LPSS – updated Summer 2009
English IV---Unit 1: Anglo-Saxon Period
Elements of Literature
1 Reading to Learn (Ongoing)
TE: Reading Matters, 1363-1374
Resources for Teaching Advanced Students:
Reading Instruction for the Advanced
Classroom, 3-6; Reading Log Copymaster,
12; Metacognitive Strategies, 16-19
Daily Language Activities: Critical Reading
Section, 24 transparencies
Workshop Resources—Writing, Listening, and
Speaking: Presenting a Literary Response,
44-49
2 Expanding Vocabulary (Ongoing)
Daily Language Activities: Vocabulary Section,
50 transparencies; Analogy Section, 25
transparencies
Vocabulary Development: “from Beowulf,” 1
TE: Handbook of Literary and Historical
Terms, 1411-1434; Anglo-Saxon words
and affixes, 53; Semantic maps, 206;
Context clues, 108
Powernotes: Handbook to Literary Terms
Resources for Teaching Advanced Students:
“Handbook of Literary Concepts, ” 229240; “Handbook of Rhetorical Concepts,”
241-243; “Word Banks,” 248
Brozo in CLSD for the LCC Vocabulary
Cards, 26; Vocabulary Self-Awareness,
27; Word Grid, 28
Holt MindPoint® Quiz Show CD for
vocabulary practice in game format
Black Line
Masters
Holt Elements of
Language
Reader’s
Handbook
Supplementary Materials
See Blackboard,
“Reading: SSR” for
BLMs of reading
logs and other SSR
documents;
Skills Index, 1
Reading Skills and Strategies,
15-16
Reading Process, 588-589
Reading Log, 1033
Reading Process,
36-43
Reading Actively,
49-52
http://www.angelfire.com/ok/freshengl
ish/bookreportideas.html “91 Ways to
Respond Literature”
Gallagher, Kelly. Deeper Reading.
(Stenhouse, 2004). An incredible
resource for reading strategies
Transparencies: Your
Reading Process, 1-4
Pilgreen, Janice L. The SSR
Handbook: How to Organize and
Manage a Sustained Silent Reading
Program. (Boyton/Cook, 2000).
Literary Vocabulary
Card, 11
Vocabulary Card,
48
Vocabulary SelfAwareness Chart, 59
Vocabulary Chart,
71
Vocabulary Strategies, 600,
639, 681,724,768, 816, 873,
915, 959, 960, 963,10391048,1077-1078, 1117
Word Choice, 639, 724, 1117
Related Word Forms, 10431046
Analogous Statements, 916,
960, 963, 1040, 1077-1078
Holt Professional Learning
for Language Arts: Effective
Vocabulary Instruction
Six Traits: Word Choice, 1113, 104-105
Word Sharp: Context Clues:
Synonym, Antonym,
Contrast, Comparison,
Example, Restatement; Word
Structure: Prefixes, Latin
Roots, Greek and Anglo-
1
Improving
Vocabulary, 659
Word Families,
676
Word Roots, 762
Steineke, Nancy. Reading and Writing
Together: Collaborative Literacy in
Action. ( Heinemann, 2002)
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/
lesson_view.asp?id=20 “Using a Word
Journal to Create a Personal
Dictionary”
http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_
images/lesson20/powerpoint.pdf link
to handout on Powerpoint from above
lesson
http://www.mw.com/info/new_words.htm Merriam
Webster’s Online Dictionary to
identify new words
Allen, Janet. Inside Words.
(Stenhouse, 2007). Practical strategies
for teaching vocabulary.
LPSS – updated Summer 2009
English IV---Unit 1: Anglo-Saxon Period
Elements of Literature
Black Line
Masters
Holt Elements of
Language
Reader’s
Handbook
Supplementary Materials
Saxon Roots, Suffixes
Vocabulary Workshop:
Making New Words Your
Own,1ff.; Connecting New
Words and Patterns, 123ff.;
Reading New Words in
Context, 141ff.; Vocabulary
Words, 233-234
Writing Strategies &
Applications, 17-18.
Informal Writing to Learn:
Reading Logs, 1033;
Prewriting Techniques, 11111114; Types, 1072. Formal
Writing to Learn: Research
Report, 629, 818-856;
Comparison / Contrast , 683704; Causal Analysis, 726746.
3 Writing to Connect (Ongoing)
TE: Writer’s Handbook, 1383-1394
Powernotes: Collection 1, Quickwrites, slides
5, 7-10
Brozo in CLSD for the LCC: Questioning the
Author (QtA), 12
Connect to
Reading, 41
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/
lesson_view.asp?id=902 “Draft
letters,” for students to think critically
about major writing assignments.
Students write letters of reflection to
share with a peer before completing
the final draft.
Teaching Strategies for
English Language Learners,
Ch. 21, 23, 24
Writing Notes DVD
Think as a Writer:
Interactive Writing Worktext,
Ch. 21, 23, 24
4 Developing Grammar and Language Skills
(Ongoing)
Daily Language Activities: Proofreading
Warmups Section, 27 transparencies; Sentence
Combining Section, 15 transparencies
Resources for Teaching Advanced Students:
Elements of
Grammar and Style
Guide,
2-3
Grammar, 48-149
Usage, 150-339, 472-495
Mechanics, 340-471, 496-507
Commas, 379-399, 403, 412413, 1126
Diction, 616-617, 658, 890,
935
2
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/
lesson_view.asp?id=1091 “Analyzing
Grammar Pet Peeves”
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/
lesson_view.asp?id=950 “What’s My
Subject? A Subject-Verb Agreement
Minilesson”
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English IV---Unit 1: Anglo-Saxon Period
Elements of Literature
Black Line
Masters
“Handbook of Grammatical Concepts, ” 244247
Powernotes: Collection 1 , Proofreading
Warmups, 12 slides
TE: Language Handbook, 1435-1472
5 The Anglo-Saxon Culture: The People and
Holt Elements of
Language
Reader’s
Handbook
Quotation Marks, 373, 411417, 786-788, 842, 851-854,
1139
Parallel Structure, 518-521,
703, 1137
Passive/Active Voice, 257269, 978-979
Sentence Clarity, 510-529
Sentence Combining, 530543
Style, 544-555, 742-743
Research Rubric, 4
Grammar Notes DVD,
Lesson 11 (passive/active
voice), Lesson 30 (strong
verbs)
Holt Professional Learning
for Language Arts: Teaching
Grammar in Context
Transparencies:
Proofreading Warmups,
Sentence Combining
Six Traits: Sentence Fluency,
14, 106-112; Conventions,
17,113-118
Thinking as a Writer:
Interactive Grammar
Worktext: Sections 1, 2, 3
Grammar, Usage,
Mechanics:
Language Skills Practice, Ch.
1-14, 16
Developmental Language
Skills: Ch. 1-14, 16
Preparing for the SAT and
ACT
Historical Research , 629
3
Supplementary Materials
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/
lesson_view.asp?id=1124 And I
Quote: A Punctuation Proofreading
Minilesson
http://library.uta.edu/tutorials/Plagiaris
m/as.swf an online tutorial on
avoiding plagiarism by acknowledging
sources
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/reso
urce/677/01/
Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab)
http://content1.docstoc.com/flash/Usin
g%20Quotations.swf Flash-based
overview of quotations
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/
lesson_view.asp?id=248
“Manipulating Sentences to Reinforce
Grammar”
Anderson, Jeff. Mechanically Inclined.
(Stenhouse, 2005). Using mentor texts
to integrate grammar into the writing
workshop.
http://www.collegeboard.org Students
can sign up to have a daily SAT
question delivered to their emailboxes. Other invaluable resources
for college are available here.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/gram
mar/
student guide to grammar and writing
http://www.testprepreview.com/ free
practice tests for ACT, SAT, MCAT,
LSAT, etc.
http://www.actstudent.org/sampletest/i
ndex.html for ACT preparation
Reading a
http://www.owl.english.purdue.edu/ow
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Elements of Literature
the Times
Black Line
Masters
MLA Style Guide,
22-23
TE: Historical Intro., 1-17; “Life in 999: A
Grim Struggle”
The Holt Reader: “The Anglo-Saxons:
449–1066,” 3
Holt Adapted Reader: Adapted
Reading (with apparatus), 2
Graphic Organizer: Kings and Queens of
England, 7
Holt Reading Solutions: Lesson Plans,
29; Adapted Reading, 295
Holt Assessment: Literature, etc.:
“Literary Period Introduction Test,” 17
Holt Assessment—Writing, Listening, and
Speaking: “Writing: Reporting Literary
Research,” scale and rubric 36; “Speaking:
Presenting Literary Research,” scale 40
PowerNotes : Collection 1, Historical
Introduction; Audio/Video, “Songs of
Ancient Heroes”
Visual Connection: Segment 1, “English: A
Living Language, Part 1” with guide
pages 5-11; Segment 2, “Tribal Legacy”
with guide pages 12-18
Holt Elements of
Language
Reader’s
Handbook
Literary Research, 818—856
Film Research, 856-861
Library, Media Center,
Internet, 1018-1028; 1104
Website, 513-527
Doing Research,
691-712
Drawing
Conclusions, 47,
221
Reading on the
Internet, 510-537
Writing and Research in a
Digital Age DVD, 15 lessons
Think as a Writer:
Interactive Writing Worktext,
Ch. 26
Teaching Strategies for
English Language Learners,
Ch. 26
6 Anglo-Saxon Riddles
Riddle Rubric, 5
Writing to Learn, 1072
7 Beowulf and the Epic Across Time
Epic Venn Diagram,
6
Characterization, 632-638
Compare/Contrast Accounts,
4
Focus on Poetry,
387-443
Supplementary Materials
l/resource/557/01/ MLA format
http://www.citationmaching.com
develops bibliographic entries
http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/aplus/
a site for high school and college
students on how to research
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson
_plan.asp?id=410 “The Beauty of
Anglo-Saxon Poetry: A Prelude to
Beowulf”—basic literary devices and
introduction to riddles
http://www2.kenyon.edu/AngloSaxon
Riddles/texts.htm links to 61 riddles
from the Exeter Book
http://faculty.virginia.edu/OldEnglish/
Beowulf.Readings/Beowulf.Readings.
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English IV---Unit 1: Anglo-Saxon Period
Elements of Literature
TE: 18-53; Epics: Stories on a Grand Scale, 5455; Epic Conventions, 81; “Beowulf,” 18-48;
“The Monster Grendel,” 21; “The Arrival of
the Hero,” 24; “Unferth’s Challenge,” 26;
“The Battle with Grendel,” 31; “The
Monster’s Mother,” 36; “from Grendel,” 39;
“Life in 999: A Grim Struggle,” 40; “The
Final Battle,” 43; “The Fury of the
Northmen,” 49
Resources for Teaching Advanced Students: 57
The Holt Reader: “The Battle with Grendel,
from Beowulf,” 10
Holt Adapted Reader: Adapted Reading (with
apparatus): “The Battle with Grendel, from
Beowulf,” 8; Graphic Organizer: Epic
Hero, 16
Holt Reading Solutions: Lesson Plans “Part
One,” 31; “The Battle with Grendel, from
Beowulf,” 300; Vocabulary and
Comprehension (copying master), 35;
Additional Vocabulary Practice (copying
master), 36
Powernotes: Collection 1, “Beowulf”
Audio CD Library, disc 1
Vocabulary Development, 1
Fine Art Transparencies: Transparency 1;
Teaching Notes, etc. 2
8 The Heroic Tradition
TE: Ongoing reading, see Act. # 7
Black Line
Masters
Holt Elements of
Language
683-704
Main Idea, 677
Generalization/Inference,
1030-1031
Graphic Organizers. 11051107
Think as a Writer: Interactive
Writing WorkText, Ch. 23,
33-36
Problem/Solution Structure,
949-989, 1032-1033
Think as a Writer:
Interactive Writing Worktext,
Ch. 29
Teaching Strategies for
English Language Learners,
Ch. 29
5
Reader’s
Handbook
Supplementary Materials
html audio of Beowulf in Old English
http://homepage.mac.com/mseffie/assi
gnments/beowulf/beocat.html very
funny parody of a fragment of
Beowulf, called “Beocat,” complete
with alliteration, kennings, and fourbeat line
http://homepage.mac.com/mseffie/assi
gnments/beowulf/beowulfshrinklit.htm
l Maurice Sagoff’s Beowulf Shrinklit
http://www.victorianweb.org/genre/epi
c2.html “Notes on Heroic Poetry: The
Primary and the Secondary Epic”
offers general characteristics of the
epic, epic style, and the epic hero and
distinguishes between the folk epic
and the literary epic.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmas
ters/education/lesson4_overview.html
activities one and two may be useful
for general discussion of the hero,
good/evil, and connection to modern
myth
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/
lesson_view.asp?id=1152 “Preparing
for the Journey: An Introduction to the
Hero Myth”
http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_
images/lesson784/characteristicslist.pdf a word list for describing the
hero, part of a larger lesson on the
hero, available at:
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/
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English IV---Unit 1: Anglo-Saxon Period
Elements of Literature
Black Line
Masters
Holt Elements of
Language
Reader’s
Handbook
lesson_view.asp?id=784 “Heroes are
Made of This: Studying the Character
of Heroes
Six Traits: Organization,
4,99-102
Writing Notes DVD: Writing
Modes Lesson – Problem
Solution Proposal
9 Undercutting the Heroic Ideal: Grendel and
Other Monsters
TE: Ongoing reading, see Act. # 7
Brozo in CLSD for the LCC: “SQPL (Student
Questions for Purposeful Learning),” 22
Monster Essay
Rubric, 7
Descriptive Essay, 1110
Purpose, 589, 602-603, 641,
688, 771, 821, 877, 918, 942
Writing Process, 588-589,
610, 614, 618-619, 736
Outlining, 830-831, 1071,
1108-1109
Transparencies: Your
Writing Process
Six Traits: Rubrics, Support
Materials, Worksheets, 71-92
Holt Professional Learning
for Language Arts : Teaching
Students to Revise Not to
Recopy
Writing Notes DVD:
Prewriting, Process,
Exposition
10 The Embracing of Contraries
TE: Ongoing reading, see Act. # 7
Brozo in CLSD for the LCC: “Split-Page
Notetaking,” 20
Contraries Chart, 8;
Literary Analysis
Rubric, 9
Writing Literary Analysis,
755-802
6
Supplementary Materials
http://www.time.com/time/time100/her
oes/index.html “Heroes and Icons” of
the last 100 years from Time magazine
Central Idea, 716717
Focus on Theme,
345-350, 384,
306, 340
www.classrooms.tacoma.k12.wa.us/so
ta/mhenningsen/documents/archetype1
.doc excellent notes on archetypes and
the Hero’s Journey (access this from
home, as LPSS has it blocked)
TE: Reteaching Archetype, 1361S-T
See mini-lesson in Act. #4, page 9-10:
strong verbs
LPSS – updated Summer 2009
English IV---Unit 1: Anglo-Saxon Period
Elements of Literature
Black Line
Masters
Holt Elements of
Language
Reader’s
Handbook
Supplementary Materials
Focus on Poetry,
387-443
http://homepage.mac.com/mseffie/assi
gnments/beowulf/kennings.html
kenning exercise
Reading a
Website, 513-527
Doing Research,
691-712
Drawing
Conclusions, 47,
221
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/he
ro.html a list of links on the hero’s
journey
http://taliessin.org/Archetypes.doc
discussion of archetypes, with
emphasis on Hero’s Journey
http://www.yourheroicjourney.com/Jo
urney.shtml
Writing Notes DVD:
Comparison/Contrast of
Nonfiction, Analysis of a
Novel
Think as a Writer:
Interactive Writing Worktext,
Ch. 25
Teaching Strategies for
English Language Learners,
Ch. 25
11 Early Literary Devices
TE: Literary Focus, “Alliteration and
Kennings,” 51-52; Ongoing reading, see Act.
#7
Brozo in CLSD for the LCC: “Vocabulary
Cards,” 26
12 The Quest in Beowulf and Across the
Centuries
TE: Ongoing reading, see Act. # 7
Anglo-Saxon
Literary Devices,
10
Literary Vocabulary
Cards, 11
Figurative Language, 649,
1041
Word Sharp: Literal and
Figurative Meanings
Researching on the Net, 711,
823-824, 834, 1026-1028
Using the Library ,823, 10181028
Citing Sources, 774-775, 824825, 842-849
Teaching Strategies for
English Language Learners,
Ch. 26
Think as a Writer:
Interactive Writing Worktext,
Ch. 26
Writing and Researching in a
Digital Age DVD
13 Beowulf: A Reflection of the Ideal Anglo-
Writing to Learn, 1072
7
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English IV---Unit 1: Anglo-Saxon Period
Elements of Literature
Saxon Warrior
TE: Ongoing reading, see Act. # 7
Holt Assessment: Literature, Reading, and
Vocabulary, “from Beowulf, Part One”;
“from Grendel”; “Life in 999: A Grim
Struggle”; “from Beowulf, Part Two”; 19
14 The Elegiac Tradition
TE: “The Seafarer,” 87-91; “The Wife’s
Lament,” 92-93; Review, 94
Resources for Teaching Advanced Students:
Analyzing Tone, 24-29
Black Line
Masters
Holt Elements of
Language
Reader’s
Handbook
Reading Log, 1033
Tone, 603, 874, 1117
8
Tone, 385, 396,
405
Conclusions, 47,
221
Supplementary Materials