10, Unit 1 Whole-Class Learning Title and Author Genre Analyze Craft and Structure Concept Vocabulary Word Study Conventions or Author’s Style Writing to Sources Speaking and Listening The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allan Poe Story Literary Style: Gothic literature that convey decay or destruction: Annihilate Antiquity Fissure Dissolution Rending Tumultuous Denotation and Connotation Conventions: Sentence Structure Independent clause Dependent, or subordinate, clause Standards RL.9-10.1 RL.9-10.5 L.9-10.5 L.9-10.5.b L.9-10.1 L.9-10.1.b House Taken Over Julio Cortázar Short Story Literary Style: Magical realism Tone Words that express different types of emptiness, including those of emotion, sound, and space: spacious unvoiced obscure recessed vestibule muffled Patterns of Word Changes Conventions: Types of Phrases: Preposition, Prepositional phrases Standards RL.9-10.5 RL.9-10.6 L.9-10.4.b L.9-10.5 L.9-10.1 L.9-10.1.b Writing to Compare (The Fall of the House of Usher and House Taken Over) Explanatory Essay Standards RL.5
W.9-10.2 W.9-10.9 W.9-10.9.a from How to Tell You’re Reading a Gothic Novel Adam Frost and Zhenia Vasiliev Informational Graphic Words that relate to different elements of Gothic literature: Reclusive Sinister Ethereal Informational graphic Standards RI.9-10.1 SL.9-10.2 SL.9-10.4 SL.9-10.5 Performance Task: Writing Focus Write an Explanatory Essay Prompt: How and when does imagination overcome reason? Language Development: Descriptive Details Standards: W.9-10.2.a-f, W.9-10.3, W.9-10.3.d, W.9-10.4, W.9-10.5, W.9-10.9, Small-Group Learning Title and Author Genre Prereading Vocabulary Skill Analyze Craft and Structure Concept Vocabulary Word Study Language Development: Conventions or Style Effective Expression: Writing Speaking and Listening Research Where Is Here? Joyce Carol Oates Short Story Context clues Modern Gothic Words that describe personalities: gregarious amiably stoical Suffix -ly Author's Style: Character Development Writing: Option 1: prequel Option 2: sequel Option 3: police report Standards L.9-10.4 L.9-10.4.a RL.9-10.5 L.9-10.2.c L.9-10.4.b RL.9-10.3 W.9-10.3 from The Dream Collector Photo Gallery Media vocabulary: Speaking and Listening:
Writing to Sources: Explanatory Essay Writing Prompt: In what ways does transformation play a role in stories meant to scare us? Speaking and Listening Outcome: Informal Talk Standards: W.9-10.2.a–f, W.9-10.9, W.9-10.10, SL.9-10.4.a Grade 10, Unit 2 Learning and Author Genre Analyze Craft and Structure Concept Vocabulary Word Study Conventions or Author’s Style Writing to Sources Speaking and Listening The Metamorphosis Franz Kafka, translated by Ian Johnston Short Story Literary Movement: Modernism Absurdist Literature Ambiguity Fantastic/Dreamlike Events Themes of Alienation Words related to discomfort: Distress Amelioration Aversion Asphyxiation Listlessly Travail Denotation and Connotation Conventions: Types of Phrases Verb Phrase Writing to Sources: Movie Pitch Speaking and Listening: Debate Standards RL.9-10.5 RI.9-10.4 L.9-10.5 L.9-10.5.b L.9-10.1 L.9-10.1.b W.9-10.1 W.9-10.4 SL.9-10.1 SL.9-10.3 SL.9-10.6 Franz Kafka and Metamorphosis BBC Video Media Vocabulary: Stock Footage Silhouette Commentators Background Music Editing Visual Analysis Discussion Standards RI.9-10.1 L.9-10.6 W.9-10.2 SL.9-10.4 Performance Task: Writing Focus
Write an Argument Prompt: Are outsiders simply those who are misjudged or misunderstood? Language Development: Create Cohesion: transitions Standards: W.9-10.1.a-e, W.9-10.3.a, W.9-10.5, W.9-10.10, L.9-10.3.a Small-Group Learning Title and Author Genre Prereading Vocabulary Skill Analyze Craft and Structure Concept Vocabulary Word Study Conventions or Writing, Speaking and Listening, or Research The Doll’s House Katherine Mansfield Short Story Context clues Symbol and Theme Words that relate to hostile actions: sneered spitefully shunned Words with Multiple Suffixes Author’s Style: Diction and Syntax Diction Syntax Tone Writing to Sources: Response to Literature Character analysis Composition Critical response Standards L.9-10.4.a L.9-10.4.d RL.9-10.2 L.9-10.4.b RL.9-10.4 W.9-10.1 Sonnet with Bird Sherman Alexie Elliptical Harryette Mullen Fences Pat Mora Poetry Collection Base Words Poetic Forms: Free Verse End-stopped lines Enjambment lines Prose Poem Words related to relationships among different social groups: entitled perspective interactions Latin Prefix en- Author's Style: Sonnet Speaking and Listening: Poetry Reading Standards L.9-10.4.a L.9-10.4.b RL.9-10.5 L.9-10.4.b L.9-10.4.c RL.9-10.5 RL.9-10.9 SL.9-10.4.b Revenge of the Geeks Alexandra Robbins Argument Context clues Reasoning and Evidence: Argument Claim Evidence Variety Words all associated with vulnerability: Marginalize Pariah Bigotry Denotations and Connotations Author’s Style: Parallel Structure Speaking and Listening: Multi-Media Presentation Informational video
Credibility Relevance Social media campaign Poster Standards L.9-10.4.a L.9-10.4.d RI.9-10.8 L.9-10.4 L.9-10.5 L.9-10.5.b L.9-10.1. L.9-10.3 SL.9-10.4 SL.9-10.5 SL.9-10.1.b Encountering the Other: The Challenge for the 21st Century Ryszard Kapuscinski Lecture Base Words Literary Nonfiction Lecture Introduction Rhetorical question Discussion Repetition Conclusion Words that can be used in a discussion of attitudes and belief systems that alienate people from each other: Doctrine Totalitarian Ideologies Greek Root: -log- Conventions: Types of Phrases Infinitive Infinitive phrase Research: Digital Presentation Illustrated Timeline Slide show Video Standards L.9-10.4 L.9-10.4.b RI.9-10.2 RI.9-10.5 L.9-10.4.b L.9-10.1.b W.9-10.6 W.9-10.8 Performance Task: Speaking and Listening Focus Deliver a Multimedia Presentation Prompt: Is difference a weakness? Is sameness a strength? Standards: SL.9-10.4, SL.9-10.5, SL.9-10.1.b End-of-Unit Performance-Based Assessment Writing to Sources: Argument Writing Prompt: Is the experience of being an outsider universal? Speaking and Listening Outcome: Oral Presentation Standards: W.9-10.1.a-e, W.9-10.9, W.9-10.10, SL.9-10.4 Grade 10, Unit 3 Whole-Class Learning Title and Author Analyze Craft and Structure Concept / Media Vocabulary Word Study Conventions or Author’s Style Writing to Sources Speaking and Listening
from The "Four Freedoms" Speech Franklin D. Roosevelt Speech Seminal Documents: Persuasive Appeals Central idea Persuasive appeals Appeals to logic Appeals to emotion Appeals to authority Logical fallacy Words that relate to conflicts between or among nations or other political groups: Pacification Disarmament Appeasement Treachery Propaganda Tyranny Latin Root -pac- Conventions: Types of Phrases Noun phrase Standards RI.9-10.2 RI.9-10.6 RI.9-10.8 RI.9-10.9 SL.9-10.3 L.9-10.4.b L.9-10.4.d L.9-10.1.b L.9-10.1 L.9-10.4 Inaugural Address John F. Kennedy Speech Seminal Documents: Emotional Appeals Persuasion Charged Language Restatement Words that relate to instances of physical or verbal confrontation: Invective Belaboring Invoke Beachhead Revolution Asunder Roots: -vol- and -volut- Author's Use of Language Rhetorical Devices Repetition Parallelism Anaphora Antithesis Standards RI.9-10.1 RI.9-10.2 RI.9-10.6 RI.9-10.9 L.9-10.4.b L.9-10.4.c RI.9-10. L.9-10.1.a Writing to Compare (from The “Four Freedoms” Speech and Inaugural Address) essay:
Close-Up Shot Slant Standards L.9-10.6 RI.9-10.1 RI.9-10.7 W.9-10.2 W.9-10.9.b Caged Bird Maya Angelou Some Advice to Those Who Will Serve Time in Prison Nazim Hikmet, translated by Randy Blasing and Mutlu Konuk Poetry Collection Context Author's Choices: Figurative Language Simile Metaphor Extended metaphor Words that have multiple meanings: Current Trill Flurry Multiple Meaning Words Author’s Style: Specific Details Image Imagery Writing: Poem Standards L.9-10.4 L.9-10.4.a RL.9-10.1 RL.9-10.4 RL.9-10.6 L.9-10.4 RL.9-10.4 W.9-10.3.d The Censors Luisa Valenzuela, translated by David Unger Short Story Context Clues Author’s Choices: Satire Social commentary Tone Words that relate to the idea of secretly fighting back against something or working against something Sabotage Intercept Subversive Latin Prefix: sub- Author's Word Choice hyperbole colloquial language Speaking and Listening: Discussion Standards L.9-10.4.a L.9-10.4.d RL.9-10.4 RL.9-10.6 L.9-10.4.b L.9-10.4.d RL.9-10.4 SL.9-10.1 L.9-10.5.a from Freedom of the Press Report 2015 Freedom House Informational Graphic Media Vocabulary: Infographic Bar Graph Line Graph Pie Chart Research: Infographic Standards L.9-10.6 W.9-10.6
RI.5.a SL.9-10.4 SL.9-10.5 SL.9-10.1.b Performance Task: Speaking and Listening Focus Deliver a Multimedia Presentation Prompt: When, if ever, are limits on freedom necessary? Standards: SL.9-10.4, SL.9-10.1.a, SL.9-10.1.b, SL.9-10.5, SL.9-10.6 End-of-Unit Performance-Based Assessment Writing to Sources: Informative Essay Writing Prompt: What does it mean to "be free"? Speaking and Listening Outcome: Multimedia Presentation Standards: W.9-10.2a-f, W.9-10.9, W.9-10.10, SL.9-10.4, SL.9-10.5, SL.9-10.6 10, Unit 4 Whole-Class Learning Title and Author Genre Analyze Craft and Structure Concept Vocabulary Word Study Conventions or Author’s Style Writing to Sources Speaking and Listening The Necklace Guy de Maupassant, translated by Andrew MacAndrew Story Literary Devices: Irony Situational irony Surprise ending Words all related to elegance or high social status: Refinement Suppleness Resplendent Homage Gallantries Exquisite Latin root Conventions: Punctuation Semicolon Conjunctive adverb Transitional expression Diary Entry Monologue Standards RL.9-10.5 L.9-10.4.b L.9-10.4.c L.9-10.2 L.9-10.2.a W.9-10.2 SL.9-10.4.b SL.9-10.6 Civil Peace Chinua Achebe Short Story Development of Theme Theme Setting Words that relate to fortune, good or bad: Amenable Surrender Influence Compound nouns Author's Style: Character Development Dialect Character Analysis Oral Interpretation
Historical and cultural context Characters Plot development Description Juxtaposition Blessings Windfall Inestimable Standards RL.9-10.1 RL.9-10.2 RL.9-10.3 RL.9-10.5 L.9-10.2.c, L.9-10.3 L.9-10.2 L.9-10.3 RL.9-10.2 RL.9-10.3 L.9-10.2 L.9-10.2.c W.9-10.2 SL.9-10.4 SL.9-10.4.b Fit for a King: Treasures of Tutankhamun Photo Essay Technical Vocabulary: Egyptology Artifact Iconography Context Photojournalism Standards L.9-10.6 SL.9-10.5 W.9-10.6 Performance Task: Writing Focus Write an Informative Essay Prompt: What makes something valuable? What makes something a treasure? Language Development: Conjunctive Adverbs and Semicolons Standards: W.9-10.2.a-f, W.9-10.5, W.9-10.10, L.9-10.2, L.9-10.2.a Small-Group Learning Title and Author Genre Prereading Vocabulary Skill Analyze Craft and Structure Concept Vocabulary Word Study Conventions or Style Writing, Speaking and Listening, or Research In La Rinconada, Peru, Searching for Beauty in Ugliness Marie Arana Journalism Base Words Literary Journalism Words associated with exploiting the land: Marauding Intemperate Despoiled Latin Root -tempor- and -temper- Author's Style: Word Choice Imagery Sensory details Research: Multimedia Presentation
Standards L.9-10.4 L.9-10.4.b RI.9-10.6 L.9-10.4.b RI.9-10.4 RI.9-10.5 W.9-10.6 SL.9-10.4.a SL.9-10.5 Avarice Yusef Komunyakaa The Good Life K. Smith Money Reginald Gibbons Poetry Collection Context Clues Author’s Choices: Speaker and Point of View Speaker First-Person Point of View Third-Person Point of View Omniscient Limited Tone Words related to wanting something you don’t have: Avarice Desperate Connotation and Denotation Author’s Style: Poetic Language Sound devices Alliteration Consonance Writing to Sources: Story Standards L.9-10.4 L.9-10.4.a L.9-10.4.d RL.9-10.4 RL.9-10.5 L.9-10.5 L.9-10.5.b RL.9-10.4 W.9-10.3 The Golden Nathaniel Hawthorne Short Story Context Clues Narrative Structure Conflict Plot Exposition Rising Action Inciting incident Climax Falling Action Resolution Words relating to gold/riches: Burnished Lustrous Gilded Latin Root: -lus- Conventions: of Clauses Noun clause Standards L.9-10.4 L.9-10.4.a RL.9-10.5 L.9-10.4 L.9-10.4.c L.9-10.4.b L.9-10.1.b L.9-10.1 from King Midas Howard Moss Poetry Context Clues Author’s Choices: Poetic Structure Words all related to something solid: Latin Root: Author’s Style: Author’s Choices: Poetic Structure
William Shakespeare Dramatic speeches Monologue Soliloquy Aside new and making an effort: Opportune Industrious Incite Standards RL.9-10.5 L.9-10.4 L.9-10.4.c RL.9-10.4 The Tempest, Act V William Shakespeare Drama Plot Structure Resolution Epilogue Words that relate to forgiveness and putting things right: Penitent Pardon Merciful Rectify Latin root -pen- Author’s Style: Poetic Structure Rhyming couplet Full rhyme Literary Criticism Critical essay Oral Presentation Standards RL.9-10.5 L.9-10.4.b L.9-10.4.c RL.9-10.5 W.9-10.1 W.9-10.1.b SL.9-10.3 SL.9-10.6 En El Jardin de los Espejos Quebrados, Caliban Catches a Glimpse of His Reflection Virgil Suárez Caliban J. P. Dancing Bear Poetry Collection Words that relate to physical damage: Swollen Scarred Cartilage Welt Sliver Clench Writing to Compare: essay Standards L.9-10.5 L.9-10.6 RL.9-10.9 W.9-10.2 W.9-10.9.a Performance Task: Writing Focus Write an Argument Prompt: Is there more value in vengeance or virtue (forgiveness)? Language Development: Conventions: Quotations and Paraphrases Standards: W.9-10.1.a-e, W.9-10.4, W.9-10.9, W.9-10.10, L.9-10.1.b Small-Group Learning
Grade 10, Unit 6 Whole-Class Learning Title and Author Genre Analyze Craft and Structure Concept Vocabulary Word Study Conventions or Author’s Style Writing to Sources Speaking and Listening Oedipus the King, Part 1 Sophocles, translated by Nicholas Rudall Drama Structure of Plays Verse Drama Prologue Chorus Parados Episode Odes Paean Exodos Words that relate to official pronouncements: Edicts Decree Proclamation Latin Root -dict- Author's Style: Greek Chorus Strophe Antistrophe Epode Choragos Standards RL.9-10.5 L.9-10.4.b L.9-10.4.c RL.9-10.5 Oedipus the King, Part 2 Sophocles, translated by Nicholas Rudall Drama Elements of Greek Tragedy Tragedy Tragic hero Protagonist Hamartia Antagonist Dramatic irony Words relate to predicting and experiencing the future Prophecy Oracle Inexorable Connotation and Denotation Author's Style: Rhetorical Devices: Anaphora Dialogue Critique Standards RL.9-10.5 L.9-10.4.c L.9-10.5 L.9-10.5.b RL.9-10.5 L.9-10.5 W.9-10.3 W.9-10.4 W.9-10.3.b RL.9-10.7 W.9-10.1 W.9-10.9.a SL.9-10.1.d Performance Task: Writing Focus
Write a Nonfiction Narrative Prompt: Can we see ourselves as clearly as others see us? Language Development: Sentence Structure Standards: W.9-10.3.a-e, W.9-10.10, L.9-10.1.b, L.9-10.2, L.9-10.2.a, L.9-10.2.c, L.9-10.4.c L.9-10.5 Learning Title and Author Genre Prereading Vocabulary Skill Analyze Craft and Structure Concept Vocabulary Word Conventions or Style Writing Speaking and Listening Research A View from the Empire State Building Helen Keller Letter Familiar Word Parts Author’s Choices: Word Choice Figurative language Metaphor Simile Hyperbole Personification Words describe superlative power Unconquerable Dominating Indomitable Latin Root -dom- Conventions: Types of phrases Prepositional phrase Adverbial phrase Research: Group Presentation Photo essay Allusion Radio interview Standards L.9-10.4 L.9-10.4.b RI.9-10.4 L.9-10.5 L.9-10.5.a L.9-10.4 L.9-10.4.b L.9-10.1.b L.9-10.1 W.9-10.6 W.9-10.7 SL.9-10.2 Blind Fatima translated by Kees Nijland Blind Seer of Albon W. S. Merwin On His Blindness Jorge Luis Borges, translated by Robert Mezey Poetry Collection Context Clues Figurative Language Analogy Theme Words that describe the spectrum of life: Transcend Luminous Elemental Latin Root -lum- Author’s Style: Word Choice and Meaning Imagery Sensory details Juxtaposition Oxymoron Speaking and Listening: Oral Presentation Recitation Paraphrase Round-table discussion Standards L.9-10.4 L.9-10.4.a RL.9-10.2 RL.9-10.4 L.9-10.5 L.9-10.5.a L.9-10.4 L.9-10.4.b RL.9-10.4 RL.9-10.2 L.9-10.5 L.9-10.5.a SL.9-10.1 SL.9-10.3 SL.9-10.4
The Country of the H. G. Wells Short Story Base Words Narrative Structure Plot Conflict Exposition Rising action Climax Falling action Resolution Words that describe confusion: Incoherent Perplexity Delusions Latin Root -ludere- Author's Style: Narrative Pacing Pace Mood Writing to Sources: Response Response to the story Retelling Character description Dialogue Standards L.9-10.4.b L.9-10.4.d RL.9-10.5 L.9-10.4.b L.9-10.4.c RL.9-10.5 W.9-10.3 SL.9-10.1.a The Neglected Senses from For the Benefit of Who See Rosemary Mahoney Memoir Context Clues Development of ideas Words related to the idea of movement or traveling through an environment: Traversed Navigating Periphery Root -vers- -vert- Conventions: Types of phrases Prepositional phrase Adjectival phrase Speaking and Listening: Oral Presentation Standards L.9-10.4 L.9-10.4.a RI.9-10.5 L.9-10.4.b L.9-10.1 L.9-10.1.b SL.9-10.1 SL.9-10.4.a Performance Task: Speaking and Listening Focus Present an Oral Retelling Prompt: Can one have sight but no vision, or vision but no sight? Standards: SL.9-10.4, SL.9-10.4.b, SL.9-10.5 End-of-Unit Performance-Based Assessment Writing to Sources: Nonfiction Narrative Prompt: Is there a difference between seeing and knowing? Speaking and Listening Outcome: Storytelling Standards: W.9-10.3.a-e, W.9-10.10, SL.9-10.1, SL.9-10.1.a, SL.9-10.5, SL.9-10.6