Time Frame

Unit

Literature

Focus

Semesters

1 and 2

Vocabulary

Sadlier-Oxford

  Vocabulary acquisition and usage 

  Pre and Post Tests

  Vocabulary Quest  - online w/in person 

                                             assessments

Semester 1

Grammar

Adaptive exercises

NoRedInk

EDPuzzle 

  Grammar review - online

Semesters

1 and 2

Enrichment Independent Reading

Student choice

  Student responsible for quarterly literature 

  project/presentation 

       Utilize CP9 Google Classroom platform

Quarter 1

(complete by the beginning of October)

Short Stories

“The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant”

“Contents of the Dead Man’s Pockets”

“Lamb to the Slaughter”

“To Build a Fire”

“The Possibility of Evil”/”The Open Window” 

“Hills Like White Elephants”

“By the Waters of Babylon” with “The Sniper” and “On Nuclear Disarmament”

“The Masque of the Red Death”

Reading and annotating strategies 

Literary terms review- focus on direct vs. indirect characterization, tone vs. mood, allegory and symbolism

Literary analysis 

Reinforce Quote Options #1 and #2

Reinforce writing process (peer workshop)

Quarter 1

(complete by the end of October)

Drama

Shakespeare’s 

Macbeth 

Guided IndependentNovel Study 

  Drama

  Shakespearean language

  Historical significance, influence, connections

  Comparison/contrast

 Literature Circles

Thematic connections

Quarter 2

The American Dream

Of Mice and Men

“John Steinbeck”--Newsela

“The American Dream”-Newsela

Independent Study: Tortilla Flat

Reinforce critical analysis:

      Author background - cultural experiences

      Intended audience

      Purpose

      Value

 Animal Imagery

  Socratic seminar

  Quote Option 2

Quarter 2

The American Dream (Optional)

The Catcher in the Rye

“J.D. Salinger”-- Newsela

“A Perfect Day for Bananafish”

  Synthesis- Steinbeck, Fitzgerald, and Salinger’s view of the American Dream

Quarter 3-4

Research/The American Dream

1920’s Research

“F. Scott Fitzgerald”-Newsela

 “The American Dream Faces Harsh New Reality-- CommonLit.

“Winter Dreams”

The Great Gatsby

  Research process:

      Note taking, format,  works consulted

      Thesis, outline, quote integration

  Formal presentation

Quarter 3

Argumentation

EOC Prep. Resources

Edulastic

EOC Prep.

Reintroduce argumentation

Reinforce literary analysis

Quarter __

Mythology

(optional)

Antigone 

Multiple genres/interpretations 

  Study works from a different culture