Shannon Luster
10th grade Pre-AP English
WEEK / DAY / CONTENT / SOURCEOne / One
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Five / Course description; syllabus; expectations
Notebook set-up; book scavenger hunt
Writing Diagnostic Test
Reading Diagnostic Test
Parts of Speech: Review all parts of speech / Teacher handouts
Teacher handouts
Department Test
ADAW Writing Prompt
Parts of Speech Handbook handout and review
Two / One
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Five / Parts of Speech: Label all words in a paragraph for its part of speech
Parts of Speech: Label all words in a paragraph for its part of speech
Parts of Speech: Label all words in a paragraph for its part of speech
Parts of Speech: Label all words in a paragraph for its part of speech
Parts of Speech Test: Label all words in a paragraph for its part of speech / Teacher model; teacher-made worksheet
Teacher model; teacher-made worksheet
Teacher model; teacher-made worksheet
Teacher model; teacher-made worksheet
Teacher model; teacher-made worksheet
Three / One
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Five / Singular, plural, and possessive noun charts; use the nouns in sentences
Review singular, plural, and possessive nouns
Review singular, plural, and possessive nouns
Noun Test
Introduction to Native American literature / Teacher-made graphic organizer; student composed sentences
Teacher-made review worksheet
Teacher-made review worksheet
Teacher-made test
PowerPoint presentation
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Five / “The World on a Turtle’s Back”; classify the origin and creation myth and support with cited passages form the myth
Differentiate between implied and stated main idea; identify the main idea of various passages
“Coyote and Buffalo”; determine sequence of events, details, and implied theme
Brief review of Native American literature; introduction to the organization of the narrative essay; dialogue and punctuation in the narrative essay
Narrative essay assignment: Write a myth in the style of the Native American literature; in-class writing / American Literature page 32
AHSGE Language Workbook pgs 36-38
American Literature pg 42
ADAW Workbook pg 9 and pg 27; teacher model
Teacher assignment sheet with requirements and rubric
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Five / In-class writing: Narrative Essay (Essay due on Friday)
Review action and linking verbs; chart and compose sentences with the four forms of the verb
Review verb forms; define, identify, and label the first six tenses of the verb
Use the first six tenses of the verb in sentences
TURN IN FINAL DRAFT OF THE NARRATIVE ESSAY; Define, identify, and label the progressive and emphatic tenses / Students write and conference with the teacher
Grammar and Composition Handbook pgs 80-83
Teacher-made worksheet to conjugate the tenses
Student-composed sentences
Teacher-made worksheet to conjugate the tenses
Six / One
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Five / Use the progressive and emphatic tenses in sentences
Review all 14 tenses of the verb
Differentiate between active and passive voice; correct sentences containing passive voice
Review all verbs
Verb Unit test / Student-composed sentences
Teacher-made review worksheet
Writer’s Choice pg 600; Grammar Workbook pages 208-209
Teacher-made review worksheet
Teacher-made test
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Five / Introduction to the Puritanism movement of American literature; historical and literary characteristics of William Bradford
Read an excerpt from Of Plymouth Plantation; cite details which compare and contrast the Puritan stated beliefs with the Puritan actions in the story
Define the literary analysis essay; define the parts of the MLA essay; direct quotes, paraphrases, works cited; format
William Bradford analysis essay: Reveal how Puritan actions contradict Puritan beliefs
In-class writing / PowerPoint presentations
American Literature pg 98; Graphically organize comparison/contrast details
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers CH 5-6; teacher handout
Teacher handout and rubric
Students write at desks and conference with teacher
Eight / One
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Five / In-class writing: (Final draft of the essay due Friday)
Anne Bradstreet’s poetry: allusions, central meaning in “To My Dear and Loving Husband” and “Upon the Burning of Our House”
The Great Awakening Movement: Jonathan Edwards’s “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”; personification, style, tone, author’s purpose
Develop a timeline of the transitions of Puritan writing; Puritanism test review
WILLIAM BRADFORD LITERARY ANALYSIS ESSAY DUE; Puritanism test / Students conference with teacher
American Literature pgs 110-114
American Literature pg 118
Class lecture; students develop the timeline with teacher guidance; review worksheet
Students turn-in final draft of essay; teacher-made essay test
Nine / One
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Five / Parts of the sentence: subjects, verbs, action verbs, and complements
Parts of the sentence: diagramming sentences with action verbs and complements
Parts of the sentence: subject, verb, linking verbs and complements
Parts of the sentence: diagramming sentences with linking verbs and complements
Parts of the sentence: diagramming compound structures / Teacher-made note sheet; teacher-made worksheet
Promethean board sentence diagramming exercise and examples
Teacher-made note sheet; teacher-made worksheet
Promethean board sentence diagramming exercise and examples
Promethean board sentence diagramming exercise and examples
Ten / One
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Five / Review all parts of the sentence and sentence diagram structures
Parts of the sentence diagramming test
Determine and identify subject-verb agreement of basic sentences and compound subjects
Determine subject-verb agreement in collective nouns, fractions and nouns of amount
Determine subject-verb agreement in special subjects and indefinite pronouns / Teacher-made review worksheet
Teacher-made test
Grammar and Composition Handbook pgs 215-220
Teacher-made note sheet and worksheet
Grammar Workbook pgs 175-176
Eleven / One
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Five / Review all subject-verb agreement rules
Subject-verb agreement test
Introduction to The Scarlet Letter: Nathaniel Hawthorne literary characteristics
The Scarlet Letter webquest: Puritan punishment of sin; Salem Witch Trials; natural pearl composition
The Scarlet Letter Biblical allusion clarifications webquest: steps of Godly redemption; stoning of adulteress; light imagery in the Bible; “Parable of the Pearl” / AHSGE Language Workbook pages 91-92
Teacher-made test
PowerPoint; teacher note sheet
Internet research with guided webquest worksheet
Internet research with guided webquest worksheet
Twelve / One
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Five / The Scarlet Letter Chapters 1-2: symbolism; direct and indirect characterization; conflict
*CH 3-4 Homework
The Scarlet Letter review Chapters 3-4; read Chapters 5-6; biblical allusion, symbolism, redemptive steps, draw conclusions
*CH 7-8 Homework
The Scarlet Letter review chapters 7-8; read chapters 9-10: metaphors, cause and effect of change in characters
The Scarlet Letter Chapters 11-12: preview and predict chapter titles; draw conclusions about characters’ physical changes
The Scarlet Letter Chapters 13-14: symbolism, cause and effect of character treatment in society
*Weekend reading: CH 15-18 / The Scarlet Letter pgs 31-35
The Scarlet Letter pgs 52-65
The Scarlet Letter pgs 79-92
The Scarlet Letter pgs 93-105
The Scarlet Letter pgs 106-116
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Five / The Scarlet Letter review chapters 15-18; read chapters 19-20: cause and effect of characters’ changes; infer character purposes in the novel; symbolism
*CH 21-22 Homework
The Scarlet Letter review chapters 21-22; read chapters 23-24: symbolism, draw conclusions about the author’s purpose for writing the novel; resolution of conflict; establish theme
Research paper writing introduction: essay purpose; topic choices; review for The Scarlet Letter test
Research paper requirements and format; outlining the essay according to MLA format
The Scarlet Letter test / The Scarlet Letter pgs 139-152
The Scarlet Letter pgs 168-179
Teacher rubric; teacher writing purpose sheet; teacher-made review worksheet
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers Chapter 4, pgs 115-122
Teacher-made test
Fourteen / One
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Five / MLA format of bibliography cards and note cards; create bibliography card and note cards from the novel
Create note cards from the novel
Source research in the library
Source research in the library
Source research in the library / MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers pgs 31-33; 38-48
Students create note cards for chosen topic
Library
Library
Library
Fifteen / One
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Five / Source research in the library
Source research in the library
Appropriate use of the nominative, objective, and possessive case pronouns: graphically organize pronoun cases
Pronouns which follow ‘than’ and ‘as’ clauses; pronouns which occur in appositive phrases
Review pronoun cases / Library
Library
Grammar and Composition Handbook pgs 233-235; Grammar Workbook pgs 181-182
Grammar and Composition Handbook pgs 237-238; Writer’s Choice pg 640
Teacher review worksheet
Sixteen / One
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Five / Define pronoun-antecedent agreement in number, gender, and person
Pronoun-antecedent agreement in indefinite pronouns
Revising sentences for clear pronoun reference
Review pronoun cases and agreement; note and bibliography card presentation requirements
TURN IN NOTE AND BIBLIOGRAPHY CARDS; Pronoun case and antecedent agreement test / Teacher notes
Teacher examples on board; Grammar Workbook pg 91
Grammar Workbook pgs 193-194
Teacher-made review worksheet; Teacher-requirement sheet
Teacher-made test
Seventeen / One
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Five / Vocabulary in context exercises
Vocabulary in context exercises
Semester exam review
Semester exam review
Semester exam review / Vocabulary Workbook pgs 21-26
Using vocabulary in sentences
Review sheets
Review sheets
Review sheets
Eighteen / One
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Five / Semester Exams
Semester Exams
Semester Exams
Semester Exams
Semester Exams