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Common Core State Standards
Please review the assessments prior to teaching the units. Some lessons will require supplemental lessons outside Pearson CA Literature.
Unit 1 Fiction And Nonfiction
About the Unit:
Students will compare the organizational structure of fiction and non-fiction.
Students will write an autobiographical narrative or descriptive essay in the form of a short story.
What is the best way to find truth?
Essential Learnings:
 Students will be able to offer a general understanding of the basic features of fiction versus nonfiction.
 Students will be able to utilize in writing the grammatical and organizational foundational structures of the English language.
Reading Literature
1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9
Focus Standards for this Unit:
Reading Informational Speaking and Listening
Text
3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10
1, 6
Language
2, 4
Writing
4, 5, 6, 7, 10
Writing to Compare Characters, p. 175 CCSS: Writing 9
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Unit 1
Fiction and
Nonfiction
Standards
Support
Resources
Academic
Vocabulary
Set classroom routines and procedures
Introduction
(p. 4)
Three Century
Woman,
The Fall of the
Hindenburg (p. 9)
Papa’s Parrot
Or
Mk (p. 22)
An American
Childhood Or
8/26
To
9/11
9/14
To
9/18
9/21
To
9/25
RL
3, 9
RIT
SL
L
2
W
10, 4, 5, 6
-Step Up To
Writing
Pearson Grammar
Workbook
RL
6
RIT
4
SL
L
4, 4
W
RL
2, 4, 6
RIT
SL
L
4
W
10, 7
RL
RIT
5, 9
SL
L
W
RL
1, 4, 3
RIT
SL
1
L
4
W
RL
9
RIT
3, 6, 10
SL
6
L
4
W
10
Reading
Strategies:
Context Clues
and Author’s
Purpose
analyze, structure
purpose, textbook
characteristic
informational
material
newspaper, manual
short story, novella
prose novel
essay, context clue
The Luckiest Time of
All (p. 48)
9/28
To
10/02
10/05
To
10/09
10/12
To
10/16
Informational Text:
Application/Contract
(p. 154)
All Summer in a
Day
Or
Suzy and Leah
(p. 98)
My First Free
Summer
Or
Angela’s Ashes
(p. 128)
Writer’s
Workshop
Descriptive Short
Story
(p. 92)
or
Autobiographical
Narrative
(p. 176)
autobiography
biography
subjective
objective, noun
verb, adjective
adverb pronoun
conjunction simple
compound
complex
compound-complex
Section 3: Step
Up to Writing
Assessment, Unit 1 RL.3, RL.6, RI.3, RI.6, L.4a, W.5
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Unit 2 Fiction
About the Unit:
Students will encounter the different features of a fiction work.
Students will write a response to literature essay where they review a short story.
Does every conflict have a winner?
Essential Learnings:
 Students will be able to identify elements of plot in fictional works to aid in overall comprehension of text.
 Students will be able to write a response to literature review of a short story.
 Students will be able to analyze characterization through a character’s speech, actions, thoughts, and the words and actions of
other characters.
Reading Literature
1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10
Focus Standards for this Unit:
Reading Informational Speaking and Listening
Text
1, 6
Language
2, 3, 4
Writing
3, 4, 5, 6, 9
Writing Letter to the Editor, p.361
Writing workshop: Work in progress: Prewriting for Narration p. 361 CCSS: Writing 4, 6
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Dates
10/19
To
10/23
10/26
To
10/30
11/02
To
11/13
11/16
To
11/20
11/23
To
12/04
Unit 2
Fiction
Introduction
(p. 202)
The Treasure of
Lemon Brown
(p. 205)
Bear Boy
Or
Rikki-TikkiTavi
(p. 216)
Letters from
Rifka
Or
Two Kinds
(p. 248)
The Third Wish
Or
Amigo Brothers
(p. 308)
Informational
Texts:
Government
Publications
and Website
(p. 364)
Standards
RL
RIT
SL
Support
Resources
L
2,3
W
9, 3, 4, 5
RL
1, 10, 3, 6,
9
RIT
SL
1
L
4
W
RL
3, 6, 9
RIT
SL
L
4
W
6
RL
1
RIT
SL
6
L
4
W
RL
1, 6, 7
RIT
SL
L
W
Step Up To
Writing
Reading
Strategies:
Make
Predictions and
Make Inferences
Writer’s
Workshop:
Response To
Literature
Review of A
Short Story With
A Focus on
Characterization
(p. 302)
Academic
Vocabulary
plot, events
rising action, setting
character, exposition
characterization
direct and indirect
conflict
internal and external
foreshadow, climax
resolution, tone
revise/revision, logic
Greek, Latin, root
affix, prefix, suffix
precision
precise
word choice
modifier
active voice
Assessment, Unit 2 RL.1, RL.2, RL.3, RL.6, L.4b, W.3a
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Unit 3 Nonfiction
About the Unit:
Students will focus on the features and qualities of nonfiction texts.
Students will write a 5-paragraph compare-and-contrast expository essay.
What should we learn?
Essential Learnings:
 Students will be able to trace and analyze the development of an author’s argument including how the author’s point of view and
bias/stereotyping supports or detracts from his or her claims.
 Students will be able to outline and draft an expository essay, supporting arguments with facts and details.
Reading Literature
9.
Focus Standards for this Unit:
Reading Informational
Speaking and
Text
Listening
1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10
4
Language
1, 2, 4, 5
Writing
2, 4, 5, 10
Writing Workshop: Exposition: Comparison-and-Contrast Essay, pp. 548-555 CCSS: Writing 2; CCSS: Language 1,2
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Dates
12/09
To
12/13
12/16
To
12/20
Unit 3
Nonfiction
Introduction
(p. 410)
What Makes a
Rembrandt a
Rembrandt? (p.
413)
Life Without
Gravity
Or
Conversational
Ballgames (p. 420)
Standards
Support
Resources
RL
RIT
3
SL
L
1,2
W
4, 5, 10, 2
RL
RIT
1, 2, 10
SL
4
L
4
W
1/04
To
1/08
Comparing Literary
Works:
A Special GiftSnowflake and No
Gumption (p. 468)
RL
RIT
9
SL
L
W
1/11
To
1/15
Informational
Text:
Textbook Article
and Webpage (p.
462)
I Am a Native
Or
American or
Volar: To Fly (p.
440)
RL
RIT
3, 6, 8
SL
L
W
SL
L
5, 4
W
1/19
To
1/29
RL
9
RIT
1, 2, 10
Academic
Vocabulary
argument, narrator
point of view
Step Up To autobiography
Writing
biography
perspective
adequacy(ate)
accuracy(ate)
appropriateness
Reading
Strategies: evidence, support
Main Idea
claim, assertion,
and Fact
intent
and Opinion fact(ual), opinion
conclude, bias
stereotyping
mechanics, purpose
Writer’s
Workshop:
CompareAndContrast
expository
essay
(p. 548)
quotation mark
comma, outlining
pronoun reference
dependent clauses
note-taking
summarizing
composition
draft, expository
Assessment, Unit 3 RI.1, RI.2, RI.4, RI.5, L.1b, L.4c, L.5b, W.2a
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Unit 4 Poetry
About the Unit:
Students will focus on reading and understanding poetry.
Students will write a 5-paragraph persuasive essay that addresses arguments and counter arguments.
What is the best way to communicate?
Essential Learnings:
 Students will be able to identify and interpret figurative language (idioms, similes, metaphor, analogy) in poetry and prose.
 Students will be able to infer and analyze themes that recur across literary works.
 Students will be able to outline, research, draft and revise a persuasive essay and edit it for spelling and pronoun agreement.
Reading Literature
1, 4, 5, 7
Focus Standards for this Unit:
Reading Informational Speaking and Listening
Text
1, 2, 6
Language
1, 2, 4, 5
Writing
2, 4, 5, 6
Writing Workshop: Exposition: Persuasive Essay, pp. 698-705 CCSS: Writing 1, 4, 5; CCSS: Language 3
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Dates
2/01
To
2/05
2/08
To
2/12
2/22
To
2/26
2/29
To
3/4
3/7
To
3/11
3/14
To
3/18
Unit 4
Poetry
Introduction
(p. 574)
Model Selection:
Maestro, The Desert
is My Mother,
Bailando (p. 576)
Poetry Collection 3
Or
Poetry Collection 4
(p. 600)
Poetry Collection 5
Or
Poetry Collection 6
(p. 646)
Poetry Collection 7
Or
Poetry Collection 8
(p. 664)
Comparing Poetry
Miracles and in Just
(p. 692)
Informational Texts:
Technical Directions
and Warranty
(p. 622)
Standards
RL
RL
4,5
RL
RIT
RIT
RIT
SL
SL
Support
Resources
L
1,2
L
5, 4, 1
SL
SL
W
2, 4, 5
W
6
L
W
L
W
RL
1, 4, 7
RIT
RL
RIT
SL
L
W
RL
RIT
1, 2, 6
SL
L
W
4, 4, 1
Step Up To
Writing
Everyday Spelling
(Lists 15, 19, 20,
21, 27, 28, 33, and
34)
Reading
Strategies:
Draw Conclusions
and Paraphrase
Writer’s
Workshop:
Persuasive Essay
(p. 698)
Academic
Vocabulary
idiom, analogy
metaphor, simile
figurative
language
poetry, prose
theme (e.g.,
bravery, loyalty,
love, friendship,
loneliness)
bibliography
citation, quotation
paraphrase
plagiarize
argument
counter-argument
topic
inquiry,
investigation
research
pronoun
antecedent
infinitives
participle
reference, base
affix, prefix,
suffix
roots
Assessment, Unit 4 RL.2, RL.4, RL.5, RL.9, L.4b, L.4c, L.5a, W.2b, W.2e
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Unit 6 Themes in Oral Tradition
(Teach before Unit 5)
About the Unit:
Students will focus on organizational patterns of stories that originate in oral culture such as myths, legends, and fables.
Students will write a 5-paragraph research report with in-text citations and a bibliography.
Which is more important—community or individual?
Essential Learnings:
 Students will be able to analyze text using a variety of organizational patterns including cause-and-effect, step-by-step
technical directions, and how-to essays.
 Students will be able to edit writing for punctuation and capitalization.
 Students will be able to outline, research, and draft a research report that includes correct bibliography and citation format.
Reading Literature
1, 10
Focus Standards for this Unit:
Reading Informational Speaking and Listening
Text
2, 4, 5, 10
3, 6
Language
1, 2, 4, 5
Writing
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10
Writing Workshop: Research: Research Report, pp. 1040-1049 CCSS: Writing 6, 7, 8; CCSS: Language 1
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Dates
4/04
To
4/8
4/11
To
4/15
4/18
To
4/22
4/25
To
4/29
5/02
To
5/13
Unit 6
Themes in Oral
Tradition
Introduction
(p. 904)
Model Selection
(p. 906)
Tenochtilan: Inside
the Aztec Capital
Or
Popocatepetl (p.
934)
Informational Texts:
Textbook Article and
Question and Answer
(p. 960)
Sun and Moon in a
Box
Or
How the Snake Got
Its Poison
(p. 988)
The People Could Fly
Or
All Stories are
Anansi’s
(p. 1006)
Standards
RL
RIT
SL
Support
Resources
L
5, 2, 1
W
4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Step Up To
Writing
Reading
Strategies:
Cause and
Effect and
Compare and
Contrast
RL
RIT
5, 10
SL
3
L
4, 2
W
10
RL
RIT
2, 4, 5
SL
L
W
RL
RIT
SL
6
L
4
W
Writer’s
Workshop:
Research
Report
(p. 1040)
RL
1, 10
RIT
SL
6
L
4
W
*RC 2.5 Must
be completely
supplemented
by Instructor
Academic
Vocabulary
text
cause, effect
organizational pattern
mechanical device
technical directions
correct/incorrect
hyphen, dash
bracket, semi-colon
bibliography
citation
alphabetical, passage
before
after
first
next
last
Assessment, Unit 6 RL.1, RL.2, RL.3, RI.5, RI.6, L.4a, W.3e
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Unit 5 Drama
(Teach after Unit 6)
About the Unit:
This unit is intended to be a summative review of major RW, RL, and WS standards.
Students will read a work of drama while using strategies and analysis skills acquired over the year.
Students will write a multimedia report and orally present their project.
Do others see us more clearly than we see ourselves?
Essential Learnings:
 Students will be able to holistically read and review literary works.
 Students will be able to write and present a multimedia report.
Focus Standards for this Unit:
Reading Literature
Reading
Speaking and Listening
Language
Informational Text
3, 4, 5, 7, 10
6
1 ,2, 4, 5
Writing
4, 5, 6, 8
Writing Workshop: Research: Multimedia Report, pp. 824-829 CCSS: Writing 4, 5; CCSS: Language 2
Dates
5/18
To
5/29
6/01
To
6/05
6/08
To
6/12
Unit 5
Drama
Introduction
(p. 724)
Dragon Wings
(p. 727)
Christmas Carol,
Act 1
(p. 736)
Christmas Carol,
Act 2
(p. 772)
Standards
Support Resources
RL
RIT
SL
L
2
W
6, 8, 4, 5
Recommended:
Novel Study
(see Pearson novels)
RL
3, 4
RIT
SL
L
4, 5
W
Step Up To Writing
W
Computer Lab or
Laptop Cart
RL
10, 5,
7
RIT
SL
6
L
4, 1
Academic
Vocabulary
Literary Criticism
Response
literary elements
word-processing
publishing
report
database
spreadsheet
Assessment, Unit 5 RL.4, RL.5, L.2b, L.5a, L.5b
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