Grade 10 Curriculum Map Unit 1 Pacing and Planning Guide Dates SpringBoard Activities and Assessment Opportunities Differentiation for Student District Expectations and Opportunities for Additional Instruction Adjust this column to add dates and/or instructional weeks based on the district calendar. Adjust the Unit Activities and Embedded Assessments to correspond with the designated dates of instruction. Add modification plans to extend learning or strengthen support based on identified student needs. Add specific district expectations here (e.g., benchmark assessments, required reading/writing tasks, cross-curricular projects or strategies, etc.) You might consider including SpringBoard Writing Workshops, Close Reading Workshops, or Literature Circles. Allow 1-2 weeks for each one added. Note that adding additional instruction is likely to require strategic decisions about specific activities or units to compress or omit. 4 periods 1.1: Previewing the Unit - Unpack Embedded Assessment 1 1.2: Exploring Culture and Communication – Writing Prompt 1.3: Exploring Cultural Identity - Writing Prompt 1 period 1.4: Language and Writer’s Craft: Syntax – Check Your Understanding 4 periods 1.5: “Two Kinds” of Cultural Identity – Writing Prompt, Thematic Statement 1.6: Two Perspectives of Cultural Identity - OPTIC, Artistic Prompt, Writing Prompts 4 period 1.7: Connecting Cultural identity to Theme – Check Your Understanding 1.8: Consulting With a Mentor (Text) - Check Your Understanding, SOAPSTone 2 periods Embedded Assessment 1: Writing About Cultural Identity
2 periods 1.9: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2 and Preparing for a Writing Prompt - Unpack Embedded Assessment 2 1.10: Colliding Worlds - Persuasive Writing Prompt Sample Differentiation Instruction Suggestion: Writing Workshop: Responding to Literature to aid in blending quotations 3 periods 1.11: Perspectives on Heritage: Poetry - SIFT, Synthesis Writing Prompt 1.12: Perspectives on Heritage: Fiction - Venn Diagram, Graphic Organizer, Writing Prompt 4 periods 1.13: Perspectives on Heritage: Nonfiction Text - Timed Writing Prompt, Outline 1.14: Argumentation in “An Indian Father’s Plea” - Graphic Organizer, Argumentative Writing Prompt Sample Differentiation Instruction Suggestion: Allow Students to use the elements of Argumentation to draft a response to the father in “An Indian Father’s Plea” 2 periods 1.15: Synthesis: Drafting Your Position – Writing Prompt 1.16: Synthesis: Presenting your Position - Graphic Organizer 3 periods Embedded Assessment 2: Writing a Synthesis
Grade 10 Curriculum Map Unit 5 Pacing and Planning Dates SpringBoard Activities and Assessment Opportunities Differentiation for Student Needs District Expectations and Opportunities for Additional Instruction Adjust this column to add dates and/or instructional weeks based on the district calendar. Adjust the Unit Activities and Embedded Assessments to correspond with the designated dates of instruction. Add modification plans to extend learning or strengthen support based on identified student needs. Add specific district expectations here (e.g., benchmark assessments, required reading/writing tasks, cross-curricular projects or strategies, etc.) You might consider including SpringBoard Writing Workshops, Close Reading Workshops, or Literature Circles. Allow 1-2 weeks for each one added. Note that adding additional instruction is likely to require strategic decisions about specific activities or units to compress or omit. 4 periods 5.1: Previewing the Unit - Unpack Embedded Assessment 1 5.2: The Call to Act – Graphic Organizers 5.3: Throwing Light on the Subject - Writing Prompt