English I: Revised Pacing Guide for 2015-2016 School Year
ORDER TENTATIVE
DATES
1.
September 8October 2, 2015
2.
October 5October 23. 2015
3.
October 26November 25
(including fall
break)
PIECE/AUTHOR
House on Mango Street by Cisneros
Short Story Unit:
 “Lamb to the Slaughter”
 “The Most Dangerous
Game”
 “The Landlady”
 “The Scarlet Ibis”
 “Dr. Heidegger’s
Experiment”
 “The Monkey’s Paw”
 “Checkouts”
Of Mice and Men by Steinbeck
(fiction)/ Paired with Viva la Causa
(non-fiction on Safari), the story of
Cesar Chavez and the immigrant
farm workers
*Research paper about one of the
following:
 The treatment of the disabled
 The plight of the migrant farm
worker
 Murder vs. Mercy Killing
4.
November 30December 18
The Old Man and the Sea by
Hemingway (fiction)/ Paired with
Tales of Survival (non-fiction)
RATIONAL
Reading: Reading strategies
Vignette
Writing: Vignettes
Citing textual
evidence
Purpose: Getting to know
the student
Explanatory
writing
Reading: Reading strategies
Elements of fiction
Plot diagram
Genre
Literary devices
Writing: Elements of fiction
Creating original
short stories
Reading: The Novella
Elements of fiction
Conflict
Point of view
Writing: Research paper
MLA Citations
Literary Responses
Compare and
Contrast
Reading: The Novella
Author’s Purpose
Character traits
vs. physical traits
Text features in
non-fiction
articles
Writing: Literary Responses
OEQ
Summarizing
(fiction and non-fiction)
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5.
January 4January 29, 2016
Excerpts of The Narrative of
Frederick Douglass/ Night by Wiesel
*Research Paper: Social injustice
(Can overlap into next unit)
6.
February 1February 26, 2016
Inherit the Wind by Lawrence and
Lee (play)
7.
February 29March 25, 2016
8.
March 28April 28, 2016
Lord of the Flies by Golding
9.
May 2- May 27
Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare
Sonnets
10.
May 31-June …..
Documented Essay on a
controversial issue
(Students will be given a list of
multiple topics and have the ability
Animal Farm by Orwell
Reading: Elements of
non-fiction text
Recognizing the
elements of
argument vs.
persuasion
Literary devices
(specifically irony)
Writing: Original non-fiction
Literary essay
Research paper
Reading: Elements of a play
Stage direction
Historical nonfiction reading
Writing: Continued work on
the research paper
Argumentative
essay
Reading: Historical allusion
in literature
Allegory
Personification
Writing: Original allegory
Reading: Literary devices
(metaphor)
Recognizing nature
vs. nurture
Writing: Persuasive
Literary analysis
Cause and effect
Reading: Shakespearian
language
Reading a play
Sonnets
Iambic
pentameter
Writing: Sonnets
Critical analysis
Playwriting
Reading: Reading varied,
topical texts
Writing: Documented Essay
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to self-select their topic)
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