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CORE CURRICULUM MAP — ENGLISH 3 QUARTER 4 – UNIT 6
CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE
SUGGESTED LITERATURE CHOICES: ISHMAEL, A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT, THE THINGS THEY CARRIED, 1984
RECOMMENDED WRITING CHOICES: PERSUASION/RESEARCH, DEBATE
***SUGGESTED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL AND ASSESSMENTS ARE RECOMMENDED, NOT REQUIRED. NOVELS, AS WELL AS OTHER APPROPRIATE LITERARY SELECTIONS
AND MATERIALS, CAN BE USED TO MEET OBJECTIVES.***
Reading: Analysis of
Content and Structure
CONCEPT
Analyze
Literary
Elements and
Devices
ENG3.ACS3: Analyze
how plot elements
function to advance the
story and produce
internal conflicts for
characters. Explain how
plot developments
reflect social, cultural,
and historical conflicts.
[CBS], R1.2-2.6 (7)
Bloom’s Taxonomy:
Analysis
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INSTRUCTIONAL
MATERIAL
ALIGNMENT
OBJECTIVES
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ML “Ambush” (11361142)
ML “Adam” (11221130)
ASSESSMENT
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TEACHER REFLECTIONS
“Ambush” RM
Unit 6 (69)
“Adam” RM
Unit 6 (51)
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Connects
Themes
ENG3.ACS9: Compare
treatments of themes
across texts; connect
them to social, cultural,
and historical contexts.
[CBS] R1.2-4.5(7)
Bloom’s Taxonomy:
Analysis
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Writing: Writing Using
a Variety of Forms
Writing: Revision
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Revises
Writing
Writes About
a Topic/Hook
ENG3.R1: Select
language that provides
balanced and
thoughtful
representations of
others, avoiding
offensive language,
stereotypes or
exclusions, even in it
nuance.
[CBS] W3.2-4.5L (91)
Bloom’s Taxonomy:
Evaluation
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ENG3.WVF2: Choose
appropriate rhetorical
appeals to guide the
intended audience
through the
interpretation of the
text.
[CBS] W3.1-3.5L (89)
Bloom’s Taxonomy:
Evaluation
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ML “Stride Toward
Freedom” (1160-1165)
ML “Necessary to
Protect Ourselves”
(1166-1169)
ML “In Search of Our
Mother’s Gardens”
(1214-1220)
ML “Life for my Child
is Simple” (1230-1232)
ML “Primer for
Blacks” (1233-1234)
ML “Revising and
Editing” (1297-1298)
SLF W Lesson 8
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SLF W Lesson 40
ML “Why Soldiers
Won’t Talk” (11161118)
ML “The Death of the
Ball Turret Gunner”
(1119)
ML “Ballad of
Birmingham” (1156)
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“Stride Toward
Freedom/Necess
ary to Protect
Ourselves” RM
Unit (113)
“In Search of
Our Mother’s
Gardens” RM
Unit 6 (237)
“Life for my
Child is
Simple/Primer
for Blacks” RM
Unit 6 (275)
Research Paper
Persuasive
Essay/Speech
Debate
SLF W Lesson
40
“Why Soldiers
Won’t Talk/The
Death of the Ball
Turret Gunner”
RM Unit 6 (27,
29)
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Writes About
a Topic
ENG3.WVF5: Vary the
position of topic
sentences within
paragraphs, selecting
transition words and
phrases to signal
progression of ideas
within and between
paragraphs.
[CBS] W3.2-3.5A, W3.11.5L (89)
Bloom’s Taxonomy:
Evaluation
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ML “Letter from
Birmingham Jail”
(1144-1155)
WS Model Bank—
Persuasive Essay
WS Interactive Student
Models— “Cell Phone
Use in Cars: Hang up –
Don’t Bang up”
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Writes for a
Variety of
Purposes/
Restating
Writes for a
Variety of
Purposes/
Research
ENG3.WVF12: Evaluate
and analyze a variety of
primary and secondary
sources that present
different perspectives
on the interpretation of
the text.
[CBS] W2.1-2.5L (83)
Bloom’s Taxonomy:
Analysis, Evaluation
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ENG3.WVF13: Create a
focused research
composition with a
coherent and smooth
progression of ideas
which include:
supporting ideas,
explanations, examples
and facts from multiple
sources (which reflect
multiple perspectives),
and draw an effective
conclusion.
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ML “Survival in
Auschwitz” (11321135)
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ML “Research Paper”
(1284-1296)
WS Model Bank—
Report
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“Letter from
Birmingham
Jail” RM Unit 6
(89)
WS Interactive
Student
Models—
Persuasive
Essay—
Independent
Analysis— “Is
Your Dog the
Boss”
Persuasive
Essay/Speech
WS Graphic
Organizer—
Prewriting— Y
Notes
SLF RIT Lesson
11
Research Paper
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Reading: Vocabulary/Word
Identification Skills
Writing: Use Resources
[CBS] W3.1-1.5R (71),
W3.1-1.5A (53)
Bloom’s Taxonomy:
Synthesis
Citation
Comprehension
**(reference)
ENG3.UR3: Use
appropriate
incorporation and
citation of source
material to prepare
bibliographies and lists
of work cited, checking
against original source
for accuracy.
[CBS] W5.3-1.5 (123)
Bloom’s Taxonomy:
Application
ENG3.WIS6: Identifies
and selects appropriate
primary and secondary
sources such as
dictionaries, internet
sites, encyclopedias,
class notes, and uses
them with increased
efficiency to expand
and deepen the
understanding of texts.
[CBS] R4.3-4.5 (31)
W3.2-3.5L (91) W3.12.5R (71)
Bloom’s Taxonomy:
Comprehension,
Evaluation
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ML “Note-Taking and
Plagiarism” (12781280)
ML “Review MLA
Guidelines” (12991300)
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Research Paper
MLA Format
Works Cited
Page
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Research Paper
ML “Choosing the
Right Research Tools”
(1270-1277)
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ESSENTIAL
VOCABULARY
Unit 6 – Historical Context, Cultural Context, General Principle, Allusion, Rhetorical Devices, Elements of an Argument,
Contemporary Literature
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