Semester 1: 8 weeks
Central Text
Selections
Grade 10 – Regular (Developmental) - Collection 1 – Ourselves and Others
EQ: How do our interactions prepare us to build accepting
Close Reader
Selections
Anchor Text:
Short Story: “What, of This
Goldfish, Would You Wish?”
by Etgar Keret, 900L, p. 3
insert
Jing
relationships? How do our
interactions
help us to understand
ourselves and others?
Close Reader:
Short Story: “The Wife’s Story”
by Ursula Le Guin, p. 12c
LG: Analyze the impact of cultural
background on point of view.
Anchor Text:
Compare Text & Media:
Court Opinion:
from Texas v. Johnson Majority
Opinion by William J. Brennan,
1420L, p. 15
Newspaper Editorial:
“American Flag Stands for
Tolerance” by Ronald J. Allen,
1170L, p. 18
LG: Analyze an opinion, cite
evidence used to make
inferences, compare tone in
two texts by analyzing the
impact of word choice.
Close Reader:
Public Document: from the
Universal Declaration of
Human Rights by UN
Commission on Human Rights
from Towards a True Refuge by
Aung San Suu Kyi, p. 24f
Reading Focus
Cite Evidence
Argument
Conduct short research
Analytical essay
Comparison
Letter
Double entry chart
Kylene Beers Discussion Terms
Listening & Speaking
Focus
Language Focus
Discussion
Oral Narrative
Context Clues
Latin Roots
Noun Clauses
Colloquialisms
Denotation
Connotation
Formal/informal
language
Grammar bytes
LG: Analyze how a director unfolds
a series of ideas to advance a
purpose and a point of view.
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Poem:
“Without Title” by Diane
Glancy, p. 39
LG: Support inference about theme.
Performance A
Present a Speech,
p. 41
Intertextual Unit:
“Acceptance”
Tale of Three
Wishes
Task A:
Present a Speech
Rubric, p. 44
Golden Novel:
“Night”
(to be assessed on
QBA2 exam)
suggested to align
with Collection 1
Analyze How Authors Use Time
Support Inferences: Interactive White Boards
Lessons(Making Inferences)
Analyze Themes in Seminal U.S. Documents
Attend to Conventions of Letter Writing:
Interactive Whiteboard Lessons
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Performance
Task B:
Write an
Analytical Essay,
p. 45
Task B:
Write an
Analytical Essay
Rubric, p.48
discriminate (discrimination, discriminatory, discriminately)
diverse (diversify, diversity)
inhibit (inhibition, inhibitive, inhibitory)
intervene ( intervention, intervened, intervening)
rational (rationale, rationalize, irrational)
Extensions - Secondary Gifted Resources
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Teengagement:
Academic Vocabulary
LG: Analyze a writer’s choice in
terms of pacing, word choice, tone,
and mood.
Formative and
Summative
Assessments
Online Selection
tests
(grammar, vocabulary, syntax)
Movie Trailer: “My So-Called
Enemy” by Lisa Gossels, p. 13
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Additional
Suggested
Resources
Writing Focus
Point of View
Character
Tone
Juxtaposition
Analyze Seminal Docs
Inferences
Theme
Irony
idioms
Short Story:
“The Lottery” by Shirley
Jackson, 1140L, p. 25
Print Version
(Maintaining a Formal Style and Objective Tone)
Adapting Speech to Contexts
Analyzing the Impact of Word Choice: Level Up
Tutorial (Elements of Poetry)
5.
Evaluating Media Sources
Strategies for Gifted Learners - FL Gifted Frameworks
Interventions ESE Accommodations - ELL Strategies - ELL Accommodations
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Analyze Point of View: Level Up Tutorial:
Historical and Cultural Context
Determine Point of View: Level Up Tutorial:
(Author’s Purpose)
Cite Evidence: Level Up Tutorial (Evidence)
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Vocabulary Strategy: Denotation and
Connotation: Wordsharp: Interactive Vocabulary
Tutorial (Denotative and Connotative Meanings)
Support Inferences About Theme: Level Up
Tutorial (Theme)
Collection 1 Thematic Connections
“We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.”
Connection: Both texts deal with the
struggles individuals face when trying to
integrate differing cultural values. In
“What, of This Goldfish, Would you
Wish” the various groups still clash over
the internal boundaries of Israel and
which government controls which
portion of land. In “Without Title” the
struggle is that of Native Americans
contending with the Urban Relocation
Program after World War II.
Barbara Jordan
Text 1: "What, of This
Goldfish, Would You
Wish" by Etgar Keret
The author explores
people's dreams and
their reality of living in
a land where people
from many Cultures
often struggle to
coexist
Connection: Both texts deal with the
clash between differing cultures and
their expectations and behaviors. In
“What, of This Goldfish, Would you
Wish”, Sergei wants to be left alone in
silence and Yoni breaks into Sergei’s
peaceful existence creating not only a
cultural clash but a physical one as well.
In Texas V. Johnson Majority Opinion the
Supreme Court is called upon to decide
st
the 1 amendment issue of flag burning.
Text 5: "Without Title"
by Diane Glancy
Like all people, students
want to belong to a larger
group. Being accepted into
a group means they have
been assimilated, or
absorbed, by the group. This
lesson explores such a
relationship through a poem.
Connection: Both texts deal with the strong desire to
belong to a group. In “The Lottery” we see the need
to belong forces citizens to take part in a barbaric
ritual despite individual misgivings. In “Without Title”
The author points to her father’s need to assimilate
into “white” society at the cost of his native heritage.
Text 4: "The Lottery"
by Shirley Jackson
This lesson gives students
an opportunity to
evaluate how a writer's
word choices creates a
specific tone.
Text 2 "Texas V Johnson
Majority Opinion" by
William J. Brennan
How does the
need to belong
express a
universal
human truth?
Connection: Both texts
evaluate the importance of
individual freedom and the
danger of blind obedience. In
“American Flag Stands for
Tolerance”, the author argues
the importance of allowing for
individual challenge of social
norms. However in “The
Lottery” the focus is on the
danger of not challenging the
norms.
This selection explores
and compares the ideas
in a historical Supreme
Court decision.
Connection: Both texts discuss the symbolism of
the American flag. In “Texas” the issue is the flag
is a special symbol to Americans and disrespectful
treatment of it offends many Americans. In
“American Flag”, the argument is that the symbol
of the flag represents our ability as Americans to
tolerate opinions that differ from our own.
Text 3:
"American Flag Stands for
Tolerance" by Ronald J.
Allen
This lesson explores an
editoral defense of a
Supreme Court decision
Thematic Connections