Grade 9 – English 1 - Intensive Reading - Collection 4 –Sweet Sorrow
Suggested: 6 weeks, Semester 2
Central Text
Selections
EQ: How can something intangible impact your life?
How can you have something that cannot be owned?
Close Reader
Selections
Essay: from A Natural History of
Love “Love’s Vocabulary” by Diane
Ackerman 1020L, p. 163
LG: Analyze ideas presented in an
essay and determine word
meanings.
Reading Focus
Figurative Language
Metaphors
Connotations
Similes
Tone
Theme
Universal Theme
Alliteration
Structure
Parallel Plots
Point of View
Poem and Video: “ My
Shakespeare” by Kate Tempest
p. 173
LG: Analyze how a modern artist
draws on and transforms source
material for new artistic expression.
Instructional Text: “Shakespearean
Drama” p. 177
Anchor Text:
Drama: The Tragedy of Romeo and
Juliet by William Shakespeare
p.177
LG: Analyze character motivations
and parallel plots.
Inferences
Complex Character
Soliloquy
Hyperbole
Plot
Foil (in text)
Proverb
Foreshadowing
Imagery
Drama
Meter/ Iambic Pentameter
Kylene Beers Discussion Terms
Language Focus
(grammar, vocabulary, syntax)
Short Story: “Duty” by Pamela
Rafael Berkman 940L, p.289
LG: Analyze how an author draws
on and transforms source material
and how an author’s choice of point
of view creates desired effects.
Synonym
Participial Phrases
Puns
Context Clues
Independent Clause
Dependent Clause
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Analyze Idea: Participate in Collaborative
Discussion: Interactive Whiteboard Lesson: Text
Structure and Meaning
Analyze Language
Analyze Character
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Teengagement
Performance
Task: Analytical
Intertextual Unit:
“Do I Have A Choice?” Essay Rubric p.
304
Play: The Tragedy
of Romeo & Juliet
by William
Shakespeare.
attribute ( attributable, attributed)
commit (commitment, recommit)
expose (exposure, exposition)
initiate (initiative, initiator)
underlie (underlying, underlay)
Extensions Secondary Gifted Resources
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Performance
Task: Analytical
Essay p. 301
Novel:
Of Mice and Men
(will be addressed
on QBA2 exam)
Academic Vocabulary
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Formative and
Summative
Assessments
Online Selection
Tests
Journal Entries
Letter
Eulogy
Cite Evidence
Discussion
Debate
Dramatic Reading
Monologue/Dialogue
Myth: “Pyramus and Thisbe” from
the Metamorphoses retold by Ovid
p. 283
LG: Analyze source material.
Additional
Suggested
Resources
Writing Focus
Listening & Speaking
Focus
Close Reader:
Drama: from Tragedy of Romeo
and Juliet by William Shakespeare
p. p.282c
Print Version
Write an Analytical Essay
Determine Theme: Interactive Lesson
Write a Narrative
Analyze Representations in Different Mediums
Interventions ESE Accommodations - ELL Strategies
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Analyze Ideas: Level Up Tutorial: Reading for
Details
Analyze Source Material: Level Up Tutorial:
Universal and Recurring Themes
Analyze Author’s Choices: Parallel Plots: Level Up
Tutorial: Plot: Sequence of Events
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Analyze Source Material
Author’s Choices: Point of View: Level Up
Tutorial: Point of View
Grade 9 – Collection 4 – “Sweet Sorrow”
Thematic Connections:
Connection: In both texts, the
meaning changes based on the
author’s perception/concept of
love.
A Natural History of Love
“Love’s Vocabulary” by Diane
Ackerman 1020L, p. 163
Connection: These two texts are
connected through the concepts of love
and loss. In text 1, love is explained as
different concepts, while text 2, shows
Shakespeare’s vocabulary of love.
This essay explores the history
and meaning of the concept
of love and the word love
itself.
“Duty” by Pamela Rafael
Berkman 940L, p.289
This story shows how a
modern author can draw on
Shakespeare’s work and use
different points of view to
create new meaning.
“My Shakespeare” by Kate
Tempest
p. 173
Sweet Sorrow
This poem illustrates the
connection between words,
characters, and themes of
Shakespeare and the creative
artists who followed.
Essential Question:
Connection: In both texts, you can see
how authors ultimately build upon
others’ ideas. Text 5 continues to build
on text 4 by changing point of view, etc.
How can something
intangible impact your
life?
Connection: Both texts are
Shakespeare’s concepts of love. In text
2, you see Tempest’s interpretation of
text 3.
“Pyramus and Thisbe” from the
Metamorphoses retold by Ovid
p. 283
The Tragedy of Romeo
and Juliet by William
Shakespeare p.177
In this myth, the characters
struggle against their parents’
prohibition of their marriage,
and a misunderstanding leads to
their deaths.
This story tells of a young
couple striving to be
together despite
significant difficulties.
Connection: Shakespeare’s
“Romeo and Juliet” is an
alliteration of Ovid’s “Pyramus
and Thisbe”. In both stories, a
young couple is struggling to be
together despite their parent’s
wishes.
Grade 9 – Collection 4 – “Sweet Sorrow”
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Essential Question:
How can something intangible
impact your life?
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