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Reading
Writing
Focus:
Focus:
Vocabulary
(1) Reading/Vocabulary Development. Students understand new
vocabulary and use it when reading and writing. Students are
expected to:
READINESS
11.1 (B) analyze textual context (within a sentence and in larger
sections of text) to draw conclusions about the nuance in word
meanings
Recognizing that:
 Connotative Meaning of Words/Phrases/Sentences is the
emotional content, significance or implied meaning of a word,
phrase, or sentence.
 Denotative Meaning of Words/Phrases/Sentences is the
actual, literal, explicit meaning of a word, phrase, or sentence.
11.1 (C) infer word meaning through the identification and analysis of
analogies and other word relationships
SUPPORTING
11.1 (D) recognize and use knowledge of cognates in different
languages and of word origins to determine the meaning of words
READINESS
11.1 (E) use general and specialized dictionaries, thesauri, glossaries,
histories of language, books of quotations, and other related
references (printed or electronic) as needed.
Comprehension
(2) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre.
Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about
theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary
contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their
understanding. Students are expected to:
SUPPORTING
11.2 (A) analyze the way in which the theme or meaning of a
selection represents a view or comment on the human condition
Composition
(14) Writing/Literary Texts. Students write literary texts to express
their ideas and feelings about real or imagined people, events, and
ideas. Students are responsible for at least two forms of literary
writing. Students are expected to:
11.14 (C) write a script with an explicit or implicit theme, using a variety
of literary techniques.
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Grammar
(17) Oral and Written Conventions/Conventions. Students understand
the function of and use the conventions of academic language when
speaking and writing. Students will continue to apply earlier
standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to:
READINESS
11.17 (B) use a variety of correctly structured sentences (e.g.,
compound, complex, compound-complex)
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11.5 (D) demonstrate familiarity with works by authors in American
fiction from each major literary period.
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Spelling:
Reading/Comprehension Skills. Students use a flexible range of
metacognitive reading skills in both assigned and independent
reading to understand an author’s message. Students will continue
to apply earlier standards with greater depth in increasingly more
complex texts as they become self-directed, critical readers.
Students are expected to:
(A) reflect on understanding to monitor comprehension (e.g., asking
questions, summarizing and synthesizing, making connections,
creating sensory images); and
Readiness (Fiction)
Supporting (Literary Nonfiction, Poetry, Drama)
(B) make complex inferences (e.g., inductive and deductive) about text
and use textual evidence to support understanding.
Listening and Speaking
On-Going Process Skills
Establish a purpose for reading
Breaking down long sentences
Make complex inferences
Paraphrase
Adjust Your Reading Rate
Analyze Textual Context
Resources
Instructional Resources / Textbook Correlations
Suggested:
“Of Plymouth Plantation” by William Bradford
“The Earth on Turtle’s Back” Onondaga Myth
“To My Dear and Loving Husband” by Anne Bradstreet
“When Grizzlies Walked Upright” Modoc Myth
“Upon the Burning of Our House” by Anne Bradstreet
“The Navajo Origin Legend” Navajo Myth
“Huswifery” by Edward Taylor
“Meditation 8” by Edward Taylor
“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards
Web Links / Other Resources
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Origin,
Myth,
Themes,
Archetypes,
Symbolism,
Political document
Formative
Academic Language / Language of Instruction
Author’s purpose,
Audience,
Style,
Syntax,
Inversion,
Puritan Plain Style,
Extended Metaphor (Conceit),
Lines,
Stanzas,
Repetition,
Sermon,
Restatement,
Biblical Allusion
Assessments
Summative
Formative
Summative
Other Curricular Connection (ELA, Math, SS)
Exemplar Lessons
Exemplar Lesson 1
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