Quarter

Content/Performance Standards Addressed

Benchmark for Student Achievement

Students will be able to:

Assessment

1

Language Use and Mechanics

·         Sentence structure

Parts of speech-vocabulary from reading selections

·         Subject-verb agreement

·         Capitalization, punctuation

·         Literary terms, Prentice Hall Gold – Anthology

Process Writing:

·         Writing to Learn Strategies:

·         Creative writing

·         Writing for ELA Task I

·         Recognizing literary elements such as tone, characterization, setting, mood, word choice, theme and motif

·         Close reading strategies analysis:

·         Literary response and expression through:

·         Short story, mythology and/or creation myth units

·         Oedipus Rex – the tragic hero

·         Gilgamesh,  The Odyssey and/or Beowulf-the epic hero

·         Continued reinforcement by reintroduction to all standards as per ELA curriculum 7 and 8

·         proofread based on increasing knowledge of mechanics, structure, word choice and usage

·         demonstrate growing ability to work cooperatively and individually

·         analyze structure, technique and elements of literature

·         discuss and explain elements of the short story, creation myth or other mythological tales

·         create NYS task one essay with emerging sense of content, form and language

·         question and explore the beliefs/motivation of early humans as they tried to make sense of the world

·         Quizzes and Tests:

·         Vocabulary/usage

·         Reading /close reading

·         “Listening skills”

ELA Task I format

·         Literary Techniques

·         Response Writing-

Found poetry

Bio poetry

Interrupted reading response

·         Creative Writing

·         Essay Writing-

Development Task I essay

·         Cooperative presentations

·         Homework checks/study guides

·         Unit Exams

·         Creation Myths

·         Tragic Hero

·         Short story

Quarter

Content/Performance Standards Addressed

Benchmark for Student Achievement

Students will be able to:

Assessment

2

·         Language Use and Mechanics

·         Sentence combining

·         Mini lessons on correcting  run-ons and fragments  via the comma and semicolon

·         Subject-pronoun agreement

·         Continued exploration of excerpts from the epic hero with The Odyssey, Gilgamesh and/or Beowulf or/and short works like “Minindo” or “Gassire’s Lute”

·         Vocabulary from reading selections

·         Process Writing

·         Creation of short literary vignette

·         Memoir writing

·         Practice developing literary language (techniques) usage, mechanics and elements of fiction

·         Projects:

·         Literary Diary

·         Memoir

·         Outside Reading – Memoir/YA Reading:

focus on overcoming/facing adversity

        Choices including:

        Mama’s Girl, Almost A Woman, The Skin 

        I’m  In,  This Boy’s Life, and others

·         NYS ELA Regents Task II – structure and create an essay for information and understanding

·         explore and discuss the role of fate, nature, nurture culture and free will in literature and in individual lives

·         show further skill in creating, organizing, and  completing Standard NYS ELA regents essay-focus on task II skills

·         display further ability in creative writing expression and varied reading experience

·         recognize and respond to varied themes in personal writing and literary works

·         demonstrate continued refinement in proofreading for usage mechanics and content

·         all writing continum areas K-8

·         Quizzes and Tests:

·         Vocabulary

·         Close reading for content and inference

·         Reading/explaining graphic organizers as per ELA task II

·         Response writing

·         Reading Questions

·         Continued essay writing practice – thesis statement, topic sentence, and transitions

·         Presentations/Projects

·         Writing to Learn activities for literary expression and analysis

Midterm Examination

Quarter

Content /Performance Standards Addressed

Benchmark for Student Achievement

Students will be able to:

Assessment

3

Language Use and Mechanics

        Caught Ya – Romeo and Juliet-

                Punctuation, agreement, and structure:

                Run-on/fragment clauses and sentence combining

Reading from among:

        Things Fall Apart, In the Time of the Butterflies,

         Speak, and/or Silent to the Bone

·         Close reading exercises

·         Vocabulary from reading selections

·         Reinforce poetic devices, literary terms and elements of fiction

·         NYS ELA Task III creation and practice

·         Projects

·          

·         Outside reading from class generated book talks

·         Excerpts for critical reading and analysis – poems include, “The Second Coming”, “Pianos and Drums”, “Limbo”, and “The Lover of a Subversive is also a Subversive”

·         proofread with greater skill and accuracy in established areas of mechanics/usage

·         explore and discuss the theme of both national and individual revolution and

explore the role of silence in the various forms of revolution

·         recognize and analyze elements of fiction and poetic devices for literary analysis in accordance with NYS ELA Part III

·         discuss and work independently and cooperatively to highlight various themes in literature

·         recommend, recreate and share individually picked outside readings

Quizzes and Tests

·         Vocabulary

·         Close reading, poetic devices and content of literature

·         Caught Ya – topics and symbols (grammar usage)

·         Unit tests

·         Things Fall Apart

·         In the Time of the Butterflies

Projects/Essays

·         Outside reading

·         Essay – NYS ELA Task III

·         Reading responses

·         Writing to learn activities

·         One pagers

·         Book talks

Quarter

Content/Performance Standards Addressed

Benchmark for Student Achievement

Students will be able to:

Assessment

4

Language Use and Mechanics:

·         Vocabulary and usage from reading selections

·         Further organization of mechanics, content, and development of essay writing

·         Conclude Silence and Revolution Unit from Quarter three

·         Poetry techniques and Shakespeare’s Rhetoric

·         Romeo and Juliet 

·         Active listening

·         Close reading

Projects:

·         Parody and inspiration, and/or close reading

·         Romiette and Julio  and/or West Side Story

Process Writing

·         Parody/Inspiration Writing

NYS ELA Task IV

·         Essay emphasis – the Critical Lens

·         Outside Reading

·         prepare a Critical Lens essay that demonstrates growth in and mastery of various performance categories

·         discuss and explain the elements of fiction and poetry in Romeo and Juliet including an  examination of theme

·         create an original work based on the plot, conflict and/or themes of Romeo and Juliet

·         review for final

·         choose, teach  and analyze outside reading

Quizzes and Tests

·         Vocabulary

·         Poetic devices

·         Reading content and close reading

·         Projects

·         Response writing

·         Writing to learn

·         Parody/Inspiration writing

·         Essay NYS ELA Part IV

·         Outside reading

·         One pagers

·         Book talks