Blended Learning English Literature Grade 9, Unit 1, 2013-2014
All texts located in Textbook (hard copy or eBook): Literature: Language and Literacy unless
indicated.
* Indicates assignments which must be completed with the instructor.
To be enrolled, students must complete:
1. Diagnostic Test
2. “The Cask of Amontillado”: all unit work
3. “The Big Question/ “Fiction and nonfiction: Genre Study”
4. Narrative Essay
Diagnostic and Benchmark Tests*
Fiction (3 selections)
The Giant’s House pp. 8-15
Critical Thinking questions p.21: 1-3
Worksheets: Reading Warm-up; Model Selection: Fiction
Selection Test*
“Checkouts” pp.80-85
Critical Thinking questions p.85
Worksheets: Big Question Vocabulary; Literary Analysis: Point of View; Vocabulary
Builder
“The Cask of Amontillado” pp. 58-69
Story Discussion*
Worksheets: Vocabulary worksheets; Literary Analysis: Plot /Predictions; Coat of Arms:
Speaking and Listening: Retelling a story
Critical reading common core questions
Open Book Test*
Nonfiction (4 selections)
“The Big Question pp. 2-3
“Fiction and nonfiction: Genre Study” pp. 4-7
Worksheets: 1-4
“Desiderata” pp. 16-20
Critical Thinking questions p.21: 5 only
Worksheet: Model Selection: nonfiction
“My English” pp.114-120
Critical Thinking questions p.120
Silent Spring pp. 167-170
Critical Thinking questions p.170
Technology and Research
Thinking about the Big Question: Can truth change? Connected to Silent Spring:
Using Infohio, find two current articles about pesticides or climate change. Present
findings in a short Power Point or Prezi presentation.
Grammar and Usage
Worksheet: Grammar: abstract and concrete nouns
Abstract and concrete nouns p.70
Possessive nouns p.97*
Visual Literacy (2 visual texts)
Critical Viewing Activity from The Giant’s House p.13
Critical Viewing Activity from Silent Spring p. 169*
Writing Portfolio
Prewriting Activity*
Prompt: Write a narrative that describes a personal experience of transcending a border,
either literally or figuratively. Use dialogue, imagery, figurative language, conflict,
character, setting, and point of view to develop the narrative.
Narrative Essay Draft* (instructor must see before final draft)
Narrative Essay Final Draft