Third Quarter Unit Plan
English I Pre-AP
Major Readings: Romeo and Juliet
Assorted poetry
Short stories
Summative Grades: Romeo and Juliettest
Expositoryessay test
Poetry test
Cold read test
Skills we will be working on:
Identification/purpose of foils, irony, foreshadowing, and other literary devices in Romeo and Juliet.
Analysis of expository texts for organization, evidence, rhetorical devices, and structure.
Examination of poetic structure, as well as poetic devices like form, tone, rhyme scheme, and theme.
Development of an expository essay with a focus on organization, evidence, analysis, and conventions.
Revising and editing in context with a focus on sentence structure, punctuation, and capitalization.
Short story analysis with a focus on character development, author’s purpose, plot structure, and theme.
Date / Weekly Agenda / Objectives / Assessments1/4 / Monday – No school (teacher work day)
Tuesday – Shakespeare / Romeo and Juliet introduction, HW: finish notes & read prologue
Block Day – Read Act I, scenes 1 and 2,Clips from 3 and 4; ReadAct I, Scene 5; HW: short answer over Romeo’s characterization in Act I.
Friday – Act II, Scene 2
HW: Read Act II; HW: scenes 3 - 5 at home. / Rhyme scheme
Historical context
Drama conventions
Personification
Character foils
Foreshadowing
Author’s purpose / R&J written response
Short answer
1/11 / Monday – Discuss HW scenes, Finish Act II, HW: Expository essay practice
Tuesday – Act III, Scene 1
Block Day –Act III, Scene 2 and 3, HW: Finish Act III (Scenes 4 and 5)
Friday – Essay due;discuss the rest of Act III; ReadAct IV, scene 1; clips from the rest of Act IV; HW: Read Act 5, scenes 1 and 2. / Dramatic irony
Drama conventions
Character foils
Foreshadowing
Climax
Rhetorical strategies / Expository essay
Reading quiz
1/18 / Monday – “I have a dream” that we have no school!
Tuesday – Act V scene 3, test review, HW: Revising and editing practice
Block Day – Romeo and Juliet test, fishbowl prep. R&J packets due! HW: finish prep
Friday – short VW Unit 7 quiz + activities due, R&Jfishbowl / Dramatic irony
Drama conventions
Character foils
Author’s purpose
Foreshadowing / Romeo and Juliet test
VW unit 7 quiz
1/25 / Monday – Checkpoint #3 - essay
Tuesday - Checkpoint #3 - revising and editing (end of progress report #1)
Block Day - Checkpoint #3 - reading
Friday – Checkpoint #3 - finish the test / Thesis development
Supporting evidence
Organization
Grammar conventions / Checkpoint #3
2/1 / Monday–Student commentary with expository essay rubric; HW: revising and editing practice
Tuesday–“May the fours be with you!”
Block Day - Essay revisions and peer edit activity; start individual writing conferences
Friday – Cold expository prompt practice; finish individual writing conferences / Thesis development
Supporting evidence
Organization
Grammar conventions
Vocabulary / Essay revisions
Revising and editing practice
2/8 / Monday–Expository essay test
Tuesday–Benchmark review
Block Day–Poetry introduction, teen poetry,how to analyze a poem, TPCASTT “My Papa’s Waltz”
Friday – VWunit 8 quiz + activities due, individual TPCASTT with “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost; HW: expository pairing + crossover short answer / Thesis development
Supporting evidence
Essay organization
Tone
Poetic devices
Theme
Poetic structure / Expository essay test
Poetry analysis
VW unit 8 quiz
2/15 / Monday – teacher work day (no school!)
Tuesday - Latino poetry; HW: revising and editing practice (end of progress report #2)
Block Day–Love and death poetry
Friday – “Egg Horror” and concrete poetry / Tone
Poetic devices
Theme
Poetic structure / Poetry analysis
R&E practice
2/22 / Monday–STAAR released poetry practice
Tuesday–Poetry review
Block Day–Poetry test
Friday – “One World” activity and poem / Tone
Poetic devices
Theme
Poetic structure / Poetry test
2/29 / Monday–Read “Sound of Thunder” and analyze characterization, plot, and theme; HW: revising and editing practice
Tuesday–“Sound of Thunder” crossover with “Butterfly Effect” poem
Block Day – Time travel article and crossover practice
Friday–Review poetry test; independent revising and editing practice; HW: read “The Pedestrian” / Characterization
Theme
Author’s purpose
Cross-genre connections
Revising and editing
Expository analysis / “Sound of Thunder” analysis
3/7 / Monday – “The Pedestrian” close reading
Tuesday – “The Pedestrian” crossover practice; test review
Block Day – Cold read test
Friday – VWunit 9quiz + activities due; / Characterization
Theme
Author’s purpose
Cross-genre connections
Revising and editing / Cold read test
VW unit 9 quiz
This syllabus is subject to change based on unforeseen events and a variance in pacing at the discretion of the teacher. Students will be informed well in advance if there is a change in any assessment dates.