2014 Spring Agenda for 10th Grade English

Spring 2014 Agenda for 10th Grade English 

January 13 - 17:  

Read NIGHT

Documentaries

Notes on Documentaries

Primary Source Material

Read and outline

Vocabulary: Unit 3

Grammar: Subject/Complete subject

January 20 - 24: 

Read NIGHT

Documentaries

Notes on Documentaries

Primary Source Material

Read and outline

Vocabulary: Unit 4

Grammar: Predicate

January 27 - 31:  

Research Paper on the Holocaust

Thesis Statement

Bibliography

15 Notecards

Outline

February 3 - 7:  

Research Paper on the Holocaust

Rough Draft

February 10 - 14: 

Research Paper on the Holocaust

Final Draft 

February 17 - 21:  

MacBeth

Act One

Read

Class Notes

Handouts

DVD

Act Out

Vocabulary: Unit 5

Grammar: Run-On Sentence

February 24 - 28: 

MacBeth

Act Two

Read

Class Notes

Handouts

DVD

Vocabulary: Unit 6 

Grammar: Commas with Introductory Elements

March 3 - 7: 

MacBeth

Act Three

Read

Class Notes

Handouts

DVD

Act Out

Vocabulary: Unit 7

Grammar: Commas with Independent Clauses

March 10 - 14: 

MacBeth

Act Four

Read

Class Notes

Handouts

DVD

Act Out

Vocabulary: Unit 8

Grammar: Commas with Items in a Series 

March 17 - 21:

MacBeth

Act Five

Read

Class Notes

Handouts

DVD

Act Out

MacBeth Essay

March 31 - April 4:

Perspectives in Multicultural Literature: Exposition 

Pages 65 - 79

Vocabulary: Unit  10

Grammar: The Prepositional Phrase, A and B

April 7 - 11:  

Perspectives in Multicultural Literature: Exposition

Pages 80 - 95

Vocabulary: Unit 11

Grammar: The Participle and the Participial Phrase 

 

April 14 - 18:  

HOMEWORK OVER THE BREAK:
Vocabulary: Unit 9
Grammar: Semicolons and Colons 

April 21 - 25:

Perspectives in Multicultural Literature: Exposition 

Pages 96 - 102

Writing Workshop: 
Expository Essay on Solving a Problem

April 28 - May 2:

Perspectives in Multicultural Literature: Exposition 

Pages 103 - 122

Sandra Cisneros

Frederick Douglass 

Vocabulary: Unit 12

Grammar: The Gerund and the Gerund Phrase 

May 5 - 9:

Perspectives in Multicultural Literature: Exposition 
Pages 123 - 140 
Malcolm X

Sherman Alexie

Vocabulary: Unit 13

Grammar: The Infinitive and the Infinitive Phrase 

May 12 - 16: 

I KNOW WHY the CAGED BIRD SINGS

Read

Class Notes

Vocabulary: Unit 14

Grammar: The Appositive and the Appositive Phrase

May 19 - 23:  

I KNOW WHY the CAGED BIRD SINGS

Read

Class Notes

Vocabulary: Unit 15

Grammar: The Adjective Clause

May 26 - 30: 

I KNOW WHY the CAGED BIRD SINGS

Read

Class Notes

Vocabulary: Unit 16

Grammar: The Adverb Clause 

June 2 - 6:  

Final: Essay