CLASS: World Literature II - Grade 10
September
CONTENT
SKILLS
ASSESSMENT
~ Life's Ultimate
Questions
~ Christian World View
~ The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn
~Claim, Quote,
Explanation format
(CQE)
~Emphasis on and
reinforcement of active
reading
~ Review ultimate
questions and ultimate
subjects and analyze
Huck Finn using them.
~ compare and contrast
the Christian World view
with the view of Mark
Twain.
~Actively read Huck
Finn.
~ Incorporate CQE's
correctly
~Identify characteristics
of romantic era and apply
them to future study of
romantic and Victorian
literature
~ Active reading grades
~ Worksheet communicate knowledge
of Ultimate Questions
~Construct persuasive
essay with CQE's
~ Quizzes and test on
Mark Twain's world
views
~ Group project on
Ultimate Questions
CURRICULUM MAP
SOURCES: Primary Sources and How to Read a Book
October
November
December
January
~ How to Read a Book
~ Frankenstein
~ Persuasive Essays
~Run-on sentences and
building more vivid
sentences.
~Story Mapping
~ Finish Frankenstein
~ Begin Poetry Unit
- mechanics
- themes
- writing
- types of poetry
~Verbals
~Finish Poetry Unit
- mechanics
- themes
- writing
- types of poetry
~Silas Marner
~Compare/Contrast essay
~ Prioritize and
communicate major
concepts of How to Read
a Book.
~ Discuss importance of
world views in books.
~ Actively read
Frankenstein
~ Incorporate CQE's
~Identify characteristics
of Victorian era.
~Recognize editing
techniques
~Develop more involved
sentences in writing
~ Recognize and Correct
run-on sentences
~Know and apply story
map definitions
~ Active reading grades
~ Worksheets on How to
Read a Book
~Construct persuasive
essay - benefits of active
reading
~ Reading Quizzes
~Test on writing good
sentences
~ Peer editing grades
~Discuss and write about
author's world view and
answers to life's ultimate
questions
~ Discuss the effect of an
author's life on his world
view.
~Introduce verbals and
clauses as a way to
develop longer, more
polished sentences.
~ Analyze poetry for
identification of rhyme
and meter.
~ Design a poetry
notebook incorporating a
variety of poetic styles.
~ Read a variety of
poems by different
authors
~Perform poetry for class
and analyze poem of
author
~ Apply poetic terms to
the poetry read in class.
~ Actively read Silas
Marner.
~ Apply characteristics of
Victorian Era to Silas
Marner.
~ Compare/ contrast Silas
Marner's view of society
and religion with the
proper Biblical view.
~ Active reading grades
~ Story maps
~ Draw and share drawing
of Frankenstein
~ Worksheets on reading
~ Quizzes on definitions
and maps
~ Test on Frankenstein
and Short Story unit.
~ Poem Analyses
~Oral performance of
poetry
~ Quizzes on terms
~ Writing poetry
~ Poetry notebook
~ Active reading grades
(if applicable)
~Exam
~ Active reading grades
~ Reading Quizzes
~ Compare/Contrast essay
February
March
ASSESSMENT
May
June
~ Silas Marner
~Group discussions
~ A Tale of Two Cities
~ Research paper
~Verbals and clauses
~ A Tale of Two Cities
~ Research paper
- thesis
- major points
- introduction
- rough drafts
~ A Tale of Two Cities
~ Research paper
-body paragraph
- conclusion
- final draft
~ Research paper rewrites
~ Exam
~ Actively read Silas
Marner.
~ Collaborate on group
project on Silas Marner
~Illustrate an important
setting in Silas Marner
and recognize and explain
it's significance to the
novel.
~Orally report on and
defend views of Silas
Marner on ultimate
subjects
~Integrate knowledge of
Ultimate Subjects,
Ultimate Questions and
story map in discussion.
~Compose a thesis and
introductions on a variety
of topics.
~Organize practical work
on research paper.
- choosing a topic
- research
- note cards
- works cited
- outline
~ Actively read A Tale of
Two Cities
~Identify peer writing
mistakes.
~Recognize verbals and
clauses in sentences and
use them to improve
sentences in writing
~ Actively read A Tale of
Two Cities
~Frame major points and
thesis and write a thesis
~ Write draft of
introduction
~Produce major points
one and two of paper
~ Recognize major
themes of book and
develop them in a project
~Reframe characteristics
of Victorian and romantic
literature
~ Actively read A Tale of
Two Cities
~ Write final point and
conclusion of paper.
~ Edit their own paper.
~ Peer editing
~ Write final draft of
paper.
~ Rewrite paper for an
improvement grade
~ Demonstrate knowledge
of literature units and
terms covered during the
semester through group
discussions
~ Active Reading grades
~ Quizzes and worksheets
on Silas Marner
~Setting project
~Group quote project
~Group scored
discussion.
~Class Discussion of
Victorian literature
~Formative grades on
thesis and major points
~ Active reading grades
~ Library research project
~ Note card check
~ Works Cited check
~ Outline check
~ Peer editing
~ Worksheets and
paragraphs applying the
verbal and clause
information.
~ Quizzes and Test on
verbals and clauses
~ Active reading grades
~ Thesis grade
~ Rough draft grades
~ Peer editing grades
~ Theme project
~Construction paper
graffiti wall on Victorian
and romantic literature
~ Active reading grades
~ Rough draft
~ Research paper final
draft
~ Peer editing
~ Worksheets & quizzes
on A Tale of Two Cities
~ Literature Test on A
Tale of Two Cities
~Graded group discussion
for review.
~ Rewrite of research
paper
~ Exam
CONTENT
SKILLS
April