Alignment/Pacing/Mapping Instructional Guide
Grade Level: 10th Subject: English
School System: Walker County
School Year: 2012-2013
Time
Period
(Pacing
-when)
One
Semester
1st nine
weeks
1st nine
weeks.
COS
#
AHSGE
Standards/
Components
Resources/
Activities
(Pacing – what)
Break down into
component parts
(Pacing – how)
Curricular Alignment
Alternate Grammar
and Literature
weekly. Continue
switching every
week for six weeks.
There are three six
week grading
periods per semester
and six grading
periods for the
school year.
Persuasive,
Narrative and
Expository Essays
should be taught
throughout the first
semester. Students
will take the writing
assessment in
February.
Date of
Common
Formative
Assessment
(Pacing – how
well)
1. Writer’s and Choice: Grammar
and Composition
2. Literature: The Reader’s
Choice-American Literature:
Beginnings to 1900 *
3. Grammar and Composition
Workbook
4. Selection Quick Checks
Reproducible (Quizzes for
Literature Selections)
5. Literary Elements
Transparencies (LET)
6. Units 1-4 Resource Books
7. Selection and Unit Assessments
(Tests for Literature Selections)
8. Bellringer Options
Transparencies (BRT)*
9. Grammar and Writing
Workshop Transparencies
(GWT)
10. Teacher Tech Tools Software
Mapping
Comments
(What works
what needs
adjustment)
Grammar
All
Semester
10.12
I1.a,b,c,d,
e
1st nine
weeks
I-3.e,
I-1.b
I-4, I-6.a.
10.12. Demonstrate
correct use of
collective nouns and
words with alternate
accepted forms,
pronoun-antecedent
agreement, and
pronoun case.
10.12. a.
Demonstrate correct
use of singular and
plural, collective
nouns.
10.12. b.
Demonstrate correct
use of pronounantecedent
agreement in
number and gender.
10.12. c.
Demonstrate correct
use of pronounantecedent
agreement and
nominative,
objective, and
possessive pronoun
cases.
Resources (CDs)
11. Mastering the Alabama Writing
Assessment of Writing: Grade
10 Book
Grammar Text, pp.405-406,580,407,
599. and Wkbk p. 47
Grammar Text, pp.401-402,405 and
Wkbk p.47
GWT. p.3
Grammar Text, p.606 and Wkbk, p.
187
BRT pp.17,100,149
Grammar Text, pp.599-600 and Wkbk,
p.181
BRT p.2,17
10.13
I-3
I-3a.b.
I-3c
I-3f
I-3h
10.13. Apply the
correct use of
subject-verb
agreement.
10.13. a. Apply the
correct use of
subject-verb
agreement with
singular and plural
subjects including
subjects compound
in form and singular
in meaning.
10.13. b. Apply the
correct use of
subject-verb
agreement with
singular and plural
subjects including
subjects plural in
form and singular in
meaning.
10.13. c. Apply the
correct use of
subject-verb
agreement with
intervening
prepositional and
appositives phrases.
10.13. d. Apply the
correct use of
subject-verb
Grammar Text, pp.575-587 and Wkbk,
p.161
Lit. Text: “Writing Workshop: Literary
Analysis”, pp.614-623
Grammar Text, pp.582, 575 and Wkbk,
pp.161,171
Grammar Text, pp.575-587 and Wkbk,
p.171
Grammar Text, pp.583-584,586 and
Wkbk, pp.163,173
BRT pp.20,26, 42,53,67,106,147,
160,162,168
Grammar Text, p.439 and Wkbk p. 69
1st nine
weeks
10.14
I-5a, b, c
I-2.c.
I-8 a, b
III-2. a.b.
10.11
IV-2.b
IV-2.d
IV-3.c
IV-3.b
agreement with
correlative
conjunctions.
10.14. Edit for
incorrect shift in
verb tense and
paragraph and use
of verbals.
10.14. a. Edit for
incorrect use of
dangling participles
and misplaced
modifiers.
10.14. b Edit for
parallelism and
phrases.
10.11. a.
Demonstrate correct
use of commas with
parenthetical
expressions.
10.11. b.
Demonstrate correct
use of commas after
introductory
adverbial clauses.
10.11. c.
Demonstrate correct
use of semicolons
before conjunctive
adverbs.
10.11. d.
Demonstrate correct
Grammar Text p.389 and Wkbk pp.
141, 153
Grammar Text p.636 and Wkbk p. 209,
GWT p.24
Lit. Text, p.279
BRT pp.44, 66, 98, 127
Reader’s Choice, pp.111, 113, 117, 387,
and 389.
Grammar Wkbk p.323
Grammar Text p.708 and Wkbk p. 257.
Lit. Text-“Grammar Workshop:
Mechanics”, p.517
BRT pp. 11, 87
Grammar Text p.710 and Wkbk p. 259
BRT pp.10, 47, 52, 65, 89, 134, 163
Grammar Text p.702 and Wkbk p. 257
GWT. p.68
Grammar Text p.702 and Wkbk p. 103
GWT. p.68
1st nine
weeks
10.7
I-7.a.b.
E.C.
I-3.g.
use of semicolons in
compound
sentences with no
conjunction.
10.7. B.4.s Using
active and passive
voice when
appropriate.
Indefinite Pronouns
as Subjects
I-2.a.
Regular and
Irregular Verbs
I-2.b.
Verb FormsNumber
Pronoun CaseContractions
Pronoun CaseMisspellings
Correct Usage of
Commonly
Confused Words
Action Verbs that
are not Linking
Verbs, and specific
terms not general or
vague
Formal and
Informal Language
Run-ons, fragments,
and comma splices
I-6.b.
I-6.c
I-9.a.b.c.
II-1.a.b
II-2.a.b.
III-1
BRT pp.63, 77, 136, 158
Grammar Text pp.562-563 and Wkbk
p.155, p.323
Grammar Text p.585 and Wkbk p. 175
GWT. p.51
BRT pp.19, 59, 112,
Grammar Text p.589, 548 and Wkbk p.
141-143
BRT pp.14, 62, 99
Grammar Text p.581 and Wkbk p. 161
Grammar Text pp.599-600 and Wkbk
p.181
Grammar Text pp.653-665 and Wkbk
p.181
Grammar Text pp.653-665 and Wkbk
pp. 217-232
BRT pp.16, 153, 165
Grammar Text pp 416-417 and Wkbk
p.55
Lit. Text., pp.300-302, 304, 485, 488,
489
Grammar Text pp.378, 521, 378-379,
521-523, 519-520, 523 and Wkbk pp.
121, 123
All
Semester
IV-1
Capitalization
IV-1.a.
Direct Quotes and
broken quotes
IV-1.b
Proper Nouns and
Proper Adjectives
IV-1.c.
Titles
10.7
IV-2.a.
IV-2.c.
IV-2.e.
10.7. Write in
persuasive,
expository, and
narrative modes
using an
abbreviated writing
process in timed
and untimed
situations.
Commas in Items in
a Series
Conventional uses
of commas
Commas with
Quotation Marks
GWT.pp. 2, 32, 34, 35
BRT pp.1, 21, 39, 58, 71, 79, 96, 148,
157
Grammar Text pp.728, 680, 684-687,
677-683, 675-676 and Wkbk. Pp. 235244
GWT. p.63, 64
BRT pp.5, 32, 48, 55, 70, 129, 130, 131
Grammar Text p.717 and Wkbk p.271
GWT.pp. 66, 69, 73
BRT pp.3, 37, 141
Grammar Text pp.404, 424 and
Wkbk pp.249-261
GWT. pp.63, 64
BRT. pp.5, 32, 55, 70, 74, 130, 131
Grammar Text pp.677, 730, 711 and
Wkbk p.275
BRT p.48
Lit. Text-“ Writing WorkshopPersuasive Speech”, pp.146-153,
Lit. Text-“Writing WorkshopReflective Essay”, p.296-303
Lit. Text-“Writing Handbook”, p. R3041
Grammar Text p.398 and Wkbk p. 253
BRT pp.8, 15, 24
Grammar Text p.713 and Wkbk p. 253
Grammar Text pp.717, 687-688
and Wkbk p.271
IV-2.f.
IV-3, 3.a.
IV-3.d.
IV-4
IV-4.a.
IV-4.b
IV-4.c.
Commas before
coordinating
conjunctions in
compound
sentences
Demonstrate use of
semicolon and
colon, Semicolons
to separate elements
in a series in which
one element in the
series is already
separated by
commas
Colons to introduce
a list within a
sentence
Demonstrate correct
use of quotation
marks and
underlining
Quotation marks in
direct quotations
including broken
quotations
Quotation marks to
indicate titles.
Underlining to
indicate titles.
BRT pp.25, 51, 141, 150
Grammar Text p.706 and Wkbk pp.
251, 253
Grammar Text pp.699-703 and Wkbk.
pp.247-250
GWT. p.68
BRT pp.6, 63, 77, 136, 158
Grammar Text p.702 and Wkbk p. 247
Grammar Text p.719 and Wkbk p.
GWT. pp.66, 69, 73
BRT p. 42
Grammar Text p.717 and Wkbk p. 271
GWT. pp.66, 69, 73
BRT pp.3, 37, 141
Grammar Text p.719 and Wkbk p. 273
GWT. pp.66, 69, 73
BRT p.42
Grammar Text pp.302, 720 and
Wkbk p.275
GWT. p.72
BRT pp.76, 142
IV-5
Demonstrate correct
use of apostrophes
IV5.a.b.c.
Possessive form of
singular nouns,
Possessive of Plural
Nouns, Possessive
of Compound
Nouns
Contractions
Determine logical
progression and
completeness of
paragraphs,
Introductory
sentences,
Concluding
Sentences,
Sequence of events
of details,
Transitional Words
IV.5.d.
V1.a.b.c.d.
e.
Grammar Text pp.722, 724 and
Wkbk p.277
GWT. p.74
BRT pp.35, 43,
Grammar Text p.401 and Wkbk p. 61,
277
Grammar Text pp.724 and Wkbk . 277
Grammar Text pp.78, 74, 326 and
Wkbk pp.327, 331, 315
*Teachers may choose which
selections to teach from each
COS#/or AHSGE Objective
Literature/
Reading
(All year)
1st nine
weeks
10.1.a
II-2
10.1. a. Apply both
literal and
inferential
comprehension
strategies, including
drawing
conclusions and
Literature Text:
“from The Way to Rainy Mountain”,
pp.27-32, BRT p. 1, “The Sacred Earth
and the Power of Storytelling”, p. 19,
“The Sky Tree”, pp. 34-36, “ How the
Leopard Got His Claws”, pp. 37-41,
making inferences
about characters,
motives, intentions,
and attitudes in
short stories, drama,
poetry, novels, and
essays and other
nonfiction texts.
1st nine
weeks
10.1.B
.1
II.2
10.1. B.1. Identify
major historical
developments in
language and
literature in
America from the
beginnings to 1900.
“Prayer to the Pacific” and “The
Summer of Black Widow”, pp.42-46,
“The Iroquois Constitution”, pp. 48-52,
BRT p. 3. “from LaRelacion”, pp. 5459, BRT p. 4, “from Of Plymouth
Plantation”, pp. 61-65, BRT p. 5.
“Upon the Burning of Our House”
p. 84, BRT p. 8. “from The
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin”
and “from Poor Richard’s Almanac” pp.
96-103, BRT p. 8. “To His Excellency,
George Washington”, pp. 129-133,
BRT p. 14. “Letter to John Adams” and
“Letter to Her Daughter”, pp. 134-140,
BRT p. 14. “from Nature”, “from SelfReliance”, and “Concord Hymn”, pp.
178-188.
“Early America: Beginnings- 1800”,
“Native American Mythology”, pp. 2021, “How the World Made”, p. 22-26,
pp. 5, “The Sky Tree” pp. 34-36, BRT
p. 2. “How the Leopard Got His
Claws”, pp.. 37-41, “Early America”,
“Prayer to the Pacific” and “The
Summer of Black Widow”, pp.42-46,
“from A Narrative of the Captivity and
Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson”,
pp. 74-80, BRT pp. 7. “The Rhetoric of
Revolution”, p. 104-105, “The First
American Short Stories”, “American
Romanticism:1800-1860” , pp. 162176, “from Nature”, “from SelfReliance”, and “Concord Hymn”, pp.
178-188, BRT p. 16.
1st nine
weeks
10.1.B
.2.s.
10.1.B
.3.s
10.1.B
.4.s
10.1.B
.5.s
10.2
IV-1
10.1. B.2.s. Using
context clues to
determine meaning.
10.1. B.3.s
Identifying
sequences to
enhance
understanding.
10.1. B.4.s
Summarizing
passages to share
main ideas or
events.
10.1. B.5.s Drawing
other kinds of
conclusions from
recreational reading
texts.
10.2. Identify and
interpret literary
elements and
devices including
analogies,
personification, and
implied purpose.
“The Fireside Poets”, pp. 200-201,
“From ‘Walden’”, pp. 202-209.
“How the World Was Made”, pp. 2226.
“Woman in the 19th Century”, pp. 195198.
“Upon the Burning of Our House” and
“To My Dear and Loving Husband”
pp.82-87,BRT p. 8. “from Moby Dick”,
pp. 280-291.
“Speech to the Second Virginia
Constitution”, pp. 106-111, BRT p. 11.
“Declaration of Independence”, p. 112117, BRT p. 11. “The Story of an
Hour”, BRT p. 37, “To His Excellency,
George Washington”, p. 129-133, BRT
p. 14. “Letter to John Adams” and
“Letter to Her Daughter”, p. 134-140,
BRT p. 15. “The Raven” and “The Pit
and the Pendulum”, p. 242-263, BRT p.
19.“Three Spirituals”, p. 330-335,
“Letter to His Son”, p. 369-372, BRT p.
25. “An Occurrence at Owl Creek
Bridge”, p. 373-385,BRT p. 26. “The
Gettysburg Address”, p. 386-389, BRT
1st nine
weeks
10.2.B
.1.s
10.2. B.1.s
Identifying and
interpreting
figurative language
and imagery
including
symbolism and
metaphors.
10.2.B
.2.s
10.2. B.2.s
Interpreting tone
from author’s word
choice.
10.3
10.3 Read with
literal and
inferential
comprehension a
variety of
informational and
functional reading
materials, including
making inferences
about effects when
passage provides
cause; inferring
cause when passage
provides effect;
making inferences,
p. 27.
“Upon the Burning of Our House” and
“To My Dear and Loving Husband”
p.82-87, BRT p. 8. “from Sinners in the
Hands of an Angry God”, p. 88-93,
BRT p. 9. “Speech to the Second
Virginia Constitution”, p.106-111, BRT
p. 11. “from Nature”, “from SelfReliance”, and “Concord Hymn”, p.
178-188, BRT p.16. “The Fireside
Poets”, p. 200-201, “from Walden”, p.
202-209, BRT p.17. “The Minister’s
Black Veil”, p.266-277, BRT p.20.
“from The Autobiography of Benjamin
Franklin” and “from Poor Richard’s
Almanac” p.96-103, BRT p. 10. “from
The Crisis, No. 1”, p.122-127, BRT p.
13.
“American Romanticism:1800-1860” ,
p.162-176, “from Nature”, “from SelfReliance”, and “Concord Hymn”,
p.178-188, BRT p.16. “Time: The
Biology of Joy”, p.189-192, “from In
the Heart of the Sea”, p.292-295.
10.3.B
.1.s
2nd nine
weeks
decisions, and
predictions from
tables, charts, and
other text features;
and identifying the
outcome or product
of a set of
directions.
10.3. B.1.s
Following complex
or imbedded
directions.
10.3. B.2.s
Distinguishing
author’s opinions
from factual
statements.
10.3. B.3.s
Determining main
idea and supporting
details in
informational and
functional reading
materials.
10.3. B.4.s
Summarizing
passages of
informational and
functional reading
materials.
10.3. B.5.s
Determining
sequence of events.
“from The Autobiography of Benjamin
Franklin” and “from Poor Richard’s
Almanack” p.96-103, BRT p.10.
“The Life of Olaudah Equiano”,
p.66-73, BRT p.6. “Civil
Disobedience”, p.211-217, “from Mary
Chestnut’s Civil War”, p.360-366, BRT
p.24
“from The Way to Rainy Mountain”,
p.27-32, “Time: How They Choose
These Words”, p.118-120, “Woman in
the Nineteenth Century”, p.194-199,
“Letter to His Son”, p.369-372
“from The Crisis, No. 1”, p.122-127,
BRT p.13. “Woman in the Nineteenth
Century”, p.194-199
“The Pit and the Pendulum”, p.250-261,
BRT p.19. “An Occurrence at Owl
Creek Bridge”, p.373-385, BRT p.26
10.4
10.5
2nd nine
weeks
10.6
10.4. Recognize
fallacious or
illogical thought in
essays, editorials,
and other
informational texts.
10.4. B.1.i
Evaluating strength
of argument in
informational texts.
10.4. B.2.i
Recognizing
propaganda in
informational texts.
10.5. Compare
literary components
of various pretwentieth century
American styles.
10.5. B.1.i
Identifying
examples of
differences in
language usage
among several
authors.
10.6. Determine
word meaning in
“Vocabulary Workshop: Denotation and
Connotation”, p.D103
“The Rhetoric of Revolution”, p.104105, “Declaration of Independence”,
p.112-117, BRT p.12. “from The
Crisis, No. 1”, p.122-127, BRT p.13.
“Civil Disobedience”, p.211-217, “And
Ain’t I a Woman?”, p.354-357, BRT
p.23. “from Lincoln at Gettysburg: The
Words that Remade America”, p. 390392.
“Vocabulary Workshop: Denotation and
Connotation”, p.D103 , “Declaration of
Independence”, p.112-117, BRT p.12.
“The First American Short Stories”,
p.226-227.
“ from La Relacion”, p.54-59, BRT p.4.
“from Of Plymouth Plantation”, p.6165, BRT p.5.
“Time: The Biology of Joy”, p.189-192,
“Vocabulary Workshop-Denotation and
2nd nine
weeks
10.7
2nd nine
weeks
10.15
pre-twentieth
century American
literature
word structure and
context clues.
10.7. B.1.i
Critiquing content,
literary elements,
and word choice,
including
addressing clear,
precise, and vivid
language.
10.7. B.2.s Using a
variety of sentence
patterns.
10.7. B.3.i
Evaluating
opinions, including
personal opinions,
for supporting
details and bias.
10.15. Use the
research process to
document and
organize
information to
support a thesis on a
literary or
nonliterary topic.
10.15. B.1.s
Managing
Connotation”, p. 358, “Vocabulary
Workshop: Language Resources”,
p.544-545, “Vocabulary Workshop:
Word Origins”, p.121
“Declaration of Independence”, p.112117, BRT p. 12. “Woman in the
Nineteenth Century”, p.194-199, “Civil
Disobedience”, p.211-217, “Grammar
Workshop-Coherence”, p.367.
“The tragedy of Julius Caesar,” pp. D1D101.
“The Civil War Era:1850-1880”, p.315328, “Time: Slavery Under Glass”,
p.350-353 , “Emily Dickinson: An
Introduction”, p.441-443.
“ from La Relacion”, p.54-59, BRT p.4.
Independent exercises necessary for
mastery. Writing Workshop: Historical
Research paper” pp.444-453.
“The Life of Olaudah Equiano”, p. 6673, BRT p.6. Writing Workshop:
information by
locating, selecting,
retrieving, and
evaluating primary
and secondary
sources while using
available
technology
responsibly.
2nd nine
weeks
10.8
10.9
10.15. B.2.s
Differentiating
among plagiarized,
paraphrased, and
appropriately cited
selections.
10.8 Write in a
variety of genres for
various audiences
and occasions, both
formal and
informal, using an
attention-getting
opening and an
effective
conclusion.
10.8. B.1.s
Developing an
effective voice
suitable for
audience and
purpose.
10.9 Applying
Historical Research Paper”, p. 444-453.
Writing Workshop: Historical Research
Paper”, p. 444-453, “Speaking,
Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Oral
report on a Historical Investigation”, p.
454-455
“from Of Plymouth Plantation”, p. 6165, BRT p.5. “Upon the Burning of Our
House” and “To My Dear and Loving
Husband” p.82-87, BRT p.8. “from The
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin”
and “from Poor Richard’s Almanac” p.
96-103,BRt p.10. “Letter to John
Adams” and “Letter to Her Daughter”,
p. 134-140, BRT p.15.
“ Writing Workshop-Persuasive
Speech”, p. 146-153, “The Devil and
Tom Walker”, p. 228-239, BRT p.18.
“Writing Workshop-Reflective Essay”,
p. 296-303.
“Speaking Listening, and Viewing
10.16
10.16
10.17
principles of
Standard English by
adjusting
vocabulary and
style for the
occasion.
10.16. Explain the
purpose and
benefits of using
predicting,
summarizing,
underling, outlining,
note taking, and
reviewing as part of
personal study
skills.
10.16. B.1.
Explaining when
skimming and
scanning are
appropriate in
studying materials.
10.17. Critique oral
and visual
presentations for
fallacies in logic.
Workshop-Developing a Reflective
Essay”, p. 304-305, “Grammar
Workshop-Coherence”, p. 367
“The Devil and Tom Walker”, pp. 228239 , BRT p.18.
Independent exercises necessary.
“Speaking, Listening, and Viewing
Workshop: Oral report on a Historical
Investigation”, p. 454-455.