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
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
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: ExpositionPages 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
