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MISD Unit Framework 2014-2015 English IIIEssential QuestionWhat is your heritage?When is rebellion justified?Timeframe1st 9 Weeks Unit NameUnit 1A: Native American and Early Settlers Literature: Literary Nonfiction, Informational Text, & Expository WritingUnit 1B: Puritan Tradition and Writers of the Revolution: Drama, Persuasive & Informative Text, and Persuasive WritingTEKS1 (A,B,C,D,E)2 (A, B, C) theme6A literary nonfiction 7A sensory language9 (A, B, C, D) expository text12 (A, B, C, D) media literacy Figure 19 (A, B)13 (A,B,C,D,E) writing process 17A phrases & clauses17B sentence structure18 capitalization19 spelling 21 (A,B,C) research 23 (A,B,C,D,E) research 24 (A,B) listening & speaking 26Spiraled: 1 (A,B,C, D,E)2 (A, B, C)7 9 (A, B, C, D) 12 (A, B, C, D)Figure 19 (A, B)13 (A,B,C,D,E)17 A17 B181921 (A,B,C)23 (A,B,C,D,E)New: 3 poetry4 drama 8 informational text (culture & history)10 (A,B) persuasive text11 (A,B) procedural texts Writing FocusExpository Essay 15 Ci-vTextual evidence must come from pieces studied in this unitShould be connected to the essential question Persuasive writing 16 (A, B, C,D,E,F)Textual evidence must come from pieces studied in this unitShould be connected to the essential questionPerformance ExpectationsAnalyze & make inferences about literary nonfiction including vocabulary, theme, elements and structure, and sensory language, media literacyAnalyze & make inferences about informational texts including vocabulary, purpose, elements and structure, procedural insets, media literacy.Write an expository essay including textual evidence from the pieces studied in this unitAnalyze messages in media Understand and use the conventions of academic language when writing and speaking Analyze & make inferences about drama, including vocabulary, theme, elements and structure, sensory language, and media literacy.Analyze & make inferences about poetry, including vocabulary, theme, elements and structure, sensory language, and media literacy.Analyze & make inferences about informational texts including vocabulary, purpose, elements and structure, procedural insets, media literacy.Analyze & create persuasive writings that include the writing process, structure and attributes of the persuasive modeAnalyze messages in mediaUnderstand and use the conventions of academic language when writing and speaking Suggested ResourcesLiterary Nonfiction:Native American myths“The Way to Rainy Mountain”“La Relacion”“The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano”Informational Text:Early Settlers literature: Bradford, “Of Plymouth Plantation”Smith, “The General History of Virginia”Poetry: Anne Bradstreet, “To My Dear and Loving Husband Upon the Burning of our House”Major Works:DramaThe CruciblePersuasive Text: Jonathan Edwards, from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry GodPatrick Henry, “Speech in the Virginia Convention”Thomas Paine, from The CrisisPeter Travers, “Movie Review: The Crucible”Informational Text: The Declaration of IndependenceBenjamin Franklin: from The Autobiography“McCarthyism”“The Demons of Salem, with Us Still”Timebends50 Ways to Fix Your Life MISD Unit Framework 2014-2015 English IIIEssential QuestionWhat can nature teach us?Where do people look for Truth?Timeframe2nd Nine WeeksUnit NameUnit 2A: Celebrating the Individual: American RomanticismPoetry, Fiction, and Persuasive WritingUnit 2B: Transcendentalism and American GothicFiction and Nonfiction, and Analytical WritingTEKSSpiraled:1 (A,B,C,D,E) vocabulary2 (A, B, C) theme & genre3 poetry7 sensory language12 (A, B, C, D) media literaryFigure 19 (A, B) inference 13 (A,B,C,D,E) writing process17A phrases & clauses17B sentence structure 18 capitalization19 spelling 21 (A,B,C) research 23 (A,B,C,D,E) research New:5 (A,B,C,D) fiction Spiraled: 1 (A, B, C, D, E)2 (A, B, C) 3 5 (A,B,C,D)789 (A, B, C, D)12 (A,B,C,D)Fig 19 A & B 13 (A,B,C,D,E)17 A17 B181921 (A, B, C)23 (A, B, C, D, E) New:No new TEKS in this unit Writing FocusPersuasive writing 16(A, B, C,D,E,F)Textual evidence must come from pieces studied in this unitShould be connected to the essential questionExpository Analytical writing (15Ai-vi)Textual evidence must come from pieces studied in this unitShould be connected to the essential questionPerformance ExpectationsAnalyze and make inferences about poetry including vocabulary, theme, elements and structure, and sensory languageAnalyze and make inferences about fiction including vocabulary, theme, elements and structure, and sensory languageAnalyze messages in mediaCreate persuasive writings including the writing process, structure and attributes of the persuasive modeUnderstand and use conventions of academic language when speaking and writingAnalyze and make inferences about fiction including vocabulary, theme, elements and structure, and sensory languageAnalyze and make inferences about poetry including vocabulary, theme, elements and structure, and sensory languageAnalyze and make inferences about informational texts including vocabulary, purpose, elements and structure, and procedural insetsDevelop and write analytical essays that include the writing process structure and attributes of the analytical essay mode, punctuation, capitalization, and spellingUnderstand and use conventions of academic language when speaking and writing Suggested ResourcesPoetry: Bryant, “Thanatopsis”The Fireside Poets: Longfellow, “A Psalm of Life” “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls”Holmes, “The Chambered Nautilus” “Old Ironside”Whittier, “Snowbound”Lowell, “The First Snowball”Major Works:Hawthrone, The Scarlet LetterSupporting GenresShort Stories: Irving, “the Devil and Tom Walker”Short Stories: “The Minister’s Black Veil”Poe short stories “Fall of the House of Usher,” “The Masque of the Red Death”Major Works:Hawthorne, The Scarlet LetterSupporting GenresPoetry: Poe, “The Raven”Informational Text: Emerson, “Self Reliance” “Nature”Thoreau, “Walden” “Civil Disobedience”Margaret Fuller, “Woman in the Nineteenth Century”Ghandi, “On Civil Disobedience”Stephen King, from Danse Macabre MISD Unit Framework 2014-2015 English IIIEssential QuestionWhat are life’s essential truths?What makes a place unique?Timeframe3rd Nine WeeksUnit NameUnit 3A: From Romanticism to RealismInformational Text, Poetry, and Fiction and Research WritingUnit 3B: Regionalism and NaturalismFiction, Literary Nonfiction, and Nonfiction and Research WritingTEKSSpiraled1 (A, B, C, D, E) vocabulary 2 (A, B, C) theme & genre3 poetry5 (A, B, C, D) fiction8 information text/culture and history9 (A, B, C, D) expository text13 (A,B,C,D,E) writing processFig 19 (A, B) inference17A phrases & clauses17B sentence structure18 capitalization19 spelling 21 (A, B, C) research23 (A, B, C, D, E) research New:20 (A, B) research22 (A, B, C) research25 formal speaking Spiraled: 1 (A, B, C, D, E)2 (A, B, C) 5 (A, B, C, D)689 (A,B, C, D)12 (A,B, C, D)13 (A,B, C, D, E)Fig 19 A & B 17A17B181920 (A, B)21 (A, B, C) 22 (A, B, C)23 (A, B, C, D, E) 25 New: 14A story writing14B poetic writing 15D presentation Writing FocusResearch paper Could be connected to the essential questionMLA formatting with parenthetical citationsPerformance ExpectationsAnalyze & make inferences about expository texts including vocabulary, purpose, elements (summary, main idea, details, rhetorical devices) and structure, and procedural insets.Analyze and make inferences about fiction including vocabulary, purpose, elements, and structure. Analyze and make inferences about poetry including vocabulary, purpose, elements, and structure. Write a research paper with MLA formatting including parenthetical citationsUnderstand and use the conventions of academic language when writing and speaking Analyze & make inferences about expository texts including vocabulary, elements (summary, main idea, details, rhetorical devices) and structure, and procedural insetsAnalyze and make inferences about fiction including vocabulary, structure, and elementsWrite a research paper with MLA formatting including parenthetical citationsUnderstand and use the conventions of academic language when writing and speaking Suggested ResourcesPoetry: Walt Whitman, “I Hear America Singing” “Song of Myself” “A Noiseless Spider” “Beat Beat Drums”Emily Dickinson, “Because I could not stop for death” “Success is Counted Sweetest”Pablo Neruda, “Ode to Walt Whitman”Major Works: Crane, The Red Badge of CourageSupporting Genres: Nonfiction: Frederick Douglas, “Narrative of Fredrick Douglas”Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address Jefferson, “Emancipation Proclamation”Whitman, Preface to Leaves of GrassHarriett Jacobs, “Incidents in Life of a Slave Girl”Short Stories: Bierce, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”Short Story: London, “The Law of Life”Chopin, “The Story of an Hour”Harte, “Outcasts of Poker Flat”Crane, “The Open Boat”Wharton, “April Showers”Twain, “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calavaras County”Major Works:Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnEdith Wharton, Ethan FromeKate Chopin, The Awakening Supporting Genres: Literary Nonfiction:Twain, “The Autobiography of Mark Twain”“Life on the Mississippi”“Epigrams”Informational Text: Doyle, “Joyas Voladoras” MISD Unit Framework 2014-2015 English IIIEssential QuestionHow can people honor their heritage? What is the American dream? Timeframe4th Nine WeeksUnit NameUnit 4A: The Legacy of the Era: The Harlem RenaissanceFiction, Poetry and Nonfiction and Persuasive WritingUnit 4B: The Legacy of the Era: ModernismSelections from Poetry, Fiction, Drama, Informational Text & Analytical WritingTEKSSpiraled: 1 (A,B,C,D,E) vocabulary2 (A, B, C) theme & genre3 poetry5 (A, B, C, D) fiction7 sensory language9 (A,B, C, D) expository texts12 (A, B, C, D) media literacyFigure 19 (A, B) inference13 (A,B,C,D,E) writing process17 A phrases & clauses17 B sentence structure18 capitalization19 spelling 21 (A,B,C)23 (A,B,C,D,E)New: No new TEKS addressed in this unitSpiraled: 1 (A,B,C,D,E)2 (A, B, C)345 (A, B, C, D) 789 (A, B, C, D) 11 (A, B)12 (A, B, C, D)Figure 19 A & B13 (A,B,C,D,E)17 A17 B18A19A21 (A,B,C)23 (A,B,C,D,E)New: 14C script writing15Bi-v procedural documents Writing FocusPersuasive writing 16 (A, B, C,D,E,F)Textual evidence must come from pieces studied in this unitShould be connected to the essential questionExpository Writing 15Ci-vTextual evidence must come from pieces studied in this unitShould be connected to the essential questionPerformance ExpectationsAnalyze and make inferences about poetry & fiction including vocabulary, structure, and elementsAnalyze and make inferences about nonfiction including vocabulary, structure, and elements Write a persuasive essay using the writing process, structure, and attributes of the persuasive modeUse and understand the conventions of academic language when speaking and writing Analyze and make inferences about fiction & poetry including vocabulary, structure, and elementsAnalyze and make inferences about nonfiction including vocabulary, structure, and elements (summary, main idea, details, rhetorical devices) Analyze and make inferences about drama including vocabulary, structure, and elementsWrite an expository essay using the writing process, structure, and attributes of the persuasive modeUse and understand the conventions of academic language when speaking and writingSuggested ResourcesPoetry: James Weldon Johnson, “My City”Claude McKay, “If We Must Die”Countee Cullen, “Any Human to Another”Arna Bontemps, “A Black Man Talks of Reaping”Langston Hughes “Harlem” “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” “I, Too” “The Weary Blues”Major Works: Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching GodSupporting Genres: Nonfiction: Zora Neale Hurstone, “How it Feels to Be Colored Me”Toni-Morrison, “Thoughts on the African-American Novel”Poetry:Robinson, “Mniver Cheevy” “Richard Cory”Masters, “Lucinda Matlock”Sandberg, “Chicago”Frost, “The Death of the Hired Man” “Out, Out”Pound, “In a Station of the Metro”WC Williams, “Spring and All” “This is Just to Say”E. E. Chummings, “anyone lived in a pretty how town”Millay, “Recuerdo”Elliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”H. D., “Helen” Marianne Moore, “Poetry”Brooks, “Life for My Child is Simple” & “Primer for Blacks”Rita Dova, “Adolescence-III” “Testimonal”Major Works: Drama:Wilder, Our TownWilliams, The Glass MenagerieMiller, Death of a SalesmanHansberry, A Raisin in the sunNovel:Fitzgerald, The Great GatsbySupporting Genres: Short Story: Fitzgerald, “Winter Dreams”Hemingway, “In Another Country”Porter, “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall”Welty, “A Worn Path”Faulkner, “A Rose for Emily”Informational Text: King, “Letter from Birmingham” “from Stride Toward Freedom”Steinbeck, “Why Soldiers Won’t Talk”Baldwin, “My Dungeon Shook: Letter to My Nephew”Amy Tan, “Mother Tongue”Sandra Cisernos, “Straw into Gold: The Metamorphosis of Everday”Alice Walker, “In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens” ................
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