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Curriculum Map
Course Title: English 9
Quarter: 2
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Essential Questions for this Quarter:
1. How does expanding my vocabulary affect my ability to comprehend both written and oral communication? 2. How does reading the personal
experiences of others improve my understanding of history, culture, and myself? 3. How can the use of standard English in both my written and
oral communication impact me personally? 4. Why do sources of historical narratives matter? 5. How do I question text to deepen my own
understanding of my reading? 6. How does an author tell his or her story to us?
Unit/Time Frame
Unit 3 Reading
Nonfiction – Night by
Elie Wiesel “Finding
the Next Day after
Night”
4 Weeks
Unit 4 Literary NonFiction Selections
“Ideas Made Visible”
4 Weeks
“In the News” –
Nonfiction Reading
Weekly
Vocabulary
Weekly
 Roots
 Words
Unit 3A Parts of a
Standards
CC9 RI.1 (9.2.8)
CC9 RI.2 (9.5.3)
CC9 RI.2a, b, c
CC9 RI.3 (9.2.7)
CC9 RI.4 (9.1.2)
CC9 RI.5 (9.2.1)
(9.2.6)
CC9 RI.7
CC9 RI.9
Content
Reading:
Support claims with
evidence
Narration and point of view
Genre and themes, both
universal and central idea
Memoir
9.3.7
CC9 RL.1
CC9 RL.4 (9.3.11)
CC9 RL.6
CC9 RL.7
CC9 W.2 (9.4.3)
(9.5.3)
CC9 W.4 (9.4.2)
(9.5.8)
CC9 W.5 (9.4.10)
(9.4.11) (9.4.12)
CC9 W.6 (9.2.5)
CC9 W.10 (9.5.8)
Historical significance
Diction, mood, and tone
Plot and setting; time and
sequence
Figurative & Literal
interpretations
Ironies
Connotative vs. Denotative
meanings
Skills
Assessment
1. Summarize
events in a
story.
1. Written responses
2. Connect story
events in
history.
3.
4.
3. Form
inferences and
make
predictions
about
character
decisions;
draw
conclusions
using this
information.
4. Provide
specific
examples to
support
themes.
2.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
to reading
Quizzes on
comprehension
Unit exam
Classroom &
online discussion
Study guides
Choice of projects
Non-Fiction
Analysis sheet
In-class writings
Weekly quizzes
Resources
1. Novella, Night
by Elie Wiesel
2. McDougal-Littel
text – IN 9th
3. McDougal-Littel
Grammar for
Writing
4. Excerpt from
“Light from the
Yellow Star”
(text)
5. The Holocaust
A Reader
6. Write Source
Grammar
Workbook
7. Study Guides
8. English 9
Vocabulary
Workbook
9. Moodle Online
grammar and
vocabulary
lessons
10.Excerpts from
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Sentence
CC9 SL.1
CC9 SL.2
Unit 4A Words Most
Often Confused
CC9 L.2 (9.6.1)
(9.6.3)
CC9 L.3 (9.6.4)
CC9 L.4 (9.1.2)
Symbolism, metaphor,
simile, hyperbole
Voice
Foreshadowing and
flashback
Conflicts
5. Identify and
analyze
propaganda
techniques
6. Identify
foreshadowing
Punctuation Review
Imagery
Dialogue
7. Identify
imagery,
symbols, and
symbolism
Writing:
Writing for different
audiences and purposes
Complete sentences
Clear topics and paragraph
transitions
Use of standard English
Drafting and editing
Use of punctuation
8. Evaluate
media sources
for credibility
9. Determine the
meanings of
new
vocabulary
words by using
the context
clues in the
sentence and
the
paragraphs.
10. Formulate the
responses to a
variety of
questions
11. Identify the
author’s
purpose for
writing the
story.
Genocide in Darfur,
Sudan
11. “On Wiesel’s
Night” by Thomas
E. Thorton
12.“A Prayer for
The Days of Awe”
by
Elie Wiesel
13.“Hope, Despair,
and Memory” Elie
Wiesel’s Nobel Prize
acceptance speech
14.Various Holocaust
Poetry
15.Video- Band of
Brothers, Episode 9
“Why We Fight”
16. Virtual tours of
Auschwitz &
Birkenau
@ remember.org
17. Other video
selections
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12. Work
collaboratively
on group
activities
related to the
readings.
13. Recognize
parallels
between text
and personal
experience.
14. Identify words
using
etymology.
15. Identify point
of view.
16. Identify voice
and its effect
on the mood
and tone.
17. Research
related topics
18. Create a
literary
research
project that
synthesizes
and cites data
using
information
and
technology.
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19. Define and
identify
primary and
secondary
sources.
20. Write a Works
Cited page.