English 10 (Unit Plans)
Here is the run-down of what we will be doing in class this year. This may change a bit as time goes on, but for the most part the texts and assignments will stay the same.
Unit
1
What’s the Point?
Reading for Theme
(August-September)
Essential Question: What is a theme?
Skills:
Theme
Plot Structure, Foreshadowing, and Flashback
Author’s Perspective
Readings:
“The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs
Excerpt from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
“The Open Window” by Saki
Assignments:
First Word
Literary Analysis
Vocabulary
Latin and Greek Roots
Vocabulary
Narrative Writing
Symbols (Colors)
Writing Sample
Pre-test
2
“Poe”-etry
Theme and Literary Analysis
(September-October)
Essential Question: How can I use DIDLS to better help me understand a text?
Skills:
Theme
Diction, Imagery, Details, Language, Syntax, Alliteration, hyperbole, simile, metaphor, and allusion.
Tone
Types of Poetry
Readings:
“Success is Counted Sweetest” – Emily Dickinson
“My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun” – Emily Dickinson
“I felt a Funeral In My Brain”- Emily Dickenson
“Sonnet 18” –William Shakespeare
“Phenomenal Woman” – Maya Angelou
“The Bells”- Edgar Allen Poe
“Annabelle Lee” - Edgar Allen Poe
“The City by the Sea”- Edgar Allen Poe
Assignments:
Songs vs. Poetry Analyze your favorite song
Literary Analysis
Vocabulary
Different Types of Poetry
Vocabulary
Write your own ode
3
Down in the PITTS (Plot, Imagery, Tone, Theme and Style)
(October-November)
Essential Question: How can I use DIDLS to better help me understand a text?
Skills:
Theme
Diction, Imagery, Details, Language, Syntax
Tone
Types of Poetry
Readings:
“The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allen Poe
Frankenstein
Assignments:
First Word Journals
Predicting the Future! (Time Capsule)
Knowledge is Power Theme and Literary Analysis
Essay
Chapter Quizzes
Summary: Condense the novel into a minute summary
Short Scary Stories
History and back Stories
Big Project: Victor Frankenstein on Trial!
4
Julius Caesar: Public Self Vs. The Private Self
(November-December)
Essential Question: How can I use DIDLS to better help me understand a text?
Skills:
Theme, Rhetoric, Diction, Imagery, Details, Language, Syntax and Tone
Types of Poetry
Readings:
“Julius Caesar” By William Shakespeare
Assignments:
First Word
Predicting the Future! (Time Capsule)
Knowledge is Power Theme and Literary Analysis
Essay
Chapter Quizzes
Summary: Condense the novel into a minute summary
Short Scary Stories
History and back Stories
Big Project: Victor Frankenstein on Trial!
5
The Capital “T” Truth
(January-February)
Essential Question: What is truth?
Skills:
Inferences
Analysis
Summary
Irony, oxymoron, satire and Paradox
Readings:
“Like the Sun” by R.K. Narayan
“The Censors” by Lusia Valenzuela
From Desert Exile by Yoshiko Uchida
“Keep Memory Alive” By Ellie Wiesel
Assignments:
First Word Journals
Class Debate
Looking at Ads and their language
Quizzes
Banned Books Project
Write your own Advertisement
Essay
Cause and Effect
6
The Language of Rhetoric
(February-March)
Essential Question: How can we use language to persuade?
Skills:
Ethos, Pathos & Logos
Rhetoric, anaphora, antecedent, antithesis, allusion, Analogy, Aphorism, parallelism.
Readings:
“I Have a Dream” By Dr. Martin Luther King
“The Gettysburg Address” by Abraham Lincoln
“JFK’s Inaugural Address” By John F. Kennedy
“We Shall Overcome” By Dr. King
“9/11 Address to the Nation” by George W. Bush
Assignments:
First Word Journals
Write your own persuasive speech
Persuasive ads
Language tag line
Quizzes
Vocabulary
7
Huckleberry Finn
(March-April)
Essential Question: How can I use the analysis techniques that we have learned to read a novel?
Skills:
FOIL
Allegory, Allusion, Caricature,
Theme
Readings:
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Assignments:
First Word Journals
Controversy
Writing Prompts
Discussion Questions
Questions
Mapping Slavery
Historical Context
8
Overcoming Obstacles
(May-June)
Essential Question: How can we overcome obstacles to see success?
Skills:
Thematic Analysis
Language
Allusion, Allegory,
Readings:
“Hold Fast to Your Dreams and Trust Your Mistakes” by Billy Joel
“In Commemoration” by Rudolfo Anaya
Excerpt from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
Assignments:
First Word Journals
Compare and contrast heroic traits.
Board Game Activity
Epic Hero Cycle
Quizzes
Vocabulary
** In addition students must choose one book to read during SSR for 20 minutes every Friday. Students MUST read at least 2 books total throughout the year. They will sign up for books at the beginning of the year and will each give an oral book report during the school year.
