Curriculum Mapping Template
Chester Area School 9th English Curriculum Map
By Velda Schneider
Content Area ____ English________________________ Grade Level ____9th____
|MONTH |CONTENT/TOPIC |SKILLS |ASSESSMENTS/ACT. |STANDARDS |
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|August and September |Short Stories: |Identifying all of the elements of a fiction |Comprehensive check on these key elements | |
| | |short story: | | |
| |“The Most Dangerous Game” |setting |Quiz over the plot and conflict of the story. | |
| |“The Birds” |characters | | |
| |“The Red-headed League” |point of view |Complete a plot diagram to check | |
| |“The Interlopers” by Saki |mood |comprehension | |
| |“The Gift of the Magi” |plot | | |
| |“Sonata for Harp and Bicyle” |conflicts |Class discussion and full participation | |
| | |theme |Wkst. over the stories and comprehensive | |
| | |resolution |quizzes. | |
| |Writing: | | | |
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| | |Complete a writer’s handout on good qualities of| | |
| | |writing. Give examples |Check understanding of handout with oral and | |
| | | |written quiz. | |
| | |Power point on the writing process (The stages | | |
| | |of writing): | | |
| | |Prewriting | | |
| | |Drafting | | |
| | |Revising | | |
| | |Editing and Proofreading | | |
| |Writing Types: |Publishing and Presenting | | |
|September |Expository | | | |
|Cont. |Narrative |Power point on paragraphs and compositions. | | |
| |Descriptive | | | |
| |Persuasive |Students will write a narrative autobiography on|I will check their daily language practice and| |
| | |their life |their writing process on their |9.W.3.1 (proper grammar and verb |
| | |-Getting at meaning |written autobiographies narratives. |tense usage) |
| | |-Expressing ideas in writing | |9.W.3.2 (proper punctuation) |
| | |-Expanding ideas into papers. | |9.W.2.2 (sentence fluency) |
| | | | |9.W.1.1 (focused paragraphs and |
| | | | |writing style) |
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| | | |Compare/Contrast paper | |
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| | |Students will write a compare/contrast | |9.W.1.2 (comparison/contrast) |
| | |expository paper using the prompt I give them. | | |
| | | | |9.W.2.1 (monitor writing progress)|
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| | |I will give them a list of cause and effect |Cause and Effect paper |9.W.3.1 (proper grammar and verb |
| | |expository writing prompts to choose from. | |tense usage) |
| | | | |9.W.3.2 (proper punctuation) |
| | |Students will be give a picture to write a | |9.W.2.2 (sentence fluency) |
| | |descriptive piece. |Descriptive paper |9.W.1.1 (focused paragraphs and |
| | | | |writing style) |
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| | | | |9.W.2.1 (monitor writing progress)|
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| | | | |9.W.3.1 (proper grammar and verb |
| | |Students will compile a list of persuasive | |tense usage) |
| | |topics to choose from and write a persuasive |Persuasive paper |9.W.3.2 (proper punctuation) |
| | |paper. |Persuasive paper cont. |9.W.2.2 (sentence fluency) |
| |Writing Types cont… | | |9.W.1.1 (focused paragraphs and |
| | | | |writing style) |
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|September cont. | | | | |
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| | |Continue to: | | |
| | |-Studying the elements of a short story | | |
| |Short stories cont… |-Figuring out a plot and conflict |Wksts. over stories | |
| | |-define the word “character” |Quiz over the stories | |
| |“Rules of the Game” |-Identifying the character and its purpose. | | |
|October |“Blues Ain’t no Mockin’ Bird” |-inferences about the narrator of the story |Students will write setting comments on the | |
| |“Checkouts” |-define the word “setting” |smartboard | |
| |“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” |-Identify the setting of the story | | |
| |“The Scarlet Ibis” | | | |
| |“The Cask of Amontillado” | |Class discussion and full participation | |
| |“The Necklace” |Understand the breakdown of a novel and all |Wkst. over the stories and comprehensive | |
| | |novel elements. |quizzes. | |
| | | |Review and test over short stories. | |
| |To Kill A Mockingbird | | | |
| | | |Check comprehension by completing a wkst. Over| |
| | | |the entire novel . | |
| | | | |9.W.3.1 (proper grammar and tense |
| | | |Quiz over part I and part II and a test over |usage) |
| | | |the entire novel. | |
| | |-identifying nouns | | |
| | |-recognizing compound nouns | | |
| | |-use common & proper nouns |Exercises from the book. | |
| |Writing |-Using the writing process | | |
| |Grammar, mechanics, and usage: |-Using proper sentences, paragraph and | | |
| |-Nouns |compositions |Test over nouns and pronouns | |
|November |-Pronouns |-working on structure and style | | |
| | |-recognizing antecedents of pronouns | | |
| | |-locating personal pronouns | | |
| | |-using demonstrative pronouns | | |
| | |-using relative pronouns | | |
| | |-using interrogative pronouns | | |
| | |-using indefinite pronouns | | |
| | |-reviewing over pronouns | | |
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| | | | |9.W.3.1 (proper grammar and tense |
| | | | |usage) |
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| | |-locating action verbs | | |
| | |-using transitive verbs | | |
| | |-using intransitive verbs | | |
| |-Action Verbs |-recognizing forms of “be” |Exercises from the book. | |
| |-Linking & Helping Verbs |-using other linking verbs |Test over all verbs |9.W.3.1 (proper grammar and tense |
| | |-recognizing helping verbs | |usage) |
| | |-review over all verbs | | |
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| | |-identifying and understanding adjectives | | |
| | |-identifying indefinite and definite articles | | |
| | |-nouns used as adjectives | | |
| |-Adjectives and adverbs |-compound adjectives |Exercises from the book. | |
| | |-pronouns used as adjectives: |Test over adverbs | |
| | |1. possessive adjectives | | |
| | |2. demonstrative adjectives |-Test over adjectives and adverbs | |
| | |3. interrogative adjectives | | |
| | |4. indefinite adjectives | | |
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| | |-identifying and understanding adverbs | | |
| | |-adverbs modifying adjectives | | |
| | |-adverbs modifying other adverbs | | |
| | |-Adverb or Adjective? | | |
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|December | |Give a power point on my expectations and an | | |
| | |overview of what a research paper is. | | |
| | |Students will pick from a list of 50 the topic | | |
| | |that they wish to write about. (3 weeks will be| | |
| | |devoted to this paper.) | | |
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| | |-fill out source and note cards |Note taking and discussion over a research | |
| |Research Paper |-title page, thesis, outline, & bibliography |paper. | |
| |(3 weeks) |page |-fill out form for topic | |
| | |-rough drafts, peer editing and revisions. |-use periodicals, ProQuest encyclopedias, | |
| | |-type the final copy & collect papers (grade w/ |nonfiction, and vertical files. | |
| | |rubric) |Students will use their grammar skills, usage | |
| | | |skills, mechanics skills, and all of their | |
| | | |writing traits/skills that they have learned | |
| | |Understand the breakdown of a play and all the |so far in English. They will also be | |
| | |elements of the Global Theatre. |accountable for numeracy by polling their | |
| | |-read through the play and assign character |fellow students and charting or graphing their| |
| | |parts. |information into their paper. | |
| | |-act out the play using speaking voices and | | |
| | |dramatic gestures. |Check comprehension by completing a wkst for | |
| | |-watch the movie Romeo and Juliet and write a |all five acts. | |
| | |reflection paper. |-will go through and study the elements of | |
| | | |drama and what they mean. | |
| | |-understanding elements of drama: |-quiz over the elements of drama | |
| |Romeo and Juliet |1) Staging |-students will participate for a grade. | |
| |(2 weeks) |2) Historical Context |-reflection paper on movie | |
| | |3) Plot and Subplot |Quiz all acts and a test over the entire play.| |
| |Romeo and Juliet cont… |4) Dialogue | | |
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| | |-identifying and understanding how to use | | |
| | |prepositions, conjunctions and interjections | | |
|January | | | | |
| | | |-comprehensive exercises to understand | |
| | | |prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.| |
| | | |-Comprehensive test over preps., conjs., and |9.W.3.1 (proper grammar and verb |
| | | |interjs |tense usage) |
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| | |-understanding the elements of poetry: | | |
| | |1) purpose and form | | |
| | |2) narratives and ballads |Quiz over the elements of poetry | |
| | |3) lyric poetry |-read aloud in class and analyze the poem | |
| | |4) symbols |-read aloud in class and analyze the poem | |
| |Grammar, mechanics, and usage: |5) imagery |-discuss the qualities of a lyric poem. | |
| |Prepositions, Conjunctions, & Interjections|6) figurative language |-read this poem as a class | |
| | | |-read aloud and discuss for comprehension | |
| | |-understanding narrative poems and ballads |-discuss the different styles and purposes | |
| | |-recognize the author’s purpose of storytelling |-read aloud in class | |
| | |a narrative |-read aloud in class for comprehension | |
| | |-studying elements of narrative poetry |Discussion on haiku style | |
| |Poetry |-expressing thoughts and feelings | | |
|January |(Reading) |-understanding sound-like qualities. | | |
|Cont. |Poetry that will be read: |-reviewing the parts of speech and how to use | | |
| | |them. | | |
| |Figurative Language: |-understanding sound-like qualities. | | |
| |“The Eagle” |-explaining how different styles have different | | |
| |“Hope” |purposes | | |
| |“Dream Deferred” |-read the poems aloud and discuss them | | |
| |“Dreams” |-describing images viewed in poetry | | |
| | |-discussing characteristics of an “ode” | | |
|February |Irony and Tone: |-read the poem figure out their styles and | | |
| |“Fifteen” |discuss them. | | |
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| |Symbol: | | | |
| |“The Road Not Taken” | | | |
| |“Caged Bird” | | | |
| |“First Lesson” | | | |
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| |Word Choice & Imagery: | | | |
| |“Memory” | | | |
|February |“Siren Song” | | | |
|Cont. |“Ithaca” | | | |
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| |Narrative & Dramatic: | | | |
| |“Casey at the Bat” | | | |
| |“The Raven” | | | |
| |“The Seven Ages of Man” | | | |
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| |Sonnets & Haiku: | |Test over all poems and poetry elements | |
| |“On the Grasshopper and the Cricket” |Understand the breakdown of a novel and all | | |
| |“Sonnet 30” |novel elements. | | |
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| |Lyric & Musical Devices: | |-Check comprehension by completing a wkst. | |
| |“Maggie and milly and molly and may” | |over the entire novel . | |
| |“Fire and Ice” | |-Comprehensive quizzes over the chapters and | |
| |“There Will Come Soft Rains” | |test over the entire novel. | |
| |“The Horses” | | | |
| |“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” | | | |
| |“Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 |-Studying the elements of a nonfiction story. | | |
| |“The Bells” |-understanding biographical narratives |-handout discussing: essays, biographies, | |
| |“I Years Had Been From Home” |-understanding bracketed passages. |autobiographies, expositions, and | |
| | |-read and study other nonfiction pieces. |informational texts. | |
| |Walk Two Moons |-complete study guides over these stories. |Discussion over story | |
| | |-discuss the stories. | | |
| | |-review over all of the nonfiction stories | | |
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| | | |Discussion over stories to check | |
| | | |comprehension. | |
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| | | |Quiz over these nonfiction stories. | |
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| |Reading: (Nonfiction): | |Test over nonfiction stories | |
| |Types: |-finding and identifying complete subjects and | | |
| |Persuasive |predicates | | |
| |Narrative |-finding and using hard to find subjects & | | |
|March |Reflective |compound subjects and predicates. | | |
| |Expository | | | |
| |Practical/Technical | |Writing adjective phrases, adverb phrases, | |
| | |End marks, commas, semi-colons, colons, |appositive phrases, verbal phrases, gerunds, | |
| |Stories: |quotation marks, direct quotes, dashes, |adjective and adverb phrases | |
| |“New Directions” |parentheses, hyphens, apostrophes, possessive | | |
| |“from Rosa Parks: My Story” |nouns | | |
| |“Go Deep to the Sewer” |Understanding phrases and clauses. | | |
| |“I Have A Dream” |Understanding effective sentences |Review all of these elements and test over | |
| |“Glory and Hope” |-Creating effective sentences, combining |them. | |
| | |sentences, varying sentences. | | |
| |Grammar, mechanics, and usage: |-graphing the principal parts of verbs | | |
| | |-understanding present, past and future verb | | |
| |Complete Subjects & Predicates |tenses. | | |
|March-April | |-recognizing troublesome verbs | | |
| |Hard to Find Subjects and complements | | | |
| |compound predicates & compound subjects |-Studying what an “Epic Poem” is. Understanding| | |
| | |Mythology characters and their names. | | |
| |Capitalization & Punctuation | | | |
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| |Phrases & Clauses | | | |
| |Effective Sentences | | | |
| |1. Combining sentences | | | |
| |2. Varying sentences | | | |
| |3. Principal Parts of Verbs | | | |
| |4. 6 Tenses of Verbs | | | |
| |5. Troublesome Verbs | |Comprehensive quiz over this epic poem and the| |
| | | |gods and goddesses. Test over this story. | |
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| | | |Check for comprehension. | |
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| |The Odyssey by Homer | | | |
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| |Book Reports (2 every 9 weeks) 8 total | | | |
| |novels, magazines, or journals read on | | | |
|May |their own time outside of class. | | | |
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