Curriculum Map

Tenth Grade World Literature

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CONTENT

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ASSESSMENT

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August

 

 

 

 

 

September

How to read and write for WASL; Why is there nothing new under the sun regarding human behavior?

The Odyssey

Vocabulary; WASL-esque writing; Defensible Answer Format Paragraphs & 5-paragraph persuasive essay; Oral presentation; guided reading; modeled writing

Chapter quizzes for vocabulary & comprehension, analysis & synthesis

 

5 paragraph persuasive essay and oral presentation of essay

Homer’s The Odyssey books & unabridged book on tape

October

How to read and write for WASL; Why is there nothing new under the sun regarding human behavior?

The Odyssey

 

Vocabulary; WASL-esque writing; Defensible Answer Format Paragraphs & 5-paragraph persuasive essay; Oral presentation; guided reading; modeled writing

 

5 heroic elements

6 essential scenes of a comedy

 

Expository essay:

Analysis & synthesis of elements of story

Chapter quizzes for vocabulary & comprehension, analysis & synthesis

 

5 paragraph persuasive essay and oral presentation of essay

Homer’s The Odyssey books & unabridged book on tape

November

How to read and write for WASL; Why is there nothing new under the sun regarding human behavior?

 

Elements of a heroic comedy

The Odyssey

 

Individual, original stories

5 heroic elements

6 essential scenes of a comedy

 

Expository essay:

Analysis & synthesis of elements of story

Chapter quizzes for vocabulary & comprehension, analysis & synthesis

 

5 paragraph persuasive essay and oral presentation of essay

 

Evaluate scenes 1 at a time; type story- present Expository essay explaining 11 elements of heroic comedy

Homer’s The Odyssey books & unabridged book on tape

December

Elements of a heroic comedy

Individual, original stories

Comprehension, Analysis & Synthesis

 

Vocabulary; WASL-esque writing: D.A.F. paragraphs

5 paragraph persuasive essay with oral presentation; guided reading and modeled writing

Evaluate scenes 1 at a time; type story- present Expository essay explaining 11 elements of heroic comedy

 

January

Recognize heroic elements in short storied, poems, and the Seven Samurai

Excerpts from Malian epic Sundiata; excerpts various Arthurian stories; watch Alara Kurosawa’s masterpiece The Seven Samurai; memorize Tennyson’s “ The Change of the Light Bridgade

 

Quiz with all 11 titles and 5 heroic elements

Memorized oral recitation of “ The Change of the Light Brigade”

Elements of Literature 4th course textbook

 

February

Who are we? How should we live? What in the long run really matters?

 

3 views of Shakespeare’s “ The Tempest”

Bible Stories; excerpts for the Koran; Persian poets; Chinese & Japanese poems; beast fables

 

“The Tempest”

 

Expository essay answering 3 essential questions with 3 of 46 titles

 

Act quizzes for vocabulary & comprehension; analysis & synthesis; 5 paragraph essay

Textbook

 

 

Individual copies of “The Tempest” & unabridged play on tape

March

Elements of poetry- pre- AP skills

 

3 views of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice”

15 U.S & British poems

 

6- hour BBC miniseries “ The Pride and Prejudice”

Comprehension of 8 poetic elements-analysis and synthesis of these elements into original poem

 

Vocabulary; WASL-esque writing, D.A.F. paragraphs and AP style expository essay

Original poem moorporating 8 poetic elements

 

1quiz per hour of miniseries-vocabulary, WASL-esque D.A.F. paragraph, multiple choice, short answer format; AP-style essay for comprehension, analyzing synthesis and writing conventions

Textbook

 

6 hour DVD

April

3 views of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice”

6- hour BBC miniseries “ The Pride and Prejudice”

Vocabulary; WASL-esque writing, D.A.F. paragraphs and AP style expository essay

1quiz per hour of miniseries-vocabulary, WASL-esque D.A.F. paragraph, multiple choice, short answer format; AP-style essay for comprehension, analyzing synthesis and writing conventions

6 hour DVD

May

Why and how did WWI completely change the world?

Pre-history of WWI; battles; long-lasting effects of the war

 

All Quiet On The Western Front by Erick Maria Remaque

Comprehension of causes and effects of WWI

Vocabulary

 

Comprehension, analysis, synthesis of AQ DTWF

 

Group work: scheduling and meeting deadlines; collaboration  to prove comprehension

 

Meeting deadlines and following directions

3 vocabulary & comprehension quizzes

 

8 history quizzes on causes and effects of WWI

 

Inference questions every 2-3 pages of the novel

 

Daily participation for partner

reading/collaboration

Encyclopedia & online sources for WWI

 

All Quiet on the Western Front

June