3rd Nine Weeks Syllabus
1/4
*Teacher workday
1/5
*Argument Notes
1/6-7
*Quote, paragraph, paraphrasing, & summarizing
practice.
1/8
*Restoration Lecture
1/11
*Quote & Citation notes
and practice
1/12
*Begin reading “A
Modest Proposal”
1/13-14
*Finish reading “A Modest Proposal”
*Begin reading “The Vindication of the Rights of
Women”
1/15
*Quote & Citation
Quiz
*Finish “Vindication”
1/18
*Holiday
1/19
*Test Review
1/20-21
*Restoration Packet Due
*Restoration & Writing Test
*Assign Argument Essay
1/25
*Romantic Lecture
1/26
*Essay work day
2/1
*Rough draft due
*Assign Frankenstein
*Excerpt activity
2/2
*Peer edit activity
1/27-28
*Work with sources
*Work on outline
2/3-4
*Romantic Lecture Quiz
*Assign Frankenstein vocabulary
*Start “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
1/22
*Begin looking at
research
*Pick Argument Essay
topic
1/29
*Essay work day
2/8
*Reading Check
Ch.1-6
*Class discussion
2/15
*Teacher workday
2/9
*Grammar Day
2/10-11
*Frankenstein Day
2/16
*Grammar Day
2/17-18
*Frankenstein Vocabulary Quiz
*Lesson and samples of reliable and unreliable
sources
2/22
*Frankenstein character
map
2/23
*Grammar Day
2/24-25
*Research activity
2/29
*Reading Check
Ch.23-24
*Class discussion
3/1
*Test Review
3/2-3
*Frankenstein Packet due
*Frankenstein Test
*Review research assignment sheet
3/7
*Grammar Quiz
3/8
*Assign Partials
*Begin Dystopia notes
3/9-10
*Library Day
*Finish Dystopia notes
Formative
*Quote & Citation Quiz (2)
*Restoration Packet
*Argument Essay Rough Draft
*Romantic Lecture Quiz (2)
*Reading Check Ch. 1-6
*Reading Check Ch. 7-9
*Frankenstein Vocabulary Quiz (2)
*Reading Check Ch. 10-16
*Reading Check Ch. 17-22
*Reading Check Ch. 23-24
*Frankenstein Packet
*Grammar
*Grammar Quiz (2)
*Warm-ups
*Grades made be added or changed at any time at teacher discretion.
Summative
*Restoration & Writing Test
*Argument Essay
*Frankenstein Test
2/5
*Essay due
*Finish “Mariner”
2/12
*Reading Check
Ch.7-9
*Class discussion
2/19
*Reading Check
Ch.10-16
*Class discussion
2/26
*Reading Check
Ch.17-22
*Class discussion
3/4
*Introduce research
project
*Pick partners and
topics
3/11
*Modern Lecture
Third Quarter Unit Plan - English IV
Writing Focus: College Essay & Persuasion Project
Grammar/Vocabulary: subject-verb agreement & pronoun-antecedent agreement; Frankenstein vocabulary
Overarching Questions Frankenstein & Restoration: Does society have a moral obligation to one another? Does society owe a
moral obligation to nature? Can science go too far? When does science overcome/become God?
Objectives
TEKS
I can understand the following historical information and how it applies to literature:
 Romantic Time Period
 Students will understand how the history and culture
influence the author’s work and can support their opinion
 Author Background
with evidence from the text.
Thematic Ideas:
Student can analyze the moral dilemmas presented in the
 Consequences of not following social rules
story and the problems faced and how they affect the
 Man’s relationships
characters.
 Search for fulfillment
 Responding to the world rationally or emotionally
Prejudice
I can identify the following academic vocabulary
 Style
 Student knows the meaning of the literary devices and how
their use affects the telling of the story.
 Mood
 Gothic
I can identify and use the following 20 vocabulary words from my novel:
 Emaciated
* Ardent
 Student can determine the meaning of words using
multiple sources.
 Obliterated
* Languid
 Commiserate
* Wretched
 Benevolent
* Harrowing
 Detrimental
* Cursory
 Retrospect
* Sustenance
 Diabolical
* Internment
 Countenance
* Carnage
 Inexorable
* Perdition
 Calamity
* Wantonly
Content – While reading my novel I will be familiar with the text’s:
 Plot
 Student can analyze the plot structure and advancement
of the story and characters.
 Characters
 Conflicts
 Thematic concerns