Unit Activity Correlations to
Common Core State Standards
English Language Arts Level 4
Table of Contents
College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading
Reading Standards for Literature 6–12
Reading Standards for Informational Text 6–12
College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing
Writing Standards 6–12
College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening
Speaking and Listening Standards 6–12
College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Language
Language Standards 6–12
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ELA Level 4 – English I
College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading
Key Ideas and Details
1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual
evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
Unit 1, Activity 1-6: Introducing Independent Reading
Unit 1, Activity 1-16: Teens and Books: What Are the
Influences?
Unit 2, Activity 2-7: Irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-10: Exploring Theme
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, 4-24: “Then I Defy You, Stars!”
Unit 4, 4-25: Comparing Film Interpretations: “Thus with a
Kiss I Die”
Unit 4, 4-26: “Some Shall Be Pardoned, and Some Punished”
Unit 5, 5-2: Exploring My Opinions
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Unit 5, 5-9: Reflecting on Growth: Researching and Presenting
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-13: Making Predictions
Unit 5, 5-14: Drawing Inferences
Unit 5, 5-15: Lessons from the Neighborhood
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Unit 5, 5-23: Reflection on the Verdict
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-25: Exploring Insights
Unit 5, 5-26: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Unit 5, 5-27: Scout and Boo
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details
and ideas.
Unit 1, Activity 1-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 1, Activity 1-6: Introducing Independent Reading
Unit 1, Activity 1-8: Getting Cut: Coming of Age the Hard Way
Unit 1, Activity 1-11: Creating a Playlist for a Novel
Unit 1, Activity 1-12: Viewing an Interview
Unit 1, Activity 1-14: Interviewing Together
Unit 2, Activity 2-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 2, Activity 2-6: “The Cask of Amontillado” Story Diagram
Unit 2, Activity 2-18: Film in Context: An Authorial Study
Unit 3, Activity 3-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 3, 3-8: Extending Metaphor and Symbol
Unit 4, 4-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 4, 4-22: “…I Needs Must Act Alone”
Unit 4, 4-26: “Some Shall Be Pardoned, and Some Punished”
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Unit 5, 5-19: Exploring the Issues in To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 5, 5-22: Analyzing Atticus’s Closing Argument
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 5, 5-28: Contextualizing Controversy
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 10: Research
Unit 5, 5-21: Comparing Print and Film Text
3. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
Unit 1, Activity 1-3: What’s in a Name?
Unit 1, Activity 1-7: Defining Moments
Unit 1, Activity 1-11: Creating a Playlist for a Novel
Unit 1, Activity 1-16: Teens and Books: What Are the
Influences?
Unit 1, Activity 1-18: Using Rhetoric and Persuading an
Audience
Unit 2, Activity 2-2: An Eye for an Eye
Unit 2, Activity 2-3: “A Poison Tree”
Unit 2, Activity 2-7: Irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-14: SIFTing through “Marigolds”
Unit 2, Activity 2-15: Working with Cinematic Techniques:
Part 1
Unit 2, Activity 2-19: Setting the Mood: Wonka Two Ways
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 2, Activity 2-25: Director’s Chair: Visualizing a Scene
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
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Unit 3, 3-3: A Writer Speaks About Poetry
Unit 3, 3-5: A Catalogue of Coming-of-Age Experiences
Unit 3, 3-6: Structure in Poetry
Unit 3, 3-7: Exploring Diction and Imagery
Unit 3, 3-8: Extending Metaphor and Symbol
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-10: Exploring Theme
Unit 3, 3-11: Odes to Someone Special
Unit 3, 3-13: More Work with Connotation
Unit 3, 3-15: Poetry Analysis of “Young”
Unit 3, 3-16: Poetry Café
Unit 3, 3-17: Getting Kidnapped by a Poet
Unit 3, 3-18: Syntax Surgery
Unit 3, 3-19: Generating a Rhetorical Plan
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, 4-2: Mask Monologues
Unit 4, 4-3: Who’s Who in Verona
Unit 4, 4-5: A Sorrowful Son, a Dutiful Daughter
Unit 4, 4-6: A Timeline of Events
Unit 4, 4-7: You Are Cordially Invited
Unit 4, 4-12: Comparing Film Interpretations: The Balcony
Scene
Unit 4, 4-17: “A Plague o’ Both Your Houses!”
Unit 4, 4-19: Emotional Roller Coaster
Unit 4, 4-20: “But Now I’ll Tell Thee Joyful Tidings, Girl”
Unit 4, 4-21: “And, If Thou Darest, I’ll Give Thee Remedy”
Unit 4, 4-22: “…I Needs Must Act Alone”
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-12: Making Connections
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Unit 5, 5-19: Exploring the Issues in To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 5, 5-20: Changing the Scene
Unit 5, 5-21: Comparing Print and Film Text
Unit 5, 5-22: Analyzing Atticus’s Closing Argument
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-26: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 5, 5-28: Contextualizing Controversy
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
Craft and Structure
4. Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative
meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
Unit 2, Activity 2-14: SIFTing through “Marigolds”
Unit 3, 3-7: Exploring Diction and Imagery
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Unit 1, Activity 1-3: What’s in a Name?
Unit 1, Activity 1-4: I’d Like to Introduce
Unit 1, Activity 1-5: Introduction to Learning Logs and Word
Walls
Unit 1, Activity 1-7: Defining Moments
Unit 1, EA 1-1: Presenting an Interview Narrative
Unit 2, Activity 2-3: “A Poison Tree”
Unit 2, Activity 2-14: SIFTing through “Marigolds”
Unit 2, Activity 2-19: Setting the Mood: Wonka Two Ways
Unit 2, Activity 2-22: Reading Film: Edward Scissorhands
Unit 2, Activity 2-29: Portfolio Activity: Film Style
Unit 3, 3-4: Literary Devices Scavenger Hunt
Unit 3, 3-5: A Catalogue of Coming-of-Age Experiences
Unit 3, 3-6: Structure in Poetry
Unit 3, 3-14: Tone-Deaf — Exercises on Tone in Poetry
Unit 3, 3-15: Poetry Analysis of “Young”
Unit 4, 4-2: Mask Monologues
Unit 4, 4-15: Short Shrift: A Quick Wedding
Unit 4, 4-22: “…I Needs Must Act Alone”
Unit 4, 4-26: “Some Shall Be Pardoned, and Some Punished”
Unit 5, 5-2: Exploring My Opinions
Unit 5, 5-28: Contextualizing Controversy
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 4: Reflective Essay
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
5. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a
section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
Unit 1, Activity 1-3: What’s in a Name?
Unit 1, Activity 1-7: Defining Moments
Unit 1, Activity 1-11: Creating a Playlist for a Novel
Unit 1, Activity 1-16: Teens and Books: What Are the
Influences?
Unit 1, Activity 1-18: Using Rhetoric and Persuading an
Audience
Unit 2, Activity 2-2: An Eye for an Eye
Unit 2, Activity 2-3: “A Poison Tree”
Unit 2, Activity 2-7: Irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”
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Unit 2, Activity 2-14: SIFTing through “Marigolds”
Unit 2, Activity 2-15: Working with Cinematic Techniques:
Part 1
Unit 2, Activity 2-19: Setting the Mood: Wonka Two Ways
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 2, Activity 2-25: Director’s Chair: Visualizing a Scene
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
Unit 3, 3-3: A Writer Speaks About Poetry
Unit 3, 3-5: A Catalogue of Coming-of-Age Experiences
Unit 3, 3-6: Structure in Poetry
Unit 3, 3-7: Exploring Diction and Imagery
Unit 3, 3-8: Extending Metaphor and Symbol
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-10: Exploring Theme
Unit 3, 3-11: Odes to Someone Special
Unit 3, 3-13: More Work with Connotation
Unit 3, 3-15: Poetry Analysis of “Young”
Unit 3, 3-16: Poetry Café
Unit 3, 3-17: Getting Kidnapped by a Poet
Unit 3, 3-18: Syntax Surgery
Unit 3, 3-19: Generating a Rhetorical Plan
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, 4-2: Mask Monologues
Unit 4, 4-3: Who’s Who in Verona
Unit 4, 4-5: A Sorrowful Son, a Dutiful Daughter
Unit 4, 4-6: A Timeline of Events
Unit 4, 4-7: You Are Cordially Invited
Unit 4, 4-12: Comparing Film Interpretations: The Balcony
Scene
Unit 4, 4-17: “A Plague o’ Both Your Houses!”
Unit 4, 4-19: Emotional Roller Coaster
Unit 4, 4-20: “But Now I’ll Tell Thee Joyful Tidings, Girl”
Unit 4, 4-21: “And, If Thou Darest, I’ll Give Thee Remedy”
Unit 4, 4-22: “…I Needs Must Act Alone”
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-12: Making Connections
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Unit 5, 5-19: Exploring the Issues in To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 5, 5-20: Changing the Scene
Unit 5, 5-21: Comparing Print and Film Text
Unit 5, 5-22: Analyzing Atticus’s Closing Argument
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-26: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 5, 5-28: Contextualizing Controversy
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
6. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
Unit 1, Activity 1-10: Conversations with Characters
Unit 2, Activity 2-6: “The Cask of Amontillado” Story Diagram
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
Unit 2, Activity 2-28: Independent Viewing
Unit 2, Activity 2-29: Portfolio Activity: Film Style
Unit 3, 3-2: What Is Poetry?
Unit 5, 5-2: Exploring My Opinions
Unit 5, 5-10: A Scouting Party
Unit 5, 5-12: Making Connections
Unit 5, 5-19: Exploring the Issues in To Kill a Mockingbird
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 10: Research
Unit 2, Activity 2-15: Working with Cinematic Techniques:
Part 1
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
Unit 3, 3-6: Structure in Poetry
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
7. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse formats and media, including visually and quantitatively, as
well as in words.
Unit 1, Activity 1-3: What’s in a Name?
Unit 1, Activity 1-7: Defining Moments
Unit 1, Activity 1-8: Getting Cut: Coming of Age the Hard Way
Unit 1, Activity 1-9: Two Versions of One Memory
Unit 1, Activity 1-10: Conversations with Characters
Unit 1, Activity 1-13: Reading an Interview Narrative
Unit 1, Activity 1-16: Teens and Books: What Are the
Influences?
Unit 2, Activity 2-3: “A Poison Tree”
Unit 2, Activity 2-4: Catacombs and Carnival
Unit 2, Activity 2-5: Opening the Cask
Unit 2, Activity 2-6: “The Cask of Amontillado” Story Diagram
Unit 2, Activity 2-7: Irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-8: Visualizing the Ending of “The Cask of
Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-9: Peer Interviews
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Unit 2, Activity 2-10: “The Stolen Party” – Close Reading
Unit 2, Activity 2-11: Visualizing the Ending of “The Stolen
Party”
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, Activity 2-13: “The Stolen Party” Story Diagram
Unit 2, Activity 2-14: SIFTing through “Marigolds”
Unit 2, Activity 2-18: Film in Context: An Authorial Study
Unit 2, Activity 2-19: Setting the Mood: Wonka Two Ways
Unit 2, Activity 2-20: Revisiting “Wonka”: Application of Film
Terms
Unit 2, Activity 2-21: Working with Cinematic Techniques:
Part 2
Unit 2, Activity 2-22: Reading Film: Edward Scissorhands
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 2, Activity 2-25: Director’s Chair: Visualizing a Scene
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
Unit 2, Activity 2-27: Reading Film: Screening Day D
Unit 2, Activity 2-28: Independent Viewing
Unit 3, 3-2: What Is Poetry?
Unit 3, 3-3: A Writer Speaks About Poetry
Unit 3, 3-4: Literary Devices Scavenger Hunt
Unit 3, 3-5: A Catalogue of Coming-of-Age Experiences
Unit 3, 3-6: Structure in Poetry
Unit 3, 3-7: Exploring Diction and Imagery
Unit 3, 3-8: Extending Metaphor and Symbol
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-10: Exploring Theme
Unit 3, 3-11: Odes to Someone Special
Unit 3, 3-12: Coming of Age in Sonnets
Unit 3, 3-13: More Work with Connotation
Unit 3, 3-14: Tone-Deaf — Exercises on Tone in Poetry
Unit 3, 3-15: Poetry Analysis of “Young”
Unit 3, 3-16: Poetry Café
Unit 3, 3-17: Getting Kidnapped by a Poet
Unit 4, 4-2: Mask Monologues
Unit 4, 4-3: Who’s Who in Verona
Unit 4, 4-4: The Prologue: So Much from One Sonnet
Unit 4, 4-5: A Sorrowful Son, a Dutiful Daughter
Unit 4, 4-6: A Timeline of Events
Unit 4, 4-7: You Are Cordially Invited
Unit 4, 4-8: Comparing Film Interpretations: An Old
Accustomed Feast
Unit 4, 4-9: Persuasive Prompt
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-11: I Pray You, Speak Plainly, Please
Unit 4, 4-12: Comparing Film Interpretations: The Balcony
Scene
Unit 4, 4-13: Poetry, Paraphrased
Unit 4, 4-14: Foiled Again
Unit 4, 4-15: Short Shrift: A Quick Wedding
Unit 4, 4-16: Acting Companies
Unit 4, 4-17: “A Plague o’ Both Your Houses!”
Unit 4, 4-18: Comparing Film Interpretations: “And Fire-eyed
Fury Be My Conduct Now”
Unit 4, 4-19: Emotional Roller Coaster
Unit 4, 4-20: “But Now I’ll Tell Thee Joyful Tidings, Girl”
Unit 4, 4-21: “And, If Thou Darest, I’ll Give Thee Remedy”
Unit 4, 4-22: “…I Needs Must Act Alone”
Unit 4, 4-23: Shakespeare in Art
Unit 4, 4-24: “Then I Defy You, Stars!”
Unit 4, 4-25: Comparing Film Interpretations: “Thus with a
Kiss I Die”
Unit 4, 4-26: “Some Shall Be Pardoned, and Some Punished”
Unit 5, 5-3: A Time and a Place
Unit 5, 5-4: What Is Context?
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
Unit 5, 5-10: A Scouting Party
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-12: Making Connections
Unit 5, 5-13: Making Predictions
Unit 5, 5-14: Drawing Inferences
Unit 5, 5-15: Lessons from the Neighborhood
Unit 5, 5-16: Questioning the Text
Unit 5, 5-17: Examining the Title
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Unit 5, 5-19: Exploring the Issues in To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 5, 5-20: Changing the Scene
Unit 5, 5-21: Comparing Print and Film Text
Unit 5, 5-22: Analyzing Atticus’s Closing Argument
Unit 5, 5-23: Reflection on the Verdict
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-25: Exploring Insights
Unit 5, 5-26: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Unit 5, 5-27: Scout and Boo
Unit 5, 5-28: Contextualizing Controversy
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 4: Reflective Essay
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
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8. Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as
the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
Unit 1, Activity 1-6: Introducing Independent Reading
Unit 1, Activity 1-16: Teens and Books: What Are the
Influences?
Unit 2, Activity 2-7: Irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-10: Exploring Theme
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, 4-24: “Then I Defy You, Stars!”
Unit 4, 4-25: Comparing Film Interpretations: “Thus with a
Kiss I Die”
Unit 4, 4-26: “Some Shall Be Pardoned, and Some Punished”
Unit 5, 5-2: Exploring My Opinions
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Unit 5, 5-9: Reflecting on Growth: Researching and Presenting
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-13: Making Predictions
Unit 5, 5-14: Drawing Inferences
Unit 5, 5-15: Lessons from the Neighborhood
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Unit 5, 5-23: Reflection on the Verdict
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-25: Exploring Insights
Unit 5, 5-26: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Unit 5, 5-27: Scout and Boo
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
Unit 1, Activity 1-17: Examining Ads and Reviewing Appeals
Unit 3, 3-10: Exploring Theme
9. Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the
approaches the authors take.
Unit 1, Activity 1-9: Two Versions of One Memory
Unit 1, Activity 1-16: Teens and Books: What Are the
Influences?
Unit 2, Activity 2-10: “The Stolen Party” – Close Reading
Unit 4, 4-8: Comparing Film Interpretations: An Old
Accustomed Feast
Unit 1, Activity 1-3: What’s in a Name?
Unit 1, Activity 1-9: Two Versions of One Memory
Unit 5, 5-21: Comparing Print and Film Text
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
10. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.
Unit 1, Activity 1-3: What’s in a Name?
Unit 1, Activity 1-7: Defining Moments
Unit 1, Activity 1-9: Two Versions of One Memory
Unit 2, Activity 2-3: “A Poison Tree”
Unit 2, Activity 2-5: Opening the Cask
Unit 2, Activity 2-6: “The Cask of Amontillado” Story Diagram
Unit 2, Activity 2-7: Irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-8: Visualizing the Ending of “The Cask of
Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-10: “The Stolen Party” – Close Reading
Unit 2, Activity 2-11: Visualizing the Ending of “The Stolen
Party”
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, Activity 2-13: “The Stolen Party” Story Diagram
Unit 2, Activity 2-14: SIFTing through “Marigolds”
Unit 2, Activity 2-19: Setting the Mood: Wonka Two Ways
Unit 2, Activity 2-20: Revisiting “Wonka”: Application of Film
Terms
Unit 2, Activity 2-21: Working with Cinematic Techniques:
Part 2
Unit 2, Activity 2-22: Reading Film: Edward Scissorhands
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 2, Activity 2-25: Director’s Chair: Visualizing a Scene
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
Unit 2, Activity 2-27: Reading Film: Screening Day D
Unit 3, 3-3: A Writer Speaks About Poetry
Unit 3, 3-5: A Catalogue of Coming-of-Age Experiences
Unit 3, 3-6: Structure in Poetry
Unit 3, 3-7: Exploring Diction and Imagery
Unit 3, 3-8: Extending Metaphor and Symbol
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-10: Exploring Theme
Unit 3, 3-11: Odes to Someone Special
Unit 3, 3-12: Coming of Age in Sonnets
Unit 3, 3-13: More Work with Connotation
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Unit 3, 3-14: Tone-Deaf — Exercises on Tone in Poetry
Unit 3, 3-15: Poetry Analysis of “Young”
Unit 3, 3-16: Poetry Café
Unit 3, 3-17: Getting Kidnapped by a Poet
Unit 4, 4-2: Mask Monologues
Unit 4, 4-3: Who’s Who in Verona
Unit 4, 4-4: The Prologue: So Much from One Sonnet
Unit 4, 4-5: A Sorrowful Son, a Dutiful Daughter
Unit 4, 4-6: A Timeline of Events
Unit 4, 4-7: You Are Cordially Invited
Unit 4, 4-8: Comparing Film Interpretations: An Old
Accustomed Feast
Unit 4, 4-9: Persuasive Prompt
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-11: I Pray You, Speak Plainly, Please
Unit 4, 4-12: Comparing Film Interpretations: The Balcony
Scene
Unit 4, 4-13: Poetry, Paraphrased
Unit 4, 4-14: Foiled Again
Unit 4, 4-15: Short Shrift: A Quick Wedding
Unit 4, 4-16: Acting Companies
Unit 4, 4-17: “A Plague o’ Both Your Houses!”
Unit 4, 4-18: Comparing Film Interpretations: “And Fire-eyed
Fury Be My Conduct Now”
Unit 4, 4-19: Emotional Roller Coaster
Unit 4, 4-20: “But Now I’ll Tell Thee Joyful Tidings, Girl”
Unit 4, 4-21: “And, If Thou Darest, I’ll Give Thee Remedy”
Unit 4, 4-22: “…I Needs Must Act Alone”
Unit 4, 4-23: Shakespeare in Art
Unit 4, 4-24: “Then I Defy You, Stars!”
Unit 4, 4-25: Comparing Film Interpretations: “Thus with a
Kiss I Die”
Unit 5, 5-10: A Scouting Party
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-12: Making Connections
Unit 5, 5-13: Making Predictions
Unit 5, 5-14: Drawing Inferences
Unit 5, 5-15: Lessons from the Neighborhood
Unit 5, 5-16: Questioning the Text
Unit 5, 5-17: Examining the Title
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Unit 5, 5-19: Exploring the Issues in To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 5, 5-20: Changing the Scene
Unit 5, 5-21: Comparing Print and Film Text
Unit 5, 5-22: Analyzing Atticus’s Closing Argument
Unit 5, 5-23: Reflection on the Verdict
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-25: Exploring Insights
Unit 5, 5-26: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Unit 5, 5-27: Scout and Boo
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 4: Reflective Essay
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
Unit 1, Activity 1-8: Getting Cut: Coming of Age the Hard Way
Unit 1, Activity 1-13: Reading an Interview Narrative
Unit 1, Activity 1-16: Teens and Books: What Are the
Influences?
Unit 2, Activity 2-18: Film in Context: An Authorial Study
Unit 3, 3-3: A Writer Speaks About Poetry
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
Unit 5, 5-28: Contextualizing Controversy
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
Reading Standards for Literature 6–12
Key Ideas and Details
1. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences
drawn from the text.
Unit 1, Activity 1-6: Introducing Independent Reading
Unit 1, Activity 1-16: Teens and Books: What Are the
Influences?
Unit 2, Activity 2-7: Irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-10: Exploring Theme
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, 4-24: “Then I Defy You, Stars!”
Unit 4, 4-25: Comparing Film Interpretations: “Thus with a
Kiss I Die”
Unit 4, 4-26: “Some Shall Be Pardoned, and Some Punished”
Unit 5, 5-2: Exploring My Opinions
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Unit 5, 5-9: Reflecting on Growth: Researching and Presenting
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-13: Making Predictions
Unit 5, 5-14: Drawing Inferences
Unit 5, 5-15: Lessons from the Neighborhood
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Unit 5, 5-23: Reflection on the Verdict
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
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Unit 5, 5-25: Exploring Insights
Unit 5, 5-26: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Unit 5, 5-27: Scout and Boo
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
2. Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text,
including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Unit 1, Activity 1-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 1, Activity 1-6: Introducing Independent Reading
Unit 1, Activity 1-8: Getting Cut: Coming of Age the Hard Way
Unit 1, Activity 1-11: Creating a Playlist for a Novel
Unit 1, Activity 1-12: Viewing an Interview
Unit 1, Activity 1-14: Interviewing Together
Unit 2, Activity 2-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 2, Activity 2-6: “The Cask of Amontillado” Story Diagram
Unit 2, Activity 2-18: Film in Context: An Authorial Study
Unit 3, Activity 3-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 3, 3-8: Extending Metaphor and Symbol
Unit 4, 4-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 4, 4-22: “…I Needs Must Act Alone”
Unit 4, 4-26: “Some Shall Be Pardoned, and Some Punished”
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Unit 5, 5-19: Exploring the Issues in To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 5, 5-22: Analyzing Atticus’s Closing Argument
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 5, 5-28: Contextualizing Controversy
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 10: Research
Unit 5, 5-21: Comparing Print and Film Text
3. Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a
text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
Unit 1, Activity 1-11: Creating a Playlist for a Novel
Unit 2, Activity 2-13: “The Stolen Party” Story Diagram
Unit 2, Activity 2-14: SIFTing through “Marigolds”
Unit 2, Activity 2-15: Working with Cinematic Techniques:
Part 1
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 2, Activity 2-25: Director’s Chair: Visualizing a Scene
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
Unit 3, 3-5: A Catalogue of Coming-of-Age Experiences
Unit 4, 4-2: Mask Monologues
Unit 4, 4-3: Who’s Who in Verona
Unit 4, 4-5: A Sorrowful Son, a Dutiful Daughter
Unit 4, 4-6: A Timeline of Events
Unit 4, 4-7: You Are Cordially Invited
Unit 4, 4-12: Comparing Film Interpretations: The Balcony
Scene
Unit 4, 4-17: “A Plague o’ Both Your Houses!”
Unit 4, 4-19: Emotional Roller Coaster
Unit 4, 4-20: “But Now I’ll Tell Thee Joyful Tidings, Girl”
Unit 4, 4-21: “And, If Thou Darest, I’ll Give Thee Remedy”
Unit 4, 4-22: “…I Needs Must Act Alone”
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-12: Making Connections
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Unit 5, 5-19: Exploring the Issues in To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 5, 5-20: Changing the Scene
Unit 5, 5-21: Comparing Print and Film Text
Unit 5, 5-22: Analyzing Atticus’s Closing Argument
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-26: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 5, 5-28: Contextualizing Controversy
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Craft and Structure
4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative
meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language
evokes a sense of time and place;
Unit 2, Activity 2-14: SIFTing through “Marigolds”
Unit 3, 3-7: Exploring Diction and Imagery
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Unit 1, Activity 1-3: What’s in a Name?
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Unit 1, Activity 1-4: I’d Like to Introduce
Unit 1, Activity 1-7: Defining Moments
Unit 1, EA 1-1: Presenting an Interview Narrative
Unit 2, Activity 2-3: “A Poison Tree”
Unit 2, Activity 2-14: SIFTing through “Marigolds”
Unit 2, Activity 2-19: Setting the Mood: Wonka Two Ways
Unit 2, Activity 2-29: Portfolio Activity: Film Style
Unit 3, 3-4: Literary Devices Scavenger Hunt
Unit 3, 3-5: A Catalogue of Coming-of-Age Experiences
Unit 3, 3-14: Tone-Deaf — Exercises on Tone in Poetry
Unit 3, 3-15: Poetry Analysis of “Young”
Unit 4, 4-2: Mask Monologues
Unit 4, 4-15: Short Shrift: A Quick Wedding
Unit 4, 4-22: “…I Needs Must Act Alone”
Unit 4, 4-26: “Some Shall Be Pardoned, and Some Punished”
Unit 5, 5-2: Exploring My Opinions
Unit 5, 5-28: Contextualizing Controversy
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 4: Reflective Essay
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
5. Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and
manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.
Unit 1, Activity 1-3: What’s in a Name?
Unit 1, Activity 1-7: Defining Moments
Unit 1, Activity 1-11: Creating a Playlist for a Novel
Unit 1, Activity 1-16: Teens and Books: What Are the
Influences?
Unit 1, Activity 1-18: Using Rhetoric and Persuading an
Audience
Unit 2, Activity 2-2: An Eye for an Eye
Unit 2, Activity 2-3: “A Poison Tree”
Unit 2, Activity 2-7: Irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-14: SIFTing through “Marigolds”
Unit 2, Activity 2-15: Working with Cinematic Techniques:
Part 1
Unit 2, Activity 2-19: Setting the Mood: Wonka Two Ways
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 2, Activity 2-25: Director’s Chair: Visualizing a Scene
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
Unit 3, 3-19: Generating a Rhetorical Plan
Unit 4, 4-2: Mask Monologues
Unit 4, 4-3: Who’s Who in Verona
Unit 4, 4-5: A Sorrowful Son, a Dutiful Daughter
Unit 4, 4-6: A Timeline of Events
Unit 4, 4-7: You Are Cordially Invited
Unit 4, 4-12: Comparing Film Interpretations: The Balcony
Scene
Unit 4, 4-17: “A Plague o’ Both Your Houses!”
Unit 4, 4-19: Emotional Roller Coaster
Unit 4, 4-20: “But Now I’ll Tell Thee Joyful Tidings, Girl”
Unit 4, 4-21: “And, If Thou Darest, I’ll Give Thee Remedy”
Unit 4, 4-22: “…I Needs Must Act Alone”
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-12: Making Connections
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Unit 5, 5-19: Exploring the Issues in To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 5, 5-20: Changing the Scene
Unit 5, 5-21: Comparing Print and Film Text
Unit 5, 5-22: Analyzing Atticus’s Closing Argument
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-26: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 5, 5-28: Contextualizing Controversy
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
6. Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United
States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.
Unit 1, Activity 1-10: Conversations with Characters
Unit 4, 4-2: Mask Monologues
Unit 4, 4-3: Who’s Who in Verona
Unit 4, 4-4: The Prologue: So Much from One Sonnet
Unit 4, 4-5: A Sorrowful Son, a Dutiful Daughter
Unit 4, 4-6: A Timeline of Events
Unit 4, 4-7: You Are Cordially Invited
Unit 4, 4-8: Comparing Film Interpretations: An Old
Accustomed Feast
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-11: I Pray You, Speak Plainly, Please
Unit 4, 4-12: Comparing Film Interpretations: The Balcony
Scene
Unit 4, 4-14: Foiled Again
Unit 4, 4-15: Short Shrift: A Quick Wedding
Unit 4, 4-16: Acting Companies
Unit 4, 4-17: “A Plague o’ Both Your Houses!”
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Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
7. Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is
emphasized or absent in each treatment (e.g., Auden’s “Musée des Beaux Arts” and Breughel’s Landscape with the
Fall of Icarus).
Unit 2, Activity 2-19: Setting the Mood: Wonka Two Ways
Unit 2, Activity 2-20: Revisiting “Wonka”: Application of Film
Terms
Unit 2, Activity 2-21: Working with Cinematic Techniques:
Part 2
Unit 2, Activity 2-22: Reading Film: Edward Scissorhands
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 2, Activity 2-25: Director’s Chair: Visualizing a Scene
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
Unit 2, Activity 2-27: Reading Film: Screening Day D
Unit 3, 3-14: Tone-Deaf — Exercises on Tone in Poetry
Unit 4, 4-8: Comparing Film Interpretations: An Old
Accustomed Feast
Unit 4, 4-12: Comparing Film Interpretations: The Balcony
Scene
Unit 4, 4-18: Comparing Film Interpretations: “And Fire-eyed
Fury Be My Conduct Now”
Unit 4, 4-25: Comparing Film Interpretations: “Thus with a
Kiss I Die”
Unit 5, 5-10: A Scouting Party
Unit 5, 5-21: Comparing Print and Film Text
9. Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work (e.g., how Shakespeare treats a
theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible or how a later author draws on a play by Shakespeare).
Unit 3, 3-12: Coming of Age in Sonnets
Unit 4, 4-13: Poetry, Paraphrased
Unit 4, 4-23: Shakespeare in Art
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
10. By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9–10
text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. By the end of grade 10,
read and comprehend lit
Unit 1, Activity 1-3: What’s in a Name?
Unit 1, Activity 1-7: Defining Moments
Unit 1, Activity 1-9: Two Versions of One Memory
Unit 2, Activity 2-3: “A Poison Tree”
Unit 2, Activity 2-5: Opening the Cask
Unit 2, Activity 2-6: “The Cask of Amontillado” Story Diagram
Unit 2, Activity 2-7: Irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-8: Visualizing the Ending of “The Cask of
Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-10: “The Stolen Party” – Close Reading
Unit 2, Activity 2-11: Visualizing the Ending of “The Stolen
Party”
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, Activity 2-13: “The Stolen Party” Story Diagram
Unit 2, Activity 2-14: SIFTing through “Marigolds”
Unit 2, Activity 2-19: Setting the Mood: Wonka Two Ways
Unit 2, Activity 2-20: Revisiting “Wonka”: Application of Film
Terms
Unit 2, Activity 2-21: Working with Cinematic Techniques:
Part 2
Unit 2, Activity 2-22: Reading Film: Edward Scissorhands
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 2, Activity 2-25: Director’s Chair: Visualizing a Scene
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
Unit 2, Activity 2-27: Reading Film: Screening Day D
Unit 3, 3-3: A Writer Speaks About Poetry
Unit 3, 3-5: A Catalogue of Coming-of-Age Experiences
Unit 3, 3-6: Structure in Poetry
Unit 3, 3-7: Exploring Diction and Imagery
Unit 3, 3-8: Extending Metaphor and Symbol
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-10: Exploring Theme
Unit 3, 3-11: Odes to Someone Special
Unit 3, 3-12: Coming of Age in Sonnets
Unit 3, 3-13: More Work with Connotation
Unit 3, 3-14: Tone-Deaf — Exercises on Tone in Poetry
Unit 3, 3-15: Poetry Analysis of “Young”
Unit 3, 3-16: Poetry Café
Unit 3, 3-17: Getting Kidnapped by a Poet
Unit 4, 4-2: Mask Monologues
Unit 4, 4-3: Who’s Who in Verona
Unit 4, 4-4: The Prologue: So Much from One Sonnet
Unit 4, 4-5: A Sorrowful Son, a Dutiful Daughter
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Unit 4, 4-6: A Timeline of Events
Unit 4, 4-7: You Are Cordially Invited
Unit 4, 4-8: Comparing Film Interpretations: An Old
Accustomed Feast
Unit 4, 4-9: Persuasive Prompt
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-11: I Pray You, Speak Plainly, Please
Unit 4, 4-12: Comparing Film Interpretations: The Balcony
Scene
Unit 4, 4-13: Poetry, Paraphrased
Unit 4, 4-14: Foiled Again
Unit 4, 4-15: Short Shrift: A Quick Wedding
Unit 4, 4-16: Acting Companies
Unit 4, 4-17: “A Plague o’ Both Your Houses!”
Unit 4, 4-18: Comparing Film Interpretations: “And Fire-eyed
Fury Be My Conduct Now”
Unit 4, 4-19: Emotional Roller Coaster
Unit 4, 4-20: “But Now I’ll Tell Thee Joyful Tidings, Girl”
Unit 4, 4-21: “And, If Thou Darest, I’ll Give Thee Remedy”
Unit 4, 4-22: “…I Needs Must Act Alone”
Unit 4, 4-23: Shakespeare in Art
Unit 4, 4-24: “Then I Defy You, Stars!”
Unit 4, 4-25: Comparing Film Interpretations: “Thus with a
Kiss I Die”
Unit 5, 5-10: A Scouting Party
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-12: Making Connections
Unit 5, 5-13: Making Predictions
Unit 5, 5-14: Drawing Inferences
Unit 5, 5-15: Lessons from the Neighborhood
Unit 5, 5-16: Questioning the Text
Unit 5, 5-17: Examining the Title
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Unit 5, 5-19: Exploring the Issues in To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 5, 5-20: Changing the Scene
Unit 5, 5-21: Comparing Print and Film Text
Unit 5, 5-22: Analyzing Atticus’s Closing Argument
Unit 5, 5-23: Reflection on the Verdict
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-25: Exploring Insights
Unit 5, 5-26: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Unit 5, 5-27: Scout and Boo
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 4: Reflective Essay
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
Reading Standards for Informational Text 6–12
Key Ideas and Details
1. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences
drawn from the text.
Unit 1, Activity 1-6: Introducing Independent Reading
Unit 1, Activity 1-16: Teens and Books: What Are the
Influences?
Unit 2, Activity 2-7: Irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-10: Exploring Theme
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, 4-24: “Then I Defy You, Stars!”
Unit 4, 4-25: Comparing Film Interpretations: “Thus with a
Kiss I Die”
Unit 4, 4-26: “Some Shall Be Pardoned, and Some Punished”
Unit 5, 5-2: Exploring My Opinions
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Unit 5, 5-9: Reflecting on Growth: Researching and Presenting
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-13: Making Predictions
Unit 5, 5-14: Drawing Inferences
Unit 5, 5-15: Lessons from the Neighborhood
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Unit 5, 5-23: Reflection on the Verdict
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-25: Exploring Insights
Unit 5, 5-26: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Unit 5, 5-27: Scout and Boo
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
Unit 1, Activity 1-3: What’s in a Name?
Unit 1, Activity 1-7: Defining Moments
Unit 2, Activity 2-5: Opening the Cask
Unit 2, Activity 2-18: Film in Context: An Authorial Study
Unit 2, Activity 2-21: Working with Cinematic Techniques:
Part 2
Unit 2, Activity 2-22: Reading Film: Edward Scissorhands
Unit 3, 3-8: Extending Metaphor and Symbol
Unit 4, 4-22: “…I Needs Must Act Alone”
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2. Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it
emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Unit 1, Activity 1-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 1, Activity 1-6: Introducing Independent Reading
Unit 1, Activity 1-8: Getting Cut: Coming of Age the Hard Way
Unit 1, Activity 1-11: Creating a Playlist for a Novel
Unit 1, Activity 1-12: Viewing an Interview
Unit 1, Activity 1-14: Interviewing Together
Unit 2, Activity 2-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 2, Activity 2-6: “The Cask of Amontillado” Story Diagram
Unit 2, Activity 2-18: Film in Context: An Authorial Study
Unit 3, Activity 3-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 3, 3-8: Extending Metaphor and Symbol
Unit 4, 4-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 4, 4-22: “…I Needs Must Act Alone”
Unit 4, 4-26: “Some Shall Be Pardoned, and Some Punished”
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Unit 5, 5-19: Exploring the Issues in To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 5, 5-22: Analyzing Atticus’s Closing Argument
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 5, 5-28: Contextualizing Controversy
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 10: Research
Unit 5, 5-21: Comparing Print and Film Text
3. Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are
made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.
Unit 1, Activity 1-3: What’s in a Name?
Unit 1, Activity 1-7: Defining Moments
Unit 1, Activity 1-11: Creating a Playlist for a Novel
Unit 1, Activity 1-16: Teens and Books: What Are the
Influences?
Unit 1, Activity 1-18: Using Rhetoric and Persuading an
Audience
Unit 2, Activity 2-2: An Eye for an Eye
Unit 2, Activity 2-3: “A Poison Tree”
Unit 2, Activity 2-7: Irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-14: SIFTing through “Marigolds”
Unit 2, Activity 2-15: Working with Cinematic Techniques:
Part 1
Unit 2, Activity 2-19: Setting the Mood: Wonka Two Ways
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 2, Activity 2-25: Director’s Chair: Visualizing a Scene
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
Unit 3, 3-3: A Writer Speaks About Poetry
Unit 3, 3-5: A Catalogue of Coming-of-Age Experiences
Unit 3, 3-6: Structure in Poetry
Unit 3, 3-7: Exploring Diction and Imagery
Unit 3, 3-8: Extending Metaphor and Symbol
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-10: Exploring Theme
Unit 3, 3-11: Odes to Someone Special
Unit 3, 3-13: More Work with Connotation
Unit 3, 3-15: Poetry Analysis of “Young”
Unit 3, 3-16: Poetry Café
Unit 3, 3-17: Getting Kidnapped by a Poet
Unit 3, 3-18: Syntax Surgery
Unit 3, 3-19: Generating a Rhetorical Plan
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, 4-2: Mask Monologues
Unit 4, 4-3: Who’s Who in Verona
Unit 4, 4-5: A Sorrowful Son, a Dutiful Daughter
Unit 4, 4-6: A Timeline of Events
Unit 4, 4-7: You Are Cordially Invited
Unit 4, 4-12: Comparing Film Interpretations: The Balcony
Scene
Unit 4, 4-17: “A Plague o’ Both Your Houses!”
Unit 4, 4-19: Emotional Roller Coaster
Unit 4, 4-20: “But Now I’ll Tell Thee Joyful Tidings, Girl”
Unit 4, 4-21: “And, If Thou Darest, I’ll Give Thee Remedy”
Unit 4, 4-22: “…I Needs Must Act Alone”
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-12: Making Connections
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Unit 5, 5-19: Exploring the Issues in To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 5, 5-20: Changing the Scene
Unit 5, 5-21: Comparing Print and Film Text
Unit 5, 5-22: Analyzing Atticus’s Closing Argument
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-26: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 5, 5-28: Contextualizing Controversy
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
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Craft and Structure
4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and
technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the
language of a court opinion diff
Unit 3, 3-7: Exploring Diction and Imagery
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Unit 1, Activity 1-3: What’s in a Name?
Unit 1, Activity 1-4: I’d Like to Introduce
Unit 1, Activity 1-7: Defining Moments
Unit 1, EA 1-1: Presenting an Interview Narrative
Unit 2, Activity 2-3: “A Poison Tree”
Unit 2, Activity 2-14: SIFTing through “Marigolds”
Unit 2, Activity 2-19: Setting the Mood: Wonka Two Ways
Unit 2, Activity 2-29: Portfolio Activity: Film Style
Unit 3, 3-4: Literary Devices Scavenger Hunt
Unit 3, 3-5: A Catalogue of Coming-of-Age Experiences
Unit 3, 3-14: Tone-Deaf — Exercises on Tone in Poetry
Unit 3, 3-15: Poetry Analysis of “Young”
Unit 4, 4-2: Mask Monologues
Unit 4, 4-15: Short Shrift: A Quick Wedding
Unit 4, 4-22: “…I Needs Must Act Alone”
Unit 4, 4-26: “Some Shall Be Pardoned, and Some Punished”
Unit 5, 5-2: Exploring My Opinions
Unit 5, 5-28: Contextualizing Controversy
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 4: Reflective Essay
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Unit 1, Activity 1-3: What’s in a Name?
Unit 1, Activity 1-5: Introduction to Learning Logs and Word
Walls
Unit 1, Activity 1-7: Defining Moments
Unit 1, Activity 1-9: Two Versions of One Memory
Unit 1, Activity 1-13: Reading an Interview Narrative
Unit 1, Activity 1-18: Using Rhetoric and Persuading an
Audience
Unit 2, Activity 2-4: Catacombs and Carnival
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, Activity 2-15: Working with Cinematic Techniques:
Part 1
Unit 2, Activity 2-19: Setting the Mood: Wonka Two Ways
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
Unit 2, Activity 2-28: Independent Viewing
Unit 2, Activity 2-29: Portfolio Activity: Film Style
Unit 3, 3-6: Structure in Poetry
Unit 3, 3-7: Exploring Diction and Imagery
Unit 3, 3-8: Extending Metaphor and Symbol
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-11: Odes to Someone Special
Unit 3, 3-12: Coming of Age in Sonnets
Unit 3, 3-18: Syntax Surgery
Unit 4, 4-3: Who’s Who in Verona
Unit 4, 4-4: The Prologue: So Much from One Sonnet
Unit 4, 4-8: Comparing Film Interpretations: An Old
Accustomed Feast
Unit 4, 4-9: Persuasive Prompt
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-12: Comparing Film Interpretations: The Balcony
Scene
Unit 4, 4-17: “A Plague o’ Both Your Houses!”
Unit 4, 4-18: Comparing Film Interpretations: “And Fire-eyed
Fury Be My Conduct Now”
Unit 4, 4-19: Emotional Roller Coaster
Unit 5, 5-3: A Time and a Place
Unit 5, 5-4: What Is Context?
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
Unit 5, 5-7: Collecting Resources
Unit 5, 5-8: Audience Analysis
Unit 5, 5-10: A Scouting Party
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-13: Making Predictions
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Unit 5, 5-20: Changing the Scene
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-26: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Unit 5, Unit Reflection
Unit 4, Unit Reflection
Unit 3, Unit Reflection
Unit 2, Unit Reflection
Unit 1, Unit Reflection
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5. Analyze in detail how an author’s ideas or claims are developed and refined by particular sentences, paragraphs, or
larger portions of a text (e.g., a section or chapter).
Unit 2, Activity 2-15: Working with Cinematic Techniques:
Part 1
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
Unit 3, 3-6: Structure in Poetry
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
6. Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that
point of view or purpose.
Unit 1, Activity 1-10: Conversations with Characters
Unit 2, Activity 2-6: “The Cask of Amontillado” Story Diagram
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
Unit 2, Activity 2-28: Independent Viewing
Unit 2, Activity 2-29: Portfolio Activity: Film Style
Unit 3, 3-2: What Is Poetry?
Unit 5, 5-2: Exploring My Opinions
Unit 5, 5-10: A Scouting Party
Unit 5, 5-12: Making Connections
Unit 5, 5-19: Exploring the Issues in To Kill a Mockingbird
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 10: Research
Unit 2, Activity 2-15: Working with Cinematic Techniques:
Part 1
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
Unit 3, 3-6: Structure in Poetry
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
7. Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a person’s life story in both print and
multimedia), determining which details are emphasized in each account.
Unit 2, Activity 2-19: Setting the Mood: Wonka Two Ways
Unit 2, Activity 2-20: Revisiting “Wonka”: Application of Film
Terms
Unit 2, Activity 2-21: Working with Cinematic Techniques:
Part 2
Unit 2, Activity 2-22: Reading Film: Edward Scissorhands
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 2, Activity 2-25: Director’s Chair: Visualizing a Scene
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
Unit 2, Activity 2-27: Reading Film: Screening Day D
Unit 3, 3-14: Tone-Deaf — Exercises on Tone in Poetry
Unit 4, 4-8: Comparing Film Interpretations: An Old
Accustomed Feast
Unit 4, 4-12: Comparing Film Interpretations: The Balcony
Scene
Unit 4, 4-18: Comparing Film Interpretations: “And Fire-eyed
Fury Be My Conduct Now”
Unit 4, 4-25: Comparing Film Interpretations: “Thus with a
Kiss I Die”
Unit 5, 5-10: A Scouting Party
Unit 5, 5-21: Comparing Print and Film Text
8. Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the
evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning.
Unit 1, Activity 1-6: Introducing Independent Reading
Unit 1, Activity 1-16: Teens and Books: What Are the
Influences?
Unit 2, Activity 2-7: Irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-10: Exploring Theme
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, 4-24: “Then I Defy You, Stars!”
Unit 4, 4-25: Comparing Film Interpretations: “Thus with a
Kiss I Die”
Unit 4, 4-26: “Some Shall Be Pardoned, and Some Punished”
Unit 5, 5-2: Exploring My Opinions
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Unit 5, 5-9: Reflecting on Growth: Researching and Presenting
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-13: Making Predictions
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Unit 5, 5-14: Drawing Inferences
Unit 5, 5-15: Lessons from the Neighborhood
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Unit 5, 5-23: Reflection on the Verdict
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-25: Exploring Insights
Unit 5, 5-26: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Unit 5, 5-27: Scout and Boo
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
9. Analyze seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance (e.g., Washington’s Farewell Address, the
Gettysburg Address, Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms speech, King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”), including how they
address related themes and
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
Unit 3, 3-12: Coming of Age in Sonnets
Unit 3, 3-16: Poetry Café
Unit 4, 4-2: Mask Monologues
Unit 4, 4-3: Who’s Who in Verona
Unit 4, 4-4: The Prologue: So Much from One Sonnet
Unit 4, 4-5: A Sorrowful Son, a Dutiful Daughter
Unit 4, 4-6: A Timeline of Events
Unit 4, 4-7: You Are Cordially Invited
Unit 4, 4-8: Comparing Film Interpretations: An Old
Accustomed Feast
Unit 4, 4-9: Persuasive Prompt
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-11: I Pray You, Speak Plainly, Please
Unit 4, 4-12: Comparing Film Interpretations: The Balcony
Scene
Unit 4, 4-13: Poetry, Paraphrased
Unit 4, 4-14: Foiled Again
Unit 4, 4-15: Short Shrift: A Quick Wedding
Unit 4, 4-16: Acting Companies
Unit 4, 4-17: “A Plague o’ Both Your Houses!”
Unit 4, 4-18: Comparing Film Interpretations: “And Fire-eyed
Fury Be My Conduct Now”
Unit 4, 4-19: Emotional Roller Coaster
Unit 4, 4-20: “But Now I’ll Tell Thee Joyful Tidings, Girl”
Unit 4, 4-21: “And, If Thou Darest, I’ll Give Thee Remedy”
Unit 5, 5-10: A Scouting Party
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-12: Making Connections
Unit 5, 5-13: Making Predictions
Unit 5, 5-14: Drawing Inferences
Unit 5, 5-15: Lessons from the Neighborhood
Unit 5, 5-16: Questioning the Text
Unit 5, 5-17: Examining the Title
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Unit 5, 5-19: Exploring the Issues in To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 5, 5-20: Changing the Scene
Unit 5, 5-21: Comparing Print and Film Text
Unit 5, 5-22: Analyzing Atticus’s Closing Argument
Unit 5, 5-23: Reflection on the Verdict
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-25: Exploring Insights
Unit 5, 5-26: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Unit 5, 5-27: Scout and Boo
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
10. By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 9–10 text complexity band
proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend
literary nonfiction at the high e
Unit 1, Activity 1-8: Getting Cut: Coming of Age the Hard Way
Unit 1, Activity 1-13: Reading an Interview Narrative
Unit 1, Activity 1-16: Teens and Books: What Are the
Influences?
Unit 2, Activity 2-18: Film in Context: An Authorial Study
Unit 3, 3-3: A Writer Speaks About Poetry
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
Unit 5, 5-28: Contextualizing Controversy
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
Unit 1, Activity 1-9: Two Versions of One Memory
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College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing
Text Types and Purposes
1. Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant
and sufficient evidence.
Unit 1, Activity 1-6: Introducing Independent Reading
Unit 1, Activity 1-16: Teens and Books: What Are the
Influences?
Unit 2, Activity 2-7: Irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-10: Exploring Theme
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, 4-24: “Then I Defy You, Stars!”
Unit 4, 4-25: Comparing Film Interpretations: “Thus with a
Kiss I Die”
Unit 4, 4-26: “Some Shall Be Pardoned, and Some Punished”
Unit 5, 5-2: Exploring My Opinions
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Unit 5, 5-9: Reflecting on Growth: Researching and Presenting
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-13: Making Predictions
Unit 5, 5-14: Drawing Inferences
Unit 5, 5-15: Lessons from the Neighborhood
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Unit 5, 5-23: Reflection on the Verdict
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-25: Exploring Insights
Unit 5, 5-26: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Unit 5, 5-27: Scout and Boo
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately
through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
Unit 1, EA 1-2: Creating an Ad Campaign for a Novel
Unit 1, Activity 1-7: Defining Moments
Unit 1, Activity 1-8: Getting Cut: Coming of Age the Hard Way
Unit 1, Activity 1-10: Conversations with Characters
Unit 1, Activity 1-11: Creating a Playlist for a Novel
Unit 1, Activity 1-12: Viewing an Interview
Unit 1, Activity 1-14: Interviewing Together
Unit 1, Activity 1-16: Teens and Books: What Are the
Influences?
Unit 1, Activity 1-18: Using Rhetoric and Persuading an
Audience
Unit 2, Activity 2-7: Irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, Activity 2-14: SIFTing through “Marigolds”
Unit 2, Activity 2-16: Applying Cinematic Techniques
Unit 2, Activity 2-19: Setting the Mood: Wonka Two Ways
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
Unit 2, Activity 2-27: Reading Film: Screening Day D
Unit 2, EA 2-2: Writing a Style Analysis Essay
Unit 3, 3-7: Exploring Diction and Imagery
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-10: Exploring Theme
Unit 3, 3-13: More Work with Connotation
Unit 3, 3-14: Tone-Deaf — Exercises on Tone in Poetry
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, 4-8: Comparing Film Interpretations: An Old
Accustomed Feast
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-12: Comparing Film Interpretations: The Balcony
Scene
Unit 4, 4-18: Comparing Film Interpretations: “And Fire-eyed
Fury Be My Conduct Now”
Unit 4, 4-22: “…I Needs Must Act Alone”
Unit 4, 4-25: Comparing Film Interpretations: “Thus with a
Kiss I Die”
Unit 4, 4-26: “Some Shall Be Pardoned, and Some Punished”
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 4, 4-27: Reflecting on Growth: Speaking and Listening
Unit 4, 4-28: Reflecting on Growth: Reading and Writing
Unit 4, EA 4-2: Writing a Metacognitive Reflection
Unit 5, 5-2: Exploring My Opinions
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-13: Making Predictions
Unit 5, 5-19: Exploring the Issues in To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 5, 5-20: Changing the Scene
Unit 5, 5-21: Comparing Print and Film Text
Unit 5, 5-22: Analyzing Atticus’s Closing Argument
Unit 5, 5-23: Reflection on the Verdict
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Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-25: Exploring Insights
Unit 5, 5-27: Scout and Boo
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details,
and well-structured event sequences.
Unit 1, Activity 1-9: Two Versions of One Memory
Unit 1, EA 1-1: Presenting an Interview Narrative
Unit 2, Activity 2-11: Visualizing the Ending of “The Stolen
Party”
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 3, 3-5: A Catalogue of Coming-of-Age Experiences
Unit 3, 3-8: Extending Metaphor and Symbol
Unit 3, EA 3-1: Creating a Poetry Anthology
Unit 4, 4-15: Short Shrift: A Quick Wedding
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 4: Reflective Essay
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
Production and Distribution of Writing
4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task,
purpose, and audience.
Unit 1, EA 1-2: Creating an Ad Campaign for a Novel
Unit 1, Activity 1-7: Defining Moments
Unit 1, Activity 1-8: Getting Cut: Coming of Age the Hard Way
Unit 1, Activity 1-10: Conversations with Characters
Unit 1, Activity 1-11: Creating a Playlist for a Novel
Unit 1, Activity 1-12: Viewing an Interview
Unit 1, Activity 1-14: Interviewing Together
Unit 1, Activity 1-16: Teens and Books: What Are the
Influences?
Unit 1, Activity 1-18: Using Rhetoric and Persuading an
Audience
Unit 2, Activity 2-7: Irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, Activity 2-14: SIFTing through “Marigolds”
Unit 2, Activity 2-16: Applying Cinematic Techniques
Unit 2, Activity 2-19: Setting the Mood: Wonka Two Ways
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
Unit 2, Activity 2-27: Reading Film: Screening Day D
Unit 2, EA 2-2: Writing a Style Analysis Essay
Unit 3, 3-7: Exploring Diction and Imagery
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-10: Exploring Theme
Unit 3, 3-13: More Work with Connotation
Unit 3, 3-14: Tone-Deaf — Exercises on Tone in Poetry
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, 4-8: Comparing Film Interpretations: An Old
Accustomed Feast
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-12: Comparing Film Interpretations: The Balcony
Scene
Unit 4, 4-18: Comparing Film Interpretations: “And Fire-eyed
Fury Be My Conduct Now”
Unit 4, 4-22: “…I Needs Must Act Alone”
Unit 4, 4-25: Comparing Film Interpretations: “Thus with a
Kiss I Die”
Unit 4, 4-26: “Some Shall Be Pardoned, and Some Punished”
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 4, 4-27: Reflecting on Growth: Speaking and Listening
Unit 4, 4-28: Reflecting on Growth: Reading and Writing
Unit 4, EA 4-2: Writing a Metacognitive Reflection
Unit 5, 5-2: Exploring My Opinions
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-13: Making Predictions
Unit 5, 5-19: Exploring the Issues in To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 5, 5-20: Changing the Scene
Unit 5, 5-21: Comparing Print and Film Text
Unit 5, 5-22: Analyzing Atticus’s Closing Argument
Unit 5, 5-23: Reflection on the Verdict
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-25: Exploring Insights
Unit 5, 5-27: Scout and Boo
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
Unit 1, Activity 1-9: Two Versions of One Memory
Unit 1, EA 1-1: Presenting an Interview Narrative
Unit 2, Activity 2-11: Visualizing the Ending of “The Stolen
Party”
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 3, 3-5: A Catalogue of Coming-of-Age Experiences
Unit 3, 3-8: Extending Metaphor and Symbol
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Unit 3, EA 3-1: Creating a Poetry Anthology
Unit 4, 4-15: Short Shrift: A Quick Wedding
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 4: Reflective Essay
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 4: Reflective Essay
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
Unit 1, EA 1-1: Presenting an Interview Narrative
Unit 1, EA 1-2: Creating an Ad Campaign for a Novel
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 2, EA 2-2: Writing a Style Analysis Essay
Unit 3, EA 3-1: Creating a Poetry Anthology
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 4, EA 4-2: Writing a Metacognitive Reflection
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 4: Reflective Essay
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
Unit 1, EA 1-1: Presenting an Interview Narrative
Unit 1, EA 1-2: Creating an Ad Campaign for a Novel
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 2, EA 2-2: Writing a Style Analysis Essay
Unit 3, EA 3-1: Creating a Poetry Anthology
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 4, EA 4-2: Writing a Metacognitive Reflection
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 1, Activity 1-19: Sampling Ads and Planning a Campaign
Unit 2, Activity 2-4: Catacombs and Carnival
Unit 2, Activity 2-18: Film in Context: An Authorial Study
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-11: I Pray You, Speak Plainly, Please
Unit 4, 4-16: Acting Companies
Unit 4, 4-25: Comparing Film Interpretations: “Thus with a
Kiss I Die”
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
Unit 5, 5-6: Preparing for Research
Unit 5, 5-7: Collecting Resources
Unit 5, 5-8: Audience Analysis
Unit 5, 5-9: Reflecting on Growth: Researching and Presenting
Unit 5, 5-28: Contextualizing Controversy
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating
understanding of the subject under investigation.
Unit 1, Activity 1-19: Sampling Ads and Planning a Campaign
Unit 2, Activity 2-4: Catacombs and Carnival
Unit 2, Activity 2-18: Film in Context: An Authorial Study
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-11: I Pray You, Speak Plainly, Please
Unit 4, 4-16: Acting Companies
Unit 4, 4-25: Comparing Film Interpretations: “Thus with a
Kiss I Die”
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
Unit 5, 5-6: Preparing for Research
Unit 5, 5-7: Collecting Resources
Unit 5, 5-8: Audience Analysis
Unit 5, 5-9: Reflecting on Growth: Researching and Presenting
Unit 5, 5-28: Contextualizing Controversy
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
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8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each
source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.
Unit 1, Activity 1-19: Sampling Ads and Planning a Campaign
Unit 2, Activity 2-4: Catacombs and Carnival
Unit 2, Activity 2-18: Film in Context: An Authorial Study
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-11: I Pray You, Speak Plainly, Please
Unit 4, 4-16: Acting Companies
Unit 4, 4-25: Comparing Film Interpretations: “Thus with a
Kiss I Die”
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
Unit 5, 5-6: Preparing for Research
Unit 5, 5-7: Collecting Resources
Unit 5, 5-8: Audience Analysis
Unit 5, 5-9: Reflecting on Growth: Researching and Presenting
Unit 5, 5-28: Contextualizing Controversy
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Unit 1, Activity 1-19: Sampling Ads and Planning a Campaign
Unit 2, Activity 2-4: Catacombs and Carnival
Unit 2, Activity 2-18: Film in Context: An Authorial Study
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-11: I Pray You, Speak Plainly, Please
Unit 4, 4-16: Acting Companies
Unit 4, 4-25: Comparing Film Interpretations: “Thus with a
Kiss I Die”
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
Unit 5, 5-6: Preparing for Research
Unit 5, 5-7: Collecting Resources
Unit 5, 5-8: Audience Analysis
Unit 5, 5-9: Reflecting on Growth: Researching and Presenting
Unit 5, 5-28: Contextualizing Controversy
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
Unit 1, Activity 1-6: Introducing Independent Reading
Unit 1, Activity 1-16: Teens and Books: What Are the
Influences?
Unit 2, Activity 2-7: Irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-10: Exploring Theme
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, 4-24: “Then I Defy You, Stars!”
Unit 4, 4-25: Comparing Film Interpretations: “Thus with a
Kiss I Die”
Unit 4, 4-26: “Some Shall Be Pardoned, and Some Punished”
Unit 5, 5-2: Exploring My Opinions
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Unit 5, 5-9: Reflecting on Growth: Researching and Presenting
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-13: Making Predictions
Unit 5, 5-14: Drawing Inferences
Unit 5, 5-15: Lessons from the Neighborhood
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Unit 5, 5-23: Reflection on the Verdict
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-25: Exploring Insights
Unit 5, 5-26: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Unit 5, 5-27: Scout and Boo
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Range of Writing
10. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a
single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Unit 1, EA 1-2: Creating an Ad Campaign for a Novel
Unit 1, Activity 1-7: Defining Moments
Unit 1, Activity 1-8: Getting Cut: Coming of Age the Hard Way
Unit 1, Activity 1-10: Conversations with Characters
Unit 1, Activity 1-11: Creating a Playlist for a Novel
Unit 1, Activity 1-12: Viewing an Interview
Unit 1, Activity 1-14: Interviewing Together
Unit 1, Activity 1-16: Teens and Books: What Are the
Influences?
Unit 1, Activity 1-18: Using Rhetoric and Persuading an
Audience
Unit 2, Activity 2-7: Irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, Activity 2-14: SIFTing through “Marigolds”
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Unit 2, Activity 2-16: Applying Cinematic Techniques
Unit 2, Activity 2-19: Setting the Mood: Wonka Two Ways
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
Unit 2, Activity 2-27: Reading Film: Screening Day D
Unit 2, EA 2-2: Writing a Style Analysis Essay
Unit 3, 3-7: Exploring Diction and Imagery
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-10: Exploring Theme
Unit 3, 3-13: More Work with Connotation
Unit 3, 3-14: Tone-Deaf — Exercises on Tone in Poetry
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, 4-8: Comparing Film Interpretations: An Old
Accustomed Feast
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-12: Comparing Film Interpretations: The Balcony
Scene
Unit 4, 4-18: Comparing Film Interpretations: “And Fire-eyed
Fury Be My Conduct Now”
Unit 4, 4-22: “…I Needs Must Act Alone”
Unit 4, 4-25: Comparing Film Interpretations: “Thus with a
Kiss I Die”
Unit 4, 4-26: “Some Shall Be Pardoned, and Some Punished”
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 4, 4-27: Reflecting on Growth: Speaking and Listening
Unit 4, 4-28: Reflecting on Growth: Reading and Writing
Unit 4, EA 4-2: Writing a Metacognitive Reflection
Unit 5, 5-2: Exploring My Opinions
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-13: Making Predictions
Unit 5, 5-19: Exploring the Issues in To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 5, 5-20: Changing the Scene
Unit 5, 5-21: Comparing Print and Film Text
Unit 5, 5-22: Analyzing Atticus’s Closing Argument
Unit 5, 5-23: Reflection on the Verdict
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-25: Exploring Insights
Unit 5, 5-27: Scout and Boo
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
Unit 1, Activity 1-9: Two Versions of One Memory
Unit 1, EA 1-1: Presenting an Interview Narrative
Unit 2, Activity 2-11: Visualizing the Ending of “The Stolen
Party”
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 3, 3-5: A Catalogue of Coming-of-Age Experiences
Unit 3, 3-8: Extending Metaphor and Symbol
Unit 3, EA 3-1: Creating a Poetry Anthology
Unit 4, 4-15: Short Shrift: A Quick Wedding
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 4: Reflective Essay
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
Writing Standards 6–12
Text Types and Purposes
1. Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant
and sufficient evidence.
a. Introduce precise claim(s), distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and create an organization that
establishes clear relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.
Unit 1, Activity 1-6: Introducing Independent Reading
Unit 1, Activity 1-16: Teens and Books: What Are the
Influences?
Unit 2, Activity 2-7: Irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-10: Exploring Theme
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, 4-24: “Then I Defy You, Stars!”
Unit 4, 4-25: Comparing Film Interpretations: “Thus with a
Kiss I Die”
Unit 4, 4-26: “Some Shall Be Pardoned, and Some Punished”
Unit 5, 5-2: Exploring My Opinions
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Unit 5, 5-9: Reflecting on Growth: Researching and Presenting
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-13: Making Predictions
Unit 5, 5-14: Drawing Inferences
Unit 5, 5-15: Lessons from the Neighborhood
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Unit 5, 5-23: Reflection on the Verdict
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-25: Exploring Insights
Unit 5, 5-26: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Unit 5, 5-27: Scout and Boo
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Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
b. Develop claim(s) and counterclaims fairly, supplying evidence for each while pointing out the strengths and limitations
of both in a manner that anticipates the audience’s knowledge level and concerns.
Unit 1, Activity 1-6: Introducing Independent Reading
Unit 1, Activity 1-16: Teens and Books: What Are the
Influences?
Unit 2, Activity 2-7: Irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-10: Exploring Theme
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, 4-24: “Then I Defy You, Stars!”
Unit 4, 4-25: Comparing Film Interpretations: “Thus with a
Kiss I Die”
Unit 4, 4-26: “Some Shall Be Pardoned, and Some Punished”
Unit 5, 5-2: Exploring My Opinions
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Unit 5, 5-9: Reflecting on Growth: Researching and Presenting
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-13: Making Predictions
Unit 5, 5-14: Drawing Inferences
Unit 5, 5-15: Lessons from the Neighborhood
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Unit 5, 5-23: Reflection on the Verdict
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-25: Exploring Insights
Unit 5, 5-26: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Unit 5, 5-27: Scout and Boo
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
c. Use words, phrases, and clauses to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships
between claim(s) and reasons, between reasons and evidence, and between claim(s) and counterclaims.
Unit 1, Activity 1-6: Introducing Independent Reading
Unit 1, Activity 1-16: Teens and Books: What Are the
Influences?
Unit 2, Activity 2-7: Irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-10: Exploring Theme
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, 4-24: “Then I Defy You, Stars!”
Unit 4, 4-25: Comparing Film Interpretations: “Thus with a
Kiss I Die”
Unit 4, 4-26: “Some Shall Be Pardoned, and Some Punished”
Unit 5, 5-2: Exploring My Opinions
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Unit 5, 5-9: Reflecting on Growth: Researching and Presenting
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-13: Making Predictions
Unit 5, 5-14: Drawing Inferences
Unit 5, 5-15: Lessons from the Neighborhood
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Unit 5, 5-23: Reflection on the Verdict
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-25: Exploring Insights
Unit 5, 5-26: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Unit 5, 5-27: Scout and Boo
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
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d. Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone while attending to the norms and conventions of the
discipline in which they are writing.
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
e. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and
accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
a. Introduce a topic; organize complex ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions;
include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
Unit 1, EA 1-2: Creating an Ad Campaign for a Novel
Unit 4, EA 4-2: Writing a Metacognitive Reflection
Unit 2, EA 2-2: Writing a Style Analysis Essay
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
b. Develop the topic with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations,
or other information and examples appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of the topic.
Unit 1, EA 1-2: Creating an Ad Campaign for a Novel
Unit 4, EA 4-2: Writing a Metacognitive Reflection
Unit 2, EA 2-2: Writing a Style Analysis Essay
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
c. Use appropriate and varied transitions to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the
relationships among complex ideas and concepts.
Unit 1, EA 1-2: Creating an Ad Campaign for a Novel
Unit 4, EA 4-2: Writing a Metacognitive Reflection
Unit 2, EA 2-2: Writing a Style Analysis Essay
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
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d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic.
Unit 1, EA 1-2: Creating an Ad Campaign for a Novel
Unit 4, EA 4-2: Writing a Metacognitive Reflection
Unit 2, EA 2-2: Writing a Style Analysis Essay
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
e. Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone while attending to the norms and conventions of the
discipline in which they are writing.
Unit 1, EA 1-2: Creating an Ad Campaign for a Novel
Unit 4, EA 4-2: Writing a Metacognitive Reflection
Unit 2, EA 2-2: Writing a Style Analysis Essay
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
f. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented
(e.g., articulating implications or the significance of the topic).
Unit 1, EA 1-2: Creating an Ad Campaign for a Novel
Unit 4, EA 4-2: Writing a Metacognitive Reflection
Unit 2, EA 2-2: Writing a Style Analysis Essay
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details,
and well-structured event sequences.
a. Engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, or observation, establishing one or multiple point(s)
of view, and introducing a narrator and/or characters; create a smooth progression of experiences or events.
Unit 1, Activity 1-9: Two Versions of One Memory
Unit 1, EA 1-1: Presenting an Interview Narrative
Unit 2, Activity 2-11: Visualizing the Ending of “The Stolen
Party”
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 3, 3-5: A Catalogue of Coming-of-Age Experiences
Unit 3, 3-8: Extending Metaphor and Symbol
Unit 3, EA 3-1: Creating a Poetry Anthology
Unit 4, 4-15: Short Shrift: A Quick Wedding
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 4: Reflective Essay
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and multiple plot lines, to develop
experiences, events, and/or characters.
Unit 1, Activity 1-9: Two Versions of One Memory
Unit 1, EA 1-1: Presenting an Interview Narrative
Unit 2, Activity 2-11: Visualizing the Ending of “The Stolen
Party”
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 3, 3-5: A Catalogue of Coming-of-Age Experiences
Unit 3, 3-8: Extending Metaphor and Symbol
Unit 3, EA 3-1: Creating a Poetry Anthology
Unit 4, 4-15: Short Shrift: A Quick Wedding
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 4: Reflective Essay
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
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c. Use a variety of techniques to sequence events so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole.
Unit 1, Activity 1-9: Two Versions of One Memory
Unit 1, EA 1-1: Presenting an Interview Narrative
Unit 2, Activity 2-11: Visualizing the Ending of “The Stolen
Party”
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 3, 3-5: A Catalogue of Coming-of-Age Experiences
Unit 3, 3-8: Extending Metaphor and Symbol
Unit 3, EA 3-1: Creating a Poetry Anthology
Unit 4, 4-15: Short Shrift: A Quick Wedding
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 4: Reflective Essay
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
d. Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences,
events, setting, and/or characters.
Unit 1, Activity 1-9: Two Versions of One Memory
Unit 1, EA 1-1: Presenting an Interview Narrative
Unit 2, Activity 2-11: Visualizing the Ending of “The Stolen
Party”
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 3, 3-5: A Catalogue of Coming-of-Age Experiences
Unit 3, 3-8: Extending Metaphor and Symbol
Unit 3, EA 3-1: Creating a Poetry Anthology
Unit 4, 4-15: Short Shrift: A Quick Wedding
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 4: Reflective Essay
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
e. Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on what is experienced, observed, or resolved over the course of
the narrative.
Unit 1, Activity 1-9: Two Versions of One Memory
Unit 1, EA 1-1: Presenting an Interview Narrative
Unit 2, Activity 2-11: Visualizing the Ending of “The Stolen
Party”
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 3, 3-5: A Catalogue of Coming-of-Age Experiences
Unit 3, 3-8: Extending Metaphor and Symbol
Unit 3, EA 3-1: Creating a Poetry Anthology
Unit 4, 4-15: Short Shrift: A Quick Wedding
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 4: Reflective Essay
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
Production and Distribution of Writing
4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task,
purpose, and audience.
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 4: Reflective Essay
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
Unit 1, EA 1-1: Presenting an Interview Narrative
Unit 1, EA 1-2: Creating an Ad Campaign for a Novel
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 2, EA 2-2: Writing a Style Analysis Essay
Unit 3, EA 3-1: Creating a Poetry Anthology
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 4, EA 4-2: Writing a Metacognitive Reflection
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
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5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach,
focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 4: Reflective Essay
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
Unit 1, EA 1-1: Presenting an Interview Narrative
Unit 1, EA 1-2: Creating an Ad Campaign for a Novel
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 2, EA 2-2: Writing a Style Analysis Essay
Unit 3, EA 3-1: Creating a Poetry Anthology
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 4, EA 4-2: Writing a Metacognitive Reflection
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products,
taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and
dynamically.
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 4: Reflective Essay
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
Unit 1, EA 1-1: Presenting an Interview Narrative
Unit 1, EA 1-2: Creating an Ad Campaign for a Novel
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 2, EA 2-2: Writing a Style Analysis Essay
Unit 3, EA 3-1: Creating a Poetry Anthology
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 4, EA 4-2: Writing a Metacognitive Reflection
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 1, Activity 1-19: Sampling Ads and Planning a Campaign
Unit 2, Activity 2-4: Catacombs and Carnival
Unit 2, Activity 2-18: Film in Context: An Authorial Study
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-11: I Pray You, Speak Plainly, Please
Unit 4, 4-16: Acting Companies
Unit 4, 4-25: Comparing Film Interpretations: “Thus with a
Kiss I Die”
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
Unit 5, 5-6: Preparing for Research
Unit 5, 5-7: Collecting Resources
Unit 5, 5-8: Audience Analysis
Unit 5, 5-9: Reflecting on Growth: Researching and Presenting
Unit 5, 5-28: Contextualizing Controversy
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated
question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the
subject, demonstrating understan
Unit 1, Activity 1-19: Sampling Ads and Planning a Campaign
Unit 2, Activity 2-4: Catacombs and Carnival
Unit 2, Activity 2-18: Film in Context: An Authorial Study
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-11: I Pray You, Speak Plainly, Please
Unit 4, 4-16: Acting Companies
Unit 4, 4-25: Comparing Film Interpretations: “Thus with a
Kiss I Die”
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
Unit 5, 5-6: Preparing for Research
Unit 5, 5-7: Collecting Resources
Unit 5, 5-8: Audience Analysis
Unit 5, 5-9: Reflecting on Growth: Researching and Presenting
Unit 5, 5-28: Contextualizing Controversy
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
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8. Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches
effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question; integrate information into the
text selectively to maintain
Unit 1, Activity 1-19: Sampling Ads and Planning a Campaign
Unit 2, Activity 2-4: Catacombs and Carnival
Unit 2, Activity 2-18: Film in Context: An Authorial Study
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-11: I Pray You, Speak Plainly, Please
Unit 4, 4-16: Acting Companies
Unit 4, 4-25: Comparing Film Interpretations: “Thus with a
Kiss I Die”
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
Unit 5, 5-6: Preparing for Research
Unit 5, 5-7: Collecting Resources
Unit 5, 5-8: Audience Analysis
Unit 5, 5-9: Reflecting on Growth: Researching and Presenting
Unit 5, 5-28: Contextualizing Controversy
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
a. Apply grades 9–10 Reading standards to literature (e.g., “Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source
material in a specific work [e.g., how Shakespeare treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible or how a later author
draws on a play by Sh
Unit 3, 3-12: Coming of Age in Sonnets
Unit 4, 4-13: Poetry, Paraphrased
Unit 4, 4-23: Shakespeare in Art
b. Apply grades 9–10 Reading standards to literary nonfiction (e.g., “Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific
claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false
statements and fa
Unit 1, Activity 1-6: Introducing Independent Reading
Unit 1, Activity 1-16: Teens and Books: What Are the
Influences?
Unit 2, Activity 2-7: Irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-10: Exploring Theme
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, 4-24: “Then I Defy You, Stars!”
Unit 4, 4-25: Comparing Film Interpretations: “Thus with a
Kiss I Die”
Unit 4, 4-26: “Some Shall Be Pardoned, and Some Punished”
Unit 5, 5-2: Exploring My Opinions
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Unit 5, 5-9: Reflecting on Growth: Researching and Presenting
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-13: Making Predictions
Unit 5, 5-14: Drawing Inferences
Unit 5, 5-15: Lessons from the Neighborhood
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Unit 5, 5-23: Reflection on the Verdict
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-25: Exploring Insights
Unit 5, 5-26: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Unit 5, 5-27: Scout and Boo
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
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Range of Writing
10. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a
single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Unit 1, EA 1-2: Creating an Ad Campaign for a Novel
Unit 1, Activity 1-7: Defining Moments
Unit 1, Activity 1-8: Getting Cut: Coming of Age the Hard Way
Unit 1, Activity 1-10: Conversations with Characters
Unit 1, Activity 1-11: Creating a Playlist for a Novel
Unit 1, Activity 1-12: Viewing an Interview
Unit 1, Activity 1-14: Interviewing Together
Unit 1, Activity 1-16: Teens and Books: What Are the
Influences?
Unit 1, Activity 1-18: Using Rhetoric and Persuading an
Audience
Unit 2, Activity 2-7: Irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, Activity 2-14: SIFTing through “Marigolds”
Unit 2, Activity 2-16: Applying Cinematic Techniques
Unit 2, Activity 2-19: Setting the Mood: Wonka Two Ways
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
Unit 2, Activity 2-27: Reading Film: Screening Day D
Unit 2, EA 2-2: Writing a Style Analysis Essay
Unit 3, 3-7: Exploring Diction and Imagery
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-10: Exploring Theme
Unit 3, 3-13: More Work with Connotation
Unit 3, 3-14: Tone-Deaf — Exercises on Tone in Poetry
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, 4-8: Comparing Film Interpretations: An Old
Accustomed Feast
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-12: Comparing Film Interpretations: The Balcony
Scene
Unit 4, 4-18: Comparing Film Interpretations: “And Fire-eyed
Fury Be My Conduct Now”
Unit 4, 4-22: “…I Needs Must Act Alone”
Unit 4, 4-25: Comparing Film Interpretations: “Thus with a
Kiss I Die”
Unit 4, 4-26: “Some Shall Be Pardoned, and Some Punished”
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 4, 4-27: Reflecting on Growth: Speaking and Listening
Unit 4, 4-28: Reflecting on Growth: Reading and Writing
Unit 4, EA 4-2: Writing a Metacognitive Reflection
Unit 5, 5-2: Exploring My Opinions
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-13: Making Predictions
Unit 5, 5-19: Exploring the Issues in To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 5, 5-20: Changing the Scene
Unit 5, 5-21: Comparing Print and Film Text
Unit 5, 5-22: Analyzing Atticus’s Closing Argument
Unit 5, 5-23: Reflection on the Verdict
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-25: Exploring Insights
Unit 5, 5-27: Scout and Boo
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
Unit 1, Activity 1-9: Two Versions of One Memory
Unit 1, EA 1-1: Presenting an Interview Narrative
Unit 2, Activity 2-11: Visualizing the Ending of “The Stolen
Party”
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 3, 3-5: A Catalogue of Coming-of-Age Experiences
Unit 3, 3-8: Extending Metaphor and Symbol
Unit 3, EA 3-1: Creating a Poetry Anthology
Unit 4, 4-15: Short Shrift: A Quick Wedding
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 4: Reflective Essay
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening
Comprehension and Collaboration
1. Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners,
building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
Unit 1, Activity 1-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 1, Activity 1-3: What’s in a Name?
Unit 1, Activity 1-4: I’d Like to Introduce
Unit 1, Activity 1-9: Two Versions of One Memory
Unit 1, Activity 1-10: Conversations with Characters
Unit 1, Activity 1-13: Reading an Interview Narrative
Unit 1, Activity 1-14: Interviewing Together
Unit 2, Activity 2-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 2, Activity 2-2: An Eye for an Eye
Unit 2, Activity 2-5: Opening the Cask
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Unit 2, Activity 2-6: “The Cask of Amontillado” Story Diagram
Unit 2, Activity 2-10: “The Stolen Party” – Close Reading
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 3, Activity 3-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 3, 3-13: More Work with Connotation
Unit 4, 4-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 4, 4-2: Mask Monologues
Unit 4, 4-3: Who’s Who in Verona
Unit 4, 4-4: The Prologue: So Much from One Sonnet
Unit 4, 4-8: Comparing Film Interpretations: An Old
Accustomed Feast
Unit 4, 4-9: Persuasive Prompt
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-13: Poetry, Paraphrased
Unit 4, 4-20: “But Now I’ll Tell Thee Joyful Tidings, Girl”
Unit 4, 4-22: “…I Needs Must Act Alone”
Unit 4, 4-24: “Then I Defy You, Stars!”
Unit 5, 5-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 5, 5-4: What Is Context?
Unit 5, 5-8: Audience Analysis
Unit 5, 5-12: Making Connections
Unit 5, 5-20: Changing the Scene
Unit 5, 5-26: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 4: Reflective Essay
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
2. Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and
orally.
Unit 1, Activity 1-3: What’s in a Name?
Unit 1, Activity 1-7: Defining Moments
Unit 1, Activity 1-8: Getting Cut: Coming of Age the Hard Way
Unit 1, Activity 1-9: Two Versions of One Memory
Unit 1, Activity 1-10: Conversations with Characters
Unit 1, Activity 1-13: Reading an Interview Narrative
Unit 1, Activity 1-16: Teens and Books: What Are the
Influences?
Unit 2, Activity 2-3: “A Poison Tree”
Unit 2, Activity 2-4: Catacombs and Carnival
Unit 2, Activity 2-5: Opening the Cask
Unit 2, Activity 2-6: “The Cask of Amontillado” Story Diagram
Unit 2, Activity 2-7: Irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-8: Visualizing the Ending of “The Cask of
Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-9: Peer Interviews
Unit 2, Activity 2-10: “The Stolen Party” – Close Reading
Unit 2, Activity 2-11: Visualizing the Ending of “The Stolen
Party”
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, Activity 2-13: “The Stolen Party” Story Diagram
Unit 2, Activity 2-14: SIFTing through “Marigolds”
Unit 2, Activity 2-18: Film in Context: An Authorial Study
Unit 2, Activity 2-19: Setting the Mood: Wonka Two Ways
Unit 2, Activity 2-20: Revisiting “Wonka”: Application of Film
Terms
Unit 2, Activity 2-21: Working with Cinematic Techniques:
Part 2
Unit 2, Activity 2-22: Reading Film: Edward Scissorhands
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 2, Activity 2-25: Director’s Chair: Visualizing a Scene
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
Unit 2, Activity 2-27: Reading Film: Screening Day D
Unit 2, Activity 2-28: Independent Viewing
Unit 3, 3-2: What Is Poetry?
Unit 3, 3-3: A Writer Speaks About Poetry
Unit 3, 3-4: Literary Devices Scavenger Hunt
Unit 3, 3-5: A Catalogue of Coming-of-Age Experiences
Unit 3, 3-6: Structure in Poetry
Unit 3, 3-7: Exploring Diction and Imagery
Unit 3, 3-8: Extending Metaphor and Symbol
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-10: Exploring Theme
Unit 3, 3-11: Odes to Someone Special
Unit 3, 3-12: Coming of Age in Sonnets
Unit 3, 3-13: More Work with Connotation
Unit 3, 3-14: Tone-Deaf — Exercises on Tone in Poetry
Unit 3, 3-15: Poetry Analysis of “Young”
Unit 3, 3-16: Poetry Café
Unit 3, 3-17: Getting Kidnapped by a Poet
Unit 4, 4-2: Mask Monologues
Unit 4, 4-3: Who’s Who in Verona
Unit 4, 4-4: The Prologue: So Much from One Sonnet
Unit 4, 4-5: A Sorrowful Son, a Dutiful Daughter
Unit 4, 4-6: A Timeline of Events
Unit 4, 4-7: You Are Cordially Invited
Unit 4, 4-8: Comparing Film Interpretations: An Old
Accustomed Feast
Unit 4, 4-9: Persuasive Prompt
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-11: I Pray You, Speak Plainly, Please
Unit 4, 4-12: Comparing Film Interpretations: The Balcony
Scene
Unit 4, 4-13: Poetry, Paraphrased
Unit 4, 4-14: Foiled Again
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Unit 4, 4-15: Short Shrift: A Quick Wedding
Unit 4, 4-16: Acting Companies
Unit 4, 4-17: “A Plague o’ Both Your Houses!”
Unit 4, 4-18: Comparing Film Interpretations: “And Fire-eyed
Fury Be My Conduct Now”
Unit 4, 4-19: Emotional Roller Coaster
Unit 4, 4-20: “But Now I’ll Tell Thee Joyful Tidings, Girl”
Unit 4, 4-21: “And, If Thou Darest, I’ll Give Thee Remedy”
Unit 4, 4-22: “…I Needs Must Act Alone”
Unit 4, 4-23: Shakespeare in Art
Unit 4, 4-24: “Then I Defy You, Stars!”
Unit 4, 4-25: Comparing Film Interpretations: “Thus with a
Kiss I Die”
Unit 4, 4-26: “Some Shall Be Pardoned, and Some Punished”
Unit 5, 5-3: A Time and a Place
Unit 5, 5-4: What Is Context?
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
Unit 5, 5-10: A Scouting Party
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-12: Making Connections
Unit 5, 5-13: Making Predictions
Unit 5, 5-14: Drawing Inferences
Unit 5, 5-15: Lessons from the Neighborhood
Unit 5, 5-16: Questioning the Text
Unit 5, 5-17: Examining the Title
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Unit 5, 5-19: Exploring the Issues in To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 5, 5-20: Changing the Scene
Unit 5, 5-21: Comparing Print and Film Text
Unit 5, 5-22: Analyzing Atticus’s Closing Argument
Unit 5, 5-23: Reflection on the Verdict
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-25: Exploring Insights
Unit 5, 5-26: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Unit 5, 5-27: Scout and Boo
Unit 5, 5-28: Contextualizing Controversy
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 4: Reflective Essay
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
3. Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.
Unit 1, Activity 1-9: Two Versions of One Memory
Unit 2, Activity 2-18: Film in Context: An Authorial Study
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
Unit 3, 3-3: A Writer Speaks About Poetry
Unit 3, 3-14: Tone-Deaf — Exercises on Tone in Poetry
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
4. Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the
organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Unit 1, Activity 1-4: I’d Like to Introduce
Unit 1, EA 1-1: Presenting an Interview Narrative
Unit 1, Activity 1-19: Sampling Ads and Planning a Campaign
Unit 1, EA 1-2: Creating an Ad Campaign for a Novel
Unit 2, Activity 2-2: An Eye for an Eye
Unit 2, Activity 2-3: “A Poison Tree”
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 2, Activity 2-16: Applying Cinematic Techniques
Unit 2, Activity 2-18: Film in Context: An Authorial Study
Unit 3, 3-16: Poetry Café
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 3, EA 3-1: Creating a Poetry Anthology
Unit 3, 3-16: Poetry Café
Unit 4, 4-3: Who’s Who in Verona
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-16: Acting Companies
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 4, 4-27: Reflecting on Growth: Speaking and Listening
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
5. Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding
of presentations.
Unit 2, Activity 2-16: Applying Cinematic Techniques
Unit 3, 3-16: Poetry Café
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-16: Acting Companies
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 1, Activity 1-19: Sampling Ads and Planning a Campaign
Unit 1, EA 1-2: Creating an Ad Campaign for a Novel
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
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6. Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when
indicated or appropriate.
Unit 1, Activity 1-4: I’d Like to Introduce
Unit 1, EA 1-1: Presenting an Interview Narrative
Unit 1, Activity 1-19: Sampling Ads and Planning a Campaign
Unit 1, EA 1-2: Creating an Ad Campaign for a Novel
Unit 2, Activity 2-2: An Eye for an Eye
Unit 2, Activity 2-3: “A Poison Tree”
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 2, Activity 2-16: Applying Cinematic Techniques
Unit 2, Activity 2-18: Film in Context: An Authorial Study
Unit 3, 3-16: Poetry Café
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 3, EA 3-1: Creating a Poetry Anthology
Unit 3, 3-16: Poetry Café
Unit 4, 4-3: Who’s Who in Verona
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-16: Acting Companies
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 4, 4-27: Reflecting on Growth: Speaking and Listening
Speaking and Listening Standards 6–12
Comprehension and Collaboration
1. Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led)
with diverse partners on grades 9–10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own
clearly and persuas
a. Come to discussions prepared, having read and researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation
by referring to evidence from texts and other research on the topic or issue to stimulate a thoughtful, well-reasoned
exchange of ideas.
Unit 1, Activity 1-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 1, Activity 1-2: Coming of Age: Let Me Count the Ways!
Unit 1, Activity 1-3: What’s in a Name?
Unit 1, Activity 1-16: Teens and Books: What Are the
Influences?
Unit 2, Activity 2-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 2, Activity 2-16: Applying Cinematic Techniques
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 2, EA 2-2: Writing a Style Analysis Essay
Unit 3, Activity 3-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 4, 4-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 4, 4-2: Mask Monologues
Unit 4, 4-3: Who’s Who in Verona
Unit 5, 5-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 5, 5-2: Exploring My Opinions
Unit 5, 5-3: A Time and a Place
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
b. Work with peers to set rules for collegial discussions and decision-making (e.g., informal consensus, taking votes on
key issues, presentation of alternate views), clear goals and deadlines, and individual roles as needed.
Unit 1, Activity 1-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 1, Activity 1-2: Coming of Age: Let Me Count the Ways!
Unit 1, Activity 1-3: What’s in a Name?
Unit 1, Activity 1-16: Teens and Books: What Are the
Influences?
Unit 2, Activity 2-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 2, Activity 2-16: Applying Cinematic Techniques
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 2, EA 2-2: Writing a Style Analysis Essay
Unit 3, Activity 3-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 4, 4-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 4, 4-2: Mask Monologues
Unit 4, 4-3: Who’s Who in Verona
Unit 5, 5-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 5, 5-2: Exploring My Opinions
Unit 5, 5-3: A Time and a Place
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
c. Propel conversations by posing and responding to questions that relate the current discussion to broader themes or
larger ideas; actively incorporate others into the discussion; and clarify, verify, or challenge ideas and conclusions.
Unit 1, Activity 1-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 1, Activity 1-2: Coming of Age: Let Me Count the Ways!
Unit 1, Activity 1-3: What’s in a Name?
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Unit 1, Activity 1-16: Teens and Books: What Are the
Influences?
Unit 2, Activity 2-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 2, Activity 2-16: Applying Cinematic Techniques
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 2, EA 2-2: Writing a Style Analysis Essay
Unit 3, Activity 3-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 4, 4-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 4, 4-2: Mask Monologues
Unit 4, 4-3: Who’s Who in Verona
Unit 5, 5-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 5, 5-2: Exploring My Opinions
Unit 5, 5-3: A Time and a Place
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
d. Respond thoughtfully to diverse perspectives, summarize points of agreement and disagreement, and, when
warranted, qualify or justify their own views and understanding and make new connections in light of the evidence and
reasoning presented.
Unit 1, Activity 1-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 1, Activity 1-2: Coming of Age: Let Me Count the Ways!
Unit 1, Activity 1-3: What’s in a Name?
Unit 1, Activity 1-16: Teens and Books: What Are the
Influences?
Unit 2, Activity 2-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 2, Activity 2-16: Applying Cinematic Techniques
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 2, EA 2-2: Writing a Style Analysis Essay
Unit 3, Activity 3-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 4, 4-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 4, 4-2: Mask Monologues
Unit 4, 4-3: Who’s Who in Verona
Unit 5, 5-1: Previewing the Unit
Unit 5, 5-2: Exploring My Opinions
Unit 5, 5-3: A Time and a Place
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
2. Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively,
orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.
Unit 1, Activity 1-3: What’s in a Name?
Unit 1, Activity 1-7: Defining Moments
Unit 1, Activity 1-8: Getting Cut: Coming of Age the Hard Way
Unit 1, Activity 1-9: Two Versions of One Memory
Unit 1, Activity 1-10: Conversations with Characters
Unit 1, Activity 1-13: Reading an Interview Narrative
Unit 1, Activity 1-16: Teens and Books: What Are the
Influences?
Unit 2, Activity 2-3: “A Poison Tree”
Unit 2, Activity 2-4: Catacombs and Carnival
Unit 2, Activity 2-5: Opening the Cask
Unit 2, Activity 2-6: “The Cask of Amontillado” Story Diagram
Unit 2, Activity 2-7: Irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-8: Visualizing the Ending of “The Cask of
Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-9: Peer Interviews
Unit 2, Activity 2-10: “The Stolen Party” – Close Reading
Unit 2, Activity 2-11: Visualizing the Ending of “The Stolen
Party”
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, Activity 2-13: “The Stolen Party” Story Diagram
Unit 2, Activity 2-14: SIFTing through “Marigolds”
Unit 2, Activity 2-18: Film in Context: An Authorial Study
Unit 2, Activity 2-19: Setting the Mood: Wonka Two Ways
Unit 2, Activity 2-20: Revisiting “Wonka”: Application of Film
Terms
Unit 2, Activity 2-21: Working with Cinematic Techniques:
Part 2
Unit 2, Activity 2-22: Reading Film: Edward Scissorhands
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 2, Activity 2-25: Director’s Chair: Visualizing a Scene
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
Unit 2, Activity 2-27: Reading Film: Screening Day D
Unit 2, Activity 2-28: Independent Viewing
Unit 3, 3-2: What Is Poetry?
Unit 3, 3-3: A Writer Speaks About Poetry
Unit 3, 3-4: Literary Devices Scavenger Hunt
Unit 3, 3-5: A Catalogue of Coming-of-Age Experiences
Unit 3, 3-6: Structure in Poetry
Unit 3, 3-7: Exploring Diction and Imagery
Unit 3, 3-8: Extending Metaphor and Symbol
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-10: Exploring Theme
Unit 3, 3-11: Odes to Someone Special
Unit 3, 3-12: Coming of Age in Sonnets
Unit 3, 3-13: More Work with Connotation
Unit 3, 3-14: Tone-Deaf — Exercises on Tone in Poetry
Unit 3, 3-15: Poetry Analysis of “Young”
Unit 3, 3-16: Poetry Café
Unit 3, 3-17: Getting Kidnapped by a Poet
Unit 4, 4-2: Mask Monologues
Unit 4, 4-3: Who’s Who in Verona
Unit 4, 4-4: The Prologue: So Much from One Sonnet
Unit 4, 4-5: A Sorrowful Son, a Dutiful Daughter
Unit 4, 4-6: A Timeline of Events
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Unit 4, 4-7: You Are Cordially Invited
Unit 4, 4-8: Comparing Film Interpretations: An Old
Accustomed Feast
Unit 4, 4-9: Persuasive Prompt
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-11: I Pray You, Speak Plainly, Please
Unit 4, 4-12: Comparing Film Interpretations: The Balcony
Scene
Unit 4, 4-13: Poetry, Paraphrased
Unit 4, 4-14: Foiled Again
Unit 4, 4-15: Short Shrift: A Quick Wedding
Unit 4, 4-16: Acting Companies
Unit 4, 4-17: “A Plague o’ Both Your Houses!”
Unit 4, 4-18: Comparing Film Interpretations: “And Fire-eyed
Fury Be My Conduct Now”
Unit 4, 4-19: Emotional Roller Coaster
Unit 4, 4-20: “But Now I’ll Tell Thee Joyful Tidings, Girl”
Unit 4, 4-21: “And, If Thou Darest, I’ll Give Thee Remedy”
Unit 4, 4-22: “…I Needs Must Act Alone”
Unit 4, 4-23: Shakespeare in Art
Unit 4, 4-24: “Then I Defy You, Stars!”
Unit 4, 4-25: Comparing Film Interpretations: “Thus with a
Kiss I Die”
Unit 4, 4-26: “Some Shall Be Pardoned, and Some Punished”
Unit 5, 5-3: A Time and a Place
Unit 5, 5-4: What Is Context?
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
Unit 5, 5-10: A Scouting Party
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-12: Making Connections
Unit 5, 5-13: Making Predictions
Unit 5, 5-14: Drawing Inferences
Unit 5, 5-15: Lessons from the Neighborhood
Unit 5, 5-16: Questioning the Text
Unit 5, 5-17: Examining the Title
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Unit 5, 5-19: Exploring the Issues in To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 5, 5-20: Changing the Scene
Unit 5, 5-21: Comparing Print and Film Text
Unit 5, 5-22: Analyzing Atticus’s Closing Argument
Unit 5, 5-23: Reflection on the Verdict
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-25: Exploring Insights
Unit 5, 5-26: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Unit 5, 5-27: Scout and Boo
Unit 5, 5-28: Contextualizing Controversy
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 4: Reflective Essay
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
3. Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, identifying any fallacious reasoning
or exaggerated or distorted evidence.
Unit 1, Activity 1-9: Two Versions of One Memory
Unit 2, Activity 2-18: Film in Context: An Authorial Study
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
Unit 3, 3-3: A Writer Speaks About Poetry
Unit 3, 3-14: Tone-Deaf — Exercises on Tone in Poetry
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
4. Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can
follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose,
audience, and task.
Unit 1, Activity 1-4: I’d Like to Introduce
Unit 1, EA 1-1: Presenting an Interview Narrative
Unit 1, Activity 1-19: Sampling Ads and Planning a Campaign
Unit 1, EA 1-2: Creating an Ad Campaign for a Novel
Unit 2, Activity 2-2: An Eye for an Eye
Unit 2, Activity 2-3: “A Poison Tree”
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 2, Activity 2-16: Applying Cinematic Techniques
Unit 2, Activity 2-18: Film in Context: An Authorial Study
Unit 3, 3-16: Poetry Café
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 3, EA 3-1: Creating a Poetry Anthology
Unit 3, 3-16: Poetry Café
Unit 4, 4-3: Who’s Who in Verona
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-16: Acting Companies
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 4, 4-27: Reflecting on Growth: Speaking and Listening
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
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5. Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in
presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.
Unit 2, Activity 2-16: Applying Cinematic Techniques
Unit 3, 3-16: Poetry Café
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-16: Acting Companies
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 1, Activity 1-19: Sampling Ads and Planning a Campaign
Unit 1, EA 1-2: Creating an Ad Campaign for a Novel
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
6. Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or
appropriate.
Unit 1, Activity 1-4: I’d Like to Introduce
Unit 1, EA 1-1: Presenting an Interview Narrative
Unit 1, Activity 1-19: Sampling Ads and Planning a Campaign
Unit 1, EA 1-2: Creating an Ad Campaign for a Novel
Unit 2, Activity 2-2: An Eye for an Eye
Unit 2, Activity 2-3: “A Poison Tree”
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 2, Activity 2-16: Applying Cinematic Techniques
Unit 2, Activity 2-18: Film in Context: An Authorial Study
Unit 3, 3-16: Poetry Café
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 3, EA 3-1: Creating a Poetry Anthology
Unit 3, 3-16: Poetry Café
Unit 4, 4-3: Who’s Who in Verona
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-16: Acting Companies
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 4, 4-27: Reflecting on Growth: Speaking and Listening
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Language
Conventions of Standard English
1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Unit 1, Activity 1-4: I’d Like to Introduce
Unit 1, EA 1-1: Presenting an Interview Narrative
Unit 1, Activity 1-19: Sampling Ads and Planning a Campaign
Unit 1, EA 1-2: Creating an Ad Campaign for a Novel
Unit 2, Activity 2-2: An Eye for an Eye
Unit 2, Activity 2-3: “A Poison Tree”
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 2, Activity 2-16: Applying Cinematic Techniques
Unit 2, Activity 2-18: Film in Context: An Authorial Study
Unit 3, 3-16: Poetry Café
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 3, EA 3-1: Creating a Poetry Anthology
Unit 3, 3-16: Poetry Café
Unit 4, 4-3: Who’s Who in Verona
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-16: Acting Companies
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 4, 4-27: Reflecting on Growth: Speaking and Listening
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 4: Reflective Essay
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
Unit 1, EA 1-1: Presenting an Interview Narrative
Unit 1, EA 1-2: Creating an Ad Campaign for a Novel
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 2, EA 2-2: Writing a Style Analysis Essay
Unit 3, EA 3-1: Creating a Poetry Anthology
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 4, EA 4-2: Writing a Metacognitive Reflection
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
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2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when
writing.
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 4: Reflective Essay
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
Unit 1, EA 1-1: Presenting an Interview Narrative
Unit 1, EA 1-2: Creating an Ad Campaign for a Novel
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 2, EA 2-2: Writing a Style Analysis Essay
Unit 3, EA 3-1: Creating a Poetry Anthology
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 4, EA 4-2: Writing a Metacognitive Reflection
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Knowledge of Language
3. Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective
choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
Unit 1, Activity 1-3: What’s in a Name?
Unit 1, Activity 1-7: Defining Moments
Unit 1, Activity 1-9: Two Versions of One Memory
Unit 2, Activity 2-3: “A Poison Tree”
Unit 2, Activity 2-5: Opening the Cask
Unit 2, Activity 2-6: “The Cask of Amontillado” Story Diagram
Unit 2, Activity 2-7: Irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-8: Visualizing the Ending of “The Cask of
Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-10: “The Stolen Party” – Close Reading
Unit 2, Activity 2-11: Visualizing the Ending of “The Stolen
Party”
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, Activity 2-13: “The Stolen Party” Story Diagram
Unit 2, Activity 2-14: SIFTing through “Marigolds”
Unit 2, Activity 2-19: Setting the Mood: Wonka Two Ways
Unit 2, Activity 2-20: Revisiting “Wonka”: Application of Film
Terms
Unit 2, Activity 2-21: Working with Cinematic Techniques:
Part 2
Unit 2, Activity 2-22: Reading Film: Edward Scissorhands
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 2, Activity 2-25: Director’s Chair: Visualizing a Scene
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
Unit 2, Activity 2-27: Reading Film: Screening Day D
Unit 3, 3-3: A Writer Speaks About Poetry
Unit 3, 3-5: A Catalogue of Coming-of-Age Experiences
Unit 3, 3-6: Structure in Poetry
Unit 3, 3-7: Exploring Diction and Imagery
Unit 3, 3-8: Extending Metaphor and Symbol
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-10: Exploring Theme
Unit 3, 3-11: Odes to Someone Special
Unit 3, 3-12: Coming of Age in Sonnets
Unit 3, 3-13: More Work with Connotation
Unit 3, 3-14: Tone-Deaf — Exercises on Tone in Poetry
Unit 3, 3-15: Poetry Analysis of “Young”
Unit 3, 3-16: Poetry Café
Unit 3, 3-17: Getting Kidnapped by a Poet
Unit 4, 4-2: Mask Monologues
Unit 4, 4-3: Who’s Who in Verona
Unit 4, 4-4: The Prologue: So Much from One Sonnet
Unit 4, 4-5: A Sorrowful Son, a Dutiful Daughter
Unit 4, 4-6: A Timeline of Events
Unit 4, 4-7: You Are Cordially Invited
Unit 4, 4-8: Comparing Film Interpretations: An Old
Accustomed Feast
Unit 4, 4-9: Persuasive Prompt
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-11: I Pray You, Speak Plainly, Please
Unit 4, 4-12: Comparing Film Interpretations: The Balcony
Scene
Unit 4, 4-13: Poetry, Paraphrased
Unit 4, 4-14: Foiled Again
Unit 4, 4-15: Short Shrift: A Quick Wedding
Unit 4, 4-16: Acting Companies
Unit 4, 4-17: “A Plague o’ Both Your Houses!”
Unit 4, 4-18: Comparing Film Interpretations: “And Fire-eyed
Fury Be My Conduct Now”
Unit 4, 4-19: Emotional Roller Coaster
Unit 4, 4-20: “But Now I’ll Tell Thee Joyful Tidings, Girl”
Unit 4, 4-21: “And, If Thou Darest, I’ll Give Thee Remedy”
Unit 4, 4-22: “…I Needs Must Act Alone”
Unit 4, 4-23: Shakespeare in Art
Unit 4, 4-24: “Then I Defy You, Stars!”
Unit 4, 4-25: Comparing Film Interpretations: “Thus with a
Kiss I Die”
Unit 5, 5-10: A Scouting Party
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
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Unit 5, 5-12: Making Connections
Unit 5, 5-13: Making Predictions
Unit 5, 5-14: Drawing Inferences
Unit 5, 5-15: Lessons from the Neighborhood
Unit 5, 5-16: Questioning the Text
Unit 5, 5-17: Examining the Title
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Unit 5, 5-19: Exploring the Issues in To Kill a Mockingbird
Unit 5, 5-20: Changing the Scene
Unit 5, 5-21: Comparing Print and Film Text
Unit 5, 5-22: Analyzing Atticus’s Closing Argument
Unit 5, 5-23: Reflection on the Verdict
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-25: Exploring Insights
Unit 5, 5-26: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Unit 5, 5-27: Scout and Boo
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 4: Reflective Essay
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
Unit 1, Activity 1-8: Getting Cut: Coming of Age the Hard Way
Unit 1, Activity 1-13: Reading an Interview Narrative
Unit 1, Activity 1-16: Teens and Books: What Are the
Influences?
Unit 2, Activity 2-18: Film in Context: An Authorial Study
Unit 3, 3-3: A Writer Speaks About Poetry
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
Unit 5, 5-28: Contextualizing Controversy
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues,
analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate.
Unit 1, Activity 1-3: What’s in a Name?
Unit 1, Activity 1-5: Introduction to Learning Logs and Word
Walls
Unit 1, Activity 1-7: Defining Moments
Unit 1, Activity 1-9: Two Versions of One Memory
Unit 1, Activity 1-13: Reading an Interview Narrative
Unit 1, Activity 1-18: Using Rhetoric and Persuading an
Audience
Unit 2, Activity 2-4: Catacombs and Carnival
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, Activity 2-15: Working with Cinematic Techniques:
Part 1
Unit 2, Activity 2-19: Setting the Mood: Wonka Two Ways
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
Unit 2, Activity 2-28: Independent Viewing
Unit 2, Activity 2-29: Portfolio Activity: Film Style
Unit 3, 3-6: Structure in Poetry
Unit 3, 3-7: Exploring Diction and Imagery
Unit 3, 3-8: Extending Metaphor and Symbol
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-11: Odes to Someone Special
Unit 3, 3-12: Coming of Age in Sonnets
Unit 3, 3-18: Syntax Surgery
Unit 4, 4-3: Who’s Who in Verona
Unit 4, 4-4: The Prologue: So Much from One Sonnet
Unit 4, 4-8: Comparing Film Interpretations: An Old
Accustomed Feast
Unit 4, 4-9: Persuasive Prompt
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-12: Comparing Film Interpretations: The Balcony
Scene
Unit 4, 4-17: “A Plague o’ Both Your Houses!”
Unit 4, 4-18: Comparing Film Interpretations: “And Fire-eyed
Fury Be My Conduct Now”
Unit 4, 4-19: Emotional Roller Coaster
Unit 5, 5-3: A Time and a Place
Unit 5, 5-4: What Is Context?
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
Unit 5, 5-7: Collecting Resources
Unit 5, 5-8: Audience Analysis
Unit 5, 5-10: A Scouting Party
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-13: Making Predictions
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Unit 5, 5-20: Changing the Scene
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-26: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Unit 5, Unit Reflection
Unit 4, Unit Reflection
Unit 3, Unit Reflection
Unit 2, Unit Reflection
Unit 1, Unit Reflection
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5. Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Unit 1, Activity 1-3: What’s in a Name?
Unit 1, Activity 1-5: Introduction to Learning Logs and Word
Walls
Unit 1, Activity 1-7: Defining Moments
Unit 1, Activity 1-9: Two Versions of One Memory
Unit 1, Activity 1-13: Reading an Interview Narrative
Unit 1, Activity 1-18: Using Rhetoric and Persuading an
Audience
Unit 2, Activity 2-4: Catacombs and Carnival
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, Activity 2-15: Working with Cinematic Techniques:
Part 1
Unit 2, Activity 2-19: Setting the Mood: Wonka Two Ways
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
Unit 2, Activity 2-28: Independent Viewing
Unit 2, Activity 2-29: Portfolio Activity: Film Style
Unit 3, 3-6: Structure in Poetry
Unit 3, 3-7: Exploring Diction and Imagery
Unit 3, 3-8: Extending Metaphor and Symbol
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-11: Odes to Someone Special
Unit 3, 3-12: Coming of Age in Sonnets
Unit 3, 3-18: Syntax Surgery
Unit 4, 4-3: Who’s Who in Verona
Unit 4, 4-4: The Prologue: So Much from One Sonnet
Unit 4, 4-8: Comparing Film Interpretations: An Old
Accustomed Feast
Unit 4, 4-9: Persuasive Prompt
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-12: Comparing Film Interpretations: The Balcony
Scene
Unit 4, 4-17: “A Plague o’ Both Your Houses!”
Unit 4, 4-18: Comparing Film Interpretations: “And Fire-eyed
Fury Be My Conduct Now”
Unit 4, 4-19: Emotional Roller Coaster
Unit 5, 5-3: A Time and a Place
Unit 5, 5-4: What Is Context?
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
Unit 5, 5-7: Collecting Resources
Unit 5, 5-8: Audience Analysis
Unit 5, 5-10: A Scouting Party
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-13: Making Predictions
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Unit 5, 5-20: Changing the Scene
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-26: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Unit 5, Unit Reflection
Unit 4, Unit Reflection
Unit 3, Unit Reflection
Unit 2, Unit Reflection
Unit 1, Unit Reflection
Unit 2, Activity 2-14: SIFTing through “Marigolds”
Unit 3, 3-7: Exploring Diction and Imagery
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
6. Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for
reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in
gathering vocabulary knowledge
Unit 1, Activity 1-3: What’s in a Name?
Unit 1, Activity 1-5: Introduction to Learning Logs and Word
Walls
Unit 1, Activity 1-7: Defining Moments
Unit 1, Activity 1-9: Two Versions of One Memory
Unit 1, Activity 1-13: Reading an Interview Narrative
Unit 1, Activity 1-18: Using Rhetoric and Persuading an
Audience
Unit 2, Activity 2-4: Catacombs and Carnival
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, Activity 2-15: Working with Cinematic Techniques:
Part 1
Unit 2, Activity 2-19: Setting the Mood: Wonka Two Ways
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
Unit 2, Activity 2-28: Independent Viewing
Unit 2, Activity 2-29: Portfolio Activity: Film Style
Unit 3, 3-6: Structure in Poetry
Unit 3, 3-7: Exploring Diction and Imagery
Unit 3, 3-8: Extending Metaphor and Symbol
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-11: Odes to Someone Special
Unit 3, 3-12: Coming of Age in Sonnets
Unit 3, 3-18: Syntax Surgery
Unit 4, 4-3: Who’s Who in Verona
Unit 4, 4-4: The Prologue: So Much from One Sonnet
Unit 4, 4-8: Comparing Film Interpretations: An Old
Accustomed Feast
Unit 4, 4-9: Persuasive Prompt
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
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Unit 4, 4-12: Comparing Film Interpretations: The Balcony
Scene
Unit 4, 4-17: “A Plague o’ Both Your Houses!”
Unit 4, 4-18: Comparing Film Interpretations: “And Fire-eyed
Fury Be My Conduct Now”
Unit 4, 4-19: Emotional Roller Coaster
Unit 5, 5-3: A Time and a Place
Unit 5, 5-4: What Is Context?
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
Unit 5, 5-7: Collecting Resources
Unit 5, 5-8: Audience Analysis
Unit 5, 5-10: A Scouting Party
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-13: Making Predictions
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Unit 5, 5-20: Changing the Scene
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-26: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Unit 5, Unit Reflection
Unit 4, Unit Reflection
Unit 3, Unit Reflection
Unit 2, Unit Reflection
Unit 1, Unit Reflection
Language Standards 6–12
Conventions of Standard English
1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
a. Use parallel structure.
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
Unit 5, 5-22: Analyzing Atticus’s Closing Argument
Grammar Handbook, Part 7: Parallel Structure
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
b. Use various types of phrases (noun, verb, adjectival, adverbial, participial, prepositional, absolute) and clauses
(independent, dependent; noun, relative, adverbial) to convey specific meanings and add variety and interest to writing
or presentations.
Unit 1, Activity 1-3: What’s in a Name?
Unit 1, Activity 1-7: Defining Moments
Unit 1, Activity 1-8: Getting Cut: Coming of Age the Hard Way
Unit 1, Activity 1-10: Conversations with Characters
Unit 1, Activity 1-13: Reading an Interview Narrative
Unit 2, Activity 2-10: “The Stolen Party” – Close Reading
Unit 2, Activity 2-14: SIFTing through “Marigolds”
Unit 2, Activity 2-30: Creating a Draft
Unit 3, 3-2: What Is Poetry?
Unit 3, 3-18: Syntax Surgery
Unit 5, 5-10: A Scouting Party
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Unit 5, 5-22: Analyzing Atticus’s Closing Argument
Grammar Handbook, Part 6: Identifying Independent and
Dependent Clauses
Grammar Handbook, Part 8: Introduction and General Usage
in Defi ning Clauses
2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when
writing.
a. Use a semicolon (and perhaps a conjunctive adverb) to link two or more closely related independent clauses.
Unit 2, Activity 2-30: Creating a Draft
Unit 5, 5-17: Examining the Title
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Grammar Handbook, Part 6: Identifying Independent and
Dependent Clauses
Grammar Handbook, Part 13: Capitalization and Punctuation
b. Use a colon to introduce a list or quotation.
Unit 5, 5-17: Examining the Title
Grammar Handbook, Part 13: Capitalization and Punctuation
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c. Spell correctly.
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 4: Reflective Essay
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
Unit 1, EA 1-1: Presenting an Interview Narrative
Unit 1, EA 1-2: Creating an Ad Campaign for a Novel
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 2, EA 2-2: Writing a Style Analysis Essay
Unit 3, EA 3-1: Creating a Poetry Anthology
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 4, EA 4-2: Writing a Metacognitive Reflection
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Knowledge of Language
3. Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective
choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
a. Write and edit work so that it conforms to the guidelines in a style manual (e.g., MLA Handbook, Turabian’s Manual
for Writers) appropriate for the discipline and writing type.
Unit 2, Activity 2-30: Creating a Draft
Unit 5, 5-17: Examining the Title
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Grammar Handbook, Part 6: Identifying Independent and
Dependent Clauses
Grammar Handbook, Part 13: Capitalization and Punctuation
Unit 5, 5-17: Examining the Title
Grammar Handbook, Part 13: Capitalization and Punctuation
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 4: Reflective Essay
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
Unit 1, EA 1-1: Presenting an Interview Narrative
Unit 1, EA 1-2: Creating an Ad Campaign for a Novel
Unit 2, EA 2-1: Creating a Storyboard
Unit 2, EA 2-2: Writing a Style Analysis Essay
Unit 3, EA 3-1: Creating a Poetry Anthology
Unit 3, EA 3-2: Analyzing and Presenting a Poet
Unit 4, EA 4-1: Presenting a Shakespearean Scene
Unit 4, EA 4-2: Writing a Metacognitive Reflection
Unit 5, EA 5-1: Historical Investigation and Presentation
Unit 5, EA 5-2: Analyzing a Passage from To Kill a Mockingbird
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades 9–10
reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
a. Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence, paragraph, or text; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as
a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Unit 1, Activity 1-8: Getting Cut: Coming of Age the Hard Way
Unit 2, Activity 2-4: Catacombs and Carnival
Unit 2, Activity 2-5: Opening the Cask
Unit 2, Activity 2-22: Reading Film: Edward Scissorhands
Unit 4, 4-4: The Prologue: So Much from One Sonnet
Unit 4, 4-22: “…I Needs Must Act Alone”
b. Identify and correctly use patterns of word changes that indicate different meanings or parts of speech (e.g., analyze,
analysis, analytical; advocate, advocacy).
Unit 1, Activity 1-3: What’s in a Name?
Unit 1, Activity 1-6: Introducing Independent Reading
Unit 1, Activity 1-18: Using Rhetoric and Persuading an
Audience
Unit 2, Activity 2-5: Opening the Cask
Unit 2, Activity 2-7: Irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, Activity 2-14: SIFTing through “Marigolds”
Unit 4, 4-4: The Prologue: So Much from One Sonnet
Unit 4, 4-7: You Are Cordially Invited
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Unit 4, 4-9: Persuasive Prompt
Unit 4, 4-22: “…I Needs Must Act Alone”
Unit 5, 5-2: Exploring My Opinions
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
Unit 5, 5-15: Lessons from the Neighborhood
Unit 5, 5-20: Changing the Scene
c. Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital,
to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning, its part of speech, or its etymology.
Unit 1, Activity 1-8: Getting Cut: Coming of Age the Hard Way
Unit 1, EA 1-1: Presenting an Interview Narrative
Unit 2, EA 2-2: Writing a Style Analysis Essay
Unit 4, 4-4: The Prologue: So Much from One Sonnet
Unit 4, 4-22: “…I Needs Must Act Alone”
Unit 5, 5-4: What Is Context?
Grammar Handbook, Part 13: Capitalization and Punctuation
Writing Workshop 1: The Writing Process
Writing Workshop 2: Short Story
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Writing Workshop 4: Reflective Essay
Writing Workshop 5: Script Writing
Writing Workshop 6: Expository Writing
Writing Workshop 7: Procedural Texts
Writing Workshop 8: Persuasive Writing
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Writing Workshop 10: Research
d. Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in
context or in a dictionary).
Unit 1, Activity 1-3: What’s in a Name?
Unit 1, Activity 1-5: Introduction to Learning Logs and Word
Walls
Unit 1, Activity 1-7: Defining Moments
Unit 1, Activity 1-9: Two Versions of One Memory
Unit 1, Activity 1-13: Reading an Interview Narrative
Unit 1, Activity 1-18: Using Rhetoric and Persuading an
Audience
Unit 2, Activity 2-4: Catacombs and Carnival
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, Activity 2-15: Working with Cinematic Techniques:
Part 1
Unit 2, Activity 2-19: Setting the Mood: Wonka Two Ways
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
Unit 2, Activity 2-28: Independent Viewing
Unit 2, Activity 2-29: Portfolio Activity: Film Style
Unit 3, 3-6: Structure in Poetry
Unit 3, 3-7: Exploring Diction and Imagery
Unit 3, 3-8: Extending Metaphor and Symbol
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-11: Odes to Someone Special
Unit 3, 3-12: Coming of Age in Sonnets
Unit 3, 3-18: Syntax Surgery
Unit 4, 4-3: Who’s Who in Verona
Unit 4, 4-4: The Prologue: So Much from One Sonnet
Unit 4, 4-8: Comparing Film Interpretations: An Old
Accustomed Feast
Unit 4, 4-9: Persuasive Prompt
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-12: Comparing Film Interpretations: The Balcony
Scene
Unit 4, 4-17: “A Plague o’ Both Your Houses!”
Unit 4, 4-18: Comparing Film Interpretations: “And Fire-eyed
Fury Be My Conduct Now”
Unit 4, 4-19: Emotional Roller Coaster
Unit 5, 5-3: A Time and a Place
Unit 5, 5-4: What Is Context?
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
Unit 5, 5-7: Collecting Resources
Unit 5, 5-8: Audience Analysis
Unit 5, 5-10: A Scouting Party
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-13: Making Predictions
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Unit 5, 5-20: Changing the Scene
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-26: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Unit 5, Unit Reflection
Unit 4, Unit Reflection
Unit 3, Unit Reflection
Unit 2, Unit Reflection
Unit 1, Unit Reflection
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5. Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
a. Interpret figures of speech (e.g., euphemism, oxymoron) in context and analyze their role in the text.
Writing Workshop 9: Response to Literary or Expository Text
Unit 4, 4-2: Mask Monologues
Writing Workshop 3: Poetry
Unit 1, Activity 1-10: Conversations with Characters
Unit 4, 4-19: Emotional Roller Coaster
Unit 3, 3-7: Exploring Diction and Imagery
Unit 3, 3-8: Extending Metaphor and Symbol
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-4: Literary Devices Scavenger Hunt
Unit 3, 3-10: Exploring Theme
Unit 3, 3-11: Odes to Someone Special
Unit 3, 3-12: Coming of Age in Sonnets
b. Analyze nuances in the meaning of words with similar denotations.
Unit 1, Activity 1-3: What’s in a Name?
Unit 1, Activity 1-6: Introducing Independent Reading
Unit 1, Activity 1-18: Using Rhetoric and Persuading an
Audience
Unit 2, Activity 2-5: Opening the Cask
Unit 2, Activity 2-7: Irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, Activity 2-14: SIFTing through “Marigolds”
Unit 4, 4-4: The Prologue: So Much from One Sonnet
Unit 4, 4-7: You Are Cordially Invited
Unit 4, 4-9: Persuasive Prompt
Unit 4, 4-22: “…I Needs Must Act Alone”
Unit 5, 5-2: Exploring My Opinions
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
Unit 5, 5-15: Lessons from the Neighborhood
Unit 5, 5-20: Changing the Scene
6. Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading,
writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering
vocabulary knowledge when consi
Unit 1, Activity 1-3: What’s in a Name?
Unit 1, Activity 1-5: Introduction to Learning Logs and Word
Walls
Unit 1, Activity 1-7: Defining Moments
Unit 1, Activity 1-9: Two Versions of One Memory
Unit 1, Activity 1-13: Reading an Interview Narrative
Unit 1, Activity 1-18: Using Rhetoric and Persuading an
Audience
Unit 2, Activity 2-4: Catacombs and Carnival
Unit 2, Activity 2-12: Point of View in “The Stolen Party”
Unit 2, Activity 2-15: Working with Cinematic Techniques:
Part 1
Unit 2, Activity 2-19: Setting the Mood: Wonka Two Ways
Unit 2, Activity 2-23: Reading Film: Screening Day A
Unit 2, Activity 2-24: Reading Film: Screening Day B
Unit 2, Activity 2-26: Reading Film: Screening Day C
Unit 2, Activity 2-28: Independent Viewing
Unit 2, Activity 2-29: Portfolio Activity: Film Style
Unit 3, 3-6: Structure in Poetry
Unit 3, 3-7: Exploring Diction and Imagery
Unit 3, 3-8: Extending Metaphor and Symbol
Unit 3, 3-9: Hyperbolic Me with Allusions
Unit 3, 3-11: Odes to Someone Special
Unit 3, 3-12: Coming of Age in Sonnets
Unit 3, 3-18: Syntax Surgery
Unit 4, 4-3: Who’s Who in Verona
Unit 4, 4-4: The Prologue: So Much from One Sonnet
Unit 4, 4-8: Comparing Film Interpretations: An Old
Accustomed Feast
Unit 4, 4-9: Persuasive Prompt
Unit 4, 4-10: Developing Dramaturges
Unit 4, 4-12: Comparing Film Interpretations: The Balcony
Scene
Unit 4, 4-17: “A Plague o’ Both Your Houses!”
Unit 4, 4-18: Comparing Film Interpretations: “And Fire-eyed
Fury Be My Conduct Now”
Unit 4, 4-19: Emotional Roller Coaster
Unit 5, 5-3: A Time and a Place
Unit 5, 5-4: What Is Context?
Unit 5, 5-5: Putting the Text in Context
Unit 5, 5-7: Collecting Resources
Unit 5, 5-8: Audience Analysis
Unit 5, 5-10: A Scouting Party
Unit 5, 5-11: Visualizing Setting
Unit 5, 5-13: Making Predictions
Unit 5, 5-18: Pin the Quote on Atticus
Unit 5, 5-20: Changing the Scene
Unit 5, 5-24: The World of Fragrant Ladies
Unit 5, 5-26: Standing in Borrowed Shoes
Unit 5, Unit Reflection
Unit 4, Unit Reflection
Unit 3, Unit Reflection
Unit 2, Unit Reflection
Unit 1, Unit Reflection
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