City School District of Albany English Language Arts Curriculum Pacing Map and Core Curriculum Grade 10
SEPTEMBER MONTH Review Genre Study Review Elements of Literature Review Grammar Standard 1: Language for Information and Understanding Language for Literary Response and Expression Standard #4: Language for Social Interaction Teaching Reading in the content Area Araby James Joyce A Lit, Well- Cleaned Place E. Hemingway Gryphon Charles Baxter Selections Why Literature From The New Yorker Holt Language Handbook 10 th grade Vocabulary Word Bank Critical Reading Defining and recognizing and Literary elements Recognize unstated assumptions by means of drawing inferences from the text Review spelling rules Read, view and respond independently to literary works that represent a range of social, historical and cultural perspectives Interpret multiple levels of meaning and subtleties in text Recognize a range of literary elements and techniques such as figurative language Active listening Participate as a listener in social conversation with one or more people Share reading experiences with classmates Recognize appropriate classroom language skills Interval Pre-Test Generated Assessments (spelling)
OCTOBER MONTH Novel Questioning Authority write for literary read for critical analysis and Fahrenheit 451 1984 Lord of the Flies Poetry: There Will Come Soft Rains Sara Teasdale The Tyger Robert Blake Article: Books under Fire Media: Fahrenheit 451 Lord of the Flies Poem: Dover Beach Matthew Arnold Ecclesiastes Old Testament Holt Language Handbook 10 th Grade Word Bank Analyze and evaluate fiction including - The development of a central idea or theme - The development of character and their actions, etc. Compare and contrasts the treatment of literary elements in different genres and by more than one author Interpret Literary text based on understanding of the genre and the Literary period Compare a film, video or stage versions of a literary work with a written version Analyze and evaluate poetry Review parts of speech and verb agreement Generated Assessment Paired Passage Essays Compare and Contrast Essays (parts of speech and verb agreement)
NOVEMBER MONTH War In our Lives Does War Influence the Way We live? What are the effects of War on the Individual and Society? Standard 1: listen for information and understanding read for literary for critical analysis and Standard 4: write for social interaction Hiroshima Night All Quiet on the Western Front Articles: The War Escalates Dear Folks Declaration of Independence from the War in Vietnam Ripples, moving Short Story: The Sunflower Simon Weisenthal Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy Tim O Brien Film: Hotel Rwanda Schindler s List Poem: Friendship only lasted a few seconds Lily Lee Adams Holt Language Handbook 10 th Grade Word Bank Extract information from informational text - summarize - outline Reinforce skills from biography/autobiography unit in 9 th grade - compare experiences of victims Follow a single character s experience over the years Timeline Intertext connections - Create a personal memoir - Write and share personal reactions to experience, events and observations, using a form of social communications - Interpret multiple levels of meaning and subtleties in text - Recognize relevance of literature to contemporary and/or personal events and situations Review proper sentence structure Generated Assessments Memoir Life Changing Experiences/or Awakenings Create a timeline of historical context events, storyline, readings in relationship to each other, memoir (sentence structure)
DECEMBER MONTH Novel Personal Responsibility Standard 1: read for information and understanding write for literary for critical analysis and Of Mice and Men 10 th Grade Word Bank Flowers for Algernon Suggested Short Story: The Circuit Francisco Jimenez The Scarlet Ibis James Hurst Poetry: Gracious Goodness Marge Piercy The Lesson of the Moth Don Marquis The Meadow Mouse Theodore Roethke In Back of the Real Allen Ginsberg English 10H Of Mice And Men Final Assessment Film: Of Mice and Men Holt Language Handbook Explain how the authors use literary devices affect meaning Express judgments and support them to references to the text, using direct quotations and paraphrase - Analytical response essays - Recognize relevance of literature to contemporary and/or personal events and situations - Write an interpretive essay - analyze and evaluate poetry in order to recognize the use and effect of: Rhythm, rhyme, repetition, sensory imagery, figurative language, verse form and differences between poetic language and everyday language Develop sentence structure Generated Assessments Extended text response / text analysis Critical lens essay
JANUARY MONTH Test Prep Poetry Review Themes Standard 1: read for literary write for literary read for critical analysis and Various Poetry Anthologies Curriculum Pacing Map Holt Language Handbook 10 th Grade Word Bank Poetic techniques and devices Poetry analysis Distinguish among different forms of poetry and recognize how the author uses poetic form to convey message or intent Interpreting critical lens Discussing works with a common theme and compare the treatment of that theme by different authors Writing thematic statements Expressing judgments and support them through references to text, using direct quotations and paraphrase Continue development of sentence structure Regents Generated Exams (effective sentences)
FEBRUARY MONTH Novel Illusion And Reality for literary for critical analysis and Catcher in the Rye The Bluest Eye Glass Menagerie Allegory of the Cave Plato Article Holden at Fifty Louis Menand Myth of Sisyphus Albert Comus Short Story: Paul s Case Willa Cather Poem: Coming through the Rye Robert Burns Out Out Robert Frost Nothing Gold Can Stay Robert Frost Walking in the Breakdown Lane Recognize and respond to historical and contemporary social, political and cultural conditions in a literacy text Use literacy criticism to expand personal analysis of the literacy text Examine development and impact of literary elements such as character; action, setting and literacy texts Analyze and evaluate fiction read literary criticism Analyze and evaluate the impact on the reader of a specific text Analyze a variety of text using resources such as literary criticism, school reading and personal experience Generated Assessment Analytical Essays
MONTH MARCH Drama Research Skills Standard 1: write for Information and Understanding for literary read, write and listen for critical analysis and information RESOURCES SKILLS ASSESS- MENTS Julius Caesar Taming of the Shrew What is Tragedy? Aristotle George Guy Edgar Lee Masters Elements of Literature: Drama Pg. 720 (Holt) Analyzing and Evaluating Speeches Pgs. 898-903 (Holt) Life of Julius Caesar Plutarch 10 th Grade Word Bank Roman Government: Rule by the Rich Pg. 831 (Holt) Roman Superstitions: Pg. 778 (Holt, 4 th ed) The Fear and The Flames Jimmy Breslin Pg. 874 (Holt, 4 th ed) Various Taped Speeches Research: Topics that Resonate: Let the Writer Choose From: NonFiction Matters Media Center databases and presentations Holt Language Handbook be able to: Identify elements of effective speeches Identify elements of a tragic hero Identify elements of a comedy Identify how an author develops characterization through dialogue Identify how a speech uses devices such as voice, tone, volume, pitch, rate, body language, rhyme, rhythm and repetition to create an emotional response State an opinion or present a judgment by developing a thesis and providing supporting evidence, argument or details Use strategies designed to influence or persuade Developing research questions Expanding research topics Utilizing library databases Cite primary and secondary sources of information in works cited and internal citation using approved style sheet Analyze and evaluate the content, organization and effectiveness of a speech Review capitalization and punctuation Generated Assessment Oral Presentation Research Paper
MONTH APRIL Fiction American Dreams for literary for critical analysis and Raisin in the Sun L. Hansberry Film: A Raisin in the Sun The Gathering of Old Men E. Gaines Poetry by Langston Hughes Poems: A Dream delivered Sisters Lucille Clifton For my Sister, Molly Who in the 50 s Louise Erdritch Short Stories Sonny s Blues J. Baldwin 10 th Grade Word Bank Two Kinds and Rules of the Game Amy Tan Keahdinekeah N. Scott Momaday Parable of the Prodigal Son Supplemental Reading Forged by Fire S. Draper Non-Fiction: What Would America be like without 60 years Holt Language Handbook : Read and write literary criticisms to expand personal analysis of text Compare text and film version Write a response essay to compare and contracts the treatment of literary elements in different genres and by more than one author Recognize and respond to historical and contemporary social, political and cultural conditions in presentation of literary text Interpret and respond to texts from a variety of genres, authors and subjects Analyze and evaluate poetry and fiction using a variety of sources Continue review of capitalization and punctuation Interval Assessment Generated Assessment Essays: Literary Critiques Analytical Essays Compare / contrasts essays
MONTH MAY / JUNE Fiction Culminations Intro to Summer Reading Final Review read for literary for critical analysis and Standard 4: read, write and listen for social interaction Old Man and The Sea E. Hemingway Curriculum Pacing Map To Build a Fire Jack London Poems Miss Rosie Lucille Clifton Double Header John Stone Courage Anne Sexton The Fish Elizabeth Bishop Film Companion Pieces: Iron Will Hildago 10 th Grade Word Bank Holt Language Handbook Summer Reading Text Interpret multiple levels of meaning in text Recognize a variety of literary elements Write interpretive and responsive essays Analyze and evaluate fiction Analyze and evaluate poetry Recognize and utilize appropriate classroom language Develop a personal voice that enables the reader to know the writer Participate as an active listener in classroom conversation Review rules of usage Interval Assessment #4 Generated Exams Exit Exams (usage)