzes (quarter 1)
• Recognize literary allusions to Old Regents Exams
underscore author’s meaning
Teacher Created
Language Tests/Quizzes Teacher Created quizzes
Vocabulary: as related to literature
• Students will be able to define and use
vocabulary words correctly in
sentences. Grammar & Composition
Grammar: Review Parts of Speech Handbook

W 2, 4, 5 Graded according to new CC

Regents 4 point rubric

Writing
Informative/Explanatory
CC Regents Exam – Part 3 “Text Analysis”
based on one short story
Students will:
• Support a central idea through
textbased evidence
 • Identify a writing strategy to convey
the identified central idea

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 Literature Lord of the Flies By William Teacher Created Test October -
RL 1, 2, 3, 9 Lord of the Flies By William Golding Students Golding November
will: Teacher Created Cumulative
• Determine themes and analyze their Quizzes (quarter 1)
development Teacher Created Materials
• Analyze complex characters and how Readings Guides (shift 4)
they develop and advance the plot and
theme
• Cite textual evidence to support the
analysis of what text says as well as
inference

L 1, 2, 5, 6 Teacher Created quizzes

Language Teacher Created Materials

Vocabulary: as related to literature
• Students will be able to define and use
vocabulary words correctly in
sentences.

Grammar & Composition

Grammar: Parts of a Sentence- Subjects,
Handbook
Predicates, and Complements

W 2, 4, 5 Teacher Created Rubric based

Writing on new CC Regents 4 point
Informative/Explanatory rubric
Teacher Created materials
CC Regents Exam – Part 3 “Text Analysis”
Students will:
• Support a central idea through
textbased evidence

• Identify a writing strategy to convey

the identified central idea
 *may be completing organizer only

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 Literature Fahrenheit 451 Students Text or Supplemental November
will: Parts 1, 2, 3 quizzes leading to
• Classify the science fiction genre cumulative test
RL 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 • Determine themes and analyze their Fahrenheit 451 by Ray
development Bradbury
• Analyze complex characters and how
they advance the plot and theme Teacher Created Materials
W 2, 4, 5 • Cite textual evidence to support Reading Guides
analysis of what text says as well as
what inferences are made “Coda”
• Identify use of figurative language and “China’s Censored World”
how it is used to convey themes “Dover Beach”
Writing “Superman and Me”
Informative/Explanatory
CC Regents Exam – Part 3 “Text Analysis”
Students will:
RL 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11 • Support a central idea through
textbased evidence

• Identify a writing strategy to convey the

identified central idea

L 5, 6

SL 1, 2, 4

W 2,4,5
 Graded according to new CC
Regents 4 point rubric
Literature
RL 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Tragedy Text or Supplemental December- January
Romeo & Juliet (read in class) Thirteen Romeo & Juliet by William Teacher Created Quizzes
Reasons Why (independent reading) Shakespeare
Students will:
• Define and identify: Soliloquy, Teacher created reading
monologue, sonnet, blank verse, prose, guides (Shifts 3 and 4)
iambic pentameter, aside, couplet,
character foil Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay
• Compile information of Elizabethan Asher Teacher Created tests
England to provide understanding of
background
RL 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11 Teacher Created Handouts
• Paraphrase Shakespeare’s language into
contemporary language Research
Students will:
• Find and evaluate sources
• Properly cite bibliographical Midyear Exam – Reading
information
Comprehension Diagnostic &
• Summarize and paraphrase
L 5, 6 Part 3 Text Analysis Essay
• Compile information to create shared
report
Graded according to new CC
SL 1, 2, 4 Regents 4 point rubric
Language
W 2,4,5
Vocabulary: as related to literature
• Students will be able to define and use
vocabulary words correctly in
sentences.
Grammar- reinforcement of parts of speech and
parts of a sentence

Writing
CC Regents exam-Text-Analysis Students
will:
 • Support a Central idea through
textbased evidence
• Identify a writing strategy to convey
identified central idea

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 Literature Great Expectations Teacher Created Act Quizzes January-February
RL 1, 2, 3, 5 Great Expectations By Charles Dickens (Abridged)
Students will: By Charles Dickens
• Determine the effect of setting and
author’s background on a work of Teacher Created Materials
fiction. Reading Guides (shift 4)
• Determine multiple themes for a longer
work of literature and analyze their
development.
• Analyze how complex characters
develop and advance the plot and
theme of a work of literature.
• Analyze conflicts and how they develop
and advance the plot and theme(s)
• Identify literary elements/techniques
and how the author uses them

SL 1
Language Teacher Created
Vocabulary: as related to literature Materials
• Students will be able to define and use
vocabulary words correctly in
sentences.
Teacher Created Quizzes
L 4, 5, 6, 12
Grammar: Prepositional Phrases
Grammar & Composition
• Students will be able to identify
Handbook (shift 5)
prepositional phrases
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Literature Act quizzes leading to February-March
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens Great Expectations cumulative test
(finish) (Abridged)
See previous By Charles Dickens
month--
continuation

Grammar: reinforcement of sentence structure

 Students will utilize and recognize four Teacher Created cumulative
different kinds of sentences (simple, Teacher Created Handouts quizzes
compound, complex, compound- Grammar and Composition
complex) Handbook

Writing
Informative/Explanatory Teacher Created Rubric based March
W 2, 4, 5 CC Regents Exam – Part 3 “Text Analysis” on new CC Regents Part 3
Students will: Task
• Support a central idea through
textbased evidence

• Identify a writing strategy to convey

the identified central idea
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Standards
Literature “I Have a Dream” MLK Teacher Created Tests or April
Non-Fiction Students “First Inaugural Address” JFK Quizzes
RI 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, will: “Hero’s Hero” Elie Wiesel
6 • To analyze persuasive techniques
• To analyze the development of an
author’s vision in a text
• To distinguish between fact and
opinion
• To recognize rhetorical devices within
speeches

W 2, 4, 5 Writing Teacher Created Handout

Speech Project: Graded according to new CC
Students will: Regents 4 point rubric
• Create a speech
• Integrate rhetorical devices to
support purpose
Informative/Explanatory
CC Regents Exam Part 3 – “Text Analysis”

Students will:
• Support a Central idea through
textbased evidence
SL 2, 3 • Identify a writing strategy to convey
identified central idea Grammar & Composition
Handbook Cumulative Teacher Created
Quizzes
Language
L 1, 2, 4 Vocabulary: as related to literature
• Students will be able to define and
use vocabulary words correctly in
 sentences.
Grammar: review parts of speech and parts
of a sentence
• Students will be able to identify and
correctly use the parts of speech in
writing.

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Standards
Literature “The Raven” Teacher created tests and April-May
Poetry “Dream Differed” quizzes
RL 1, 2, 4, 10 Students will: “I Wandered Lonely as a
• Interpret visual impact of poems Cloud”
structure and lay out. “Dreams”
• Analyze and respond to musical “Casey at the Bat”*
techniques (consonance, assonance,
alliteration, onomatopoeia,
repetition, rhyme, rhythm)
• Recognize how different poetic Teacher Created Materials
devices convey a poem’s message

SL 1, 4, 5, 6 Language
Vocabulary: as related to literature
• Students will be able to define and
use vocabulary words correctly in
sentences. Literature, and Grammar and
L 1, 2, 4 Grammar: reinforcement of parts of speech. Composition book
• Students will be able to identify the
W 2,4,5 parts of speech of “nonsense” words
in the poem “The Jabberwocky.”
Writing
Informative/Explanatory
CC Regents Exam – Part 3 “Text Analysis”
Students will:
 • Support a central idea through
textbased evidence

• Identify a writing strategy to convey

the identified central idea

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Standards
 Literature Background information: Teacher created tests and May/June
Students will: Greek Mythology quizzes
• Cite evidence in the text that most The Odyssey
strongly supports a specific analysis of “Ithaca”
RL 1, 2, 3, 4, what the text says explicitly as well as,
5, 7, inferences drawn from the text.
11 • Analyze the story to show how the Teacher Created Materials
characters in the story demonstrate Reading Guides (shift 4)
social values.
Research
Students will:
• Find and evaluate sources
• Properly cite bibliographical
information
• Summarize and paraphrase
• Compile information to create shared
report

Language
Vocabulary: as related to literature
• Students will be able to define and use
L 1, 2, 4, 5 vocabulary words correctly in
sentences.
Teacher Created Materials
Grammar:
• With some guidance and support from
peers and adults, strengthen writing as
needed by planning, revising, editing,
rewriting, or trying a new approach.
W 2, 4, 5 Grammar and Composition
Writing
Handbook
Informative/Explanatory
CC Regents Exam – Part 3 “Text
Analysis” based on “Ithaca.” Students
will: Final Exam
• Support a Central idea through
textbased evidence
• Identify a writing strategy to convey
identified central idea