Blended Learning English Literature Grade 10, Unit 1, 2013-2014
All texts located in Textbook (hard copy or eBook): Literature: Language and Literacy10 unless
indicated.
* Indicates assignments which must be completed with the instructor.
To be enrolled, students must complete:
1. Diagnostic test
2. “The Leap” all unit work
3. “Operation Conductorette” all unit work
4. Narrative essay
Diagnostic and Benchmark Tests*
Fiction (3 selections)
“The Monkey’s Paw” pp.30-42
Worksheets: Vocabulary Warm-up; Reading Warm up; Writing about the Big Question;
Literary Analysis: Plot; Reading: Making Predictions
“The Leap” pp.45-54
Critical Reading questions p.54
Short story discussion*
Worksheets: Vocabulary Warm-up; Reading Warm up; Writing about the Big Question;
Literary Analysis: Plot; Reading: Making Predictions; Support for Writing a Sequel
Selection Test*
“Tepeyac” p.104-106 (for assignments, see “Marion Anderson, Famous Concert Singer”
Nonfiction (5 selections)
Genre study: Fiction and Nonfiction and Exploring Truth and Reality” p.2-7
Worksheets: Vocabulary Study 1 and 2; Applying the Big Question
from Through My Eyes
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/history/spotlight_september.html
Summarize the selection
Write a one to two page reflection about your first or second grade experiences.
“Occupation: Conductorette” pp.76-84
Critical Reading questions p.84
Worksheets: Vocabulary Warm-up; Reading Warm up; Writing about the Big Question;
Literary Analysis: Plot; Reading: Making Predictions; Support for Writing a Sequel
Selection Test*
“Marion Anderson, Famous Concert Singer” pp.98-103
Critical Reading questions p.103
After You Read: Comparing Styles p.107
Worksheets: Vocabulary Warm-up; Reading Warm up; Writing about the Big Question;
Literary Analysis: Style; Support for Writing a Sequel to Compare Literary Works
Open Book Test*
“The Homework Revolution” (instructor has copies)
Identify three points and explain why you agree or disagree with the writer
Technology and Research
Evaluating websites activity*
Locate three sample résumés on the Internet*
Produce a résumé
Wall Street Journal Article on résumés
Grammar and Usage
Worksheet: Grammar: abstract and concrete nouns
Abstract and concrete nouns p.56; 86
Worksheet: using apostrophes
Visual Literacy (2 visual texts)
The Problem We All Deal With (painting by Norman Rockwell)*
Photograph of President Obama and Ruby Bridges viewing the Rockwell painting*
Writing Portfolio: Narrative
Narrative prewriting*
Write a personal narrative that describes a difficult quest you undertook to achieve a
personal or social goal. Use dialogue, imagery, figurative language, conflict, character,
setting, and point of view to develop the narrative. Integrate visual, auditory, and/or
digital documents that provide evidence or enhance the effect of your experience.