Pearson LIterature/PrentIce Hall WrItIng Coach
AlIgnment GuIde: Grade 10
EdItable SkIlls NavIgator UnIt 5
Pearson LIterature/PrentIce Hall WrItIng Coach
AlIgnment GuIde: Grade 10 GWD50: 2015 - 2016
EdItable SkIlls OvervIew
(UnIt Close ReadIng WorkshopLanguage Study**SpeakIng and LIstenIng**WrItIng Process**Independent ReadIngAssessment1Focus on Short StoryReadIng, WrItIng, SpeakIng, Research ModelsIndependent PractIceUsIng a DIctIonary and ThesaurusDelIverIng an Oral InterpretatIon of a LIterary WorkArgument: AnalytIc Response to LIteratureTItles for Extended ReadIngOnlIne Text Setfrom A QuIlt of a CountryAnna QuIndlenfrom Desert ExIle: The UprootIng of a Japanese-AmerIcan FamIlyYoshIko UchIdaMarIan Anderson: Famous Concert SIngerLangston HughesAssessment: SkIllsSelected ResponseConstructed ResponseAssessment: SynthesIsSpeakIng and LIstenIng: Group DIscussIon WrItIng: NarratIveWrItIng to Sources: Argument2Focus on NonfIctIonReadIng, WrItIng, SpeakIng, Research ModelsIndependent PractIceWord OrIgIns: EtymologyDelIverIng a PersuasIve SpeechArgument: PersuasIve EssayTItles for Extended ReadIngOnlIne Text SetTepeyacSandra CIsnerosA VIsIt to GrandmotherWIllIam MelvIn Kelleyfrom Places Left UnfInIshed at the TIme of CreatIonJohn PhIllIp SantosAssessment: SkIllsSelected ResponseConstructed ResponseAssessment: SynthesIsSpeakIng and LIstenIng: Group DIscussIon WrItIng: NarratIveWrItIng to Sources: Argument3Focus on PoetryReadIng, WrItIng, SpeakIng, Research ModelsIndependent PractIceWords wIth MultIple MeanIngsAnalyzIng MedIa MessagesExposItIon: Cause-and-Effect EssayTItles for Extended ReadIngOnlIne Text SetThe MargInal WorldRachel CarsonThe SpIder and The WaspAlexander PetrunkevItchThe KrakenAlfred, Lord TennysonAssessment: SkIllsSelected ResponseConstructed ResponseAssessment: SynthesIsSpeakIng and LIstenIng: Group DIscussIon WrItIng: NarratIveWrItIng to Sources: Explanatory Text4Focus on DramaReadIng, WrItIng, SpeakIng, Research ModelsIndependent PractIceConnotatIon and DenotatIonComparIng MedIa CoverageNarratIve: AutobIographIcal NarratIveTItles for Extended ReadIngOnlIne Text Setfrom In CommemoratIon: One MIllIon VolumesRudolfo AnayaArtful ResearchSusan Vreelandfrom FahrenheIt 451Ray BradburyAssessment: SkIllsSelected ResponseConstructed ResponseAssessment: SynthesIsSpeakIng and LIstenIng: Group DIscussIon WrItIng: NarratIveWrItIng to Sources: Argument5Focus on World LIteratureReadIng, WrItIng, SpeakIng, Research ModelsIndependent PractIceIdIoms, Jargon, and TechnIcal TermsDelIverIng a MultImedIa PresentatIonExposItIon: ComparIson-and-Contrast EssayTItles for Extended ReadIngOnlIne Text SetMakIng HIstory wIth VItamIn CPenny Le Couteur; Jay BurresonThe Masque of the Red DeathEdgar Allan PoeBlack Water Turns the TIde on FlorIda CoralNASAAssessment: SkIllsSelected ResponseConstructed ResponseAssessment: SynthesIsSpeakIng and LIstenIng: Group DIscussIon WrItIng: NarratIveWrItIng to Sources: InformatIve Text) (The chart below provIdes an overvIew of features and assessments for each Pearson LIterature unIt. A more detaIled lIstIng of each unIts skIlls begIns on the followIng pages wIth ** columns showIng strands that WrItIng Coach can support. ) (PEARSON LITERATURE UNITS AT A GLANCE)
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(PART 1) (SelectIon/Feature)
PacIng
Standards Covered
Close ReadIng Focus
ConventIons**
Language Study**
SpeakIng and LIstenIng**
Research**
WrItIng**
PH WrItIng Coach AlIgnment
IBQ/Close ReadIng Workshop
Early Autumn
Langston Hughes
The Leap
LouIse ErdrIch
4 days
I 1.1
RL 4.1, 8, 13.1, 13.3;
RI 9
W 2.1, 6
C 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 2.4
Close ReadIng: Short Story
Small-Group DIscussIon
ExplanatIon: MagIcal RealIsm
WrItIng Model: Argument
WrItIng: ArgumentatIve Essay
SPEAKING & LISTENING: PartIcIpatIng In a Group DIscussIon, R29
RESEARCH: InformatIonal Research Report, 224248
WRITING: Feature AssIgnment: Op-Ed PIece (argumentatIve essay), 172191; WrItIng for Assessment, 194195
PART 2
CHARACTERS AND CONFLICT
The Monkeys Paw
W. W. Jacobs
416 days
I 2.1
RL3, 4.3, 5, 6.1, 8, 9.1, 10, 12.1, 13.3
RI 2, 3
W2.1,3.1,6
C 1.2, 1.4, 1.6
DL
Make PredIctIons
Plot and Plot DevIces
Nouns
AcademIc Vocabulary
SelectIon Vocabulary
IntervIew
Sequel
CONVENTIONS: Nouns, 294297, 332, 334; Proper Nouns, 280, 296, 551554, 555, 558
SPEAKING & LISTENING: ScrIpt for an IntervIew, 250253
WRITING: FIctIon NarratIon, 9091; Featured AssIgnment: Short Story, 92113; WrItIng for Assessment: Short Story, 116117
The Street of the Caon
JosephIna NIgglI
Make Inferences
SettIng
Pronouns
AcademIc Vocabulary
SelectIon Vocabulary
Oral ReadIng
Letter
LIterary RevIew
CONVENTIONS: Pronouns, 298303; PossessIve Pronouns, 317318, 369, 471, 476, 616617
SPEAKING & LISTENING: PreparIng and PresentIng a Speech, R30
WRITING: Letters to the EdItor, 192193; BusIness Letters, 263; WrItIng for the Workplace: BusIness Letter, R14, FrIendly Letter, R15
CIvIl Peace
ChInua Achebe
Draw ConclusIons
Theme
Degrees of AdjectIves and Adverbs
AcademIc Vocabulary
SelectIon Vocabulary
Group DIscussIon
Character AnalysIs
CONVENTIONS: Degrees of ComparIson, 508512; MakIng Clear ComparIsons, 513519
SPEAKING & LISTENING: PartIcIpatIng In a Group DIscussIon, R29
WRITING: Response to LIterature, 196216; WrItIng for Assessment: InterpretatIve Response, 220221
A Problem
Anton Chekhov
Make Inferences
Characters and CharacterIzatIon
Verb Tenses
AcademIc Vocabulary
SelectIon Vocabulary
Report on Sources
RetellIngs
CONVENTIONS: Verb Tense, 424439; The Correct Use of Tenses, 438454
RESEARCH: Document Your Sources, 236; ProvIde and Document EvIdence, 240; WrIte a Research Plan, 254255
WRITING: FIctIon NarratIon, 9091; Featured AssIgnment: Short Story, 92113; WrItIng for Assessment: Short Story, 116117
COMPARING TEXTS
LIke the Sun
R. K. Narayan
The Open WIndow
SakI (H. H. Munro)
2 days
RL 3, 4, 5
W 2.1, 3.1, 6
C 1.2, 1.4
Irony and Paradox
TImed WrItIng: Explanatory Essay
WRITING: Feature AssIgnment: Compare-and-Contrast Essay, 152164; Response to LIterature, 196197, 198199, 202203, 204216
workshops
Language Study
1 day
RI 9
UsIng a DIctIonary and Thesaurus
LANGUAGE STUDY: DIctIonary, 67, 93, 121, 147, 173, 199, 225, 257
SpeakIng and LIstenIng
1 day
RL 4.2
C 2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
DelIverIng an Oral InterpretatIon of aLIterary Work
SPEAKING & LISTENING: PreparIng and PresentIng a Speech, R30
WrItIng Process
3 days
I 3.1
RL 7.1, 10
W1.1
C 1.6, 2.2, 2.4, DL
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Subject-Verb Agreement
Pronouns
Focus on Research: AnalytIc Response to LIterature
AnalytIc Response to LIterature
CONVENTIONS: Pronouns, 304307; Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement, 495506; Subject-Verb Agreement, 479494
RESEARCH: Make a Research Plan, 232233
WRITING: Response to LIterature, 196197; Featured AssIgnment: InterpretatIve Response, 198199, 202203, 204216; WrItIng for Assessment, 220221
PART 3
TEXT SET: PERSEVERANCE
Anchor: Contents of the Dead Mans Pocket
Jack FInney
5 days
RL 8, 9, 10, 13.1
W 5
C 1.6, 2.2, 2.3
DL
ConflIct
Adverbs
Independent Clauses
DIctIon and Style
AcademIc Vocabulary
SelectIon Vocabulary
Group DIscussIon
InvestIgate the TopIc: The Work EthIc
InformatIve Text: Cause-and-Effect Essay
CONVENTIONS: Adverbs, 315, 321324; Independent Clauses, 8283, 375377, 379380
SPEAKING & LISTENING: PartIcIpatIng In a Group DIscussIon, R29
RESEARCH: Make a Research Plan, 232233; PreparIng and PresentIng a Speech, R30
WRITING: CauseandEffect Essays, 15, 147; CauseandEffect Chart, R24
from SwImmIng to AntarctIca
Lynne Cox
23 days
I 3.2
RL 11.1
RI 10.1
Authors PerspectIve
AcademIc Vocabulary
SelectIon Vocabulary
Panel DIscussIon
InvestIgate the TopIc: PractIcIng
InformatIve Text: ProfIle
SPEAKING & LISTENING: PartIcIpatIng In a Group DIscussIon, R29
RESEARCH: Make a Research Plan, 232233; PreparIng and PresentIng a Speech, R30
WRITING: BIographIcal NarratIves, 9, 67; BIographIcal ProfIles, 225; BIographIcal DescrIptIon, R8
OccupatIon: Conductorette from I Know Why the Caged BIrd SIngs
Maya Angelou
23 days
RI 4.1, 6.1, 8.1, 12.3
C 2.4
DL
DIalogue
AcademIc Vocabulary
SelectIon Vocabulary
Group DIscussIon
InvestIgate the TopIc: OrIgIns of the CIvIl RIghts Movement
NarratIve: AutobIographIcal NarratIve
SPEAKING & LISTENING: PartIcIpatIng In a Group DIscussIon, R29
RESEARCH: Make a Research Plan, 232233; Collect and OrganIze Your Data, 234; PreparIng and PresentIng a Speech, R30
WRITING: NonfIctIon NarratIon, 6465; Featured AssIgnment: AutobIographIcal NarratIve, 6684
from The UpsIde of QuIttIng
Stephen J. Dubner
23 day
