1 st Quarter (45 Days) 1 st : Aug 11-15 2 nd : Aug 18-22 3 rd : Aug 25-29 4 th : Sept 2-5 5 th : Sept 8-12 6 th : Sept 15-19 7 th : Sept 22-26 Unit5: Cream Puff p. 562 ; Born Worker p. 547 Kinds of Sentences HM. P. 34 ; Initiate journaling. Unit 5: The question of Popularity pg 574 Short Story p. 580 Compound and Complex Sentences; Complete Subject and Complete predicates HM. P.37 Applying Good Writing Traits Unit 5: An African American p. 588 Poem; One Throw p. 596 Finding the subject HM. P.43 Unit 5: The Medicine Bag p. 608; A Year of living Bravely p. 622 Compound Sentences HM. P. 51. Writing Unit 5: The Fire Pond p. 638; From Savion!: My Life in Tab p. 654 Forming Compound, Complex and Compound-Complex sentences p. 61 Write a short story Unit 1: I Know why the Caged Bird Sings p.5 On Top of the World p.32 Kinds of Nouns HM. P.82 The writing process Unit 1: The March of The Mill Children p.66; Filling out the application p.78 Writing with Nouns HM. P.88 The writing process. Author s Purpose/Skimming-Scanning. -Set a purpose for reading; Identify and write four kinds of sentences. Use the correct end punctuation for the four. Identify literary elements: Theme; plot; Identify text elements: direct quotations; Write complete sentences; Develop a standard plot line with conflict and resolution. Develop characters, Use compound and complex sentences. Identify literary elements: character, plot; Distinguish between natural order and inverted order in sentences. Literary elements: sensory, imagery, character. Analyze text, theme, and sequence; Distinguish between simple and compound sentences correctly; use a comma and a conjunction, or a semicolon, to join the parts of a compound sentence; Use good writing traits; organize. Make inferences. Identify literary elements: setting, character. Use context clues; Participate in a group discussion, use the writing process: revise, edit. Use literary elements: dialogue, character, and setting. Read autobiography. Set a purpose for reading. Make connections from text to self. Activate prior knowledge; Identify common and proper nouns, concrete and abstract nouns; Identify text structure: sequence. Elements: plot, setting sensory details point of view voice. Identify literary elements: tone Evaluate text; learn to use new vocabulary; activate prior knowledge; Combine two related sentences by turning one of the sentences into an appositive; Use the literary elements; voice, point of view. Revise a draft to include main idea and supporting details. Factor, obnoxious, majority, synagogue Mimicked, unison, anthem, egging, needle, Authentic, stately, commotion, descendants, sacred, confess, exotic, hardships, Fortune, recede, salvaged, calculating, askew, hygiene, translates Feat, trekked, expeditions, audacity, hypocritical, Treacherous, mutilated, dormitory, prone, residences, 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.16;8.19B,C;8.20;8.21; 8.26 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.5;8.14A,B;8.19C,B 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.5;8.14A,B;8.19C,B 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.5;8.8;8.14D,E;8.19B,C 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.12;8.15A;8.19B,C 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.5 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.5;8.17A 8 th : Sept 29- Oct 2 Unit 1: From Akiko in the Forbidden Foothills of Gozmaturk. P. 100 Identify author s purpose. Identify Literary elements: tone. Understand dialect and text structure: sequence 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.5 1
1 st Quarter (45 Days) 9 th : Oct 8-10 (3 days) 10 th : Oct 14-17 Being Japanese American p. 108 Wreteched, coordinate, corresponded, relish, humiliated, Singular and Plural Nouns HM p.90 Distinguish between singular and plural nouns; 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.5 Appealed, bewilderment, compliment Review writers model HM p. 94 For voice description sensory imagery 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.5 2nd Quarter (39 Days) 1 st : Oct 20-23 2 nd : Oct 27-31 3 rd : Nov 3-7 4 th : Nov 10-14 Unit 3: A Tremendous Trade p. 293 ;Gymnast in Pain: Out of Balance p. 300 Capitalization and Punctuation HM p. 235 Unit 3: The games kids Play p.326; Cruise Control p.332 Commas, colon, semicolon Research Report Unit 3: Tattoos: Fad, Fashion or Folly p.390; Wearing Hijab: Veil or Valor p.407 Pronouns HM p.297 Compare & Contrast HM p.534 Unit 3: Flowers for Algernon p.340-358 Pronoun Antecedents HM p.302 Informational Text, Identify text elements: photographs/skim and scan. Skim and Scan/Analyze evidence; Write a report on an article. Compare and Contrast; Main Ideas and Supporting details; anecdotes; Identify the person, number, and gender of personal pronouns; Write Personal and Critical Responses using Compare & Contrast Make inferences; predictions; Choose pronouns that agree with their antecedents; provide clear antecedents for pronouns Expectations, maneuvers, elite, decades, descent, ripened, Gory, clamor, modify, portray, conclusive, restrictions, perceives Migrated, indelible, compiled, valor, intercede, tolerance, instinctively, perpetrated photostated, opportunist, shrew, tangible, invariably, cowered, obscure, stimulus, introspective Diverge, trodden, neglected, humiliation, offensive, petty, 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.6;8.7;8.12;8.14;8.18;8.22; 8.23;8.24;8.25 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.6;8.7;8.12;8.17D;8.20 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.6;8.7;8.19A 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.6;8.7;8.19A;8.20 Unit 4: The road not taken p447; Signed Interpret poetry; Make connections from text to self; 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.4;8.7;8.15B;8.19A 5 th : Nov 17-21 sealed undelivered p458 Interrogative, demonstrative indefinite, reflexive and intensive Pronouns Identify the pronouns 6 th : Dec 1-5 Unit4: Mother to Son p 472. Harlem p 473. Identify figurative language; metaphor and simile; Evaluate 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.4;8.8;8.12;8.20 2
2nd Quarter (39 Days) Sitting on the Dock of the Bay p. 476 Phrases p.345 (HM) Prepositional phrases as modifiers. 7 th : Dec 8-12 8 th : Dec 15-19 Unit 4: To the Democratic National Convention p.486 Scorched! How to handle different types of burns p.510 Verbal Participles HM p.358 Persuasive writing DCAS # 1 poetry; Identify prepositions, their objects & prepositional phrases; write the correct pronoun as the object of a preposition; Write a character sketch Understanding word choice /repetition; Identify verbals and distinguish them from verbs; Write an ad Deffered, fester, dock, roamed, Abandonment,nomination, surrender, hobbled, severity, minor, sterile, 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.4;8.11 3rd Quarter (41 Days) 1 st : Jan 6-8 (3 days) 2 nd : Jan 12-16 3 rd : Jan 20-23 4 th : Jan 26-30 Unit 4: Thura s Diary Verbal Gerunds HM p.364 Unit 6: The Diary of Anne Frank p. 713-766 Verbal: infinitives, Infinitive phrases HM p 373 Write dramatic scene with a voice Unit 6: The Diary of Anne Frank p. 713-766 contd Identify infinitive phrases Unit 6 Bouncing Back p.850 ; Another Mountain p. 856 Compare and Contrast; Conflict, internal & external; Identify Gerunds & tell how they are used in sentences Identify literary elements- stage directions; dialogue and monologue; Distinguish between infinitives and prepositional phrases Draw conclusions; Interpret; Paraphrase and Summarize; tell how they are used in sentences Develop character dialogue; Develop content appropriate to your audience Paraphrase and summarize/ literal and figurative language; Extinguished, rations, bombardment, perseverance, glistened, indomitable Conspicuous, mercurial, pantomime 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.9 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.9 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.9 Unfulfilling, resilient, strategies, phase, destitute, plateau 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.8;8.9 3
3rd Quarter (41 Days) 5 th : Feb 2-6 Unit 6: And Sometimes I hear This Song in my Head p.876; from Sky p. 882 Clauses HM p. 395 Writing Dialogue HM p. 664 Visualize; Setting; Draw conclusions, comprehension; Identify & distinguish Independent and Subordinate Clauses; Draft some dialogue for the characters of the story Grave, anticipation, precautions, observant, dreaded, 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.19A 6 th : Feb 9-13 7 th : Feb 17-20 8 th : Feb 23-27 9 th : Mar 2-6 Unit 6: Welcome p.893; Alone p. 906 Adjective Clauses HM p.399 Unit 6: Flinn, on the Bus p. 912 Adjective Clauses with Who, Whom, and Whose HM p.402 Write a newspaper ad Unit 7: A letter to Senator Edwards p.927 Adverb and Noun Clauses HM p.395 Persuasive Writing HMp.487 DCAS # 2 Compare figurative language; make connections from text to self; Identify Adjective Clauses and the words they modify; Identify Relative Pronouns Drawing conclusions; Identify literary elements- dialogue, monologue; Apply the proper use of who, whom, and whose; Graphic organization of information; Paraphrase and Summarize Distinguish Fact from Opinion; Analyze features of genres: persuasive writing; Identify adverb & noun clauses and tell how they are used in sentences; Create persuasion flow charts showing their goal and supporting reasons; elaborate each reason with facts and examples Dismal, ultimatum, famished, pivoted, coaxed, Assault, secluding, refraction, savage, Offending, municipal, distribution, contamination, 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.12;8.11;8.14;8.19A 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.19A 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.11;8.12;8.14;8.19A 4th Quarter (51 Days) 1 st : Mar 16-20 Unit 7: The Measure of Our Success p. 944; Saving Water- Why save something that covers two-thirds of the Earth? p. 934 Forming compound and complex Make inferences; Analyze idiomatic expressions; distinguish fact from opinion; Combine sentences by using subordinating conjunctions or relative pronouns to form complex sentences; Draft the body of their essays following persuasion flow Persistence, corruption, racial, illiterate, 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.7;8.12;8.14B 4
4th Quarter (51 Days) 2 nd : Mar 23-27 3 rd : Mar 30- Apr 2 4 th : Apr 6-10 5 th : Apr 13-17 6 th : April 20-24 7 th : Apr 27- May 1 8 th : May 4-8 sentences HM p.416 Writing with Voice HM p.504 Unit 7: All Together Now p. 960 Through My Eyes p. 968 Phrases HM p. 345 Unit 7: The Trouble with Television p. 980; Teen Curfews p. 988 Phrases as Modifiers HM p. 350 Express an Opinion HM p.452 STAAR ASSESMENT Unit 7: Stop the Sun p. 1008 Teens Tackle Pollution in their Communities p.1027 Choosing correct prepositions HM p.355 Express an opinion HM p.459 STAAR ASSESSMENT Unit 8: The Gettysburg Address p. 1098 Writing with Adjectives HM p. 194 Persuasive or critical letters; Unit 8: I Choose Schooling p. 1106; The Electric Summer p. 1114 Capitalization and Proper Nouns charts and writing with voice. Identify Literary Elements-Point of View; Identify prepositions, their objects and prepositional phrases Identify semantic slanting/ Persuasive appeals/ Authors bias; Identify adjectives & adverb phrases and the words they modify; Discuss the characteristics of a well written opinion essay; Identify literary elements- climax; Distinguish denotation & connotation; Proofread an interview correcting errors in the use of prepositions; Make graphic organizer to explore an opinion & list supporting reasons Identify Cause & Effect; Use adjectives to elaborate sentences by adding clarity and detail; demonstrate effective communication skills in interviewing, reporting, requesting, and providing information Harmonious, compassion, momentum, indispensable, incurable, optimist Perpetual, passively, strain, virtually, skeptically, convictions, controversial, violating, Syndrome, dry, foundered, inert, accumulate, vulnerable, Conceived, proposition, endure, detract, resolve, perish Novelty, grandeur, hovering, replica 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.7;8.12;8.14B;8.19A 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.7;8.12;8.14B;8.19A 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.7;8.12;8.14E 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.7;8.14 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.6;8.10A,B;8.14 9 th : May 11-15 10 th: May 18-22 Unit 8:I, Too p. 1136 ; Dandelion Wine p. 1142 Review Hyperbole Unit 8: Coming to America p. 1155 Compare & Contrast HM p.534 Identify literary elements: metaphor, author s purpose; Revising for main idea, supporting details, clarity, fluency, style & word choice Compare & Contrast; Author s Purpose; Cause & Effect Capsize, proprietor, rave, alien, yielding Toiled, discriminates, trivial, 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.8 8.1;8.2;8.3;8.11A 5
4th Quarter (51 Days) 11 th: May 26 (1 day) incongruous, immersed 6