10th Grade Curriculum Guide
Sixth Six Weeks
Theme:
Understanding Others
Major Reading:
Choice Novel
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns,
Alas Babylon by Pat Frank,
The Chosen by Chiam Potok,
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom, Night by Elie Weisel,
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling,
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, or any other novel from the
tenth grade reading list that has not yet been taught.
***Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
(One of these novels must be read as the major reading unit.)
Reading Focus:
Short Story Selections
“Everyday Use”
Nonfiction Selections
“It Can’t Be Helped”
Poetry Selections
“Mending Wall”
(These selections may be included as time allows, and others may be
substituted as long as they are thematically linked and grade appropriate.)
Reading Elements: elements of a tragedy, soliloquy, asides,
iambic pentameter, anachronism, pun, alliteration, simile,
metaphors, personification, tone, mood, theme, symbolism,
foreshadowing, irony (verbal, situational, dramatic), character
types and development, elements of plot, allusion
TEKS: 4B; 6A,B,D,F; 7A,B,E-I; 8A,C-D; 9A-B; 10A-C;
11A-C, E,F; 12A-B
Major Writing:
Creative writing based on thematic idea of understanding
another point of view – focus on tone, style, voice, dialect
*** Tolerance multimedia project
Writing Focus:
Formal voice
Quick writes
Journal writing
Thesis (Parallelism) and support
Timed writing
Sentence structure and usage
Poetry writing
Elaboration and commentary
Transitions
(These writing strategies are suggested process activities.)
TEKS: 1A-C; 2A-E; 3A-B; 4A-G; 5A-B
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Sixth Six Weeks
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Grammar Focus:
Embedding quotations
Proofing, editing and revision for spelling, punctuation,
capitalization, and usage
Faulty phrasing, misuse of conjunctions, fragments and
run-on sentences
Barrett Kendall English supplemental material
TEKS: 3A-D
Word Study:
Vocabulary: multiple meanings, idioms, technical
vocabulary, prefixes, suffixes, roots, word origins
Vocabulary Workshop by Sadlier-Oxford
Words to Own in selections
Word parts - examining suffixes and prefixes
Rhetorical devices
Literary and poetic devices
Analogies
*** Allusions
TEKS: 6A-G
Viewing and Representing: Elements of Literature art transparencies
***Video clips of Not in Our Town, The Hiding Place
TEKS: 19A-B; 21B-D, E
Technology:
PowerPoint presentation of introductory material
Elements of Literature Internet Link (www.go.hrw.com)
Barrett Kendall English Internet Link(www.bkenglish.com)
TEKS: 21B
Listening and Speaking:
Listening to CD ROM (HRW), class discussion, small
group activities, and presentation of work
TEKS: 14A-B; 15A-D,E; 16A-F; 17A-E
Ancillary Materials:
***Honors
Supplemental novels, Elements of Literature teacher kit,
Barrett Kendall English teacher kit