Quarter

Content/Performance Standards Addressed

Benchmarks for Student Achievement

Students will be able to:

Assessment

1

§         Review and/or re-introduction of literary elements and techniques as per Regents curriculum content grades 9 and 10

Suggested short stories:

“The Scarlet Ibis” -  Symbolism

“Desiree’s Baby – Irony

“The Necklace” – Characterization

“The Cask of Amontillado” –

        Theme/Point of View

Hot Words – as source book for SAT review and preparation

Prentice Hall The American Experiences –

-Course anthology

-Selected works

Major works considered include:

-Being There

-Ethan Frome

-Fences

-Death of a Salesman (Quarter 1 or 2)

-A Kiss Before Dying

Regents Overview with emphasis on Task  -

“Listening” and related note taking skills

-          approach all future course work with a Regents exam focus with a greater understanding of the purpose, criteria, tasks and “Guidelines” components in all exercises, reading assignments, class discussions, etc.

-          exhibit improving skill levels in note taking, language usage and mechanics, vocabulary, analysis of various writing genres, and essay writing skills.

-          write a quality “Listening” essay that includes a controlling idea applicable to the stated task and supporting “note taking” information actually presented in the selected passage at the core of the “Task”.

-          demonstrate a willingness to work to improve as an individual in all ELA “Standards” areas as a worthwhile goal and a means of achieving greater success throughout the future.

§         Quizzes and Tests

 Vocabulary

       Verbal Analogies

        Usage and Mechanics

        Reading Comprehension

        Literary terms and elements

§         Writing Assignments –

        Homework

§         Essays

-Literature

-“Listening” emphasis

Quarter

Content/Performance  Standards Addressed

Benchmarks for Student Achievement

Students will be able to:

Assessment

2

·         Continued emphasis on skill refinement in areas of  language usage and mechanics, reading comprehension and contextual clues, etc.

·         Thematic Focus “The American Dream”

·         Prentice Hall The American Experience – course anthology for selected poems, short stories, etc.

        Three major Works from among but not  

        limited to:

        Of Mice and Men

        A View from the Bridge

        The Crucible

        A Streetcar Named Desire

        Death of a Salesman – Quarter 1 or 2

        The Piano Lesson

        Suggested Poems:

        “To A Mouse”

        “I Hear America Singing”

        “I, Too, Sing America”

        “Dream Variations

        Essay Focus – “Mixed Genre” and “Critical Lens”

        Task Comprehension, Form, Content, 

        Proofreading and Revision

-          exhibit continuing skill growth in standard English usage and mechanics as per all written and discussion work.

-          develop a quality “Mixed Genre” and/or “Critical Lens” essay that would meet, at a minimum, a four level essay as per all NYS Regents Rubric criteria.

-          proofread and revise all written work with greater competence.

-          identify a wide variety of literary elements and techniques as apparent in quality works of literature and discuss how such elements and techniques enhance  work in question.

Quizzes and Tests

     Usage and Mechanics

     Vocabulary

     Literature Unit Reviews

          -content

          -reading comprehension

Writing  Assignments –  Homework

Essays – “Mixed Genre”

               “Critical Lens” focus

Quarter

Content/Performance Standards Addressed

Benchmark for Student Achievement

Students will be able to:

Assessment

3

Joint thematic focus “The American Dream” and “Search for Identity”

Prentice Hall The American Experience –selected short stories, poems and essays

Full length works from among

        A Streetcar Named Desire     (Quarter 2 or 3)

        The Glass Menagerie

        The Color of Water

        The Crucible

        The Scarlet Letter

        Black Boy

        Native Son

        When I Was Puerto Rican

Continued emphasis on all writing and reading skills areas and “Mixed Genre” and “Critical Lens” essays as per Quarter 2

-          rexamine the determination of the individual in the fact of adversity.

-          maintain a clear focus and theme in all writing assignments.

-          comprehend and reflect on various universal themes, problems and issues and analyze their impact on real-life situations in both writing and discussion

-          refer to a wide and varied background of reading experiences as a source of facts, ideas, reasons etc. that support the controlling idea of a well organized essay.

Quizzes and Tests

Writing Assignments

Essays – Focus on Literature

               “Mixed Genre”

               “Critical Lens”

Mock Regents

Quarter

Content/Performance Standards Addressed

Benchmark for Student Achievement

Students will be able to:

Assessment

4

·         English Regents Examination Preparation via extensive review of applicable skills re:  "Listening”, “Text and Graphic”, “Mixed Genre” and “Critical Lens” task areas and related essay “Guidelines”.

·         Listening Practice Exercises

·         Chart and graph interpretation and comprehension exercises

·         Reading comprehension exercises

·         Author, Title, plot and Theme reviews of English 9-11 curriculum titles as per focus and format of “Critical Lens” essay

Major Work – Macbeth

-          use improved skill abilities in and understanding of all “Listening”,  “Text and Graphic”, “Mixed Genre” and  “Critical Lens” Task areas to successfully complete the NYS Regents English Examination

-          read, comprehend, discuss and develop written responses to an additional Shakespearean play as per curriculum progression

-          Quizzes, Tests, Practice Exercises as per “Listening” and reading comprehension skills

-          Essays as applicable to all regents “Task” areas

-          NYS Regents Comprehensive Examination in English