Grade 10   Third Quarter :  Struggle for Definition

Themes:  The power of language,  struggle for definition, sexuality vs.autonomy, cultural heritage, cultural diversity, gender roles, a concept of home (11.4, 10.5)

Big questions in

Literature:   Who influences me? What do I want in life? What do I believe?

Structures and Conventions:  MCAS PREP EXERCISES (Sample tests)

Oral Language: “My Neighborhood” Presentation ( 3.14)

Reading and Literature:  House on Mango Street( in class)   The Catcher in the Rye (outside reading)

Composition: Overview of Poetry, Ordering Sentences, Descriptive Paragraph, 6 Paragraph Essay, MCAS Composition (21, 22)

Media:  “My Neighborhood” video

Nigerian movie : Games Men Play (26.5, 27.7)

Art and Music:  Children’s storybook based on Hairs (storybooks illustrated by  LCHS Art Classes)

Community Speakers: Patience Torpak (16 from Liberia)

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

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), Wolf Speak ( all skills), 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

Grade 10 Syllabus Q2