Freshmen English:
Year Long Course
Units of Study
Student Skills and
Learning Profiles
(surveys, career &
personality
inventories)
Year Focus: Identity of
Self and Coming of Age
Proposed
Time
Content Suggestions
Career Pipeline Surveys/
Personality Inventories/
Learning Modalities/
Career Interests online
followed by inquiry based
web searches.
Unit Objectives
Plot Structure
Literary Devices as a way to understand/discuss
Author's Purpose
*Cask of Amontillado
Characterization
Uncle Marcos
Critical Thinking/Analysis:
Humanity/Exploitation/Sacrifice
Golden Kite, Silver Wind
*Most Dangerous Game
*Blues Ain't No Mockin'
Bird
*The Necklace
The Harvest
One Ordinary Day with
Peanuts
The Interlopers
Non-Fiction:
Single Room, Earth View
The Road Ahead
Formal Writing
Assignments
Students will identify how they learn best, what
their interestes are in a career/collegieate study/or
vocational training and HOW to PREPARE the
next 4 years to enter post-secondary study or
work place. Historical research, job opportunities
today and in the future, educational needs, salary
possibilities, etc as well as personal connections Project based learning/
to their findings in a project based format.
Inquiry based learning
Short Stories
*The Gift of the Magi
*The Secret Life of Walter
Mitty
The Red Headed League
The Scarlet Ibis
Learner Skills and 21st
Century Learner
Objectives
Summary: Main Ideas, Theme, Author's Purpose,
etc
Multi-Culturalism
Sample
Assessments &
Project-Based
Learning
State Standards
Google.docs
presentations or
Powerpoint
presentation on
iPads. Educreations,
ShowMe apps
Paragraph Development and
Structure: Thesis Development,
Supporting Topics
5 Paragraph Compare and
Contrast Essay
Quizzes to check for
understanding &
reading completion
Literature Circles
w/Short Stories
Short
Stories
Social Injustice
Adjusts Reading Rate Uses
Context Clues
Reference Materials??????
Word Elements
Figurative Language
S1B4I1
S1B1I2
S1B4I3
S1B4I4
Text Characteristics: Narrative
Text Features
Revises/Confirms Predictions
Generates & Responds to
Questions
Inferences and Conclusions
Author's Use of Text Structure
Compares & Contrasts
Cause and Effect
Paraphrasing & Organization
Identifies Topic/Main Idea/Details
& Theme
Analyzes Author's Style
Types of Characters
Socratic Seminars
Literary Analysis
S1B4I5
S1B4I6
S1B4I7
S1B4I8
S1B4I9
S1B4I10
Test and/or Project
Structured Summaries
S1B4I11
S2B1I1
Understanding Humanity, Exploitation, Sacrifice
S2B1I2 Historical/Cultural/Social Aspects
S2B1I3
Plot Elements
S2B1I4
Theme, Tone, Point of View
S2B1I5
Literary Devices
S2B2I1
Themes from Diverse Cultures
S2B2I2 Compares & Contrasts Literatures
S2B2I3
Shared Characteristics of
Cultures
Understanding Comics
Differentiated
Literature Choice
Novels
S1B2I1
S1B3I1
S1B3I2
S1B3I3
S1B3I4
Choice #1:The Maze
Runner, Sleeping
Freshmen Never Lie,
Inventing Elliot, Silent to
the Bone, Poison, Bound
and Choice #2: Guerrilla
Season, 13 Little Blue
Envelopes, Scorch Trials,
Hattie Big Sky,
Shakespeare Stealer, Pop
Mini teaching lessons on Character, Setting,
Conflict and essential plot elements. Group work
discussing author's purpose, literary devices, etc.
Students should begin to see the development of
Voice, Mood and Tone throughout the novel in
preparation for TKMB
Character Descriptions. Setting
Short stories and Poetry:"
Sympathy," "Caged Bird,"
We never know how high
we are," "from A Lincoln
Preface," "from In My
Place," "I Have a Dream,"
"Pride (In the Name of
Love), "from Rosa Parks:
My Story," "There is a
Longing," "I Hear America
Singing,"
Introduction to To Kill a Mockingbird focusing on
Social Injustice around the world over time.
Students are introduced to Non-Fiction pieces:
editorials, speeches, poetry, music and visual
media messages. Primary focus centers around
racial segregation and the Voice within each
piece.
1 page descriptive/narrative
writing focusing on Voice and
character. Students chose to be
the Voice of social change in
one of the examples read.
Mood and Tone words are
carefully chosen as well as
voice of chosen character.
S2B1I3
Writing
S1B1I119
Book Trailers
Novel
Plot Elements / Narrative Text
Writing
Freshmen English:
Year Long Course
Units of Study
Year Focus: Identity of
Self and Coming of Age
Proposed
Time
Content Suggestions
Unit Objectives
Learner Skills and 21st
Century Learner
Objectives
Formal Writing
Assignments
Whole-Class
Novel
To Kill A Mockingbird
Plot Structure
Characterization
Point of View/Perspective
Literary Analysis: Theme
Research Elements: Evaluation
of Legitimate Sources for a
Specific Purpose
Research Citations:
Parenthetical Citations and
Works Cited Page
Two Voice Found Poetry
Conflict Development, Climax & Resolution
Interpreting and Evaluation Author's Purpose
Teaching Tolerance, Compassion, Sympathy
Note Taking Strategies
Annotation for Comprehension and deeper
understanding
Inference and Drawing Conclusions
Close Reading Stategies
Oral Expression
Informative 2 minute
Speech
Identity of Self
Using Visual Aides as Symbolism
Can be Career based with Career Pipeline
Surveys/Tests
Mythology &
Cosmogony
Multi-Cultural Creation
Stories
Stories of Origin, Deities, Science and Nature
Stories
Heroes, Gods, and
Monsters of the Greek
Myths, Bernard Evlin
GreekMythology, Edith
Hamilton
Cultural Relevance
Using collaborative
technology to create visually
informative speeches
Research information
citations appropriate for
visual and print media
Sample
Assessments &
Project-Based
Learning
Quizzes:
Understanding &
Reading Completion
State Standards
Novel
???
Romeo & Juliet
S1B3I3
Meaning Through Structural
Analysis
S3B3I1
Selects Appropriate Topics
S4B1I5
Presents Organized Speech
Test and/or Project
Speech
Speech Outline
Resource Digests with
Parenthetical Citations and
Bibliographies
Descriptive Mode: Sensory
Writing (Setting), Character
Description Narrative Mode:
Nature Myth Short Story
In Addition to Short Story
Comparison/Contrast Mythology
Standards:
Essay Test
Cosmogony
Formal
S1B4I9
Paraphrasing & Organization
Assessment/Recognition
S2B1I2 Establishes Purposes for Reading
of Deities and Nature
S2B2I3
Compares/Contrasts Similar
Myths
Topics
S1B3I3
Greek Word Elements
Multi-Cultural Investigative Research
Writing
S1B1I119 and
S2B1I18
Oral Reading Opportunities
Point of View/Perspective
Literary Devices within Drama
Plot Development
Understanding Author's Purpose in Plot
Development
Characterization
Theme
Understanding persuasive monologues
Understanding soliloquy
Understanding stage directions
Differentiated
Novels &
Literature Circles
Narrative Text Writing and
Expository Text Writing and
Persuasive Text Writing
Career Clusters:
Research and Poster
Presentation
Various multi-cultural
sources
Play
Writing
S1B1I119 and
S1B4I121
3 Tiers of Novels w/ Focus
on: Self/Identity/Point of
View
Historical/Cultural Relevance
Play
Sonnet Writing
Persuasive Letter Writing
Shakespearean-style One Act
Plays
Literature Circles w/
Differentiated
Companion Novels
Narrative Text Writing and
Research
S1B2I1
Adusts Reading Rate
S1B3I1
Uses Context Clues
S1B3I4
Figurative Language
S1B4I2
Text Features
S1B4I3 Revises and Confirms Predicitons
S1B4I4
Generates/Responds to
Questions
S1B4I5
Inferences and Conclusions
S1B4I11
Analyzes Author's Style
S2B1I1
Types of Characters
S2B1I2 Historical/Cultural/Social Aspects
S2B1I3
Plot Elements
S2B1I4
Theme/Tone/Point of View
S2B1I5
Literary Devices
S2B2I2 Compare and Contrasts Literature
Writing/Theatre
Exemplary Dramatic Script
Standard Creation/ Advanced Construct
S1B2
and Refines Original Script
Freshmen English:
Year Long Course
Units of Study
Year Focus: Identity of
Self and Coming of Age
Proposed
Time
Content Suggestions
Unit Objectives
The Son of the Mob,
Romiette & Julio, Scribbler
of Dreams, and The Coffin
Quilt
Multi-cultural Perspectives
Point of View
Thematic Comparisons
Purpose
Poetry
Final Research
Project on
evaluating
sources,
examining
controversial
issues from
multiple
viewpoints.
"Dream Deferred"
"Dreams"
"The Eagle"
"Hope is a Thing with
Feathers"
"Blackberry Eating"
"Memory"
"Meciendo" ("Rocking")
"Woman's Work"
"Uphill"
"The Bells"
"The Raven"
"The Seven Ages of Man"
Three Haiku
Hokku Poems
"On the Grasshopper and
the Cricket"
"Sonnet 30"
"Eulogy of a Hermit Crab"
Figurative Language w/ Focus on:
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance
Rhyme/Meter
Free Verse, Blank Verse
Learner Skills and 21st
Century Learner
Objectives
Formal Writing
Assignments
Persuasive Monologue
Prologue in Shakespearean
Sonnet
Literary Analysis
Student Created Poetry
Sample
Assessments &
Project-Based
Learning
State Standards
Shakespeare
Literature Festival
Poetry
S2B2I1
S1B3I5
In Addition to Above Identified
Standards:
Themes from Diverse Cultures
Connotation/Denotation