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Unit 1: Short Stories
*The CMS H.S. English Objectives for Reading Foundations (RF1-RF5), Speaking and Listening (SL1-SL3),
Language (L1-L2), and Critical Thinking (CT1-CT3) are threaded throughout clusters in each of the units.
For more specific information about Speaking and Listening goals for lessons, see the WIDA MPI/Text
Correlation chart for Level A. For more activities for Critical Thinking, see the Edge Assessments
Handbook.
Essential Question: What Influences How You Act?
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CMS H.S. English Objectives
Cluster 1: Find out how beliefs can affect people.
Literary Elements: plot and setting/ purposes for reading/making predictions/personal connections/literary responses
The Experiment (Short Story)
T8
5.01 5.02 5.03
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6
Kinds of Sentences
T14
6.01
W8
Subjects and Predicates/Noun in Subject
T14
6.01 6.02
W8
Superstitions: The Truth Uncovered (Magazine Article)
T18
6.01 2.02 2.03
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6
Verb in Predicate
T20
6.01
W8
Analysis of an Issue:Opinion Statement
T23
3.02 3.03 6.01 6.02
W1 W2 W3 W5 W6
W7 W8
Write a Narrataive Paragraph
T25
1.01 1.02 1.03 6.01 6.02
W1 W3 W5 W6 W7 W8
Cluster 2: Find out how people get to where they want to go.
Literary Elements: memoir/character analysis/personal connections/analyis of
dialect
Building Bridges (Short Story)
T28
5.01 5.02 5.03
Plural Nouns
T34
6.01
Subject/Verb Agreement
T38
6.02
The Right Words (Memoir)
T42
1.02 1.03 4.03
Subject/Verb Agreement
T44
6.02
Write a Journal Entry
T47
2.01 2.02 6.01
Write a Comparison Essay
T49
2.02 2.03 2.04 6.01 6.02
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
W8
W8
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6
W8
W1 W4 W7 W9
W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8
Cluster 3: Find out how easily people can be fooled.
Literary Elements: analyze character/plot/setting/folktale/respond to/analyze/comprehend text
The Open Window (Short Story)
T52
5.01 5.02 5.03
Sentence Fragments
T60
6.02
One in a Million (Folk Tale)
T62
5.01 5.02 5.03
Analysis of an issue: Opinion Statement
T65
3.02 3.03 6.01 6.02
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
W8
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6
W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8
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Unit 2: Nonfiction
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Essential Question: How Do Families Affect Us?
Cluster 1: Explore the science behind family resemblences
Literary Elements: indentify genres of nonfiction/anecdote
Genes: All in the Family (Nonfiction: Science Article)
T92
Subject Pronouns
T98 T100
Pronoun Agreement
T102
How to See DNA (Nonfiction: Science Procedure)
T104
Pronoun Agreement
T106
Analysis of an issue: Opinion Statement
T109
Cluster 2: Learn about the impact of family meals.
Literary Elements: Nonfiction/anecdote
Do Family Meals Matter? (Nonfiction: Research Report)
Action Verbs
Subject Verb Agreement
Fish Cheeks (Nonfiction: Anecdote)
Helping Verbs
Write a Critical Review
Write A Biographical Sketch
T114
T120 T122
T123
T124
T126
T 129
T131
2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04
6.01
6.02
2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04
6.02
3.02 3.03 6.02
R1 R2R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
W8
W8
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
W8
W1 W2 W3 W5 W6 W7 W8
2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 3.01
3.02 3.03
6.01
6.02
1.02 1.03 4.02 4.03
5.01 5.02 5.03
6.01
3.02 3.03 4.01 6.01 6.02
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
1.01 1.02 1.03 6.01 6.02
Cluster 3: Read about how the behavior of parents can make a difference.
Literary Elements: Identify genres/memoir/interpret and evaluate literature
Only Daughter (Nonfiction: Memoir)
T134
1.02 1.03 5.01 5.02 5.03
Forms of Be in the Present Tense
T140
6.01
Present Progressive Verb Forms
T142
6.01
Present Tense of Have
T144
6.01
Calling a Foul (Nonfiction: News Commentary)
T146
3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04
Present Tense of Do
T148
6.01
Surveys on Sports (Surveys)
T150
2.01 2.02 2.03
Write a Guide
T151
2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 6.01 6.02
W8
W8
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
W8
R7 W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6
W7 W8
W1 W3 W4 W5 W6
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
W8
W8
W8
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
W8
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
W1 W3 W5 W6 W7 W8
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Unit 3: Short Stories
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Essential Question: Do We Find or Create Our True Selves?
Cluster 1: Explore whether appearance matters.
Literary Elements: analyze pont of view/identify author’s perspective/make inferences
Heartbeat (Short Story)
T178
5.01 5.02 5.03
Present and Past Tense
T184
6.01
Regular Past Tense Verbs
T186
6.01
Zits (Comic Strip)
T188
4.01 4.02 4.03
Past Tense of Be: Was, Were
T188
6.01
Behind the Bulk (Informative Article)
T190
2.01 2.02 2.03
Past Tense of Have
T192
6.01
Write an Explanation
T195
2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 6.01 6.02
Cluster 2: Find out about people who put themselves in categories.
Literary Elements: point of view/recognize genre/interpret evaluate literature
I Go Along (Short Story)
T200
4.03 5.01 5.02 5.03
Irregular Past Tense Verbs
T206,
6.01
Past Progressive Verb Forms
T210
6.01
Future Tense of Verbs
T212
6.01
Theme for English B (Poem)
T215
1.02 1.03 5.01 5.02 5.03
Analysis of an Issue: Opinion Statement
T219
3.02 3.03 6.01 6.02
Verb Tense Review
T220
6.01
Write a Comparison Contrast Piece
T221`
2.02 2.03 2.04 6.01 6.02
Cluster 3: Discover some struggles that people must face about their identity.
Literary Elements: analyze point of view/evaluate author’s style/make inferences/analyze poetry
The Pale Mare (Short Story)
T224
4.03 5.01 5.02 5.03
Direct Objects
T230
6.01
Subject and Object Pronouns
T232, 238
6.01
I vs. Me
T236
6.01
My Horse, Fly Like a Bird (Poem)
T240
1.02 1.03 5.01 5.02 5.03
Caged Bird (Poem)
T241
1.02 1.03 5.01 5.02 5.03
T245
2.04 6.01 6.02
Write Cause Effect Paragraph
Subject/Object Pronouns
T246
6.01
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
W8
W8
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
W8
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
W8
W1 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
W8
W8
W8
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
W1 W2 W3 W5 W6 W7 W8
W8
W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
W8
W8
W8
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
W1 W3 W5 W6 W7 W8
W8
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Unit 4: Nonfiction
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Essential Question: How Much Should People Help Each Other?
Cluster 1: Read about helpful and harmful relationships.
Literary Elements: analyze nontfiction text features/describe experience/interpret evlauate literature
Enabling or Disabling? (Nonfiction: Informational Text)
T272
2.01 2.02 2.03
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
Possessive Nouns
T278
6.01
W8
Possessive Adjectives
T280
6.01
W8
This I Believe (Nonfiction: Essay)
T282
1.01 1.02 1.03
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
Reflexive Pronouns
T284
6.01
W8
Write a Journal Entry Comparison/Contrast
T287
2.01 2.02 2.04 6.02
W1 W7
Possessive Words
T288
6.01
W8
Expressive Ideas Paragraph
T289
3.02 3.03 6.01 6.02
W1 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8
Cluster 2: Learn what families do for each other in special situations.
Literary Elements: analyze chronological text structure/analyze Nonfiction/interpret and evaluate literature
Brother Ray: Ray Charles’s Own Story (Nonfiction: Autobiography) T292
1.03 5.01 5.02 5.03
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
Prepositions
T298, 300
6.01
W8
Hard Times (Song Lyrics)
T301
1.02 5.01 5.02
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
Power of the Powerless (Nonfiction: Memoir)
T302
1.01 1.02 1.03 5.01 5.02 5.03 R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
Prepositions
T304, 310
6.01
W8
Prepositonal Phrases
T306
6.01
W8
Write a Summary Paragraph
T309
2.01 6.01 6.02
W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W7 W8
Cluster 3: Read about people who can barely survive on their own.
Literary Elements: analyze text structure/determine author’s purpose/analyze figurative language
He Was No Bum (Nonfiction: Eulogy)
T314
5.01 5.02 5.03
Object Pronouns After a Preoposition
T320
6.01
Pronouns and Antecedents
T322
6.01
Possessive Adjectives
T323
6.01
miss rosie (Poem)
T324
1.02 1.03 5.01 5.02 5.03
Pronoun Agreement
T328
6.01
Analysis Of an Issue: Opinion Statement
T327
3.02 3.03 6.01 6.02
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
W8
W8
W8
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
W8
W1 W2 W3 W5 W6 W7 W8
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Unit 5: Short Stories
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Essential Question: Do People Get What They Deserve?
Cluster 1: Find out how people deal with bullies.
Literary Elements: analyze them/analyze character/make connections/interpret and evaluate literature
Jump Away (Short Story)
T354
5.01 5.02 5.03
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
Adjectives
T360
6.01
W8
Showdown with Big Eva (Personal Narrative)
T366
1.03 5.01 5.02 5.03
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
Predicate Adjectives
T368
6.01
W8
Demonstrative Adjectives
T370
6.01
W8
Write an Opinion Statement: Opinon Statement
T373
3.01 3.02 3.03 6.01 6.02
W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6
W7 W8
Write an Expressive Paragraph
T375
3.02 3.03 6.01 6.02
W1 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8
Cluster 2: Find out how people respond to violence in their communities.
Literary Elements: analyze theme/identify author’s perspective/recognize genre/make connections/interpret/evaluate literature
Fear (Short Story)
T378
5.01 5.02 5.03 R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
Comparative Adjectives
T384
6.01
W8
Superlative Adjectives
T386
6.01
W8
Violence Hits Home (Magazine Article)
T390
3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
Irregular Comparatives
T392
6.01
W8
Indefinite Adjectives
T394
6.01
W8
Write a Letter to the Editor
T397
2.01 2.02 2.03 6.01 6.02
W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W7 W8
Write a Character Sketch
T399
5.01 5.02 6.01 6.02
W1 W3 W4 W5 W7 W8
Cluster 3: Find out what happens to people who insult others.
Literary Elements; analyze theme/identify author’s style/analyze irony/analyze flashback
Abuela Invents the Zero (Short Story)
T402
5.01 5.02 5.03
Adverbs
T408
6.01
The Adverb “Not”
T410
6.01
Negative Sentences
T412
6.01
Karate (Personal Narrative)
T414
1.02 1.03 5.01 5.02 5.03
Comparison Adjectives
T416
6.01
Write a Letter of Advice
419
3.02 3.03
Using Adverbs Correctly
T420
6.01
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
W8
W8
W8
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
W8
W1 W2 W3 W5 W6
W8
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Unit 6: Nonfiction
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Essential Question: What Rights and Responsibilities Should Teens Have?
Cluster 1: Decide whether teens are mature enough to vote.
Literary Elements: analyze argument/make comparisons/analyze text structure/analyze persuasive Nonfiction
16: The Right Voting Age (Nonfiction: Argument)
T446
3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
Simple Sentences
T452
6.01
W8
Indefinite Pronouns and Singular Verbs
T453
6.01
W8
Teen Brains Are Different (Nonfiction: Expositiory Nonfiction)
T454
2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
Indefinite Pronouns and Plural Verbs
T456
6.01
W8
Indefinite Pronouns and Verbs
T457
6.01
W8
Write an Analysis of an Issue
T459
3.01 3.02 6,01 6.02
W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7
W8
Write a Letter to the Editor
T461
2.01 2.02 2.03 6.01 6.02
W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W7 W8
Cluster 2: Learn what people think about teen curfews.
Literary Elements: analyze argument support/analyze emotional appeal/compare arguments/analyze persuasive techniques
Should Communities Set Teen Curfews?
(Nonfiction: Magazine Opinion Piece)
T464
3.10 3.02 3.03 3.04
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
Word Order in Statements
T470
6.02
W8
Word Order in Negative Sentences
T470
6.02
W8
Curfews: A National Debate (Nonfiction: Commentary)
T472
3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
Word Order with There Is/There Are
T474
6.02
W8
Word Order in Questions and Exclamations
T475
6.02
W8
Write an Argument Esay
T477
3.01 3.02 3.03 6.01 6.02
W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W7 W8
Write a Cause and Effect Essay
T479
2.02 2.04 6.01 6.02
W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W7 W8
Cluster 3: Read about the reality of adult responsibilities.
Literary Elements: recognize appeal to logic/analyze author’s tone and purpose/interpret/evaluate lit./evaluate documents
What does Responsibility Look Like? (Nonfiction: Essay)
T482
3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
Phrases and Clauses
T488
6.01
W8
Clauses in a Compound Sentence
T492
6.01
W8
Getting a Job (Nonfiction: Functional Documents)
T490
2.01 2.02 2.03
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
Fixing a Run-On Sentence
T494
6.02
W82
Write a Letter of Persuasion
T 497
6. 01 6.02
W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W7 W8
Compound Sentences
T498
6.01
W8
T499
2.01 2.02 2.03 6.01 6.02
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
Write an Expository Essay
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Unit 7: Drama and Poetry
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Essential Question: What Do You Do to Make an Impression?
Cluster 1: Read about teens who are nervous on a first date.
Literary Elements: recognize drama/identify author’s perspective/recognize genre of Narrative Poetry/compare Drama/Poetry
Novio Boy, Scene 7, Part 1 (Play)
T526
5.01 5.02 5.03
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
Clauses in a Complex Sentence
T532
6.01
W8
Complex Sentences: Because, Since
T534
6.01 6.02
W8
Complex Sentences: When, After, Etc.
T536
6.01 6.02
W8
Complex Sentences: Although, Unless
T538
6.01 6.02
W8
Oranges (Poem)
T541
5.01 5.02 5.03
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
Complex Sentences
T546
6.01
W8
Analysis of an Issue
T545
3.01 3.02 6.01 6.02
W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W7 W8
Cluster 2: Read about people who gain confidence in themselves.
Novio Boy, Scene 7, Part 2 (Play)
T550
Present, Past, and Future Tense
T556
Present Perfect: Regular Verbs
T558
Present Perfect Regular Verbs, Irregular Verbs
T560
Your World (Poem)
T562
Write an Explanation
T565
5.01 5.02 5.03
6.01
6.01
6.01
5.01 5.02 5.03
3.02 3.03 6.01 6.02
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
W8
W8
W8
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
W1 W3 W5 W6 W7 W8
Cluster 3: Meet people who are or who want to be unforgettable.
LIiterary Elements: analyze poetry styles/analyze figurative language/interpret and evalauate poetry
Letter to Helen Keller (Letter)
T570
5.01 5.02 5.03
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
Helen Keller (Poem)
TS576
5.01 5.02 5.03
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
Fixing a Fragment
TS576
6.02
W8
Combine Sentences
TS576
6.01
W8
Marked (Poem)
T578
5.01 5.02 5.03
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
Fixing a Run-On Sentence
TS580
6.02
W8
Expanding Sentences
TS580
6.02
W8
Dusting (Poem)
T578
1.02 1.03 5.01 5.02 5.03
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 W1
W1 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8
Write a Poem
T583
5.01 5.02 5.03 6.01 6.02
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