Sequence of Transfer Task Genres in ACPS English Language Arts Curriculum Guides: Elementary
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Narrative
Nonfiction:
Small Moment
Stories
Description:
Writing Like A
Scientist
Expository/
Informational:
All-About Books
Description:
Pattern Book
Writing
Informational/
Expository:
Procedural:
*Can move this unit
earlier
How-To Books
*May flip with unit 3
Narrative
Fiction:
Authors as
Mentors
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Unit 7
Narrative
Nonfiction:
Small Moment
Stories
Expository/
Informative
Procedural:
How-To Books
Descriptive Task
Linked to
Reading Guide:
Story Elements
No required
transfer task
due to mid-year
PALS and other
assessments
Narrative
Fiction:
Realistic Fiction
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Persuasive
Letters
Narrative
Fiction:
Authors as
Mentors
Kindergarten
Grade 1
*May flip with U4
Grade 2
Narrative
Nonfiction:
Small Moment
Stories
Descriptive:
Linked to
Common Canon of
Text
Descriptive:
Linked to
Common Canon of
Text
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Persuasion Texts
Narrative
Fiction:
Realistic Fiction
Narrative
Fiction:
Fairytales
Expository/
Informative:
Linked to
Common Canon
Grade 3
Narrative
Nonfiction:
Personal
Narratives linked
to Common
Canon
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Persuasive Essay
Descriptive:
Linked to
Common Canon
of Text
Expository/
Informative:
Linked to
Common Canon
of Text
Narrative
Fiction:
Fairytales,
Folktales, Myths
and Legends
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis: Linked to
Common Canon of
Text
Descriptive:
Linked to
Common Canon
of Text
Grade 4
Descriptive:
Linked to
Common Canon
of Text
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Persuasive Essays
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis: Research
Paper
Narrative
Fiction:
Realistic Fiction
linked to Common
Canon of Text
Narrative
Fiction:
Historical Fiction
Expository/
Supporting a
Thesis: Literary
Essays linked to
Common Canon
Narrative
Fiction:
Realistic Fiction
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis: Essay
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Writing to Make a
Real World
Difference
On-Demand
Content Area
Writing
Multi-Media
Presentation
and Expository/
Informative:
Expository/
Literary Analysis
Comparative and
Literary Essays
Narrative
Nonfiction:
Memoir
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis: Research
Paper
Narrative
Fiction:
Realistic Fiction
linked to Common
Canon of Text
Narrative
Fiction:
Historical Fiction
Expository/
Literary
Analysis: Literary
Essays linked to
Common Canon
On-Demand
Content Area
Writing:
Multi-Media
Presentation
and Expository/
Informative:
Expository/
Literary Analysis
Comparative and
Literary Essays
Narrative
Nonfiction:
Memoir
Grade 5
Nonfiction Articles
About Impact of
Community
Grade 4
TAG
Descriptive:
Linked to
Common Canon
of Text
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Persuasive Essays
Nonfiction Articles
Grade 5
TAG
Narrative
Fiction:
Realistic Fiction
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis: Essay
About Impact of
Community
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Writing to Make a
Real World
Difference
Linked to Common
Canon
Linked to Common
Canon
Sequence of Writing Units in ACPS English Language Arts Curriculum Guides: Secondary
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Unit 7
Grade 6
Narrative
Nonfiction:
Discussing a Time
the Student
Adapted to An
Unanticipated
Situation
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Answering an
Individual
Research
Question Linked
to Content area
learning
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Using an Essay
Format to Detail
Interdependent
Relationships in
Student’s Life
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Focusing on
Analyzing
Imagery in a Key
Unit Text
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Proposing One
Text to be
Selected for a
CommunitywideRead Related to
Freedom
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Explaining Three
of the Individual
Rights in the Bill
of Rights and How
They Resonate
with the Student
Narrative
Fiction:
Using Realistic
Fiction Structure
to Generate a
Story with the
Theme of Survival
Grade 6
Honors
Narrative
Nonfiction:
Using the Point of
View of a Key
Character in
Nothing But the
Truth to
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Persuasively
Addressing Key
Character
Regarding the
Wisdom of His or
Her Choices
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis: Using a
Literary Analysis
Format to Discuss
The Types of
Interdependency
in Peak
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Analyzing the
Role of the
Protagonist in
Fever 1763
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Persuasively
Expressing the
Underlying
Theme in Chains.
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Comparing the
Theme of
Freedom in the
Bill of Rights and
Another Text
Narrative
Fiction:
Using Key
Characters
Studied In Unit as
Part of An
Original Realistic
Fiction Story
Grade 7
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Analyzing
Character
Motivation in Key
Text/s
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Detailing Causes
and Sources of
Inequality in Key
Text/s
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Explaining How
an Individual or
Group Had a
Dream or Goal
Challenged by
Society
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Writing a Grant
Application From
the Perspective of
a Text Character
Seeking Funds to
Improve His or
Her Situation or
World
Argumentation/
Persuasion and
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Persuasively
Discussing How
Genocide and
Atrocities Have
Affected Groups
Narrative
Fiction:
Reflecting on One
of the Themes
studied (i.e.,
Equity, Tolerance,
Discrimination
and Universal
Longing) Through
an Original
Fiction Story
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Formally
Critiquing Text/s
That Compel
Readers to Shift
or Change How
They Contribute
to Their
Community
Grade 7
Honors
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Analyzing
Character
Motivation in The
Pearl
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Analyzing Theme
of Inequity in Roll
of Thunder Hear
My Cry
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Researching and
Showing
Prevalence of
Inequity During a
Specific Historical
Period
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Researching and
Sharing
Information
About an
Individual Who
Had a Dream
Challenged by
Social or Political
Factors
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Persuasive Piece
about Whether
the American
Dream is a Myth
or Reality
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Evaluating the
Historical
Accuracy and
Verisimilitude of
The Devil’s
Arithmetic or
Hiroshima
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Formally
Reviewing and
critiquing The
Diary of Anne
Frank from a
Literary
Perspective
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Unit 7
Grade 8
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Analyzing How a
Key Character’s
Identity was
Shaped by
Another Person,
Group, Event or
Life Choice
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Recommending
an Innovative
Idea to Improve
the Community
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Defending How
Effectively (or
Ineffectively) an
Author Uses a
Particular Issue to
Present the
Concept of
Dystopia
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Persuasively
Defending the
Enduring
Significance (or
Lack of
Significance) of
Folk Literature in
our World Today
Multi-Media/
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Using Utopian
Ideals to Convince
Target Audience
to Purchase a
Product
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting A
Thesis:
Using Research to
Examine the
Leadership of a
Famous Historical
Figure
Multi-Media/
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Collaborating
with a Team to
Write an Essay for
a Grant
Application for a
Community Need,
with
accompanying
Data Collection
Tool/s (i.e.,
Survey or
Interview
Questions about
the Community
Need)
Grade 8
Honors
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Comparing the
Prevalence of the
Theme of a Need
for Belonging
Across Multiple
Core Unit Texts
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Recommending
and Justifying an
Alternative
Source of
Employment or
Energy Source in
the Local
Community
Expository/
Informative:
Comparing the
literary elements
of Animal Farm
and Lord of the
Flies
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Persuasively
Explaining the
Enduring
Significance (or
Lack of
Significance) of
Mythology in Our
World Today
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Using a Letter to
Persuade a
Character To
Change His or Her
Course of Action
in The Declaration
or The Man That
Corrupted
Hadleyburg
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting A
Thesis:
Comparing and
Contrasting
Leadership Styles
in Julius Caesar
Expository/
Informative:
Comparing How
Different Texts
Depict a Hero’s
Journey
Grade 9
Grade 9
Honors
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Narrative Fiction
and Poetry:
Using Key Literary
Elements When
Composing an
Original Short Story
and Poem for a
Literary Magazine
Argumentation/
Persuasion and MultiMedia Presentation:
Using Multi-Media to
Introduce and Persuade
Others to Appreciate the
Specific Customs and
Literature in a Specific
Culture
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Analyzing One Archetype
in Ancient Literature and
the Modern Literature
and Media
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Analyzing a Modern
Tragedy as well as the
Evolution of the term
“Tragedy” Across
Different Centuries
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Critically Analyzing the
Success and Impact of a
Key Text on Readers and
Contemporary Literature
Multi-Media Presentation
with a Focus on Expository/
Informative Writing:
Supporting a Thesis:
Narrative Fiction
and Poetry:
Using Key Literary
Elements to
Compose and
Analyze Narratives
and Poetry, with
Attention to
Development of
Rhyme, Rhythm,
Sound and Imagery
Argumentation/
Persuasion and MultiMedia Presentation:
Comparing and
Contrasting Customs and
Literature in Different
Counties
Multi-Media
Presentation and
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Analyzing One Archetype
in Ancient Literature and
the Modern Literature
and Media and
Presenting Findings
Through in a Multi-Media
Format
Multi-Media
Presentation and
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Analyzing a Modern
Tragedy as well as the
Evolution of the term
“Tragedy” Across
Different Centuries, with
an Accompanying
Fictitious Interview
Script with a Tragic
Figure in a Unit Text
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Critically Analyzing the
Success and Impact of a
Key Text, as Compared to
Other Texts of that Same
Period or Theme
Multi-Media Presentation
with a Focus on
Expository/Informative:
Supporting a Thesis:
Synthesizing Learning by
Creating a Literary Analysis of
a Common Theme
Represented in the Majority of
Texts in the Course, as well as
a New Student-Selected Text
the Student Recommends and
Justifies for Inclusion with the
Canon of text in English 9
Honors
Synthesizing Learning by
Creating a Literary Analysis of
a Common Theme
Represented in the Majority of
Texts in the Course
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Unit 7
Unit 8
Grade 10
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Critically
Evaluating a Short
Story’s Form,
Content and
Implied Insight
into the Human
Condition
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Asserting the Key
Components of a
Utopian Society
with Extensive
References to
Utopian
Representations
in Unit Literature
Multi-Media
Presentation
and Narrative
Fiction:
Using a Website
or Blog with
Multiple
Chronologically
Significant Entries
Written from the
Point of View of a
Key Character
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Detailing How a
Piece of
Literature Can
Impact the
Reader, as well as
a Comparison to a
Character and the
Student’s Growth
and Development
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Researching and
Presenting How A
Country or Region
is “Maturing” in
the 21st Century
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Analyzing Why
Warfare has
Always Been Part
of Human
Civilization
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Analyzing how
the Author
Presents and
Develops a Theme
Related to Human
Behavior in
Response to
Ethical or Moral
Decisions
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Researching and
Analyzing a
Research
Question Related
to a Key Author,
Theme or Literary
Era Introduced
During the Year
Grade 10
Honors
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Critically
Evaluating a
Story’s Theme,
Literary Elements
and Capacity to be
a Classic in World
Literature
Multi-Media
Presentation
and
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Multi-Media
Presentation
and Narrative
Fiction:
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Comparing How
Two Different
Pieces of
Literature Can
have a Similar
Impact on the
Reader
Narrative
Nonfiction:
Developing a
Personal
Narrative About
Lessons Learned
in a ChangeDriven, Globally
Connected World
Multi-Media
Presentation
and
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis and
Narrative
Nonfiction:
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Sharing
Information on a
Research
Question Related
to a Key Author,
Theme or Literary
Era Introduced
During the Year,
Accompanied by a
Multi-Media
Presentation of
the Findings
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Arguing for or
Against an
Author’s
Treatment of
Universal Conflict
in His or Her
Work/s
Narrative
Fiction:
Creating an
Original Science
Fiction Story
Linked to a
Contemporary
Technological
Trend
Grade 11
Narrative
Fiction:
Creating An
Original Myth or
Trickster Tale,
Reflective of Early
American
Literature
Arguing the
Possibility of
Utopia Ever
Existing in the
Modern World and
a Marketing
Pamphlet
Convincing
Audience to Join a
Self-Created
Utopian Society
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Writing a Letter
to the Editor,
Condemning or
Defending Key
Character’s
Actions During
the Puritan Period
Developing a Story
of How of an
Individual
Confronts
Antagonistic
Authoritarian
Powers Along with
Accompanying
Storyboard for
Proposed Film
Version of the
Narrative
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Comparing How a
Film and a Piece
of Literature Offer
Similar or
Different
Perspectives
About a Life Lived
Purposefully
Analyzing How
Warfare Has
Always Been Part
of Human
Civilization,
Accompanied by
the Same Opinion
Presented Through
an Alterative Form
of Text (drama,
visual, electronic,
etc.)
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Taking on the
Role of
Psychologist to
Recommend
How a Character
Should Resolve
His or Her Issues
and Conflicts
Narrative
Fiction:
Creating an
Alternative
Ending to a Key
Unit Text (i.e.
alternative ending
to The Great
Gatsby)
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Analyzing Key
Events in a Unit
Text (i.e.,
Analyzing the
Two Murders in
Of Mice and Men)
Analyzing an
Author’s
Development of
Theme Related to
Human Behavior in
Response to
Ethical or Moral
Decisions, Along
with an Insightful
Personal Narrative
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Unit 7
Optional Unit
Grade 11
Honors
Narrative
Fiction:
Generating myth
and a trickster
tale
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Puritan period
letter to the editor
condemning or
defending key
character’s
actions with
demonstration of
the rhetorical/
persuasive
techniques
including ethos,
pathos, logos,
allusion and
rhetorical
questions
Multi-Media
Project and
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Online wiki
magazine
containing
collected,
analyzed and
created pieces of
literature
reflecting
Transcendentalist
beliefs
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Literary critique
of an author’s
ability to provide
insight to human
motivations,
relationships and
identity
Multi-Media
Presentation
and Narrative
Fiction:
Written creation
of an alternative
ending to The
Great Gatsby,
accompanied by a
non-print version
of the ending (i.e.,
electronic media,
visual or
performing arts
production)
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Comparative
literary analysis
of how authors
from different
literary eras
(Harlem
Renaissance and
Modernist)
address the
theme of identity
in their texts
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Critical analysis of
two or more
authors’ insights
and perspectives
into good and evil
as social
constructions or
universal forces
Narrative
Fiction:
Original work of
science fiction
including a new
technological
breakthrough or
trend and the
impact of the
breakthrough on
a story
protagonist
Grade 12
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Essay detailing
the key
characteristics of
a heroic figure in
romantic
literature
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Article about the
nature and power
of humor
(including satire)
in literature
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Essay about tragic
heroes in
Shakespearean
works
Narrative
Nonfiction:
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Formal research
paper about a
self-selected
research question
Multi-Media
Project and
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Critical analysis of
how effectively a
selected medium
(e.g. music, film,
social media, etc.)
can be used to
convey and
convince others of
romantic ideas,
accompanied by a
multi-media
presentation of
content
Expository/
Informative:
Supporting a
Thesis:
Literature based
essay to be used
on a website or
blog about what
makes life
meaningful
Argumentation/
Persuasion:
Editorial about
the importance of
a key English
theme (i.e. finding
identity, struggle
for comfort in the
modern world,
effects of cultural
interaction, etc.)
for high school
students, includes
references and
analysis of
favorite texts
communicating
the theme
Autobiographical
excerpt about an
ethical or moral
decision in life