Curriculum Plan: English Language Arts Grade August 21 December 22

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1 Semester 1 Tempest 12 Angry Men Of Mice and Men The Crucible The Scarlet Letter August 21 December 22 Diagnostics: Reading- Reading assignment with multiple choice questions H, CP, G Assessments Performance assessment Based upon literature covered in the semester. Written assessments will also be based upon literature covered in the semester. Assessment: Comprehensive Semester Exam on Literature The Great Gatsby The Awakening Old Man and the Sea Collections Units 1&2 (Note All Literature is flexible and dependent on time allowed.) Essential Questions: How does society decide whose beliefs and values will be represented? How have Americans continually challenged the ideas of freedom and justice? How is an American Identity created? Why have people come to America, and why do they continue to come to America? What is the role of the individual in society? What is good for the community? What are implications for individuals? Why do people conform? Why do others choose not to conform? What happens as a result of these choices? What is the "American Dream"? To what extent is it achievable by all? What values does it reflect? How do seminal U.S. texts advance arguments (including constitutional principles and legal reasoning)? What can we learn from literature and historical documents about why people explore new worlds? Based on reading of both literature and informational text, how were the foundational principles of America unique, and how are they evident today? 1

2 How can I use literature, informational text, and the various forma of writing to further my understanding of the U.S. and what it means to be an American? How can I use both writing and a variety of media to demonstrate my understanding of American Individualism? How do different artists interpret works by Shakespeare and American dramatists through various media? How well do these versions work? What role do key terms play within a text? When writing informative/explanatory text, how do I effectively select, organize and analyze content? How do I link thesis and support to achieve a purpose? What are the steps I need to take in order to present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, logically, and persuasively? In what ways is power, persuasiveness or beauty advanced by an author's use of rhetoric to achieve a purpose? When writing arguments, how do I integrate and sequence evidence, reason, and counterclaims? How can I employ rhetorical devices to support assertions? How do valid reasoning, organization and relevant evidence strengthen an argument? How can I make meaning from figures of speech and analyze nuance? What is the author's message in The Great Gatsby? What was Fitzgerald saying about the 1920s? Was it truthful/reliable? How does literature reflect a time or culture? Can fiction reveal truth? Should a story teach you something? ELA Standards Concepts and Skills Content Objectives and Outcomes ELA.11.R.C1.1 cite textual evidence to support analysis of literary text; inferences ELA.11.R.C1.2 determine theme/central idea of literary text & analyze development; provide summary ELA.11.R.C1.6 analyze a complex set of ideas and explain how they interact over the course of text ELA.11.R.C2.1 analyze the impact of author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama ELA.11.R.C2.2 determine meaning of words/phrases as used in literary text; analyze word choices ELA.11.R.C2.2 analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text contribute to meaning ELA.11.R.C2.3 analyze point of view requiring what is directly stated from what is really meant ELA.11.R.C2.5 analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his of her exposition or argument ELA.11.R.C2.6 determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text ELA.11.R.C3.1 analyze multiple interpretations of a drama ELA.11.W.C9.1 write arguments to support claims; use reasoning and sufficient evidence ELA.11.W.C9.2 write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas ELA.11.W.C11.3 draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research Archaic Language Theme Author Purpose Figurative Language Allusion Tone Connotation/Denotation Logical Reasoning Style Blank Verse Premise Claim Counter argument Diction Ambiguity Cause and Effect Inferences Irony Internal/External Conflict Characterization Students will: Identify and analyze the central ideas of a foundational text Determine the author's purpose for writing 2

3 Cite effective textual evidence Analyze an interpretation of a drama Determine themes and analyze structure Trace and evaluate an argument Analyze the features of a foundational U.S. document Analyze ideas, events, and structure in an informational text Analyze suspense, ambiguity, and point of view in fiction What is the author's message in The Great Gatsby? What was Fitzgerald saying about the 1920s? Was it truthful/reliable? How does literature reflect a time or culture? Texts The Tempest Shakespeare 12 Angry Men - Reginald Rose The Great Gatsby - Fitzgerald The Crucible Arthur Miller The Scarlet Letter Nathanial Hawthorne Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck The Awakening Kate Chopin "Of Plymouth Plantation" William Bradford "Coming of Age..." Great African American speeches Obama, Sojourner Truth, Douglass "The Declaration of Independence" Thomas Jefferson The Devil and Tom Walker "Bill of Rights The Crisis No.1 Thomas Paine Speech to the Virginia Convention Patrick Henry Whitman - " I hear America Singing" Walden Henry David Thoreau Self Reliance Ralph Waldo Emerson 3

4 Semester 2 Research January 3- June Research Paper will be written this semester A Raisin in the Sun Semester Assessment: Comprehensive Semester Exam on Literature or Persuasive Research Paper and/or debate 12 Angry Men Streetcar Named Desire The Glass Menagerie The Great Gatsby Old Man and the Sea The Life of Pi Never Cry Wolf Their Eyes Were Watching God Ender's Game Collections Units 5&6 (Note All Literature is flexible and dependent on time allowed.) Essential Questions: How can I gather, evaluate and use relevant information from multiple print and digital sources? How do I understand and avoid plagiarism and bias? What conventions govern citation? How do I effectively select, organize and analyze content? How do I link thesis and support to achieve a purpose? Why must I match appropriate register, occasion, and audience? When writing arguments, how do I integrate and sequence evidence, reasons, and counterclaims? How can I employ rhetorical devices to support assertions? 4

5 What are the steps I need to take in order to present information, findings and supporting evidence clearly, logically and persuasively? When must I distinguish what is directly stated from what is meant in order to grasp point of view? How can I conduct research projects to answer a question, solve a problem, inquire or synthesize? How do different artists interpret works by Shakespeare and American dramatists through various media? How well do these versions work? ELA Standards Concepts and Skills Content Objectives and Outcomes ELA.11.R.C1.1 cite textual evidence to support analysis of literary text; inferences ELA.11.R.C1.2 determine theme/central idea of literary text & analyze development; provide summary ELA.11.R.C1.6 analyze a complex set of ideas and explain how they interact over the course of text ELA.11.R.C2.1 analyze the impact of author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama ELA.11.R.C2.2 determine meaning of words/phrases as used in literary text; analyze word choices ELA.11.R.C2.2 analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text contribute to meaning ELA.11.R.C2.3 analyze point of view requiring what is directly stated from what is really meant ELA.11.R.C2.5 analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his of her exposition or argument ELA.11.R.C2.6 determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text ELA.11.W.C9.1 write arguments to support claims; use reasoning and sufficient evidence ELA.11.W.C9.2 write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas ELA.11.W.C11.3 draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research Realism Naturalism Plot Conflict Author's purpose Mythic situations Foil Tone Cause and Effect Infer Situational Irony Imagery Diction Point of view Ambiguity Petrarchan sonnet Claim Counter Argument Premise Fact vs Opinion Primary/Secondary Sources Thesis Statements MLA Citation Students will: Determine a story's themes and distinguish realism and naturalism Determine an author's purpose and analyze and author's choice Identify an author's purpose through understanding the use of satire Integrate and evaluate information presented in text, photographs, tables and video Analyze the impact of the author's use of point of view and irony in a short story Analyze a poem for diction, imagery and use of symbols Analyze character motivations in a short story and support their inferences about those motivations with evidence from the text Analyze and compare multiple works from a time period on the basis of topic and theme Analyze a work of science fiction basing their inferences and interpretations on a close reading of the text Understand how an author structures and presents a complex argument How do different artists interpret works by Shakespeare and American dramatists through various media? How well do these versions work? What is the author's message in The Great Gatsby? What was Fitzgerald saying about the 1920s? Was it truthful/reliable? 5

6 How does literature reflect a time or culture? Texts Research Based (student generated) question A Raisin in the Sun - Lorraine Hansberry Life of Pi Yann Martel A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams 12 Angry Men - Reginald Rose The Great Gatsby - Fitzgerald Old Man and the Sea Earnest Hemingway Ender's Game Orson Scott Card Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston "To Build a Fire" A Worn Path The Secret Life of Walter Mitty An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Richard Cory/Miniver Cheevy 6

7 "The Story of an Hour" A Rose for Emily Poems of the Harlem Renaissance Robert Frost 7