Week One
Classroom Policies and Expectations
Distribution of Materials
Vocabulary Lessons 1 and 2, Parts I, II, III Goal/Obj 6.01
Composition – Memoir
Goal/Obj 1.01
Grammar – Chapter 10 “Writing Clear Sentences” Goal/Obj 6.02
Colonial Literature/ Puritanism – textbook Goal/Obj 1.02
, 5.01, 5.02
Week Two
Vocabulary Lessons 3 and 4, Parts I, II, III Goal/Obj
6.01
Grammar – Chapter 10 “Writing Clear Sentences” Goal/Obj 6.02
Composition – Reflective/Responsive Essay ( optional) Goal/Obj 1.02
Colonial Literature/ Puritanism – textbook Goal/Obj 1.02,
4.01, 4.02, 5.01, 5.02
Supplemental reading -The Crucible, The Scarlet Letter Goal/Obj 1.02,
4.01, 4.02, 5.01, 5.02
Week Three
Vocabulary Lessons 5 and 6, Parts I, II, III Goal/Obj 6.01
Grammar – Chapter 11 “Combining Sentences” Goal/Obj 6.02
Colonial Literature/ Puritanism – textbook Goal/Obj 1.02,
4.01, 4.02, 5.01, 5.02
Supplemental reading The Crucible, The Scarlet Letter
Goal/Obj 1.02, 4.01, 4.02, 5.01, 5.02
Week Four
Vocabulary Lessons 7 and 8, Parts I, II, III Goal/Obj
6.01
Unit Test – Colonial Literature Goal/Obj 1.02,
4.01, 4.02, 5.01, 5.02
Grammar – Chapter 11 “Combining Sentences” Goal/Obj 6.02
Revolutionary Literature/Classicism
Goal/ Obj 1.02, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 5.01, 5.02
Week Five
Vocabulary Lessons 9 and 10, Parts I, II, III Goal/Obj
6.01
Grammar – Chapter 12 - “Improving Sentence Style” Goal/Obj 6.02
Revolutionary Literature/Classicism textbook Goal/Obj 1.02,
4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 5.01, 5.02
Composition – Analyzing Text Goal/Obj 6.02,
4.01, 4.02, 4.03
Teacher formulates topic based upon
selections read in class.
Assessment evaluates the refinement of sentence style (incorporation
of effective sentence lessons in
Chapters 10-12 of the grammar textbook) and the recognition of rhetorical
devices in a literary selection.
Week Six
Vocabulary Test – Lessons 1-10 Goal/Obj 6.01
Revolutionary Literature/Classicism textbook Goal/Obj 1.02,
4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 5.01, 5.02
Teach and assign “Formal Argument” Goal/Obj 3.01,3.02,3.03
Unit Test – Revolutionary Period Goal/Obj 1.02, 3.01,3.02,3.03
4.01, 4.02, 4.03,
5.01, 5.02
Optional Activities – First Six Weeks
Goal 2.02 - Virtual Tours of Plymouth Plantation and Jamestown/computer
lab
Goal 5.01 - American Folklore Project/research in media center
Goal 2.03 - Broadsides using Revolutionary rhetoric
Goal 1.01, 4.01, 4.02 - Seminar/supplemental reading
Week Seven
Vocabulary Lessons 11 and 12, Parts I, II, III Goal/Obj
6.01
Grammar – Chapter 19 “Using Pronouns Correctly” Goal/Obj 6.02
Research topics for formal arguments Goal/Obj 3.01,3.02,3.03
Romantic Literature – textbook Goal/Obj 1.02, 4.01,
4.02, 5.01, 5.02
Week Eight
Vocabulary Lessons 13 and 14, Parts I, II, III Goal/Obj
6.01
Grammar – Chapter 19 “Using Pronouns Correctly” Goal/Obj 6.02
Romantic Literature – textbook Goal/Obj 1.02,
4.01, 4.02, 5.01, 5.02
Supplemental reading -The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Goal/Obj 1.02,
4.01, 4.02, 5.01, 5.02
Test – Romantic Literature Goal/Obj 1.02,
4.01, 4.02, 5.01, 5.02
Week Nine
Vocabulary Lessons 15 and 16, Parts I, II, III Goal/Obj
6.01
Grammar – Chapter 20 “Clear Reference” Goal/Obj 6.02
Student Presentations of Formal Arguments Goal/Obj 3.01,3.02,3.03
Transcendentalism/Literature of New England – textbook Goal/Obj 1.02,
4.01, 4.02, 5.01, 5.02
Week Ten
Vocabulary Lessons 17 and 18, Parts I, II, III Goal/Obj
6.01
Grammar – Chapter 21 “Using Verbs Correctly” Goal/Obj 6.02
Transcendentalism/Literature of New England – textbook Goal/Obj 1.02,
4.01, 4.02, 5.01, 5.02
Test – Transcendental Literature Goal/Obj
1.02, 4.01, 4.02, 5.01, 5.02
Week Eleven
Vocabulary Lessons 19 and 20, Parts I, II, III Goal/Obj
6.01
Grammar – Chapter 21 “Using Verbs Correctly” Goal/Obj 6.02
Civil War Literature – textbook Goal/Obj 1.02,
4.01, 4.02, 5.01, 5.02
Composition – Analyzing Text Goal/Obj 6.02,
4.01, 4.02,
Teacher formulates topic based upon selections read in class.
Assessment evaluates students’ correct usage of pronouns and
verbs and literary focus of topic.
Week Twelve
Vocabulary Test, Lessons 11-20 Goal/Obj 6.01
Grammar – Chapter 16 “The Phrase” Goal/Obj 6.02
Realism , Regionalism, Naturalism – textbook Goal/Obj
1.02, 4.01, 4.02, 5.01, 5.02
Supplemental reading Of Mice and Men or Ethan Frome,
Goal/Obj 1.02, 4.01, 4.02, 5.01, 5.02
Explanation of Ethnic Influences Project Goal/Obj.
2.01,2.02, 2.03
Optional Activities – Second Six Weeks
Goal 4.01- Composition /Poe’s Mastery of Single Effect
Goal 1.02 - Creative Writing/Art Projects
Goals 1.01,4.01,4.02 - Seminar/ supplemental reading
Goal 3.01, 3.02, 3.03 - Courtroom trial of murderer in Trifles
Week Thirteen
Vocabulary Lessons 21 and 22, Parts I, II, III Goal/Obj
6.01
Grammar – Chapter 17 “The Clause” Goal/Obj 6.02
Realism , Regionalism, Naturalism – textbook Goal/Obj
1.02, 4.01, 4.02, 5.01, 5.02
Research Ethnic Influences Projects Goal/Obj. 2.01,2.02,
2.03
Week Fourteen
Vocabulary Lessons 23 and 24, Parts I, II, III Goal/Obj
6.01
Test - Realism , Regionalism, Naturalism Goal/Obj
1.02, 4.01, 4.02, 5.01, 5.02
Modern Fiction – textbook Goal 1.02, 4.01,
4.02
Required supplemental reading – The Great Gatsby Goal/Obj
1.02, 4.01, 4.02, 5.01, 5.02
Week Fifteen
Vocabulary Lessons 25 and 26, Parts I, II, III Goal/Obj
6.01
Grammar – Chapter 26 “Spelling” Goal/Obj 6.02
Presentation of Ethnic Influences Projects Goal/Obj. 2.01,2.02,
2.03
Explanation of multi-media modern poetry presentation Goal 1.02, 4.01,
4.02
Assign poets Goal 1.02, 4.01, 4.02
Week Sixteen
Vocabulary Lessons 27 and 28, Parts I, II, III Goal/Obj
6.01
Grammar – Chapter 29 “Correcting Common Errors” Goal/Obj 6.02
Modern Drama – Our Town textbook
Goal 1.02, 4.01, 4.02
Week Seventeen
Vocabulary Lessons 29 and 30, Parts I, II, III Goal/Obj
6.01
Modern Nonfiction – textbook Goal/Obj
1.02, 4.01, 4.02
Presentation of multi-media poetry projects Goal/Obj 1.02,
4.01, 4.02
Week Eighteen
Vocabulary Test, Lessons, 21-30 Goal/Obj 6.01
Exam Review Goals 1, 2,3,4,5,6
Exam
Optional Activities – Third Six Weeks
Goal 1.02 Creative Writing/Original student poetry
Goal 1.01,4.01,4.02 - Seminar supplemental reading
English III Required Supplemental List (Books are available at CHS.)
The Great Gatsby Our Town
English III Optional Supplemental List (Books are available at CHS.)
Novels – Choose one. Dramas – Choose one.
Cold Sassy Tree The Crucible
Ethan Frome Death of a Salesman
A Farewell to Arms The Glass Menagerie
Of Mice and Men A Raisin in the Sun
The Old Man and the Sea Trifles
The Scarlet Letter
A Separate Peace