Weekly Plans
English 10 Link to English 10 Documents
Monday - Discuss The Great Gatsby - Ch: 3 - 4 Post-it notes are due!
Tuesday - Quiz: The Great Gatsby - Ch: 1 - 4
Wednesday - The Great Gatsby Ch. 3 - 4 Activities
Thursday - The Great Gatsby Ch. 3 - 4 Activities
Friday - The Great Gatsby Ch. 3 - 4 Activities
Vocabulary List of 15 - 20 with parts of speech and definitions, due: Friday; no late
assignments will be accepted.
The Great Gatsby Ch. 5 due Thursday, 1/2/13
• RI.9-10.1. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text
says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
o Develop factual, interpretive, and evaluative questions for further exploration of the
topic(s).
• RI.9-10.2. Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the
course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details;
provide an objective summary of the text.
• RI.9-10.3. Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events,
including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed,
and the connections that are drawn between them.
• RI.9-10.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text,
including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact
of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language of a court opinion
differs from that of a newspaper).
• RI.9-10.5. Analyze in detail how an author’s ideas or claims are developed and refined by
particular sentences, paragraphs, or larger portions of a text (e.g., a section or chapter).
• RI.9-10.6. Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an
author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.
• SL.9-10.1. Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-
on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9–10 topics, texts,
and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
• L.9-10.1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and
usage when writing or speaking.
• L.9-10.2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling when writing.
o Use a semicolon (and perhaps a conjunctive adverb) to link two or more closely
related independent clauses.
o Spell correctly.
Vocabulary List of 15 - 20 with parts of speech and definitions, due: Friday; no late
assignments will be accepted.
The Great Gatsby Ch. 5 due Thursday, 1/2/13
• RI.9-10.1. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text
says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
o Develop factual, interpretive, and evaluative questions for further exploration of the
topic(s).
• RI.9-10.2. Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the
course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details;
provide an objective summary of the text.
• RI.9-10.3. Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events,
including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed,
and the connections that are drawn between them.
• RI.9-10.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text,
including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact
of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language of a court opinion
differs from that of a newspaper).
• RI.9-10.5. Analyze in detail how an author’s ideas or claims are developed and refined by
particular sentences, paragraphs, or larger portions of a text (e.g., a section or chapter).
• RI.9-10.6. Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an
author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.
• SL.9-10.1. Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-
on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9–10 topics, texts,
and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
• L.9-10.1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and
usage when writing or speaking.
• L.9-10.2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling when writing.
o Use a semicolon (and perhaps a conjunctive adverb) to link two or more closely
related independent clauses.
o Spell correctly.
English 10H Link to English 10 H Documents
Monday - Essay Draft due! In-class Peer-editing
Tuesday - Discuss "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber"
Wednesday - Grammar/ Independent Reading
Thursday - Discuss "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber"
Friday - Discuss "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" (Complete American Dream Unit)
No Vocabulary 12/20/2013
• RL.9-10.5. Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order
events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create
such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.
• SL.9-10.1. Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-
on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9–10 topics, texts,
and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
• L.9-10.1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and
usage when writing or speaking.
o Use parallel structure.*
o Use various types of phrases (noun, verb, adjectival, adverbial, participial,
prepositional, absolute) and clauses (independent, dependent; noun, relative,
adverbial) to convey specific meanings and add variety and interest to writing or
presentations.
• L.9-10.2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling when writing.
o Use a semicolon (and perhaps a conjunctive adverb) to link two or more closely
related independent clauses.
o Use a colon to introduce a list or quotation.
o Spell correctly.
o Analyze nuances in the meaning of words with similar denotations.
Tuesday - Discuss "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber"
Wednesday - Grammar/ Independent Reading
Thursday - Discuss "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber"
Friday - Discuss "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" (Complete American Dream Unit)
No Vocabulary 12/20/2013
No Vocabulary 12/20/2013
• RL.9-10.5. Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order
events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.
• SL.9-10.1. Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-
on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9–10 topics, texts,
and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
• L.9-10.1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and
usage when writing or speaking.
o Use parallel structure.*
o Use various types of phrases (noun, verb, adjectival, adverbial, participial,
prepositional, absolute) and clauses (independent, dependent; noun, relative,
adverbial) to convey specific meanings and add variety and interest to writing or
presentations.
• L.9-10.2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling when writing.
o Use a semicolon (and perhaps a conjunctive adverb) to link two or more closely
related independent clauses.
o Use a colon to introduce a list or quotation.
o Spell correctly.
o Analyze nuances in the meaning of words with similar denotations.
