10th Grade Curriculum Guide
Third Six Weeks
Theme:
Dreams - Lost and Found
Major Reading:
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck or
The Time Machine or War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells or
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela or
Walden Two by B.F. Skinner
***Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmund Rostand and/or
*** Anthem by Ayn Rand
(One of these novels must be read as the major reading unit.)
Reading Focus:
Short Story Selection
“The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant”
“Through the Tunnel”
Nonfiction Selections
“R.M.S. Titanic”
“Autobiography of Malcolm X”
“Into Thin Air”
Poetry Selections
“Sea Fever,” “We Real Cool,” “Ex-Basketball Player”
(These selections may be included as time allows, and others may be
substituted as long as they are thematically linked and grade appropriate.)
Reading Elements: point of view, tone, mood, theme, symbolism,
foreshadowing, irony (verbal, situational, dramatic),
character types and development, elements of plot, allusion
TEKS: 1A; 2A; 4D,G; 7A-C,E,G-H; 8A-B,D; 10A; 11C-F; 12A; 13C; 15B
Major Writing:
Research Paper: Complete the paper from the process begun in
second six weeks
Writing Focus:
Quick writes
Thesis (Parallelism) and support
Journal writing
Sentence structure and usage
Timed writing
Primary and secondary sources
Note taking
Documentation - MLA style
Transitions
Paraphrasing and quoting
Formal voice
Development and commentary
(These writing strategies are suggested process activities.)
TEKS: 1A-C; 2A-E; 4A-G; 5A-B
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Grammar Focus:
Embedding quotations
Proofing, editing and revision for spelling, punctuation,
capitalization, and usage
Faulty phrasing, misuse of conjunctions, fragments and
run-on sentences
Sentence types
Clauses
Barrett Kendall English supplemental material
TEKS: 3A-D
Word Study:
Vocabulary: multiple meanings, idioms, technical
vocabulary, prefixes, suffixes, roots, word origins
Vocabulary Workshop by Sadlier-Oxford
Words to Own in selections
Research terminology
Literary and poetic devices
*** Allusions
TEKS: 6A-F; 4A-G
Viewing and Representing:
Elements of Literature art transparencies and video clips
Video: Of Mice and Men ***Video: Cyrano de Bergerac
TEKS: 19A-B; 21A-C
Technology:
PowerPoint presentation of introductory material
Elements of Literature Internet Link (www.go.hrw.com)
Barrett Kendall English Internet Link(www.bkenglish.com)
Word processing
*** Internet Research for allusions and multimedia projects
*** Introduction to basic PowerPoint program
TEKS: 21B
Listening and Speaking:
Listening to CD ROM (HRW), class discussion, small
group activities, and presentation of work
Original radio production of War of the Worlds
***Audio Cassette of Cyrano de Bergerac
TEKS: 14A-B; 15A-C,E; 16A-F; 17A-E
Ancillary Materials:
***Honors
Supplemental Novels, Elements of Literature teacher kit,
Barrett Kendall English teacher kit