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 / Assessments
1/4 / 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.