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English I Course Curriculum
Acellus® English I
Unit 1 - Short Story – Plot, Setting
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Genres of Literature
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Short Story - Voice
Short Story - Character - Foil
2
Short Story - Plot
49
The Necklace - Vocabulary
3
Short Story - Conflict
50
The Necklace - Identifying Sequence
4
The Lady, or the Tiger? - Vocabulary
51
The Necklace - Compare and Contrast
5
The Lady, or the Tiger? - Reading
52
The Necklace - Finding Irony
6
The Lady, or the Tiger? - Story Elements
53
The Necklace - Theme
7
The Lady, or the Tiger? - Conflict
54
Comparative, Superlative Adjectives
8
The Lady, or the Tiger? - Summarizing
55
Analogies I
9
The Lady, or the Tiger? - Literary Devices
Unit 6 - Short Story – Cause and Effect
10
Grammar Drill - Semicolons
56
Cause and Effect Relationships
11
Academic Vocabulary I
57
The Lumber Room - Vocabulary
Unit 2 - Short Story – Conflict
58
The Lumber Room - Inferences
12
59
The Lumber Room - Cause, Effect
The Lumber Room - Discussion
Evaluating Irony
13
The Interlopers - Vocabulary
60
14
The Interlopers - Analyzing Irony
61
Using a Dictionary - Tips
15
The Interlopers - Irony, Discussion
62
Vocabulary Drill - Word Parts
16
The Interlopers - Conflict
63
Vocabulary - Multiple-Meaning Words
17
Grammar Drill - Adverb Clauses
64
Analyzing Same Subject, Different Mediums
Analogies II
18
Vocabulary Workshop - Etymology
65
19
Writing Skills - Describing with Verbs
66
Writing Skills - Concrete Details
20
Grammar Drill - Colons
67
Academic Vocabulary VI
21
Academic Vocabulary II
Unit 7 - Literary Analysys
68
Unit 3 - Short Story - Irony
Literary Analysis - Choosing a Topic
22
Vocabulary - Homonyms and Homophones
69
Literary Analysis - Introduction
23
The Invalid's Story - Vocabulary
70
Literary Analysis - Weaving in Text
24
The Invalid's Story - Flashback
71
Literary Analysis - Body Paragraphs - Format
25
The Invalid's Story - Characterization
72
Literary Analysis - Explain the Evidence
26
Grammar Drill - Dashes
73
Paragraph Construction - Alternating Method
27
The Invalid's Story - Dialogue-Dialect
74
Paragraph Construction - Chunked
28
Writing Skills - Dialogue
75
Literary Analysis - Conclusion
29
The Invalid's Story - Paraphrasing
76
Literary Analysis - Citations
30
The Invalid's Story - Imagery
Unit 8 - Nonfiction
31
Vocabulary Skills - Synonyms
77
32
The Invalid's Story - Irony, Humor
78
Reading Nonfiction
33
Academic Vocabulary III
79
Autobiography of Franklin - Vocabulary
Unit 4 - Short Story – Point of View
80
Autobiography of Franklin - Angle
34
The Gift of the Magi - Vocabulary
81
Writing Skills - Summarization
35
The Gift of the Magi - Setting
82
Grammar Skills - Semicolons
36
The Gift of the Magi - Irony
83
Vocabulary Drill - Synonyms II
37
The Gift of the Magi - Characterization
84
Writing Skills - Autobiography
38
Academic Vocabulary IV
85
A Diary from Dixie - Vocabulary
39
The Gift of the Magi - Point of View
86
A Diary from Dixie - Fact and Opinion
A Diary from Dixie - Rhetorical Devices
Genres of Literature - Nonfiction
40
The Gift of the Magi - Imagery, Simile
87
41
The Gift of the Magi - Theme
Unit 9 - Nonfiction – Autobiography, Memoirs
42
Grammar Drill - Transitional Phrases
88
Grammar Drill - Sentence Fragments
43
Grammar Drill - Run-on Sentences
89
Analogies III
44
Academic Vocabulary V
90
From Specimen Days - Walt Whitman
45
From Specimen Days - Historical Narrative
Grammar Drill - Misplaced Modifiers
91
Unit 5 - Short Story – Narrator and Voice
92
Writing Skills - Write a News Story
46 Short Story - Narrator
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Vocabulary Drill - Word Parts II
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English I Course Curriculum
134 Persuasive Essay - Introduction
Analogies IV
95 Grammar Drill - Commas in a Series
135 Persuasive Essay - Argument Sandwich
96
136 Persuasive Essay - Data Dump
Academic Vocabulary VII
Unit 10 - Nonfiction – Autobiography
137 Persuasive Essay - Addressing the Counter
97
Improve Reading Comprehension
138 Persuasive Essay - Conclusion
98
Cub Pilot on the Mississippi - Twain
139 Persuasive Essay - Research and Citations
99
Cub Pilot - Decoding Vocabulary
Unit 14 - Nonfiction – Speech
100 Cub Pilot - Jargon
140 Gettysburg Address - Persuasion
101 Cub Pilot - Characterization
141 A New Generation - John F. Kennedy
102 Cub Pilot - Imagery
142 A New Generation - Argument
103 Vocabulary Skills - Adopted Words
143 A New Generation - Bias
104 Figures of Speech - Euphemism
144 A New Generation - Rhetorical Devices
105 Grammar Drill - Dialogue, Speaker Tags
145 Finding Common Ground
106 Writing Autobiographical Narratives
146 Vocabulary Drill - Word Usage III
107 Vocabulary Drill - Word Usage
147 Oral Communication - Persuasion
Unit 11 - Nonfiction – Biography
148 Grammar Drill - Infinitives
108 Biography - Ben Franklin by Hawthorne
149 Vocabulary Drill - Synonyms III
109 Biography of Franklin - Tone
150 Compare Literature - Differing Views
110 Biography of Franklin - Author Purpose
151 Analogies V
111 Literary Element - Anecdotes
152 Writing Skills - Editorials
112 Franklin - Inferences about Character
Unit 15 - Nonfiction – Elements of Poetry
113 Writing Skills - Biographies
153 Elements of Poetry
114 Interview - Preparation
154 William Wordsworth - Paraphrasing
115 Conducting an Interview
155 William Wordsworth - Rhyme Scheme
116 From Interview to Report
156 Emily Dickinson - Metaphor
117 Decoding Vocabulary - Word Parts
157 Emily Dickinson - Poetic Form
118 Ben Franklin - Cause and Effect
158 Walt Whitman - Free Verse
119 Grammar Drill - Dangling Modifiers
159 Vachel Lindsay - Compare and Contrast
Unit 12 - Nonfiction – Persuasive, Expository Essays
160 Paul Dunbar - Symbolism
120 Essays
161 Emily Dickinson - Personification
121 Persuasive Essay - Montaigne
162 Figures of Speech - Oxymoron
122 Montaigne - Antithesis
Unit 16 - Drama
123 Montaigne - Analyze Argument
163 Elements of Drama
124 Vocabulary Drill - Word Usage II
164 Drama - Tragedy and Comedy
125 Grammar- Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
165 Oscar Wilde - Satire
126 Franklin Letter - Daylight Saving
166 Drama - Reading Tips
127 Daylight Saving - Rhetorical Devices
167 Drama - Writing Tips
128 Daylight Saving - Paraphrasing
168 Grammar Drill - Possessives
129 Daylight Saving - Analyze Humor
169 Elements of Tragedy
130 Vocabulary Workshop - Context Clues II
170 Dramatic Devices
131 Writing Skills - Humorous Essay
171 Grammar Tip - Subject-Verb Order
Unity 13 - Persuasive Essay
172 Shakespearean Drama
132 Persuasive Essay - Topics
173 Romeo and Juliet - Overview
133 Persuasive Essay - Thesis Statement
174 Reading Shakespeare
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