1st Marking Period Expectations

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First and Last Name: Valerie Burton

School Name: West Jefferson High, Harvey, LA

Subject Area: English I

Grade Level: 9th

Approximate Time Needed: 6 weeks

Unit Title: Nonfiction

Unit Description

This unit focuses on reading and responding to nonfiction literature and applying a variety of reading and comprehension strategies. In addition, the writing activities require analysis and application of different aspects of nonfiction literature and an examination of its relationship to real-life experiences. The ongoing activities addressed in Unit 1 will continue.

Student Understandings

Students recognize nonfiction as a type of literature that deals with real people, events, and experiences and is based on fact instead of on imaginary events. Students interpreting and analyzing nonfiction literature will acquire useful information that may cause students to be more effective in their decision-making and in developing well-supported responses to text.

Guiding Questions

1. Can students determine the main idea of the work and the effectiveness of the support provided by the author?

2. Can students conduct an analysis of nonfiction literature to reveal the author’s purpose, attitude, and view of life?

3. Can students explain the impact of an author’s point of view on the tone and meaning of nonfiction text?

4. Can students locate, analyze, and synthesize information from a variety of non-fiction texts?

5. Can students determine how the experiences described in the essay (or other nonfiction literature) relate to a real-life experience or other texts?

Student Objectives/Learning Outcomes(GLEs):

Activity 1: Independent Reading (Ongoing) (GLEs: 01a, 02a, 02b, 04a, 09e, 10c, 11a, 11e, 13)
Activity 2: Vocabulary Study (Ongoing) (GLEs: 01a, 01d, 22a, 22b, 23g, 26)
Activity 3: Writing Prompts to Make Real-Life Connections and to Assess Understanding (Ongoing) (GLEs: 05, 10c, 12b, 21d, 32a, 32b, 35a)
Activity 4: Grammar/Usage Mini-Lessons (Ongoing) (GLEs: 22a, 22b, 22c, 24a, 24b, 24d, 25)
Activity 5: Quotable Quotes (GLEs: 04a, 11a, 11f, 12b, 15a, 15d)
Activity 6: Information, Please! (GLEs: 04g, 05, 10a, 24c, 24d, 42b).
Activity 7: Becoming an Educated Consumer (GLEs: 01c, 04f, 11b, 11d, 12a, 14b, 15c, 16d, 37c, 38)
Activity 8: Tracking the Trends of Today—Information Gathering (GLEs: 36a, 37a, 37b, 39a, 39b, 39d, 43)

Activity 10: Essay Analysis: What’s the Point? (GLEs: 04a, 09a, 10a, 11d, 11e, 12a, 35b)
Activity 11: Writing Persuasively (GLEs: 14b, 17d, 18a, 18b, 18f, 19, 20b, 20c, 21b, 35b)
Activity 12: Analyzing Autobiographical Passages: First-Person Point of View and Literary Devices (GLEs: 03f, 09f, 10a, 11e, 11f, 19, 20a, 28c, 29a, 32d, 33, 35b)

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Here is a listing of the assignments that we will complete in class.

Vocabulary

For this 1st marking period, we will complete 3 vocabulary units. Every other Monday you will be introduced to our current week's words and you must complete all reinforcement assignments. These assignments will include (but are not limited to): defining words using context clues; compile a list of synonyms/antonyms; add word to your word log; complete crossword puzzle/word search containing unit's words; and successfully complete a unit vocabulary test.

Literature

Unit 1: The Short Story

This unit focuses on reading and responding to a variety of short stories, both classic and contemporary, and applying a variety of reading and comprehension strategies. This unit requires reading instruction and monitoring; definition of vocabulary words within the context of the literature and appropriate use of the words in self-generated sentences; and listing of important literary terms.

Elements of Literature, Third Course © 2007	Skill/Literary Focus	SE pages
The Most Dangerous Game	Making Predictions/ Foreshadowing	16-37
A Christmas Memory	Reading for Details/ Setting	62-76
Harrison Bergeron	Character	98-107
Thank You, M’am	Making Inferences/ Dialogue	108-117
Marigolds	Making Inferences/ Conflict	140-152
The Necklace	Summarizing/Point of View	197-209
The Cask of Amontillado	Drawing Conclusions/ Narrator	210-220
The Lady, or the Tiger?	Making Inferences/ Ambiguity	356-369
The Scarlet Ibis	Making Inferences/ Symbols	414-429
A Sound of Thunder	Cause and Effect/ Figurative Language and Mood	580-597

Composition

We write compositions that interpret and analyze short story elements. We will also use self-assessment and peer review to edit preliminary drafts and produce final products are essential elements of this unit. You will compose responses to a variety of writing prompts in a journal/learning log. You will complete at least 3 essays during this first marking period.

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