Grading Period 1:
*Unit 1: Foundations and Encounters
➼Students will: identify the elements and message of a creation
myth. ➼Students will: analyze the relationship between theme, character,
plot, and setting in a short story. ➼Students will: analyze informational texts and evaluate
information in an article. ➼Students will: analyze how a poet accomplishes purpose through
voice in poetry. ➼Students will: analyze the author's purpose and use of language
in a historical narrative. ➼Students will: develop and sustain foundational skills in
vocabulary ➼Students will: establish a purpose for self-selecting and reading
independently. ➼Students will: write an expository esssay.

Grading Period 4:
*Unit 4: The Quest for Freedom
 ➼Students will: identify text that expresses the tone in a letter. ➼Students will: use literary elements to understand a story and analyze
the structure of a literary work. ➼Students will: analyze informational texts and author's purpose in
history writing. ➼Students will: evaluate author's purpose and claims in an argument
and analyze voice in poetry. ➼Students will: analyze connotative and denotative meanings in
autobiographies. ➼Students will: develop and sustain foundational skills in vocabulary. ➼Students will: establish a purpose for self-selecting and reading
independently. ➼Students will: write an analytical essay.
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Grading Period 2:
*Unit 2: Building a Democracy
➼Students will: analyze the characteristics and structure of
argumentative writing in public documents. ➼Students will: analyze the structure and purpose of informational
texts in history writing. ➼Students will: analyze the structure and narrative methods of
short stories. ➼Students will: identify words that express the speaker's emotion
and attitude in a poem. ➼Students will: analyze the author's purpose, voice, and tone in
letters. ➼Students will: develop and sustain foundational skills in
vocabulary ➼Students will: establish a purpose for self-selecting and reading
independently. ➼Students will: write a persuasive essay.
Grading Period 5:
*Unit 5: America Transformed
➼Students will: analyze characters, setting, point of view, and confirm
predictions of a short story. ➼Students will: analyze author's purpose and tone of satire. ➼Students will: analyze diction and syntax of a free verse poem. ➼Students will: analyze the author's purpose and synthesize information
in a novel. ➼Students will: develop and sustain foundational skills in vocabulary. ➼Students will: establish a purpose for self-selecting and reading
independently. ➼Students will: create and write a short story.
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Grading Period 3:
*Unit 3: The Individual and Society
➼Students will: analyze poetic elements used to relay themes in
free verse poetry. ➼Students will: analyze theme, structure, figurative language, and
sound devices in poetry. ➼Students will: analyze sound devices and the use of imagery in
free verse poetry. ➼Students will: analyze rhetorical questions and how the author
uses suspense, ambiguity, and symbolism in a short story. ➼Students will: analyze and identify mood and atmosphere as
conveyed through diction and syntax. ➼Students will: develop and sustain foundational skills in
vocabulary ➼Students will: establish a purpose for self-selecting and reading
independently. ➼Students will: write an expository esssay.

Grading Period 6:
*Unit 6: Contemporary Voices and Visions
➼Students will: analyze setting and characterization in a short story. ➼Students will: analyze allegory, paradox, figurative language, and irony
in a drama. ➼Students will: develop and sustain foundational skills in vocabulary. ➼Students will: establish a purpose for self-selecting and reading
independently. ➼Students will: research a topic and write a research paper over that
topic.