English 10
Month
Content/Essential Questions
Skills/Activities
Resources
Assessments
Standards/
Anchors
September
- early
October
Vocabulary (Units 1-2 for quarter 1)
Unit 1: How do individuals overcome
conflicts?
Novel: The Contender (internal and
external conflicts)
Nonfiction: Articles on the 1960s
Civil Rights Movement and major
historical figures of the period;
“Occupation: Conductorette,”
“Swimming to Antarctica”
Short stories: “Through the Tunnel”
or “Games at Twilight” (conflicts)
Poetry: “Alabama Centennial” or
“The Poetic Interpretation of the
Twist” (imagery and allusion)
Song: “Growing Up” Bruce
Springsteen (optional)
Speech: “I Have a Dream” (rhetorical
language, metaphor)
Movie: Million Dollar Baby
(optional)
Grammar: Parts of speech, run-ons,
fragments, comma splices, writing
style
Paragraph and Essay format
Vocabulary (Units 3-4 for quarter 2)
Unit 2: Research paper
Grammar: Parts of speech, types of
sentences/sentence diagramming,
writing style (sentence variation and
word choice), comma rules, common
errors, transitions
Analyze vocabulary
Analyze conflict in various genres
Analyze and identify conflicts, imagery,
allusions, rhetorical language, metaphor
Identify and compare parts of speech
Avoid run-ons, comma splices, and fragments
Develop a fluid writing style
Monitor reading metacognition in online
journals
Analyze literary concepts/theme
Analyze nonfiction elements/central idea
Compose an organized literary analysis essay
Vocabulary Workshop
Level E
The Contender
Prentice Hall Literature
Online articles
PowerPoint notes and
activities (grammar)
Online vocabulary
exercises and in-class
quizzes
Metacognitive journals
Literary analysis essay
Quizzes/tests
CC.1.2.910A,B,C,D,E,
F,G,H,I,J,K,L
CC.1.3.910A,B,C,D,E,
F,G,H,J,K
CC.1.4.910A,B,C,D,E,
F,G,H,K,L,Q,
R,S,T,
CC.1.5.910A,B
Analyze the components of a research paper
Research a topic
Cite information correctly
Argue and support a thesis effectively
Vocabulary Workshop
Level E
Research guide packet
MLA handbook
Library
PowerPoint presentations
Research paper
CC.1.4.910A,B,C,D,E,
F,G,H,K,L,Q,
R,S,T,U,V,W,
X
CC.1.5.910A,B
Vocabulary (Units 3-4 for quarter 2)
Unit 3: Individuals questioning
propaganda and persecution
Novel: Animal Farm (allegory,
symbolism, satire, irony)
Nonfiction: Articles on Tiananmen
Square Massacre
Short stories: “Young Goodman
Analyze vocabulary
Analyze allegory and satire in various genres
Analyze and identify irony, imagery, word
connotations, rhetorical language, metaphor,
simile
Develop a fluid writing style
Monitor reading metacognition in online
journals
Vocabulary Workshop
Level E
Animal Farm
Prentice Hall Literature
Online articles
PowerPoint notes and
activities (grammar)
Online vocabulary
exercises and in-class
quizzes
Close readings
Metacognitive journals
Persuasive essay
Quizzes/tests
CC.1.2.910A,B,C,D,E,
F,G,H,I,J,K,L
CC.1.3.910A,B,C,D,E,
F,G,H,J,K
CC.1.4.910A,B,C,D,E,
OctoberNovember
December
-January
May 2015
English 10
JanuaryFebruary
Marchearly April
Brown” (allegory and symbolism) and
“Harrison Bergeron” (satire and irony)
Poetry: “All” and “Also All”(word
connotation)
Speech: “Address to the Students at
Moscow University” (rhetorical
language, parallelism)
Movie: Animal Farm
Grammar: Combining short
sentences using adjectives, adverbs,
prepositional phrases, appositive
phrases, participial phrases
Persuasive Essay format
Vocabulary (Units 7-9 for quarter 3)
Unit 4: Economic conditions
influencing human relationships
Novel: Of Mice and Men (setting and
characterization and dialect,
foreshadowing)
Nonfiction: Dust Bowl, “How
Children Live in the Great
Depression,” “Battling the Black
Blizzard,” “Mr. Hart and the
Weedpatch Kids,” “History of Migrant
Workers.”
Short stories: “Summer Tragedy”
(foreshadowing and setting)
Poetry: “To a Mouse” or “Bean
Eaters” (dialect and theme connection
– vulnerability to disaster)
Speech: FDR Fireside Chats
(rhetorical language, parallelism)
Movie: Of Mice and Men, Dust Bowl
Grammar: Writing modes
(Expository vs. Persuasive vs.
Descriptive)
Descriptive writing: Character
Sketch
Vocabulary (Units 7-9 for quarter 3)
Unit 5: How do individual choices
affect society?
Novel: Lord of the Flies (dystopia,
imagery, mood; man’s capacity for
brutality)
May 2015
Analyze literary concepts/theme
Analyze nonfiction elements/central idea
Compose an organized persuasive essay
F,G,H,I,J,K,L,
Q,R,S,T
CC.1.5.910A,B
Analyze vocabulary
Analyze characterization, dialect, setting, and
foreshadowing
Discuss the struggles caused by the Dust Bowl
and the Great Depression
Write using the various writing modes
Monitor reading metacognition in online
journals
Analyze literary concepts/theme
Analyze nonfiction elements/central idea
Write a descriptive character sketch
Vocabulary Workshop
Level E
Of Mice and Men
Prentice Hall Literature
Nonfiction articles
PowerPoint notes and
activities (grammar)
Online vocabulary
exercises and in-class
quizzes
Metacognitive journals
Character sketch
Quizzes/tests
CC.1.2.910A,B,C,D,E,
F,G,H,I,J,K,L
CC.1.3.910A,B,C,D,E,
F,G,H,J,K
CC.1.4.910A,B,C,D,E,
F,G,H,K,L,Q,
R,S,T,
CC.1.5.910A,B
Analyze vocabulary
Analyze dystopian fiction, imagery, mood
Discuss attitudes towards war and violence
Write using the various writing modes
Monitor reading metacognition in online
journals
Vocabulary Workshop
Level E
Lord of the Flies
Prentice Hall Literature
Nonfiction articles
PowerPoint notes and
Online vocabulary
exercises and in-class
quizzes
Metacognitive journals
Quizzes/tests
CC.1.2.910A,B,C,D,E,
F,G,H,I,J,K,L
CC.1.3.910A,B,C,D,E,
F,G,H,J,K
English 10
April-May
Nonfiction: “Resisting Nazi Terror,”
“Miep Gies,” documents from the
Truman library regarding the atomic
bomb
Short stories: “There Will Come Soft
Rains” (dystopia) or “Sniper” (irony)
Poetry: “The Motorcyclist’s Song,”
“Plan,” or “The Leaden-eyed”
(imagery depicting utopia or dystopia)
Movie: Lord of the Flies clips
Vocabulary (Units 7-8 for quarter 4)
Unit 6: How can excessive pride cause
an individual’s downfall?
Novel: Oedipus Rex (tragedy, plot,
dramatic irony, foreshadowing,
characterization)
Nonfiction: “Historical Background:
Ancient Greece” p. 808-809; “Ancient
Greek Theater” p. 810A-810B;
“Aristotle and Greek Tragedy” p. 810C810D (element of nonfiction; thematic
connection)
Short stories: “Monkey’s Paw” (fate,
foreshadowing, irony, plot)
Poetry: “I Was in a Hurry” (imagery
and tragic elements)
Speech: Monologue and chorus
example from 1957 film version of the
play
Movie: Short animated version of
Oedipus the King
Grammar review
Keystones review
May 2015
Analyze literary concepts/theme
Analyze nonfiction elements/central idea
activities (grammar)
Analyze vocabulary
Analyze conflict in various genres
Analyze and identify conflicts, imagery, allusions,
rhetorical language, metaphor
Identify and compare parts of speech
Avoid run-ons, comma splices, and fragments
Develop a fluid writing style
Monitor reading metacognition in online journals
Analyze literary concepts/theme
Analyze nonfiction elements/central idea
Compose an organized literary analysis essay
Vocabulary Workshop
Level E
The Contender
Prentice Hall Literature
Online articles
PowerPoint notes and
activities (grammar)
CC.1.4.910A,B,C,D,E,
F,G,H,K,L,Q,
R,S,T,
CC.1.5.9-10A
Online vocabulary
exercises and in-class
quizzes
Metacognitive journals
Literary analysis essay
Quizzes/tests
CC.1.2.910A,B,C,D,E,
F,G,H,I,J,K,L
CC.1.3.910A,B,C,D,E,
F,G,H,J,K
CC.1.4.910A,B,C,D,E,
F,G,H,K,L,Q,
R,S,T,
CC.1.5.910A,B