Name: Alyson Cramer, Stephanie Baker, Shari Peters, Barbara Scott Curriculum Map: Tenth

Name: Alyson Cramer, Stephanie Baker, Shari Peters, Barbara Scott Curriculum Map: Tenth Grade Group

Essential Questions Content Skills Assessment Activities September What are the defining Independent Reading Elements of literature: Conferences Debates characteristics of the The Catcher in the Rye setting Notebooks (Cornell Individual/Group genre of realistic or The Bluest Eye Building vocabulary notes) Presentations fiction? Articles/poetry Using text to support Responses/journals Book Talks students’ opinions Book Talks Class Participation Individual/Group Presentations October How can realistic fiction Independent Reading Elements of literature: Conferences Debates help us to understand The Catcher in the Rye setting Notebooks (Cornell Individual/Group and navigate the world or The Bluest Eye Building vocabulary notes) Presentations around us? Articles/poetry Using text to support Responses/journals Book Talks students’ opinions Book Talks Class Participation Individual/Group Presentations November How can we use Independent Reading Elements of literature: Conferences Debates memoirs to understand/ Night or Persepolis setting Notebooks (Cornell Individual/Group analyze our own lives Articles/poetry Building vocabulary notes) Presentations and experiences> Using text to support Responses/journals Book Talks students’ opinions Book Talks Class Participation Individual/Group Presentations December Independent Reading Elements of literature: Conferences Debates Night or Persepolis setting Notebooks (Cornell Individual/Group Articles/poetry Building vocabulary notes) Presentations Using text to support Responses/journals Book Talks students’ opinions Book Talks Class Participation Individual/Group Presentations January Independent Reading Elements of literature: Conferences Debates Inherit the Wind or A setting Notebooks (Cornell Individual/Group Raisin in the Sun Building vocabulary notes) Presentations Articles/poetry Using text to support Responses/journals Book Talks students’ opinions Book Talks Class Participation Individual/Group Presentations February How can historical Independent Reading Elements of literature: Conferences Debates fiction help to make Fahrenheit 451 or To point of view Notebooks (Cornell Individual/Group history seem more Kill a Mockingbird narrator notes) Presentations relevant to our lives? Articles/poetry Building vocabulary Responses/journals Book Talks Using text to support Book Talks students’ opinions Class Participation Individual/Group Presentations March Independent Reading Elements of literature: Conferences Debates Fahrenheit 451 or To point of view Notebooks (Cornell Individual/Group Kill a Mockingbird narrator notes) Presentations Articles/poetry Building vocabulary Responses/journals Book Talks Using text to support Book Talks students’ opinions Class Participation Individual/Group Presentations April How do the issues of Independent Reading Elements of literature: Conferences Debates race/ gender/religion The Merchant of Venice characterization Notebooks (Cornell Individual/Group that are discussed in or Othello Building vocabulary notes) Presentations Shakespeare related to Articles/poetry Using text to support Responses/journals Book Talks current issues? students’ opinions Book Talks Class Participation Individual/Group Presentations May Independent Reading Elements of literature: Conferences Debates The Merchant of Venice characterization Notebooks (Cornell Individual/Group or Othello Building vocabulary notes) Presentations Articles/poetry Using text to support Responses/journals Book Talks students’ opinions Book Talks Class Participation Individual/Group Presentations June How can nonfiction/ Independent Reading Literary Conferences Debates global literature foster a Global Studies-Related terms/techniques Notebooks (Cornell Individual/Group sense of identity within Nonfiction/Fiction Building vocabulary notes) Presentations our global community? Articles/poetry Using text to support Responses/journals Book Talks students’ opinions Book Talks Class Participation Individual/Group Presentations