ELA Pacing Guide 2012-2013 Bollweg, Price, and White
Date
Week of
8/20 - 10/05
Overview of
First
Quarter
Core
McDougall Littell
Language of Literature
Reading Selections:
 Raymond’s Run
 Stop the Sun
 Do Try This at Home
 Ransom of Red Chief
Core
Vocabulary
Development
Words to Know &
Grammar SkillBuilders
Key Standards:
 R1.3 Word Meanings
Key Standards:
 R2.7 Structural Patterns of
Text
 R3.2 Elements of Plot
 R3.3 Character
Motivations & Reactions
 R3.6 Literary Devices
8/20/12


Raymond’s Run pg. 32
R3.2 Elements of Plot
8/27/12


Raymond’s Run pg.32
R2.7 Structural Patterns of
Text (Cause and Effect)
9/3/12


Checkouts pg.22
R3.3 Character
Motivations & Reactions
clutch, periscope,
prodigy, relay, sidekick
 R1.3 Word Meanings
Same as week 1
brazen, deftly, fetish, impulse,
intuition, lapse, mediation,
perverse, reverie, tedious

R1.3 Word Meanings
Support/Enrichment
Grammar Usage
Mechanics
Sentence & Its Parts
(Language Network
Chapter 1)
Word Meanings:
Context Clues:
(Vocabulary & Spelling
Book)
 Definition,
Restatement, Example,
Comparison &
Contrast
Key Standards:
 LC1.4 Grammar
 R1.3 Word Meanings
 Sentence and its parts
Support/Enrichment
Writing Workshop
Response to Literature
(pg.94 LoL)
 revise a draft
 correct run-on
sentences
Key Standards: W2.2
Other Standards:
R2.7, W1.1, W1.3, W1.6,
LC1.4, LC1.5,LC1.6
Run on and complete
sentences

Subject in unusual
word order
Response to Literature
pg.94
W2.2

Predicate nouns and
predicate adjectives
Vocabulary and
Spelling lesson 1
Response to Literature
pg.94
W2.2

ELA Pacing Guide 2012-2013 Bollweg, Price, and White
Date
Week of
9/10/12
9/17/12 &
9/24/12
Core
McDougall Littell
Language of Literature
 Do Try This at Home
 R2.7 Structural Patterns of
Text (Cause and Effect)
Core
Vocabulary
Development
Outline, subtopics,
specific, executing,
analyzing
 R1.3 Word Meanings
Support/Enrichment
Grammar Usage
Mechanics
 Verb tense
 Vocabulary and
Spelling lesson 2


collaborate, commend,
comply, diatribe,
impudent, palatable,
pervade, proposition,
ransom, surreptitiously
 R1.3 Word Meanings

Ransom of Red Chief
R3.6 Literary Devices
CELDT
testing
10/1/12
10/8-10/12
10/15/1212/14/12
Overview of
Second
Quarter


Pronouns and their
antecedents
Vocabulary and
Spelling lessons 3 and
4
Support/Enrichment
Writing Workshop
Autobiography,
introduction pg.102,
literary model pg.522
W2.1 writing
autobiographies
Autobiography
W2.1 writing
autobiographies
CTH week (Corrective
teach)
Reading Selections:
 The Great Rat Hunt
 Who are the Ninety Nines
 Mr. Misenheimer’s Garden
 King of Mazy May
 The Story of an Eyewitness
 Ballad of the Harp Weaver
 Willow and Gingko
 Fear/ Identity
 Southbound on the Freeway
Key Standards:
 R3.2 Elements of Plot
 R3.6 Literary Devices
REVIEW & BENCHMARK 1
Words to Know &
Nouns, Pronouns,
Grammar SkillBuilders Capitalization
(Language Network
Chapter 1)
Key Standards:
 R1.3 Word Meanings
Vocabulary & Spelling
Book
 Lessons 5-12
Key Standards:
 LC1.5 Grammar,
correct punctuation
and capitalization
 LC1.6 Spelling
Autobiographical
Incident (pg.174 LoL)
 Revise for word
choice, and consistent
point of view
Poetry
 Use literary devices
R3.6
Spiral Review Response
to Literature
Key Standards: W2.1
Other Standards:
W1.1, W1.6, LC 1.3,
LC1.4, LC1.6, LS 2.1
ELA Pacing Guide 2012-2013 Bollweg, Price, and White
Date
Week of
10/15/12
Core
McDougall Littell
Language of Literature
 Who are the Ninety Nines
pg. 130
Key Standards:
10/22/12
10/29/12
R2.6 Using information
 The Great Rat Hunt pg.106
Key Standards:
R2.7 Structural Patterns of
Text
Other standards: R 1.3, R
3.5, R 3.7
 King of Mazy May pg.148
Key Standards:
11/12/12
R3.6 Literary Devices
R1.3 Word Meanings
Other standards: R 3.5, R3.7
 The Story of an Eyewitness
pg. 159
Key Standards:
R2.7 Structural Patterns of
Text
Other standards: R 2.3, R3.7
CTH week (Corrective teach)
11/19/12
11/26/12

11/5/12
Ballad of the Harp Weaver
pg.647
Key Standards:
Core
Vocabulary
Development
organization, conclusions,
multiple, identify,
opportunities


Support/Enrichment
Grammar Usage
Mechanics
Simple subjects and
predicates
Vocabulary and
Spelling lesson 5
Subjects and
Predicates
Vocabulary and
Spelling lesson 6
Support/Enrichment
Writing Workshop
Conducting an Internet
Search pg. 133
W2.4
barricade, brusquely,
fumigate, improvise,
ineptitude, mug,
perpetual, rationalize,
ravage, reserve

antic, capsize,
commissioner, flounder,
liable, peer, prospector,
stampede, summit, yaw


Past and perfect tense
Vocabulary and
Spelling lesson 7
Response to Literature
W2.2
Compel, conflagration,
contrivance, dear,
enumeration, flank,
flotsam, menace, refugee,
surmount

Sentence variety,
complex, simple,
compound
Vocabulary and
Spelling lesson 8
Response to Literature
W2.2


Conducting an Internet
Search pg. 133
W2.4

Vocabulary and
Spelling lesson
9,10
THANKSGIVING BREAK
shears, queer, chafe,
 Vocabulary and
great, daft, cloak, ballad,
Spelling lesson 11
lyric, epic
Poetry pg.252
 Use literary devices
R3.6
ELA Pacing Guide 2012-2013 Bollweg, Price, and White
Date
Week of
12/3/12
R3.2 Elements of Plot
R3.6 Literary Devices
Other standards: R 3.1
Core
McDougall Littell
Language of Literature
 Willow and Gingko pg.215
 Fear/ Identity pg.367
 Southbound on the
Freeway pg.587
Core
Vocabulary
Development
simile, metaphor,
imagery, figurative
language, couplet, stanza,
nymph, etching, thrive
Support/Enrichment
Grammar Usage
Mechanics
 Vocabulary and
Spelling lesson 12
Support/Enrichment
Writing Workshop
Poetry pg.252
 Use literary devices
R3.6
Key Standards:
R3.6 Literary Devices
12/10/12
1/7/133/15/13
Overview of
third
Quarter
Reading Selections:
 Treasure of Lemon Brown
 Rules of the Game
 Diary of Anne Frank
 The Last Seven Months
REVIEW AND BENCHMARK 2
Words to Know &
Verbs, adjectives, and
Grammar SkillBuilders adverbs
( Verbs Language
Network (LN) Chapter 4,
Key Standards:
 R1.3 Word Meanings Adjectives and Adverbs,
chapter 5)
Key Standards:
W 1.6 Revise writing for word
choice
W1.1 Create compositions
with a coherent thesis and a
supported conclusion
1/7/13 &
1/14/13

Treasure of Lemon Brown
pg. 334
Key Standard:
ajar, beckon, commence,
gnarled, impromptu,
ominous, probe,
Vocabulary & Spelling
Book
 Lessons 13-14
 Lessons 15-17
Key Standards:
 LC1.3 Sentence
Structure
 LC1.6 Spelling
 Vocabulary and
Spelling lesson 13
 LN chapter 4 lessons 2
Character Sketch
(pg.310 LoL)
 Revise for word
choice, and consistent
point of view
Research Report (pg.818
LoL)
 W1.3 Organization
and focus
Key Standards: W1.6,
W1.1
Other Standards:
W2.1, W2.3, R2.7,LS 2.1,
LS 2.3
Character Sketch pg.310
 W1.6 Revising
ELA Pacing Guide 2012-2013 Bollweg, Price, and White
Date
Week of
1/21/13
R 3.3 Character motivation
Core
McDougall Littell
Language of Literature
 Rules of the Game pg.348
Key Standard:
R 3.2 Elements of plot
1/28/13,
2/4/13, &
2/11/13

2/18/13

The Diary of Anne Frank
pg.444
Key Standard:
W1.1 coherent thesis with
well supported conclusion
W1.2 Transitions, and parallel
structures
W 1.3 Support of thesis
W1.6 Revision of Writing
Other Standards:
R3.2 Elements of plot
R3.4 Setting
The Last Seven Months
pg.515
Key Standard:
R2.3 Organization of ideas
tentatively, tremor, vault
Core
Vocabulary
Development
adversary, benefactor,
benevolently,
circumstance, impart,
malodorous, ponder,
pungent, recessed, retort
appalled, conspicuous,
disgruntled, foreboding,
inarticulate, indignantly,
jubilation, loathe,
oppression,
ostentatiously,
pandemonium, remorse,
vile, wallow, zeal
reasons, facts, details,
support, thesis,
conclusion, primary
sources, secondary
sources
and 3, verbs
Support/Enrichment
Grammar Usage
Mechanics
 Vocabulary and
Spelling lesson 14
 LN chapter 4 lessons 4
and 5, irregular verbs




Support/Enrichment
Writing Workshop
Character Sketch pg.310
 W1.6 Revising
Vocabulary and
Spelling lessons 15-17
LN Chapter 5
Adjectives and
Adverbs, and
synonyms and
antonyms
Research Report on the
Holocaust
 W2.3 Write Research
reports
 1/30/12 Teach
students how to
research
 2/6/12 Research using
multiple resources
 2/13/12 Organize
information and plan
essay
Vocabulary and
Spelling lessons 18
LN Chapter 6
prepositions,
conjunctions,
interjections


Write a Research Report
Write the introduction,
body, and conclusion. First
draft due Friday
Key Standard:
W1.1 coherent thesis with well
supported conclusion
W 1.3 Support of thesis
ELA Pacing Guide 2012-2013 Bollweg, Price, and White
Date
Week of
2/25/13
3/4/13
3/11/13
3/18/136/3/13
Overview of
fourth
Quarter
Core
McDougall Littell
Language of Literature
 All but My Life pg. 522
 A Diary from Another
World pg.528
Key Standard:
R3.7 analyzing literature for
attitudes, traditions, beliefs,
and heritage.
CTH (Corrective Teach)
Reading Selections:
 Still Me
 Enormous Crocodile
 I’ve been Rooked
 Careers that Care
Core
Vocabulary
Development
edit, revise, audience,
transitions, coherence
significant information,
paraphrase, perspective,
relevant
Support/Enrichment
Grammar Usage
Mechanics
 Vocabulary and
Spelling lesson 19
 LN Chapter 7 verbals
and verbal phrases


Vocabulary and
Spelling lesson 20
LN Chapter 8 revising
sentences
REVIEW AND BENCHMARK 3
Words to Know &
Subject-Verb
Grammar SkillBuilders Agreement, and
Punctuation
( Subject-verb agreement
Key Standards:
LC 1.4 Edit for correct
Language Network (LN)
Support/Enrichment
Writing Workshop

Write a Research
Report
 Edit and revise the
first draft. Second
draft is due on Friday.
Key Standard:
W1.2 Transitions, and
parallel structures
W1.6 Revision of Writing
 Write a Research
Report
 Publish research
reports, and create a
power point
presentation to deliver
to the class
Key Standard:
W1.1 coherent thesis with
well supported conclusion
W 1.3 Support of thesis
LS 2.3 Deliver research
presentations
Persuasive Speech
(pg.890 LoL)
 W 2.4 write a
persuasive
composition
ELA Pacing Guide 2012-2013 Bollweg, Price, and White
Key Standards:
R 2.2 Proposition and support
patterns
R2.5 Following Technical
directions
R2.6 Use information to
explain a situation or decision
and to solve a problem
W 1.6 Revision of writing
Date
Week of
3/18/13
3/25/13
4/1/13
Core
McDougall Littell
Language of Literature
 Still Me pg. 374
Key Standard:
R 2.2 Propositions and support
patterns
Other Standards:
R 2.7 Unity, coherence, logic,
and structure of a text

Functional Reading (R15R19)
 Enormous crocodile pg.571
Key Standard:
R 2.5 technical documents
grammar
Core
Vocabulary
Development
access, affliction,
rehabilitation, sever,
logistics
Chapter 9, Punctuation,
chapter 11)

LS 2.4 deliver
persuasive
presentations
Vocabulary & Spelling
Response to Literature
(pg.694 LoL)
Book
 Lessons 21-23, 24-27
 W2.2 Write a response
Vocabulary 29-30, 32, 35,
to literature
and 36
Spelling 28,29, 30,31,
Key Standards: W 2.4,
and 32
W 2.2., LS 2.4
Key Standards:
Other Standards:
 LC 1.5 use correct
R 2.7, W 1.1, W 1.2, W
punctuation and
1.3, W 1.6, LC 1.4, LC
capitalization
1.6, LS 1.3, LS 1.4, LS
 LC1.6 Spelling
1.6, LS 1.7, LS 2.3
Support/Enrichment
Support/Enrichment
Grammar Usage
Writing Workshop
Mechanics
 Vocabulary and
Persuasive Speech 185m
Spelling lesson 21, 22  W2.4 write a
 LN Chapter 9 subjectpersuasive
verb agreement
composition
SPRING BREAK
directions, headings,
 Vocabulary and
ingredients, horizontally,
Spelling lesson 23, 24
functional, technical
 LN Chapter 11
punctuation
Persuasive Speech 185m
 W2.4 write a
persuasive
composition
ELA Pacing Guide 2012-2013 Bollweg, Price, and White
Date
Week of
4/8/13
4/15/13
Core
McDougall Littell
Language of Literature
 I’ve Been Rooked pg.363
Key Standard:
R 2.5 Following technical
documents
R2.6 Use information to
explain a situation or decision
and to solve a problem
Core
Vocabulary
Development
diagrams, illustrations,
time lines, graphic,
objective
Support/Enrichment
Grammar Usage
Mechanics
 Vocabulary and
Spelling lesson 25, 26,
and 27.
 Careers that Care pg.386
Key Standard:
R2.6 Use information to
explain a situation or decision
and to solve a problem
occupational,
rehabilitation, physical
therapy, specific,
disability


Vocabulary lessons 29
Spelling lessons 28
Support/Enrichment
Writing Workshop
Directions
 W 2.6 write a technical
document



Directions
Presentation
W 2.6 write a technical
document
LS 2.0 deliver
organized
presentations
4/22/13
4/29/13
5/6/13
5/13/13
CST REVIEW
USE DATA TO CORRECTIVE TEACH AND REVIEW FOR CST TESTS
CST TESTING
 The Tell Tale Heart pg.624
acute, audacity,
 Vocabulary lessons 30
Response to Literature
Key Standard:
conceived, crevice,
 Spelling lessons 29
 W2.2 Write a response
R3.6 Literary Devices
derision, hypocritical,
to literature
stealthily, stifled,
vehemently, vex
5/20/13
REVIEW AND BENCHMARK 4
ELA Pacing Guide 2012-2013 Bollweg, Price, and White
Date
Week of
5/20/13 &
5/27/13
6/3/13
Core
McDougall Littell
Language of Literature
 Monkey’s Paw pg.680
Key Standard:
R3.2 Elements of Plot
Core
Vocabulary
Development
credulity, fate, grimace,
peril, surveying
Support/Enrichment
Support/Enrichment
Grammar Usage
Writing Workshop
Mechanics
 Vocabulary lessons 32,
Response to Literature
35, & 36
 W2.2 Write a response
 Spelling lessons 30,
to literature
31, & 32
CTH (Corrective teach)
LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL