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Shannon Luster
10th grade Pre-AP English
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Course description; syllabus; expectations
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Teacher handouts
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Notebook set-up; book scavenger hunt
Teacher handouts
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Writing Diagnostic Test
Department Test
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Reading Diagnostic Test
ADAW Writing Prompt
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Parts of Speech: Review all parts of speech
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Parts of Speech: Label all words in a paragraph for its part of speech
Parts of Speech Handbook handout and
review
Teacher model; teacher-made worksheet
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Parts of Speech: Label all words in a paragraph for its part of speech
Teacher model; teacher-made worksheet
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Parts of Speech: Label all words in a paragraph for its part of speech
Teacher model; teacher-made worksheet
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Parts of Speech: Label all words in a paragraph for its part of speech
Teacher model; teacher-made worksheet
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Parts of Speech Test: Label all words in a paragraph for its part of speech
Singular, plural, and possessive noun charts; use the nouns in sentences
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Review singular, plural, and possessive nouns
Teacher model; teacher-made worksheet
Teacher-made graphic organizer; student
composed sentences
Teacher-made review worksheet
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Review singular, plural, and possessive nouns
Teacher-made review worksheet
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Noun Test
Teacher-made test
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Introduction to Native American literature
“The World on a Turtle’s Back”; classify the origin and creation myth and
support with cited passages form the myth
PowerPoint presentation
American Literature page 32
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Differentiate between implied and stated main idea; identify the main idea of
various passages
AHSGE Language Workbook pgs 36-38
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“Coyote and Buffalo”; determine sequence of events, details, and implied
theme
American Literature pg 42
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Brief review of Native American literature; introduction to the organization
of the narrative essay; dialogue and punctuation in the narrative essay
ADAW Workbook pg 9 and pg 27; teacher
model
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Narrative essay assignment: Write a myth in the style of the Native American
literature; in-class writing
In-class writing: Narrative Essay (Essay due on Friday)
Teacher assignment sheet with
requirements and rubric
Students write and conference with the
teacher
Review action and linking verbs; chart and compose sentences with the four
forms of the verb
Grammar and Composition Handbook pgs
80-83
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Review verb forms; define, identify, and label the first six tenses of the verb
Teacher-made worksheet to conjugate the
tenses
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Use the first six tenses of the verb in sentences
Student-composed sentences
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TURN IN FINAL DRAFT OF THE NARRATIVE ESSAY; Define, identify,
and label the progressive and emphatic tenses
Use the progressive and emphatic tenses in sentences
Teacher-made worksheet to conjugate the
tenses
Student-composed sentences
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Review all 14 tenses of the verb
Teacher-made review worksheet
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Differentiate between active and passive voice; correct sentences containing
passive voice
Writer’s Choice pg 600; Grammar
Workbook pages 208-209
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Review all verbs
Teacher-made review worksheet
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Verb Unit test
Introduction to the Puritanism movement of American literature; historical
and literary characteristics of William Bradford
Teacher-made test
PowerPoint presentations
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Read an excerpt from Of Plymouth Plantation; cite details which compare
and contrast the Puritan stated beliefs with the Puritan actions in the story
American Literature pg 98; Graphically
organize comparison/contrast details
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Define the literary analysis essay; define the parts of the MLA essay; direct
quotes, paraphrases, works cited; format
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research
Papers CH 5-6; teacher handout
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William Bradford analysis essay: Reveal how Puritan actions contradict
Puritan beliefs
Teacher handout and rubric
In-class writing
Students write at desks and conference
with teacher
Students conference with teacher
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In-class writing: (Final draft of the essay due Friday)
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Anne Bradstreet’s poetry: allusions, central meaning in “To My Dear and
Loving Husband” and “Upon the Burning of Our House”
American Literature pgs 110-114
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The Great Awakening Movement: Jonathan Edwards’s “Sinners in the Hands
of an Angry God”; personification, style, tone, author’s purpose
American Literature pg 118
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Develop a timeline of the transitions of Puritan writing; Puritanism test
review
Class lecture; students develop the timeline
with teacher guidance; review worksheet
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WILLIAM BRADFORD LITERARY ANALYSIS ESSAY DUE; Puritanism
test
Parts of the sentence: subjects, verbs, action verbs, and complements
Students turn-in final draft of essay;
teacher-made essay test
Teacher-made note sheet; teacher-made
worksheet
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Parts of the sentence: diagramming sentences with action verbs and
complements
Promethean board sentence diagramming
exercise and examples
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Parts of the sentence: subject, verb, linking verbs and complements
Teacher-made note sheet; teacher-made
worksheet
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Parts of the sentence: diagramming sentences with linking verbs and
complements
Promethean board sentence diagramming
exercise and examples
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Parts of the sentence: diagramming compound structures
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Review all parts of the sentence and sentence diagram structures
Promethean board sentence diagramming
exercise and examples
Teacher-made review worksheet
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Parts of the sentence diagramming test
Teacher-made test
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Determine and identify subject-verb agreement of basic sentences and
compound subjects
Grammar and Composition Handbook pgs
215-220
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Determine subject-verb agreement in collective nouns, fractions and nouns of
amount
Teacher-made note sheet and worksheet
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Determine subject-verb agreement in special subjects and indefinite pronouns
Review all subject-verb agreement rules
Grammar Workbook pgs 175-176
AHSGE Language Workbook pages 91-92
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Subject-verb agreement test
Teacher-made test
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Introduction to The Scarlet Letter: Nathaniel Hawthorne literary
characteristics
PowerPoint; teacher note sheet
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The Scarlet Letter webquest: Puritan punishment of sin; Salem Witch Trials;
natural pearl composition
Internet research with guided webquest
worksheet
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The Scarlet Letter Biblical allusion clarifications webquest: steps of Godly
redemption; stoning of adulteress; light imagery in the Bible; “Parable of the
Pearl”
The Scarlet Letter Chapters 1-2: symbolism; direct and indirect
characterization; conflict
*CH 3-4 Homework
Internet research with guided webquest
worksheet
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The Scarlet Letter review Chapters 3-4; read Chapters 5-6; biblical allusion,
symbolism, redemptive steps, draw conclusions
*CH 7-8 Homework
The Scarlet Letter pgs 52-65
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The Scarlet Letter review chapters 7-8; read chapters 9-10: metaphors, cause
and effect of change in characters
The Scarlet Letter pgs 79-92
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The Scarlet Letter Chapters 11-12: preview and predict chapter titles; draw
conclusions about characters’ physical changes
The Scarlet Letter pgs 93-105
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The Scarlet Letter Chapters 13-14: symbolism, cause and effect of character
The Scarlet Letter pgs 106-116
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The Scarlet Letter pgs 31-35
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treatment in society
*Weekend reading: CH 15-18
The Scarlet Letter review chapters 15-18; read chapters 19-20: cause and
effect of characters’ changes; infer character purposes in the novel;
symbolism
*CH 21-22 Homework
The Scarlet Letter pgs 139-152
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The Scarlet Letter review chapters 21-22; read chapters 23-24: symbolism,
draw conclusions about the author’s purpose for writing the novel; resolution
of conflict; establish theme
The Scarlet Letter pgs 168-179
Research paper writing introduction: essay purpose; topic choices; review for
The Scarlet Letter test
Teacher rubric; teacher writing purpose
sheet; teacher-made review worksheet
Research paper requirements and format; outlining the essay according to
MLA format
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research
Papers Chapter 4, pgs 115-122
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The Scarlet Letter test
MLA format of bibliography cards and note cards; create bibliography card
and note cards from the novel
Teacher-made test
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research
Papers pgs 31-33; 38-48
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Create note cards from the novel
Students create note cards for chosen topic
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Source research in the library
Library
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Source research in the library
Library
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Source research in the library
Source research in the library
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Library
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Source research in the library
Library
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Appropriate use of the nominative, objective, and possessive case pronouns:
graphically organize pronoun cases
Grammar and Composition Handbook pgs
233-235; Grammar Workbook pgs 181-182
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Pronouns which follow ‘than’ and ‘as’ clauses; pronouns which occur in
appositive phrases
Grammar and Composition Handbook pgs
237-238; Writer’s Choice pg 640
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Review pronoun cases
Define pronoun-antecedent agreement in number, gender, and person
Teacher review worksheet
Teacher notes
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Pronoun-antecedent agreement in indefinite pronouns
Teacher examples on board; Grammar
Workbook pg 91
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Revising sentences for clear pronoun reference
Grammar Workbook pgs 193-194
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Review pronoun cases and agreement; note and bibliography card
presentation requirements
Teacher-made review worksheet; Teacherrequirement sheet
Teacher-made test
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TURN IN NOTE AND BIBLIOGRAPHY CARDS; Pronoun case and
antecedent agreement test
Vocabulary in context exercises
Vocabulary Workbook pgs 21-26
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Vocabulary in context exercises
Using vocabulary in sentences
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Semester exam review
Review sheets
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Semester exam review
Review sheets
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Semester exam review
Semester Exams
Review sheets
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Semester Exams
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Semester Exams
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Semester Exams
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Semester Exams
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