First Quarter, Twelfth Grade
Essential Questions: In what ways have people opposed injustice throughout history?
How do writers synthesize information from more than once source to create an informative essay?
All students are required to complete the following summative assignments from the Florida
Collections textbook:
VLT: Informative Essay, Performance Assessment booklet, p. 107 and Performance Task: Write a
Satire, Florida Collections, p. 225
All students are required to complete the following assignments from the Florida Collections textbook:
Performance Assessment booklet-- Unit 2: Informative Essay, pp. 31-62. Teacher will choose activities
based on students’ needs.
Read “A Modest Proposal,” p. 199; complete Analyzing the Text, p. 210 and the Performance TaskWriting Activity: Context Guide, p. 210.
Read “Third World America,” p. 213; complete Analyzing the Media, p. 216; Performance Task- Media
Activity: Photo Essay, Teacher Edition, p. 216.
Read “Imagine the Angels of Bread,” p. 217; Analyze Word Choice; Tone, p. 220 and Performance TaskWriting Activity: Poem, p. 220
Teacher will assign one or more Collection 3, Close Reader selections, based on student need.
Supplemental English and Language Arts Instruction:
Students assigned to the orange level Keystone books will complete units one and two this quarter.
Students assigned to the purple level Keystone books will complete units one and two this quarter.
Students assigned to the red level Keystone books will complete units one and two this quarter.
Second Quarter, Twelfth Grade
Essential Questions: How have the traditional roles of men and women changed in recent decades?
How are texts used as evidence in argument writing and discussion?
All students are required to complete the following summative assignments from the Florida
Collections textbook:
VLT: Argumentative Essay, Performance Assessment booklet, p. 95 and Performance Task: Write an
Informative Essay, Florida Collections, p. 141
All students are required to complete the following assignments from the Florida Collections textbook:
Performance Assessment booklet - Unit 1: Argumentative Essay, pp. 1– 30, (Choose activities based on
students’ needs.)
Read, “The Wife of Bath’s Tale,” p. 77; Teacher Edition, Analyze Theme, p. 92a; Performance TaskWriting Activity: Character Analysis, p. 90.
Read “Saudi Women Defy Driving Ban,” using hyperlink on p. 128 in Collections eBook; complete
Analyzing the Media, p. 129 and Performance Task-Media Activity; New Video, p. 130.
Read “The Men We Carry in Our Minds,” p. 131; complete Analyzing the Text, p. 138 and Performance
Task, Speaking Activity: Debate, p. 138.
Teacher will assign one or more Close Reader selections, Collection 2, based on student need.
Supplemental English and Language Arts Instruction:
Students assigned to the orange level Keystone books will complete units three and four this quarter.
Students assigned to the purple level Keystone books will complete units three and four this quarter.
Students assigned to the red level Keystone books will complete units three and four this quarter.
Third Quarter, Twelfth Grade
Essential Questions: How and why do people take risks?
How do writers use textual evidence in a literary analysis of poetry?
All students are required to complete the following summative assignments from the Florida
Collections textbook:
VLT: Literary Analysis, Performance Assessment booklet, p. 119, and Performance Task: Present a
Speech, Florida Collections, p. 471. At the teacher’s discretion, this Performance Task may be
developed into a research project/essay. Students may not necessarily have to present the speech.
All students are required to complete the following assignments from the Florida Collections textbook:
Performance Assessment booklet - Unit 3: Literary Analysis, pp. 63 – 92. Teacher will choose activities
based on students’ needs.
Read “Beowulf,” p. 409; complete Analyzing the Text p. 426.
Read additional text(s) chosen by students. Students will use additional text(s) to complete Summative
Performance Task- Present a Speech, p. 471.
Novel Study: Teacher’s Choice
• Emma
• Othello
• The Things They Carried
Teacher will assign one or more Collection 5, Close Reader selections, based on student need.
Supplemental English and Language Arts Instruction:
Students assigned to the orange level Keystone books will complete unit five this quarter.
Students assigned to the purple level Keystone books will complete unit five this quarter.
Students assigned to the red level Keystone books will complete units five and six this quarter.
Fourth Quarter, Twelfth Grade
Essential Questions: Is it more important to revenge evil acts or end conflict through reconciliation?
How do writers and speakers express their ideas while maintaining an appropriate tone and mood?
All students are required to complete the following summative assignments from the Florida
Collections textbook:
No VLT requirement for Quarter Four; Performance Task: Funeral Speech, Florida Collections p. 355;
Funeral Speech can be about any character in Hamlet.
All students are required to complete the following assignments from the Florida Collections textbook:
Read Hamlet, p. 235; complete Performance Task, Writing Activity: Analysis, p. 262; Analyzing the
Text, p. 283; Performance Task, Speaking Activity: Performance, p. 310; Analyzing the Text, p. 332
One or more fyi resource articles, teacher choice.
Teacher will assign one or more Collection 4, Close Reader selections, based on student need.
Supplemental English and Language Arts Instruction:
Students assigned to the orange level Keystone books will complete unit six this quarter.
Students assigned to the purple level Keystone books will complete unit six this quarter.
Students assigned to the red level Keystone books will complete units seven and eight this quarter.