English 10 interg. w/ Global 3 - Curriculum Map November

Content

Utilize details effectively
Make transitions in writing pieces
Understand how multiple levels are conveyed
Introduce Critical Lens Session 2 Part B
Produce Literary Interpretations
Compare and Synthesize information from various sources
Activate Schema
Find main idea, important facts and supporting detail
Suggested Resources
Novels
Great Expectations - Dickens
David Copperfield - Dickens
To Live - Yu Hua
City of Light - Lauren Belfer
The Happy Prince - Oscar Wilde
Short Stories/Essays
The Prince - Machiavelli
Plays
Three Penny Opera
Oliver!
Les Miserables
Movies/Films
Oil!
Dr. Zhivago

Skills

Interpret/Analyze complex informational texts
Make distinctions about relative value
Use perception to make connections
Present controlling idea both verbally and in writing
Continued Vocabulary building
Make use of background knowledge to make connections with new texts
Identify connections with Global Content
Purposeful participation in a collaborative setting
Writing dialogue
Identify flow of a play
Spelling of commonly misspelled words from content area vocabulary
Suggested Strategies
Play writing Workshops
Reciprocal Teaching
Group Analysis of text
Socratic Circles
Literature Circles
Peer Editing/Revision

Assessment

Session 2 Part B of Regents Exam
Group Evaluation of Play writing Project
Literary Analysis Essay
Research Paper
Teacher Created Assessments Using Bloom's Taxonomy (see Oct.)
Themes
Child Labor
Factory Development/Working
Tyranny/Monarchy/Dictatorship
Economic Dislocation
Poverty
Caste Systems