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QUARTER 1-Honors Unit #1 Resource Creation/Unit #2 Holocaust Unit
Reading Complex Texts
Writing to Texts
1 Extended Text
3-5 Short Texts
Routine Writing
4-6 Analysis
1-2 Narrative
1 Research
Literature
Literature (2-3)
8 minute essay
Character analysis
Web Quest
The Boy in the
Striped Pajamas
“First they came for
the…” (poem)
“Diary of a Young Girl”
(8th grade textbook)
Point of view
RewriteChoose a
scene and
rewrite it from
an alternative
point of view.
Informational (1-3)
Holocaust WebQuest
“Is it necessary to
remember?”
“A Horror erased from
memory”
“The Girl Who Lived
Forever”- SCOPE
Unit Snapshots
Vocabulary Unit 1 test
Literary Terms Assessment
Book Test
RCC Creative
Write
Journal Writing
(Start 1 week prior
to start of unit-see
ReadWriteThink
Resource)
Better Answers
Writing Strategy
Compare/Contrast
Novel & Movie
Is it necessary to
remember? Essay
Response
Novel essay
response (on
snapshot)
Research
Analyzing WWII
posters
(ReadWriteThink)
Cinquain
project
(WebQuest)
4 Square Notes
Projects/Assessments
Taking the Lead Unit Project
Cinquain project
Novel Packet
Mid-Point Book Test
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QUARTER 2- Unit #3 Argument & Claim/ Unit # 4 Literary Analysis
Reading Complex Texts
Writing to Texts
1 Extended Text
Routine Writing
4-6 Analysis
Journal Writing
Ransom of Red
Chief Character
Analysis
3-5 Short Texts
Literature
“Ransom of Red
Chief”
Literature (2-3)
“Charles”
“Thank you M’am”
w/poem connection
Informational
“Zebra” w/poem
“Pro Athletes
connection
Salaries…”
“A Crush”
“Do Athletes Get Informational (1-3)
Paid…”
Info Graphic-Athlete
Salaries
Vietnam article (pair with
“Zebra”)
Unit Snapshots
Vocabulary Unit 2
Everything’s and Argument Debate Project
RCC Unit 2 & 4 Interim Assessment
4 square notes
Debate Charts
BAWS
3 Column
Summary
Research
1-2 Narrative
Letter from
Rodger to
Mrs. Jones
(Thank You
M’am)
1 Research
Everything’s and
Argument Debate
Research Project
Summarize at least
1 fiction &
POV different
nonfiction
character
Structure Analysis
Theme Analysis (A
Crush)
Compare/Contrast
from 2-3 texts
Projects/Assessments
Ransom of Red Chief Book Test
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QUARTER 3 Unit#4 Con’t-Literary Analysis w/novel/ Unit #5 Non-Fiction Analysis
Reading Complex Texts
Writing to Texts
1 Extended Text
3-5 Short Texts
Routine Writing
4-6 Analysis
1-2 Narrative
1 Research
Literature
The Outsiders
w/novel folder
Literature (2-3)
“Death by Scrabble”
“The Most Dangerous
Game”
RCC-Units 2&4
4 square notes
Irony Analysis
1960’s research- The
Outsiders
BAWS
Mood Analysis &
Setting
Finish the
ending of
“The Most
Dangerous
Game”
Informational (1-3)
Inventor Bio/Autobio
Scope Paired Texts
RCC- Units 3&5
Unit Snapshots
Vocabulary Unit 3
The Outsiders Book test
RCC 3&5 Interim
3 column
summary
Research
Best Invention Ever
Prezi
Plot Analysis
-specific event
drives plot
Argumentative
Analysis using
Scope debate
materials
Projects/Assessments
Novel Folder
Best Invention Ever-Mini Project
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QUARTER 4 Unit #6 Drama & Poetry/ Unit #7 Myths & Legends/ Unit # 8 Novel Circles
Reading Complex Texts
Writing to Texts
1 Extended Text
3-5 Short Texts
Routine Writing
4-6 Analysis
Literature
Literature (2-3)
RCC-Unit 6
BAWS
Character analysis
4 square notes
Theme analysis
One-word note
cards
Poetry explication
Novel Circles
with Novel
Trailer Project
Fever
The Giver
Shadow Club
No Fear
Shakespeare
-The Tempest
Icarus and Daedalus
Phaethon Son of Apollo
Young Arthur
Scope plays (King Arthur)
Poetry w/lyrics
How to read a poem
Research
1-2 Narrative 1 Research
Original Poem Shakespeare
WebQuest
Fractured
Fairy Tale
Children’s
Book
3 column
summary
Informational (1-3)
SCOPE Paired Texts
RCC Unit #6
Unit Snapshots
RCC Unit 6 Interim
Poetry Explication/Project
Children’s Book
Projects/Assessments
Compare/Contrast Essay (Drama vs. Narrative)
Fractured Fairy Tale Novel Trailer
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