Grade 10              First Quarter:  Identity

 

Themes:  Family/ Friendship; Isolation/Alienation,  Coming of Age (11.4, 10.5)

 Big Question in Literature: Who Am I?  Where did I come from? Why am I here? What is important to me? Where do I belong?

 Structure and Conventions: Review Parts of Speech (5.19)  Verb

                                                         Tense, Quotation Marks, Compound and C omplex Sentences

Oral Language: Discussion: (1) Oral Presentation: Share/Explain Object (3.14)

 Dramatic Readings: “Blues Ain’t no Mockin’ Bird” (18)

 Reading and Literature:  Short Story:    (4, 7.9, 7.10)              

        Plot: “The Monkey’s Paw (what is really important in life?)(12.3, 12.5)

       Character: “All the Years of Her Life “(12.3, 12.4, 8.25)

 Setting and  Irony: “Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket” ( 12.3)

 Point of View/Tone: “Blues Ain’t no Mockin Bird.” (paternalism, suffering, strength, respect) (8.24, 12.5, 6.7, and 6.11)

Irony and symbolism: The  Possibility of Evil ( philosophy of life) (12.5)

Character and  conflict: “Powder” (coming of age) (8.29) ( 8.30)

  Theme: My First Free Summer  ( third person point of view)

  Nonfiction: “Into Thin Air( irony), In the Shadow of Man ( main idea,supporting details), Lego (comprehension), Cesar’s Way( argument), Silent Spring ( point of view), The 911 Report ( graphics/research)  MLK’s Legacy(drawing conclusions)  (10.4, 13)                                         

Outside Reading:  Dark Tide  (The relationship  between people and government, labor and big business, immigration, WW1, anarchists, Prohibition and molasses)

 Composition:      Collins (21.22)

 (20.3, 20.5)           Open response: “Barter” from 2004 grade 10 MCAS

                               Evaluate using group-generated criteria (25.4, 25.5)

                               Multi-paragraph response to literature: character analysis/comparison

                                Journal Writing (2.4, 2.5)

                                Name/History (19.27, 23.13)

                                Important object/symbol (23.10)

                                Personal narrative

                                Movie Analysis

                                Learning Styles/ Letters to Teachers

Media:     Analysis: “Tell Tale Heart” video to short story

  (27)         Production:  Dark Tide  (Presentation Projects)

                  (26.5, 27.7, 27.6)

 

Art and Music:  Music with lyrics relating to identity (9.5)

 

Guest Speaker: Someone to share the story of where they’ve come from, possibly an immigrant.

 

Connections to other disciplines: What is my role as a learner in other classes?   A Letter to My Teachers