Dates
8/25 – 8/29
Week
1
Unit
Who Am I?
Subjects
Conventions of Poetry
Conventions of Narratives
9/2 – 9/5 (ERD)
2
9/8 – 9/12
3
Conventions of Narratives
9/15 – 9/19
4
9/22 – 9/24, 9/26
5
9/29 – 10/3
6
10/6 – 10/10
7
10/13 – 10/17
(ERD)
8
How and Why am I
Changing?
Characters and Character Archetypes in Allegory
Epic Poems and Epic Heroes
10/20 – 10/24
9
10/27 – 10/28,
10/30 – 10/31
10
11/3 – 11/7 (ERD)
11
11/10, 11/12 –
11/14
12
Epic Poems and Epic Heroes
How do I fit in
Tragedy and Comedy – but mostly tragedy
Rhyme and Rhythm; Verse and Meter; Blank Verse;
Iambic Pentameter;
Cultural and Historical Context
Conventions of Drama
How Can I Change
the World?
Propaganda Techniques
Print and non-print advertising
Propaganda Techniques
Print and non-print advertising
Texts
“Empire State of Mind” Jay Z
“Where I’m From” George Ella Lyons
“The Most Dangerous Game” Richard
Connell
“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” James
Thurber
“The Cask of Amontillado” Edgar Allen
Poe
“The Scarlet Ibis” James Hurst
“The Princess and the Tin Box” James
Thurber
“The Cinder Maid” Joseph Jacobs
“Cinderella” The Brothers Grimm*
The Odyssey, Homer
“The Siren Song”
“Cyclops in the Sea”
The Odyssey, Homer
“Penelope to Ulysses”
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet,
William Shakespeare
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet,
William Shakespeare
“Harlem: A Dream Deferred,” Langston
Hughes
“I have a Dream”
“I Hear America Singing”
“I Too”
A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry
Magazine, Television, and Radio
advertisements
Student Led
Conventions of Persuasive/Argumentative Writing
11/17 – 11/21
13
11/24 – 11/25
14
12/1 – 12/5
12/8 – 12/12
15
16
12/15 – 12/19
17
12/22 – 1/2
1/5 – 1/9
1/12 – 1/16
Who Do I Want to
Become?
Conventions of The American Novel
Perspective and Point-of-View
Developing characters and characterization
Thematic Connections
Standards and Practices in MLA Research
Comparative analysis of literature – contemporary
and past
Winter Break
Review for Finals
Final Exams
“A Letter from Birmingham Jail,” Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
“The Gettysburg Address,” Abraham
Lincoln
“Civil Disobedience”
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
Student Led
Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson
Dates
Week
1/21 – 1/23
1
1/26 – 1/30
2
2/2 – 2/6
3
Unit
Who Am I?
Subjects
Conventions of Poetry
Conventions of Narratives
Conventions of Narratives
2/9 – 2/13
(ERD)
4
2/16 – 2/20
5
2/23 – 2/27
6
3/2 – 3/6
(ERD)
7
3/9 – 3/13
3/16 – 3/20
How and Why am I
Changing?
Characters and Character Archetypes in Allegory
Epic Poems, Epic Heroes, and Archetypes
How do I fit in
“Empire State of Mind” Jay Z
“Where I’m From” George Ella Lyons
“The Most Dangerous Game”
“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”
“The Cask of Amontillado” Edgar
Allen Poe
“The Scarlet Ibis” James Hurst
“The Princess and the Tin Box”
“The Cinder Maid” Joseph Jacobs
“Cinderella” The Brothers Grimm*
Animal Farm
The Odyssey, Homer
“The Siren Song”
“Cyclops in the Sea”
“Penelope to Ulysses”
The Princess Bride
Tragedy and Comedy – but mostly tragedy
Rhyme and Rhythm; Verse and Meter; Blank Verse;
Iambic Pentameter;
Cultural and Historical Context
8
Texts
9
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
“Harlem: A Dream Deferred,”
Langston Hughes
“I have a Dream”
“I Hear America Singing”
“I Too”
A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine
Hansberry
Spring Break
3/30 – 4/2
10
4/6 – 4/10
4/13 – 4/17
(ERD)
4/20 – 4/24
11
How Can I Change the
World?
Conventions of Persuasive/Argumentative Writing
Political and commercial propaganda
12
13
Propaganda Techniques and Rhetoric
Who Do I Want to
Conventions of The American Novel
“A Letter from Birmingham Jail,”
“The Gettysburg Address”
“Civil Disobedience”
Changing the School
Magazine, Television, and Radio
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
Become?
4/27 – 5/1
5/4 – 5/8
5/11 – 5/15
14
15
16
What Does It Mean?
5/18 – 5/22
5/25 – 5/29
6/1 – 6/5
17
Perspective and Point-of-View
Developing characters and characterization
Thematic Connections
Standards and Practices in MLA Research
Contemporary Young Adult Novel
Annotated Bibliography
Identity Tag Essay
Webpage
Review for Finals/ Student Presentations
Final Exams
Student Led
Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson
Student Choice