English I Curriculum Initial Pacing Guide
Quarter 1 What responsibility do we have to other’s?
Content
Standards
Academic Vocabulary
“The Scarlet Ibis” by James
Hurst (950L)
RL 910.2
RL 910.10
“Barack Obama’s Keynote
Address” 2004 Democratic
National Convention
A Hand to Guide Me by
Denzel Washington
Of Mice and Men by John
Steinbeck (630L)
Of Mice and Men (movie)
RI 910.1
RI 910.9
Allusion, Antagonist,
Flashback,
Foreshadowing, Idioms,
Inference, Internal
Conflict, External
Conflict, MLA,
Protagonist, Point of
View, Irony, SEED,
Symbolism, Themes
L 910.6
Friendship Articles
RI 910.4
RL 910.1
RL 910.2
RL 910.3
RL 910.4
RL 910.7
RL 910.9
RL 910.10
Vocabulary
Instruction
Contexts with Contrasting
Words
L 910.4
L 910.6
Grammar Concepts
Assessments
Plurals, Possessives and
Confusing Words:
To/Two/Too
Their/There/They’re
Than/Then
Lose/Loose
Who/That
Your/You’re
(F) Speeches: Ally
SL 910.6
L 910.2
L 910.5
(S) OMAM Objective
(F) Narrative: Ally
W 910.3
(S) Plurals, Possessives
and Confusing Words
(S) Argumentative Essay
w/multiple pieces of
textual evidence, SEED
organization, MLA,
introduction, conclusion
W 910.5
W 910.6
SL 910.4
SL 910.5
SL 910.6
(S) Quarterly Exam
L 910.2
L 910.5
L 910.6