<p> Second Quarter Unit Plan English I – Ms. Spence</p><p>Overarching Questions: How do I make subtle inferences and draw complex conclusions about the ideas in an exposito- ry text and their organizational patterns? How do writers use evidence and analysis to explain a topic? What are you willing to die for? What is love? (Baby, don’t hurt me!) </p><p>Major Readings: Assorted non-fiction and expository essays Romeo and Juliet</p><p>Grammar/Vocabulary: Capitalization Direct Quotation General Punctuation</p><p>Summative Grades: Expository Cold Read Test Expository Essay Timed Writing Grammar Test Final Exam</p><p>Skills we will be working on: *Analysis of expository texts for organization, evidence, rhetorical devices, and structure. *Development of an expository essay with a focus on organization, evidence, analysis, and grammatical conventions. *Identification and purpose of character foils, dramatic irony, foreshadowing, and other literary devices in Romeo and Juliet. Dat Weekly Agenda Objectives Assessments e Expository Focus  Author’s Purpose Monday – Expository Introduction; Read articles with  Organizational style various organizational styles  Main idea Expository Writing 10/27 Tuesday – Writing Workshop (Thesis, Topic Sentence,  Thesis development Activity Evidence, Analysis)  Supporting details Block Day – Writing Modelling; Rubric  Subtle inferences Writing HW Discussion/Model Essays; Class Calibration  Grammar Friday – Model Essay Writing / Class or Partner Essay</p><p>Expository Focus  Author’s Purpose Monday – Model Essay Writing / Class or Partner Essay  Organizational style Partner Essay Tuesday – Benchmark  Main idea 11/3 Block Day – Benchmark  Thesis development Benchmark Friday – Expository Cold Read Practice  Supporting details  Subtle inferences Expository Cold  Grammar Read Practice Expository Focus  Author’s Purpose Monday – Expository Article  Organizational style Expository Cold 11/10 HW: Write an expository essay – Due Friday  Main idea Read Test Tuesday – Expository Article Cold Read  Supporting Details Block Day – Expository Cold Read Test  Subtle Inferences Cold Read Practice Friday – Review Test Results  Summary *Homework Essay Due Homework Essay **End of Progress Report Expository Focus  Thesis development Monday – Benchmark Essay Feedback  Supporting details Feedback Form 11/17 Tuesday – Homework Essay Group Feedback  Revising Block Day – Expository Essay Timed Writing  Editing Expository Essay Friday – Connotation / Denotation Focus Lesson  Denotation versus Timed Writing Connotation</p><p>11/24 Enjoy your Thanksgiving Holiday! Count your blessings!</p><p>Romeo and Juliet  Rhyme scheme  Conventions of Drama Short Answer Monday – Shakespeare Background; Prologue  Personification Practice 12/1 Tuesday – Act I, Scenes 1 and 2  Character Foils Block Day – Act I, Scene 5; Act II, Scene 2  Foreshadowing Writing HW Friday – Finish Act II  Author’s Purpose</p><p>Romeo and Juliet  Dramatic Irony  Soliloquy Writing HW Monday – Act III, Scene 1  Monologue 12/8 Tuesday – Act III, Scene 2 and 3  Conventions of drama Grammar Test Block Day – Act III, Scene 5; Summarize Act IV; Act V  Character foils Friday – Grammar Test  Climax HW: Socratic Seminar Prep Handout  Grammar conventions **End of Progress Report *This syllabus is subject to change due to a variance in pacing / unexpected events. Students will be informed well in advance if any due dates or test days are moved. </p>