Course Title: Literature Grade 10
Board Approval Date: 07/21/14
Credit / Hours: 1 credit
Course Description: Literature Grade 10
Literature Grade 10 is a required Keystone course for sophomores and focuses on the
PA Core Standards for English Language Arts. Through the close readings and
examinations of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama, students will deepen their
understanding of essential literary concepts. An increased level of formal literacy
will challenge students to support their well-informed opinions on social issues,
while discovering their individuality through analytical readings and thorough
discussions.
Learning Activities / Modes of Assessment:
Large group instruction
Paired Activities
Small group work
Formal Writing Assignments
Tests and Quizzes
Checklists / Teacher Observation
Projects with Rubrics
Instructional Resources:
Literature & Language: McDougal Littell, McDougall Littell, INC.: A Houghton Mifflin
Company
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
Macbeth, William Shakespeare
Animal Farm, George Orwell
The Crucible, Arthur Miller
Course Pacing Guide
Course: Mathematics Grade 1
Course: Literature – Grade 10
Course Unit (Topic)
Course Unit (Topic)
1. Number Sense
Length of Instruction (Days/Periods)
Length of Instruction (Days/Periods)
20 days
2.
Addition and
Subtraction
1. Strategies
of Analysis
and Point of View: Tolerance and Diversity
20
45days
days
3.
and Graphing
2. Data
The Structure
of Language of Drama: Power and Choice
15
40days
days
4.
3. Geometry
Utopia, Dystopia, Fable: Desperate Situations
15
20days
days
5.
4. Measurement
Satire, Allegory, and Propaganda: Trust and Perceptions
20
40days
days
6.
5. Fractions
Textual Structures and Thematic Devices: Decisions and Consequences
20
25 days
days
7.
6. Money
Research and the Annotated Bibliography
20
10days
days
8. Patterns
20 days
9.
Trig/Angles
DAYS
TOTAL
15
170days
Days
10. Preview: Double Digit Addition with Regrouping
10 days
PENNSYLVANIA
Date: June 16, 2014 ET
CCSD CURRICULUM
Course: Literature Grade 10 (07/21/14)
Curriculum:
Topic:
1. Strategies of Analysis and Point of View:Tolerance and Diversity
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Know:
L.F.2.4.1 -- Important
Interpret and analyze
works from a variety of
genres for literary,
historical, and/or cultural
significance.
An author uses point of
view to communicate
meaning in a text.
The historical context of
a literary work
influences the author's
purpose.
The setting of a literary
work has historical,
cultural, and political
implications.
Literary Elements and
Devices- tone, style,
mood voice, diction
speaker, syntax,
figurative language.
Comparison- genre
(historical fiction,
speech, essays, short
story), cultural and
historical context,
literary comparison
(nonfiction v. fiction)
CC.1.2.9-10.A 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
Days: 45
Grade(s): 10th
Understand:
Literary elements and
devices, structure, and
format are used to
advocate for and reflect
on change.
Point of view is
important to understand
and communicate with
others in a community.
The effects of the Great
Depression altered our
culture and country.
The historical, cultural,
and political
implications of a literary
work are reflected in the
author's purpose.
Do:
L.F.2.1.2 -- Essential
Cite evidence from a text to support generalizations.
L.F.2.3.5a -- Essential
Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or
evaluate tone, style, and/or mood in a variety of
fiction: the relationship between the tone, style, and/or
mood and other components of a text
L.F.2.3.5b -- Essential
Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or
evaluate tone, style, and/or mood in a variety of
fiction: how voice and choice of speaker (narrator)
affect the mood, tone, and/or meaning of a text
L.F.2.3.5c -- Essential
Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or
evaluate tone, style, and/or mood in a variety of
fiction: how diction, syntax, figurative language,
sentence variety, etc., determine the author’s style
L.N.1.1.4 -- Essential
Explain how an author’s use of key words or phrases
in text informs and influences the reader.
L.N.2.1.2 -- Essential
Cite evidence from a text to support generalizations.
L.N.2.3.5a -- Essential
Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or
evaluate tone, style, and/or mood in a variety of
nonfiction: the relationship between the tone, style,
and/or mood and other components of a text
L.N.2.3.5b -- Essential
Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or
evaluate tone, style, and/or mood in a variety of
nonfiction: how voice and choice of speaker (narrator)
affect the mood, tone, and/or meaning of a text
L.N.2.3.5c -- Essential
Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or
evaluate tone, style, and/or mood in a variety of
nonfiction: how diction, syntax, figurative language,
sentence variety, etc., determine the author’s style
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Date: June 16, 2014 ET
CCSD CURRICULUM
Course: Literature Grade 10 (07/21/14)
Curriculum:
Topic:
1. Strategies of Analysis and Point of View:Tolerance and Diversity
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Know:
objective summary of
the text.
CC.1.2.9-10.B - Cite
strong and thorough
textual evidence to
support analysis of what
the text says explicitly as
well as inferences and
conclusions based on an
author's explicit
assumptions and beliefs
about a subject.
CC.1.2.9-10.C - Apply
appropriate strategies to
analyze, interpret, and
evaluate how an 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.
CC.1.3.9-10.A 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.
CC.1.3.9-10.B - Cite
strong and thorough
textual evidence to
support analysis of what
the text says explicitly as
well as inferences and
conclusions based on an
author's explicit
Days: 45
Grade(s): 10th
Understand:
Do:
L.N.2.4.1 -- Essential
Identify, analyze, and evaluate the structure and format
of complex informational texts.
Evaluate the impact of historical and cultural
context.
Recognize legitimate research sources.
Analyze non-fiction texts that communicate
historical data regarding the Great Depression, racial
segregation in the southern United States.
L.F.2.1.2 - Cite evidence from a text to support
generalizations.
L.F.2.3.5a - Explain, interpret, compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate tone, style, and/or mood in
a variety of fiction:the relationship between the tone,
style, and/or mood and other components of a text
L.F.2.3.5b - Explain, interpret, compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate tone, style, and/or mood in
a variety of fiction:how voice and choice of speaker
(narrator) affect the mood, tone, and/or meaning of a
text
L.F.2.3.5c - Explain, interpret, compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate tone, style, and/or mood in
a variety of fiction:how diction, syntax, figurative
language, sentence variety, etc., determine the
author's style
L.N.1.1.4 - Explain how an author's use of key
words or phrases in text informs and influences the
reader.
L.N.2.1.2 - Cite evidence from a text to support
generalizations.
L.N.2.3.5a - Explain, interpret, compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate tone, style, and/or mood in
a variety of nonfiction:the relationship between the
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Date: June 16, 2014 ET
CCSD CURRICULUM
Course: Literature Grade 10 (07/21/14)
Curriculum:
Topic:
1. Strategies of Analysis and Point of View:Tolerance and Diversity
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Know:
assumptions and beliefs
about a subject.
CC.1.3.9-10.C - Analyze
how complex characters
develop over the course
of a text, interact with
other characters, and
advance the plot or
develop the theme.
CC.1.3.9-10.D Determine an author's
particular point of view
and analyze how
rhetoric advances the
point of view.
CC.1.3.9-10.E - Analyze
how an author's choices
concerning how to
structure a text, order
events within it and
manipulate time create
an effect.
CC.1.3.9-10.F - Analyze
how words and phrases
shape meaning and tone
in texts.
CC.1.4.9-10.S - Draw
evidence from literary or
informational texts to
support analysis,
reflection, and research,
applying grade level
reading standards for
literature and literary
non-fiction.
Days: 45
Grade(s): 10th
Understand:
Do:
tone, style, and/or mood and other components of a
text
L.N.2.3.5b - Explain, interpret, compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate tone, style, and/or mood in
a variety of nonfiction:how voice and choice of
speaker (narrator) affect the mood, tone, and/or
meaning of a text
L.N.2.3.5c - Explain, interpret, compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate tone, style, and/or mood in
a variety of nonfiction:how diction, syntax,
figurative language, sentence variety, etc., determine
the author's style
L.N.2.4.1 - Identify, analyze, and evaluate the
structure and format of complex informational texts.
L.F.2.4.1 - Interpret and analyze works from a
variety of genres for literary, historical, and/or
cultural significance.
CC.1.2.9-10.A - 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.
CC.1.2.9-10.B - Cite strong and thorough textual
evidence to support analysis of what the text says
explicitly as well as inferences and conclusions
based on an author's explicit assumptions and beliefs
about a subject.
CC.1.2.9-10.C - Apply appropriate strategies to
analyze, interpret, and evaluate how an 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.
CC.1.3.9-10.A - 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.
CC.1.3.9-10.B - Cite strong and thorough textual
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PENNSYLVANIA
Date: June 16, 2014 ET
CCSD CURRICULUM
Course: Literature Grade 10 (07/21/14)
Curriculum:
Topic:
1. Strategies of Analysis and Point of View:Tolerance and Diversity
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Know:
Days: 45
Grade(s): 10th
Understand:
Do:
evidence to support analysis of what the text says
explicitly as well as inferences and conclusions
based on an author's explicit assumptions and beliefs
about a subject.
CC.1.3.9-10.C - Analyze how complex characters
develop over the course of a text, interact with other
characters, and advance the plot or develop the
theme.
CC.1.3.9-10.D - Determine an author's particular
point of view and analyze how rhetoric advances the
point of view.
CC.1.3.9-10.E - Analyze how an author's choices
concerning how to structure a text, order events
within it and manipulate time create an effect.
CC.1.3.9-10.F - Analyze how words and phrases
shape meaning and tone in texts.
CC.1.3.9-10.I - Determine or clarify the meaning of
unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases
based on grade level reading and content, choosing
flexibly from a range of strategies and tools.
CC.1.3.9-10.J - Demonstrate understanding across
content areas within grade appropriate level texts of
figurative language, word relationships, and the
shades of meaning among related words.
CC.1.3.9-10.K - Read and comprehend literary
fiction on grade level, reading independently and
proficiently.
CC.1.4.9-10.S - Draw evidence from literary or
informational texts to support analysis, reflection,
and research, applying grade level reading standards
for literature and literary non-fiction.
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Date: June 16, 2014 ET
CCSD CURRICULUM
Course: Literature Grade 10 (07/21/14)
Curriculum:
Topic:
2. The Structure and Language of Drama: Power and Choice
Days: 40
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Know:
L.N.2.3.2 -- Important
Explain, interpret,
compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate
setting in a variety of
nonfiction: the
relationship between
setting and other
components of a text
(character, plot, and
other key literary
elements)
L.N.2.3.3a -- Important
Explain, interpret,
compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate
plot in a variety of
nonfiction: Note: Plot
may also be called
action. elements of the
plot (e.g., exposition,
conflict, rising action,
climax, falling action,
and/or resolution)
L.N.2.3.3b -- Important
Explain, interpret,
compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate
plot in a variety of
nonfiction: Note: Plot
may also be called
action. the relationship
between elements of the
plot and other
components of a text
L.N.2.3.3c -- Important
Explain, interpret,
compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate
plot in a variety of
nonfiction: Note: Plot
may also be called
action. how the author
structures plot to
advance the action
Grade(s): 10th
Understand:
Do:
Plot structure and setting
are affected by authorial
purpose.
L.F.1.1.3 -- Essential
Analyze, interpret, and evaluate how authors use
techniques and elements of fiction to effectively
communicate an idea or concept.
The historical and
cultural context of a
literary work influence
the author's purpose and
themes.
L.F.2.2.3 -- Important
Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or
evaluate connections between texts.
Universal themes
transcend the boundaries
of time and culture and
evidence a common
bond of humanity.
An author/playwright
uses character actions
and dialogue to reveal a
character's motivation.
An author uses a variety
of literary techniques to
craft a drama in order to
communicate
meaningful impressions
and concepts to the
audience.
The choices and
consequences
experienced by
characters in a script
reflect the choices and
consequences that are
part of the human
experience.
L.F.2.3.2 -- Essential
Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or
evaluate setting in a variety of fiction: the relationship
between setting and other components of a text
(character, plot, and other key literary elements)
L.F.2.3.3a -- Important
Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or
evaluate plot in a variety of fiction: Note: Plot may
also be called action. elements of the plot (e.g.,
exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling
action, and/or resolution)
L.F.2.3.3b -- Important
Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or
evaluate plot in a variety of fiction: Note: Plot may
also be called action. the relationship between
elements of the plot and other components of a text
L.F.2.3.3c -- Important
Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or
evaluate plot in a variety of fiction: Note: Plot may
also be called action. how the author structures plot to
advance the action
L.N.1.1.3 -- Essential
Analyze, interpret, and evaluate how authors use
techniques and elements of nonfiction to effectively
communicate an idea or concept.
L.N.2.2.3 -- Important
Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or
evaluate connections between texts.
L.N.2.4.2 -- Important
Identify, explain, compare, interpret, describe, and/or
analyze the sequence of steps in a list of directions.
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PENNSYLVANIA
Date: June 16, 2014 ET
CCSD CURRICULUM
Course: Literature Grade 10 (07/21/14)
Curriculum:
Topic:
2. The Structure and Language of Drama: Power and Choice
Days: 40
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Know:
The structure of a
dramatic script, how it is
similar to other works of
fiction, and how it is
different from other
works of fiction.
Strategies for inferring
themes by analyzing the
plot, characters, and
literary techniques of a
dramatic text.
The significance of
universal themes and
archetypes.
A variety of literary
techniques that a
playwright uses to craft
a dramatic script.
The cause and effect
relationship between
choices and
consequences as
evidenced through
character motivation and
action in a dramatic
script.
Stylistic traits of a
classic dramatic script as
well as the thematic
issues that its author
brings to the attention of
the audience.
The influence of
historical and cultural
context upon a specific
classic dramatic literary
text.
Grade(s): 10th
Understand:
Do:
L.N.2.4.3 -- Important
Explain, interpret, and/or analyze the effect of text
organization, including headings, graphics, and charts.
L.N.2.4.4 -- Important
Make connections between a text and the content of
graphics and charts.
L.N.2.4.5 -- Important
Analyze and evaluate how graphics and charts clarify,
simplify, and organize complex informational texts.
Delineate different parts of the plot structure of a
play.
Identify the elements that distinguish the form of a
dramatic script as literature.
Identify the setting and the way in which it
contributes to the conflict and plot in a drama.
Determine which rhetorical strategies are used in a
dramatic text.
Identify soliloquy, monologue, and dialogue within
a dramatic text.
Compare and contrast the development of different
characters within a dramatic text.
L.F.1.1.3 - Analyze, interpret, and evaluate how
authors use techniques and elements of fiction to
effectively communicate an idea or concept.
L.F.2.2.3 - Explain, interpret, compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate connections between texts.
L.F.2.3.2 - Explain, interpret, compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate setting in a variety of
fiction:the relationship between setting and other
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PENNSYLVANIA
Date: June 16, 2014 ET
CCSD CURRICULUM
Course: Literature Grade 10 (07/21/14)
Curriculum:
Topic:
2. The Structure and Language of Drama: Power and Choice
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Know:
The importance of
diction and word choice
for the communication
of meaning within a text.
L.N.2.3.2 - Explain,
interpret, compare,
describe, analyze, and/or
evaluate setting in a
variety of nonfiction:the
relationship between
setting and other
components of a text
(character, plot, and
other key literary
elements)
L.N.2.3.3a - Explain,
interpret, compare,
describe, analyze, and/or
evaluate plot in a variety
of nonfiction:Note:Plot
may also be called
action. elements of the
plot (e.g., exposition,
conflict, rising action,
climax, falling action,
and/or resolution)
L.N.2.3.3b - Explain,
interpret, compare,
describe, analyze, and/or
evaluate plot in a variety
of nonfiction:Note:Plot
may also be called
action. the relationship
between elements of the
plot and other
components of a text
Days: 40
Grade(s): 10th
Understand:
Do:
components of a text (character, plot, and other key
literary elements)
L.F.2.3.3a - Explain, interpret, compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate plot in a variety of
fiction:Note:Plot may also be called action. elements
of the plot (e.g., exposition, conflict, rising action,
climax, falling action, and/or resolution)
L.F.2.3.3b - Explain, interpret, compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate plot in a variety of
fiction:Note:Plot may also be called action. the
relationship between elements of the plot and other
components of a text
L.F.2.3.3c - Explain, interpret, compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate plot in a variety of
fiction:Note:Plot may also be called action. how the
author structures plot to advance the action
L.N.1.1.3 - Analyze, interpret, and evaluate how
authors use techniques and elements of nonfiction to
effectively communicate an idea or concept.
CC.1.3.9-10.A - 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.
CC.1.3.9-10.B - Cite strong and thorough textual
evidence to support analysis of what the text says
explicitly as well as inferences and conclusions
based on an author's explicit assumptions and beliefs
about a subject.
CC.1.3.9-10.C - Analyze how complex characters
develop over the course of a text, interact with other
characters, and advance the plot or develop the
theme.
CC.1.3.9-10.D - Determine an author's particular
point of view and analyze how rhetoric advances the
point of view.
CC.1.3.9-10.E - Analyze how an author's choices
concerning how to structure a text, order events
within it and manipulate time create an effect.
CC.1.3.9-10.F - Analyze how words and phrases
shape meaning and tone in texts.
CC.1.3.9-10.I - Determine or clarify the meaning of
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PENNSYLVANIA
Date: June 16, 2014 ET
CCSD CURRICULUM
Course: Literature Grade 10 (07/21/14)
Curriculum:
Topic:
2. The Structure and Language of Drama: Power and Choice
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Know:
L.N.2.3.3c - Explain,
interpret, compare,
describe, analyze, and/or
evaluate plot in a variety
of nonfiction:Note:Plot
may also be called
action. how the author
structures plot to
advance the action
CC.1.3.9-10.A 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.
CC.1.3.9-10.B - Cite
strong and thorough
textual evidence to
support analysis of what
the text says explicitly as
well as inferences and
conclusions based on an
author's explicit
assumptions and beliefs
about a subject.
CC.1.3.9-10.C - Analyze
how complex characters
develop over the course
of a text, interact with
other characters, and
advance the plot or
develop the theme.
CC.1.3.9-10.D Determine an author's
particular point of view
and analyze how
rhetoric advances the
point of view.
CC.1.3.9-10.E - Analyze
Days: 40
Grade(s): 10th
Understand:
Do:
unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases
based on grade level reading and content, choosing
flexibly from a range of strategies and tools.
CC.1.3.9-10.J - Demonstrate understanding across
content areas within grade appropriate level texts of
figurative language, word relationships, and the
shades of meaning among related words.
CC.1.3.9-10.K - Read and comprehend literary
fiction on grade level, reading independently and
proficiently.
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PENNSYLVANIA
Date: June 16, 2014 ET
CCSD CURRICULUM
Course: Literature Grade 10 (07/21/14)
Curriculum:
Topic:
2. The Structure and Language of Drama: Power and Choice
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Know:
Days: 40
Grade(s): 10th
Understand:
Do:
how an author's choices
concerning how to
structure a text, order
events within it and
manipulate time create
an effect.
CC.1.3.9-10.F - Analyze
how words and phrases
shape meaning and tone
in texts.
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Date: June 16, 2014 ET
CCSD CURRICULUM
Course: Literature Grade 10 (07/21/14)
Curriculum:
Topic:
3. Utopia, Dystopia, Fable: Desperate Situations
Days: 20
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Know:
Grade(s): 10th
Understand:
Do:
L.N.2.5.6 -- Important
Explain, interpret,
describe, and/or analyze
the author’s defense of a
claim to make a point or
construct an argument in
nonfictional text.
Theme and supporting
details are determined
by authorial purpose.
L.F.1.1.1 -- Important
Identify and/or analyze the author’s intended purpose
of a text.
The author uses tone,
diction, and imagery to
evoke utopian or
dystopian themes.
L.F.1.1.2 -- Important
Explain, describe, and/or analyze examples of a text
that support the author’s intended purpose.
The characteristics that
define the concept of
Utopia and Utopian
fiction and imagery.
The author creates a
situation that includes a
problem and human
error in order to
communicate a specific
moral lesson.
The characteristics that
define the concept of
Dystopia and dystopian
fiction and imagery.
The relationship of
universal themes to the
concepts that inform
utopian and dystopian
literature.
The characteristics of a
classical fable.
The steps used with
deciphering context
clues and identifying the
problem in order to
decode the moral of a
fable.
Evaluate the relationship
of the moral in a fable to
the concept of universal
theme.
Evaluate Effectiveness
of Theme- style, tone,
mood, writer's purpose,
supporting details and
The fable is an ancient
classical literary form
with contemporary,
universal applications.
L.F.2.3.4a -- Essential
Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or
evaluate theme in a variety of fiction: the relationship
between the theme and other components of a text
L.F.2.3.4b -- Essential
Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or
evaluate theme in a variety of fiction: comparing and
contrasting how major themes are developed across
genres
L.F.2.3.4c -- Essential
Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or
evaluate theme in a variety of fiction: the reflection of
traditional and contemporary issues, themes, motifs,
universal characters, and genres
L.F.2.3.4d -- Essential
Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or
evaluate theme in a variety of fiction: the way in which
a work of literature is related to the themes and issues
of its historical period
L.F.1.3.1 -- Important
Identify and/or explain stated or implied main ideas
and relevant supporting details from a text. Note: Items
may target specific paragraphs.
L.N.1.1.1 -- Important
Identify and/or analyze the author’s intended purpose
of a text.
L.N.1.1.2 -- Important
Explain, describe, and/or analyze examples of a text
that support the author’s intended purpose.
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Curriculum:
Topic:
3. Utopia, Dystopia, Fable: Desperate Situations
Days: 20
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Know:
elements.
CC.1.2.9-10.A 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.
CC.1.2.9-10.B - Cite
strong and thorough
textual evidence to
support analysis of what
the text says explicitly as
well as inferences and
conclusions based on an
author's explicit
assumptions and beliefs
about a subject.
CC.1.2.9-10.C - Apply
appropriate strategies to
analyze, interpret, and
evaluate how an 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.
CC.1.3.9-10.A 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
Grade(s): 10th
Understand:
Do:
L.N.2.3.4a -- Essential
Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or
evaluate theme in a variety of nonfiction: the
relationship between the theme and other components
of a text
L.N.2.3.4b -- Essential
Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or
evaluate theme in a variety of nonfiction: comparing
and contrasting how major themes are developed
across genres
L.N.2.3.4c -- Essential
Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or
evaluate theme in a variety of nonfiction: the reflection
of traditional and contemporary issues, themes, motifs,
universal characters, and genres
L.N.2.3.4d -- Essential
Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or
evaluate theme in a variety of nonfiction: the way in
which a work of literature is related to the themes and
issues of its historical period
L.N.1.3.1 -- Essential
Identify and/or explain stated or implied main ideas
and relevant supporting details from a text. Note: Items
may target specific paragraphs.
Identify elements of utopian imagery in specific
visual images.
Identify elements of dystopian imagery in specific
visual images.
Compare and contrast utopian and dystopian
imagery.
Recognize significant plot structures in sample texts
of fables.
Determine how plot structures contribute to
development of theme.
Analyze how authorial purpose effects the
development of theme.
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Course: Literature Grade 10 (07/21/14)
Curriculum:
Topic:
3. Utopia, Dystopia, Fable: Desperate Situations
Days: 20
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Know:
and refined by specific
details; provide an
objective summary of
the text.
CC.1.3.9-10.B - Cite
strong and thorough
textual evidence to
support analysis of what
the text says explicitly as
well as inferences and
conclusions based on an
author's explicit
assumptions and beliefs
about a subject.
CC.1.3.9-10.D Determine an author's
particular point of view
and analyze how
rhetoric advances the
point of view.
CC.1.3.9-10.E - Analyze
how an author's choices
concerning how to
structure a text, order
events within it and
manipulate time create
an effect.
CC.1.3.9-10.H - Analyze
how an author draws on
and transforms themes,
topics, character types,
and/or other text
elements from source
material in a specific
work.
Grade(s): 10th
Understand:
Do:
Write a contemporary fable that includes the
elements of problem/situation, context clues, and a
moral.
Identify the author's purpose in writing a non-fiction
essay regarding society's interest in dystopian
fiction.
L.F.1.1.1 - Identify and/or analyze the author's
intended purpose of a text.
L.F.1.1.2 - Explain, describe, and/or analyze
examples of a text that support the author's intended
purpose.
L.F.2.3.4a - Explain, interpret, compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate theme in a variety of
fiction:the relationship between the theme and other
components of a text
L.F.2.3.4b - Explain, interpret, compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate theme in a variety of
fiction:comparing and contrasting how major themes
are developed across genres
L.F.2.3.4c - Explain, interpret, compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate theme in a variety of
fiction:the reflection of traditional and contemporary
issues, themes, motifs, universal characters, and
genres
L.F.2.3.4d - Explain, interpret, compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate theme in a variety of
fiction:the way in which a work of literature is
related to the themes and issues of its historical
period
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Course: Literature Grade 10 (07/21/14)
Curriculum:
Topic:
3. Utopia, Dystopia, Fable: Desperate Situations
Days: 20
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Know:
Grade(s): 10th
Understand:
Do:
L.F.1.3.1 - Identify and/or explain stated or implied
main ideas and relevant supporting details from a
text. Note:Items may target specific paragraphs.
L.N.1.1.1 - Identify and/or analyze the author's
intended purpose of a text.
L.N.1.1.2 - Explain, describe, and/or analyze
examples of a text that support the author's intended
purpose.
L.N.2.3.4a - Explain, interpret, compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate theme in a variety of
nonfiction:the relationship between the theme and
other components of a text
L.N.2.3.4b - Explain, interpret, compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate theme in a variety of
nonfiction:comparing and contrasting how major
themes are developed across genres
L.N.2.3.4c - Explain, interpret, compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate theme in a variety of
nonfiction:the reflection of traditional and
contemporary issues, themes, motifs, universal
characters, and genres
L.N.2.3.4d - Explain, interpret, compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate theme in a variety of
nonfiction:the way in which a work of literature is
related to the themes and issues of its historical
period
L.N.1.3.1 - Identify and/or explain stated or implied
main ideas and relevant supporting details from a
text. Note:Items may target specific paragraphs.
L.N.2.5.6 - Explain, interpret, describe, and/or
analyze the author's defense of a claim to make a
point or construct an argument in nonfictional text.
CC.1.2.9-10.A - 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.
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Course: Literature Grade 10 (07/21/14)
Curriculum:
Topic:
3. Utopia, Dystopia, Fable: Desperate Situations
Days: 20
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Know:
Grade(s): 10th
Understand:
Do:
CC.1.2.9-10.B - Cite strong and thorough textual
evidence to support analysis of what the text says
explicitly as well as inferences and conclusions
based on an author's explicit assumptions and beliefs
about a subject.
CC.1.2.9-10.C - Apply appropriate strategies to
analyze, interpret, and evaluate how an 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.
CC.1.2.9-10.H - Delineate and evaluate the
argument and specific claims in a text, assessing the
validity of reasoning and relevance of evidence.
CC.1.3.9-10.A - 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.
CC.1.3.9-10.B - Cite strong and thorough textual
evidence to support analysis of what the text says
explicitly as well as inferences and conclusions
based on an author's explicit assumptions and beliefs
about a subject.
CC.1.3.9-10.D - Determine an author's particular
point of view and analyze how rhetoric advances the
point of view.
CC.1.3.9-10.E - Analyze how an author's choices
concerning how to structure a text, order events
within it and manipulate time create an effect.
CC.1.3.9-10.G - Analyze the representation of a
subject or a key scene in two different artistic
mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in
each treatment.
CC.1.3.9-10.H - Analyze how an author draws on
and transforms themes, topics, character types, and/
or other text elements from source material in a
specific work.
CC.1.3.9-10.I - Determine or clarify the meaning of
unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases
based on grade level reading and content, choosing
flexibly from a range of strategies and tools.
CC.1.3.9-10.J - Demonstrate understanding across
content areas within grade appropriate level texts of
figurative language, word relationships, and the
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Course: Literature Grade 10 (07/21/14)
Curriculum:
Topic:
3. Utopia, Dystopia, Fable: Desperate Situations
Days: 20
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Know:
Grade(s): 10th
Understand:
Do:
shades of meaning among related words.
CC.1.3.9-10.K - Read and comprehend literary
fiction on grade level, reading independently and
proficiently.
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Course: Literature Grade 10 (07/21/14)
Curriculum:
Topic:
4. Satire, Allegory, and Propaganda: Trust and Perceptions
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Know:
Days: 40
Grade(s): 10th
Understand:
Do:
L.F.1.2.1 -- Compact
Identify and/or apply a
synonym or antonym of
a word used in a text.
Perceptions and bias
impact our trust in and
understanding of others.
L.F.2.2.4 -- Essential
Compare and evaluate the characteristics that
distinguish narrative, poetry, and drama.
L.F.1.2.4 -- Compact
Draw conclusions about
connotations of words.
An author can
communicate thematic
meaning on several
levels.
L.F.2.5.3 -- Essential
Identify and analyze how stage directions, monologue,
dialogue, soliloquy, and dialect support dramatic
script.
Social, political, and
historical events affect
an author's purpose.
L.N.2.5.4 -- Important
Identify, explain, and/or interpret bias and propaganda
techniques in nonfictional text.
L.N.1.2.1 -- Compact
Identify and/or apply a
synonym or antonym of
a word used in a text.
L.N.1.2.4 -- Compact
Draw conclusions about
connotations of words.
L.N.2.5.1 -- Compact
Differentiate between
fact and opinion.
L.N.2.5.2 -- Important
Explain, interpret,
describe, and/or analyze
the use of facts and
opinions in a text.
L.N.2.5.5 -- Important
Explain, describe, and/or
analyze the effectiveness
of bias (explicit and
implicit) and propaganda
techniques in
nonfictional text.
the characteristics of
satire
the characteristics of
allegorical fiction and its
relationship to fable and
fairy tales
Propaganda is used as a
powerful persuasive tool
to manipulate people to
a particular point of
view.
Classify the key characteristics of literary forms,
Analyze how the literary elements of allegorical
fiction impact understanding and meaning.
Identify the strategies used by an author to create
perceptions.
Identify examples of bias and propaganda from a
variety of texts and images.
Create examples of bias and propaganda.
Identify 10 different kinds of propaganda using texts
and visual images.
Identify the persuasive appeals of ethos, pathos, and
logos.
Analyze the author's technique of using the
development of symbolic characters to communicate
thematic meaning.
Identify elements of Utopia and dystopia within a
work of allegorical fiction.
Use context clues to infer the meaning of words and
the author's purpose.
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Course: Literature Grade 10 (07/21/14)
Curriculum:
Topic:
4. Satire, Allegory, and Propaganda: Trust and Perceptions
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Know:
the difference between
fact vs. opinion
Days: 40
Grade(s): 10th
Understand:
Do:
read a non-fiction autobiographical essay excerpt
that connects the author's biographical data with the
themes evidenced in his/her literary work.
the nature of bias
10 kinds of propaganda
and their purpose as
persuasive appeal
the effects of historical
context upon an author's
purpose
the literary techniques
that an author uses to
communicate meaning
in a work of allegorical
fiction.
the structure of an
allegorical novel
L.N.2.5.4 - Identify, explain, and/or interpret bias
and propaganda techniques in nonfictional text.
Classify the key characteristics of literary
forms,Read a drama and identify its drama tic
elements.
Analyze how the elements of drama impact
understanding and meaning.Identify the strategies
used by an author to create perceptions.
Identify examples of bias and propaganda from a
variety of texts.
Create examples of bias and propaganda.Create and
deliver a brief speech using facts and opinions found
through research.
L.F.1.2.1 - Identify and/or apply a synonym or
antonym of a word used in a text.
Creating Perceptionsfact v. opinion, bias,
L.F.1.2.4 - Draw conclusions about connotations of
words.
propaganda,
connotations, antonyms,
synonyms
L.N.1.2.1 - Identify and/or apply a synonym or
antonym of a word used in a text.
L.N.1.2.4 - Draw conclusions about connotations of
words.
L.N.2.5.1 - Differentiate between fact and opinion
1.2 Reading
Informational
Text :Students read,
understand, and respond
to informational text with emphasis on
comprehension, making
connections among ideas
and between texts with
focus on textual
evidence.
. L.N.2.5.2 - Explain, interpret, describe, and/or
analyze the use of facts and opinions in a text
. L.N.2.5.5 - Explain, describe, and/or analyze the
effectiveness of bias (explicit and implicit) and
propaganda techniques in nonfictional text.
L.F.2.2.4 - Compare and evaluate the characteristics
that distinguish narrative, poetry, and drama
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Course: Literature Grade 10 (07/21/14)
Curriculum:
Topic:
4. Satire, Allegory, and Propaganda: Trust and Perceptions
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Know:
1.3 Reading
Literature :Students read
and respond to works of
literature - with
emphasis on
comprehension, making
connections among ideas
and between texts with
focus on textual
evidence.
1.4 Writing :Students
write for different
purposes and audiences.
Students write clear and
focused text to convey a
well-defined perspective
and appropriate content.
1.5 Speaking and
Listening :Students
present appropriately in
formal speaking
situations, listen
critically, and respond
intelligently as
individuals or in group
discussions.
CC.1.3.9-10.A 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.
CC.1.2.9-10.B - Cite
strong and thorough
textual evidence to
support analysis of what
the text says explicitly as
well as inferences and
Days: 40
Grade(s): 10th
Understand:
Do:
.L.F.2.5.3 - Identify and analyze how stage
directions, monologue, dialogue, soliloquy, and
dialect support dramatic script.
L.N.2.5.4 - Identify, explain, and/or interpret bias
and propaganda techniques in nonfictional text.
CC.1.3.9-10.A - 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.
CC.1.2.9-10.B - Cite strong and thorough textual
evidence to support analysis of what the text says
explicitly as well as inferences and conclusions
based on an author's explicit assumptions and beliefs
about a subject.
CC.1.3.9-10.B - Cite strong and thorough textual
evidence to support analysis of what the text says
explicitly as well as inferences and conclusions
based on an author's explicit assumptions and beliefs
about a subject.
CC.1.3.9-10.C - Analyze how complex characters
develop over the course of a text, interact with other
characters, and advance the plot or develop the
theme.
CC.1.3.9-10.D - Determine an author's particular
point of view and analyze how rhetoric advances the
point of view.
CC.1.3.9-10.E - Analyze how an author's choices
concerning how to structure a text, order events
within it and manipulate time create an effect.
CC.1.3.9-10.F - Analyze how words and phrases
shape meaning and tone in texts.
CC.1.3.9-10.H - Analyze how an author draws on
and transforms themes, topics, character types, and/
or other text elements from source material in a
specific work.
CC.1.3.9-10.I - Determine or clarify the meaning of
unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases
based on grade level reading and content, choosing
flexibly from a range of strategies and tools.
CC.1.3.9-10.J - Demonstrate understanding across
content areas within grade appropriate level texts of
figurative language, word relationships, and the
shades of meaning among related words.
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Course: Literature Grade 10 (07/21/14)
Curriculum:
Topic:
4. Satire, Allegory, and Propaganda: Trust and Perceptions
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Know:
conclusions based on an
author's explicit
assumptions and beliefs
about a subject.
CC.1.3.9-10.B - Cite
strong and thorough
textual evidence to
support analysis of what
the text says explicitly as
well as inferences and
conclusions based on an
author's explicit
assumptions and beliefs
about a subject.
CC.1.3.9-10.C - Analyze
how complex characters
develop over the course
of a text, interact with
other characters, and
advance the plot or
develop the theme.
CC.1.3.9-10.D Determine an author's
particular point of view
and analyze how
rhetoric advances the
point of view.
CC.1.3.9-10.E - Analyze
how an author's choices
concerning how to
structure a text, order
events within it and
manipulate time create
an effect.
CC.1.3.9-10.F - Analyze
how words and phrases
shape meaning and tone
in texts.
CC.1.3.9-10.H - Analyze
how an author draws on
and transforms themes,
topics, character types,
and/or other text
elements from source
material in a specific
Days: 40
Grade(s): 10th
Understand:
Do:
CC.1.3.9-10.K - Read and comprehend literary
fiction on grade level, reading independently and
proficiently.
CC.1.4.9-10.S - Draw evidence from literary or
informational texts to support analysis, reflection,
and research, applying grade level reading standards
for literature and literary non-fiction.
CC.1.4.9-10.G - Write arguments to support claims
in an analysis of substantive topics.
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Course: Literature Grade 10 (07/21/14)
Curriculum:
Topic:
4. Satire, Allegory, and Propaganda: Trust and Perceptions
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Know:
Days: 40
Grade(s): 10th
Understand:
Do:
work.
CC.1.4.9-10.S - Draw
evidence from literary or
informational texts to
support analysis,
reflection, and research,
applying grade level
reading standards for
literature and literary
non-fiction.
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Course: Literature Grade 10 (07/21/14)
Curriculum:
Topic:
5. Textual Structures and Thematic Devices:Decisions and Consequences
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Know:
Grade(s): 10th
Understand:
L.N.2.2.2 -- Important
Compare and evaluate
the characteristics that
distinguish fiction from
literary nonfiction.
Careful analysis and
evaluation of fiction and
nonfiction will
strengthen
comprehension.
L.N.2.3.6b -- Important
Explain, interpret,
compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate
point of view in a variety
of nonfiction: the impact
of point of view on the
meaning of a text as a
whole
Authors use textual
structure to convey
meanings and ideas the
reader must infer and
support with details of
the text.
L.F.2.3.6a -- Important
Explain, interpret,
compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate
point of view in a variety
of fiction: the point of
view of the narrator as
first person or third
person point of view
Comprehensionsummarizing, key
details, making
connections within a
text.
Days: 25
Do:
L.F.1.3.2 -- Essential
Summarize the key details and events of a fictional
text, in part or as a whole.
L.N.1.3.2 -- Essential
Summarize the key details and events of a nonfictional
text, in part or as a whole.
L.N.1.3.3 -- Essential
Analyze the interrelationships of ideas and events in
text to determine how one idea or event may interact
and influence another.
Characters and
characterization work to
complement the plot and
develop the theme.
L.F.2.2.2 -- Important
Compare and evaluate the characteristics that
distinguish fiction from literary nonfiction.
Specific points of view
offer different
perspectives of
situations and themes.
L.F.2.5.1 -- Essential
Identify, explain, interpret, describe, and/or analyze
the effects of personification, simile, metaphor,
hyperbole, satire, foreshadowing, flashback, imagery,
allegory, symbolism, dialect, allusion, and irony in a
text.
Specific author diction
lends to the mood, tone,
and overall impression
of the work.
L.F.2.5.2 -- Essential
Identify, explain, and analyze the structure of poems
and sound devices.
Identify key details in a variety of texts.
Prioritize key details.
Literary Devices- point
of view, figurative
language(personification,
simile, metaphor,
hyperbole), ,
foreshadowing,
flashback, imagery,
allegory, symbolism,
dialect, allusion, and
irony.
Text Structures- Fiction/
Nonfiction/Poetry - text
Write a summary using collected information.
Identify literary devices in sample texts.
Create examples of hyperbole, imagery, and
personification.
Analyze the effects of literary devices within sample
texts.
Identify text forms from sample texts.
Identify and create examples of sound devices.
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Course: Literature Grade 10 (07/21/14)
Curriculum:
Topic:
5. Textual Structures and Thematic Devices:Decisions and Consequences
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Know:
forms (poems, short
stories, essays, speeches,
articles), sound devices
(rhyme, rhythm,
alliteration, assonance,
consonance)
Literary Terms exposition, rising action
conflict (internal/
external), climax, rising
action, falling action,
resolution, theme
characterization (direct/
indirect), point of view,
Keystone Terms:
alliteration, analysis,
author's purpose,
character,
characterization, climax,
compare/contrast,
conflict problem, context
clues, cultural
significance, dialogue,
draw conclusion,
elements of fiction,
evaluate, explain,
exposition, falling
action, fiction, figurative
language, first person,
focus, foreshadowing,
genre, hyperbole,
imagery, implicit/
explicit, inference,
interpret, irony, key
supporting details,
keywords, literary
device, literary elements,
literary form, literary
nonfiction, main idea,
metaphor, narrative,
narrator, nonfiction,
personification, plot,
poetry, point of view,
Days: 25
Grade(s): 10th
Understand:
Do:
L.F.1.3.2 - Summarize the key details and events of
a fictional text, in part or as a whole.
L.N.1.3.2 - Summarize the key details and events of
a nonfictional text, in part or as a whole.
L.N.1.3.3 - Analyze the interrelationships of ideas
and events in text to determine how one idea or
event may interact and influence another.
L.F.2.2.2 - Compare and evaluate the characteristics
that distinguish fiction from literary nonfiction.
L.F.2.5.1 - Identify, explain, interpret, describe, and/
or analyze the effects of personification, simile,
metaphor, hyperbole, satire, foreshadowing,
flashback, imagery, allegory, symbolism, dialect,
allusion, and irony in a text.
L.F.2.5.2 - Identify, explain, and analyze the
structure of poems and sound devices.
.L.F.1.3.2 - Summarize the key details and events of
a fictional text, in part or as a whole.
L.N.1.3.2 - Summarize the key details and events of
a nonfictional text, in part or as a whole.
L.N.1.3.3 - Analyze the interrelationships of ideas
and events in text to determine how one idea or
event may interact and influence another.
L.F.2.2.2 - Compare and evaluate the characteristics
that distinguish fiction from literary nonfiction.
L.F.2.5.1 - Identify, explain, interpret, describe, and/
or analyze the effects of personification, simile,
metaphor, hyperbole, satire, foreshadowing,
flashback, imagery, allegory, symbolism, dialect,
allusion, and irony in a text.
L.N.2.2.2 - Compare and evaluate the characteristics
that distinguish fiction from literary nonfiction.
L.N.2.3.6b - Explain, interpret, compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate point of view in a variety of
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Course: Literature Grade 10 (07/21/14)
Curriculum:
Topic:
5. Textual Structures and Thematic Devices:Decisions and Consequences
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Know:
resolution, rising action,
setting, simile, sound
devices, speaker,
structure of a poem,
summarize, symbolism,
theme, third person,
tone, voice,
CC.1.3.9-10.A 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.
CC.1.3.9-10.B - Cite
strong and thorough
textual evidence to
support analysis of what
the text says explicitly as
well as inferences and
conclusions based on an
author's explicit
assumptions and beliefs
about a subject.
Days: 25
Grade(s): 10th
Understand:
Do:
nonfiction:the impact of point of view on the
meaning of a text as a whole
L.F.2.3.6a - Explain, interpret, compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate point of view in a variety of
fiction:the point of view of the narrator as first
person or third person point of view
L.F.2.5.2 - Identify, explain, and analyze the
structure of poems and sound devices.
CC.1.3.9-10.A - 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.
CC.1.3.9-10.B - Cite strong and thorough textual
evidence to support analysis of what the text says
explicitly as well as inferences and conclusions
based on an author's explicit assumptions and
beliefs about a subject.
CC.1.3.9-10.C - Analyze how complex characters
develop over the course of a text, interact with other
characters, and advance the plot or develop the
theme.
CC.1.3.9-10.D - Determine an author's particular
point of view and analyze how rhetoric advances the
point of view.
CC.1.3.9-10.F - Analyze how words and phrases
shape meaning and tone in texts.
CC.1.3.9-10.E - Analyze how an author's choices
concerning how to structure a text, order events
within it and manipulate time create an effect.
CC.1.4.9-10.S - Draw evidence from literary or
informational texts to support analysis, reflection,
and research, applying grade level reading standards
for literature and literary non-fiction.
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PENNSYLVANIA
Date: June 16, 2014 ET
CCSD CURRICULUM
Course: Literature Grade 10 (07/21/14)
Curriculum:
Topic:
5. Textual Structures and Thematic Devices:Decisions and Consequences
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Know:
Days: 25
Grade(s): 10th
Understand:
Do:
CC.1.3.9-10.C - Analyze
how complex characters
develop over the course
of a text, interact with
other characters, and
advance the plot or
develop the theme.
CC.1.3.9-10.D Determine an author's
particular point of view
and analyze how rhetoric
advances the point of
view.
CC.1.3.9-10.F - Analyze
how words and phrases
shape meaning and tone
in texts.
CC.1.3.9-10.E - Analyze
how an author's choices
concerning how to
structure a text, order
events within it and
manipulate time create
an effect.
CC.1.4.9-10.S - Draw
evidence from literary or
informational texts to
support analysis,
reflection, and research,
applying grade level
reading standards for
literature and literary
non-fiction.
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PENNSYLVANIA
Date: June 16, 2014 ET
CCSD CURRICULUM
Course: Literature Grade 10 (07/21/14)
Curriculum:
Topic:
6. Research and the Annotated Bibliography
Days: 10
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Know:
L.F.2.2.1 -- Important
Analyze how literary
form relates to and/or
influences meaning of a
text.
L.N.2.2.1 -- Important
Analyze how literary
form relates to and/or
influences meaning of a
text.
Characterizationactions, motives,
dialogue, emotions and
feelings, traits
Comparing Charactersfoil, relationships, roles,
protagonist, antagonist.
Function of a Character
within a text- literary
form (drama, nonfiction,
short story, poem, etc...).
L.F.2.2.1 - Analyze how
literary form relates to
and/or influences
meaning of a text.
L.N.2.2.1 - Analyze how
literary form relates to
and/or influences
meaning of a text.
CC.1.2.9-10.A 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
Grade(s): 10th
Understand:
A person's character
affects how he or she
responds to power.
Do:
L.F.2.3.1a -- Essential
Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or
evaluate character in a variety of fiction: Note:
Character may also be called narrator or speaker. the
actions, motives, dialogue, emotions/feelings, traits,
and relationships between characters within fictional
text.
L.F.2.3.1b -- Essential
Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or
evaluate character in a variety of fiction: Note:
Character may also be called narrator or speaker. the
relationship between characters and other components
of a text
L.F.2.3.1c -- Essential
Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or
evaluate character in a variety of fiction: Note:
Character may also be called narrator or speaker. the
development of complex characters and their roles and
functions within a text
L.N.2.3.1a -- Essential
Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or
evaluate character in a variety of nonfiction: Note:
Character may also be called narrator or subject of a
biography. the actions, motives, dialogue, emotions/
feelings, traits, and relationships between characters
within nonfictional text.
L.N2.3.1b -- Essential
Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or
evaluate character in a variety of nonfiction: Note:
Character may also be called narrator or subject of a
biography. the relationship between characters and
other components of a text
L.N.2.3.1c -- Essential
Explain, interpret, compare, describe, analyze, and/or
evaluate character in a variety of nonfiction: Note:
Character may also be called narrator or subject of a
biography. the development of complex characters and
their roles and functions within a text
Utilize a graphic organizer to compile key
information about the main characters.
Analyze the motives of key characters.
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PENNSYLVANIA
Date: June 16, 2014 ET
CCSD CURRICULUM
Course: Literature Grade 10 (07/21/14)
Curriculum:
Topic:
6. Research and the Annotated Bibliography
Days: 10
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Know:
the text.
CC.1.2.9-10.B - Cite
strong and thorough
textual evidence to
support analysis of what
the text says explicitly as
well as inferences and
conclusions based on an
author's explicit
assumptions and beliefs
about a subject.
CC.1.2.9-10.C - Apply
appropriate strategies to
analyze, interpret, and
evaluate how an 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.
Grade(s): 10th
Understand:
Do:
Describe the relationships and links between
characters.
Explain how literary forms affects character
description and development.
Compare/contrast a literary character to a real-life
person in a similar situation.
Compare/contrast approach to characterization in
fiction and nonfiction.
L.F.2.3.1a - Explain, interpret, compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate character in a variety of
fiction: Note: Character may also be called narrator
or speaker. the actions, motives, dialogue, emotions/
feelings, traits, and relationships between characters
within fictional text.
L.F.2.3.1b - Explain, interpret, compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate character in a variety of
fiction: Note: Character may also be called narrator
or speaker. the relationship between characters and
other components of a text
L.F.2.3.1c - Explain, interpret, compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate character in a variety of
fiction: Note: Character may also be called narrator
or speaker. the development of complex characters
and their roles and functions within a text
L.N.2.3.1a - Explain, interpret, compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate character in a variety of
nonfiction: Note: Character may also be called
narrator or subject of a biography. the actions,
motives, dialogue, emotions/feelings, traits, and
relationships between characters within nonfictional
text.
L.N2.3.1b - Explain, interpret, compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate character in a variety of
nonfiction: Note: Character may also be called
narrator or subject of a biography. the relationship
between characters and other components of a text
L.N.2.3.1c - Explain, interpret, compare, describe,
analyze, and/or evaluate character in a variety of
nonfiction: Note: Character may also be called
narrator or subject of a biography. the development
of complex characters and their roles and functions
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PENNSYLVANIA
Date: June 16, 2014 ET
CCSD CURRICULUM
Course: Literature Grade 10 (07/21/14)
Curriculum:
Topic:
6. Research and the Annotated Bibliography
Days: 10
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Know:
Grade(s): 10th
Understand:
Do:
within a text
CC.1.2.9-10.A - 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.
CC.1.2.9-10.B - Cite strong and thorough textual
evidence to support analysis of what the text says
explicitly as well as inferences and conclusions
based on an author's explicit assumptions and beliefs
about a subject.
CC.1.2.9-10.C - Apply appropriate strategies to
analyze, interpret, and evaluate how an 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.
CC.1.4.9-10.V - 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 understanding of the subject
under investigation.
CC.1.4.9-10.W - 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 the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and
following a standard format for citation.
CC.1.4.9-10.A - Write informative/ explanatory
texts to examine and convey complex ideas,
concepts, and information clearly and accurately.
CC.1.4.9-10.B - Write with a sharp distinct focus
identifying topic, task, and audience.
CC.1.4.9-10.C - Develop and analyze the topic with
relevant, well-chosen, and sufficient facts, extended
definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other
information and examples appropriate to the
audience's knowledge of the topic; include graphics
and multimedia when useful to aiding
comprehension.
CC.1.4.9-10.Eb - Establish and maintain a formal
style and objective tone while attending to the norms
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PENNSYLVANIA
Date: June 16, 2014 ET
CCSD CURRICULUM
Course: Literature Grade 10 (07/21/14)
Curriculum:
Topic:
6. Research and the Annotated Bibliography
Days: 10
Subject(s): English Language Arts
Know:
Grade(s): 10th
Understand:
Do:
of the discipline in which they are writing.
CC.1.4.9-10.Ec - Establish and maintain a formal
style.
CC.1.4.9-10.F - Demonstrate a grade appropriate
command of the conventions of standard English
grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and
spelling.
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