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Skill plan for Into Literature Virginia - 10th grade

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1	Unit 1 Ourselves and Others
Analyze & Apply
1: What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish?
1: What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish?

Get Ready & Read:		1. Analyze short stories: set 1
Get Ready & Read:
1. Analyze short stories: set 1
Respond:		1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Compare passages for tone
Respond:
1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Compare passages for tone

2: By Any Other Name
2: By Any Other Name

Get Ready & Read:		1. Identify the narrative point of view
Get Ready & Read:
1. Identify the narrative point of view
Respond:		1. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
Respond:
1. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense

3: Without Title
3: Without Title

Get Ready & Read:		1. Match the quotations with their themes
Get Ready & Read:
1. Match the quotations with their themes
Respond:		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text
Respond:
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text
Collaborate & Compare
4: from Texas v. Johnson Majority Opinion
4: from Texas v. Johnson Majority Opinion

Get Ready & Read:		1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 2. Trace an argument: set 1
Get Ready & Read:
1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 2. Trace an argument: set 1
Respond:		Vocabulary 1. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots Conventions 2. Is it a phrase or a clause? 3. Commas with compound and complex sentences 4. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses
Respond:
Vocabulary 1. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots Conventions 2. Is it a phrase or a clause? 3. Commas with compound and complex sentences 4. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses

4: American Flag Stands for Tolerance
4: American Flag Stands for Tolerance

Get Ready & Read:		1. Classify logical fallacies 2. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 3. Trace an argument: set 2
Get Ready & Read:
1. Classify logical fallacies 2. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 3. Trace an argument: set 2
Respond:		1. Use dashes
Respond:
1. Use dashes
End of Unit Tasks
9: Write a Personal Essay		Descriptive details 1. Identify sensory details Grammar 2. Form the progressive verb tenses 3. Form the perfect verb tenses Revision 4. Suggest appropriate revisions
9: Write a Personal Essay
Descriptive details 1. Identify sensory details Grammar 2. Form the progressive verb tenses 3. Form the perfect verb tenses Revision 4. Suggest appropriate revisions

2	Unit 2 How We See Things
Analyze & Apply
1: Coming to Our Senses
1: Coming to Our Senses

Get Ready & Read:		1. Compare passages for tone
Get Ready & Read:
1. Compare passages for tone
Respond:		1. Use dictionary entries 2. Identify sentences with parallel structure 3. Identify thesis statements
Respond:
1. Use dictionary entries 2. Identify sentences with parallel structure 3. Identify thesis statements

2: The Night Face Up
2: The Night Face Up

Get Ready & Read:		1. Analyze short stories: set 2
Get Ready & Read:
1. Analyze short stories: set 2
Respond:		Vocabulary 1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Conventions 2. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons
Respond:
Vocabulary 1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Conventions 2. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons

3: Mirror
3: Mirror

Get Ready & Read:		1. Interpret figures of speech
Get Ready & Read:
1. Interpret figures of speech
Respond:		1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Respond:
1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Collaborate & Compare
4: The World as 100 People
4: The World as 100 People

Get Ready & Read:		1. Read graphic organizers
Get Ready & Read:
1. Read graphic organizers

4: A Contribution to Statistics
4: A Contribution to Statistics

Get Ready & Read:		1. Identify elements of poetry
Get Ready & Read:
1. Identify elements of poetry
Respond:		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text
Respond:
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text
End of Unit Tasks
9: Write a Short Story		Descriptive details 1. Formatting quotations and dialogue 2. Use words accurately and precisely Grammar 3. Identify dependent and independent clauses Editing 4. Correct errors with signs
9: Write a Short Story
Descriptive details 1. Formatting quotations and dialogue 2. Use words accurately and precisely Grammar 3. Identify dependent and independent clauses Editing 4. Correct errors with signs

3	Unit 3 The Natural World
Analyze & Apply
1: My Life as a Bat
1: My Life as a Bat

Get Ready & Read:		1. Interpret figures of speech
Get Ready & Read:
1. Interpret figures of speech
Respond:		Vocabulary 1. Use thesaurus entries 2. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage Conventions 3. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review
Respond:
Vocabulary 1. Use thesaurus entries 2. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage Conventions 3. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review

2: Joyas Voladoras
2: Joyas Voladoras

Get Ready & Read:		1. Determine the main idea of a passage
Get Ready & Read:
1. Determine the main idea of a passage
Respond:		Vocabulary 1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Conventions 2. Use parallel structure
Respond:
Vocabulary 1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Conventions 2. Use parallel structure

3: Find Your Park
3: Find Your Park

Get Ready & Read:		1. Identify audience and purpose
Get Ready & Read:
1. Identify audience and purpose
Respond:		1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects 2. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
Respond:
1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects 2. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
Collaborate & Compare
4: The Seventh Man
4: The Seventh Man

Get Ready & Read:		1. Analyze short stories: set 1
Get Ready & Read:
1. Analyze short stories: set 1
Respond:		Vocabulary 1. Classify figures of speech: review Conventions 2. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?
Respond:
Vocabulary 1. Classify figures of speech: review Conventions 2. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?

4: Carry
4: Carry

Get Ready & Read:		1. Match the quotations with their themes
Get Ready & Read:
1. Match the quotations with their themes
Respond:		1. Compare two texts with different genres
Respond:
1. Compare two texts with different genres
End of Unit Tasks
9: Write an Explanatory Essay		Organization 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 2. Organize information by topic Style 3. Which text is most formal? Editing and revision 4. Use the correct frequently confused word 5. Identify sentences with parallel structure 6. Remove redundant words or phrases
9: Write an Explanatory Essay
Organization 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 2. Organize information by topic Style 3. Which text is most formal? Editing and revision 4. Use the correct frequently confused word 5. Identify sentences with parallel structure 6. Remove redundant words or phrases

4	Unit 4 Hard–Won Liberty
Analyze & Apply
1: Letter From Birmingham Jail
1: Letter From Birmingham Jail

Get Ready & Read:		1. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox 2. Classify logical fallacies 3. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
Get Ready & Read:
1. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox 2. Classify logical fallacies 3. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
Respond:		Vocabulary 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Conventions 2. Use parallel structure
Respond:
Vocabulary 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Conventions 2. Use parallel structure

2: Elsewhere
2: Elsewhere

Get Ready & Read:		1. Identify elements of poetry
Get Ready & Read:
1. Identify elements of poetry
Respond:		1. Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Respond:
1. Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)

3: The Hawk Can Soar
3: The Hawk Can Soar

Get Ready & Read:		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1
Get Ready & Read:
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1
Respond:		Literary devices 1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Conventions 2. Identify sentence fragments
Respond:
Literary devices 1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Conventions 2. Identify sentence fragments

4: The Briefcase
4: The Briefcase

Get Ready & Read:		1. Analyze short stories: set 1
Get Ready & Read:
1. Analyze short stories: set 1
Respond:		Vocabulary 1. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects Conventions 2. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 3. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists
Respond:
Vocabulary 1. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects Conventions 2. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 3. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists
Collaborate & Compare
5: from Letter to Viceroy, Lord Irwin
5: from Letter to Viceroy, Lord Irwin

Get Ready & Read:		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Evaluate counterclaims
Get Ready & Read:
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Evaluate counterclaims
Respond:		Vocabulary 1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Conventions 2. Identify active and passive voice
Respond:
Vocabulary 1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Conventions 2. Identify active and passive voice

5: from Gandhi: The Rise to Fame
5: from Gandhi: The Rise to Fame

Get Ready & Read:		1. Identify audience and purpose
Get Ready & Read:
1. Identify audience and purpose
Respond:		1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone
Respond:
1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone
End of Unit Tasks
10: Write an Argument		Persuasive strategies 1. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing Supporting details and evidence 2. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim Transitions 3. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims Editing 4. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words 5. Correct capitalization errors
10: Write an Argument
Persuasive strategies 1. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing Supporting details and evidence 2. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim Transitions 3. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims Editing 4. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words 5. Correct capitalization errors

5	Unit 5 Responses to Change
Analyze & Apply
1: from Total Eclipse
1: from Total Eclipse

Get Ready & Read:		1. Compare passages for tone
Get Ready & Read:
1. Compare passages for tone
Respond:		Vocabulary 1. Recall the source of an allusion Conventions 2. Create a sentence based on the model
Respond:
Vocabulary 1. Recall the source of an allusion Conventions 2. Create a sentence based on the model

2: from The Fever
2: from The Fever

Get Ready & Read:		1. Read workplace emails and memos
Get Ready & Read:
1. Read workplace emails and memos
Respond:		1. Identify and correct verb agreement with compound subjects
Respond:
1. Identify and correct verb agreement with compound subjects

3: A Sound of Thunder
3: A Sound of Thunder

Get Ready & Read:		1. Analyze short stories: set 2
Get Ready & Read:
1. Analyze short stories: set 2
Respond:		Vocabulary 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Conventions 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Respond:
Vocabulary 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Conventions 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs

4: 5 p.m., Tuesday, August 23, 2005
4: 5 p.m., Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Get Ready & Read:		1. Use personification
Get Ready & Read:
1. Use personification
Collaborate & Compare
5: from Rivers and Tides
5: from Rivers and Tides

Get Ready & Read:		1. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects
Get Ready & Read:
1. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects

5: from Sonnets to Orpheus, Part 2, XII
5: from Sonnets to Orpheus, Part 2, XII

Get Ready & Read:		1. Determine the themes of short stories
Get Ready & Read:
1. Determine the themes of short stories
Respond:		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
Respond:
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
Compare themes across genres:		1. Compare two texts with different genres
Compare themes across genres:
1. Compare two texts with different genres
End of Unit Tasks
10: Write a Research Report		1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 3. Identify plagiarism 4. Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 5. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 6. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)
10: Write a Research Report
1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 3. Identify plagiarism 4. Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 5. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 6. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)

6	Unit 6 Absolute Power
Analyze & Apply
1: The Tragedy of Macbeth
1: The Tragedy of Macbeth

Get Ready & Read:		1. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement
Get Ready & Read:
1. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement
Respond: Act I		1. Identify sensory details
Respond: Act I
1. Identify sensory details
Respond: Act II		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1
Respond: Act II
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1
Respond: Act III		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text
Respond: Act III
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text
Respond: Act IV		1. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox
Respond: Act IV
1. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox
Respond: Act V		Vocabulary 1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 2. Use the correct foreign expression Conventions 3. Identify transitive and intransitive verbs
Respond: Act V
Vocabulary 1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 2. Use the correct foreign expression Conventions 3. Identify transitive and intransitive verbs

2: from Macbeth
2: from Macbeth

Get Ready & Read:		1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone
Get Ready & Read:
1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone
Respond:		1. Use words accurately and precisely
Respond:
1. Use words accurately and precisely

3: The Macbeth Murder Mystery
3: The Macbeth Murder Mystery

Get Ready & Read:		1. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1
Get Ready & Read:
1. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 1
Respond:		1. Identify all of the possible antecedents 2. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person
Respond:
1. Identify all of the possible antecedents 2. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person
Collaborate & Compare
4: from Manga Shakespeare: Macbeth / Shakespeare and Samurai (and Robot Ninjas?)
4: from Manga Shakespeare: Macbeth / Shakespeare and Samurai (and Robot Ninjas?)

Get Ready & Read:		1. Analyze short stories: set 2
Get Ready & Read:
1. Analyze short stories: set 2
Respond:		Vocabulary 1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Conventions 2. Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement
Respond:
Vocabulary 1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Conventions 2. Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement
End of Unit Tasks
10: Write a Literary Analysis		Analyze texts 1. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2 Supporting details and evidence 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Editing and revision 3. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons 4. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words
10: Write a Literary Analysis
Analyze texts 1. Analyze passages from Things Fall Apart: Part 2 Supporting details and evidence 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Editing and revision 3. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons 4. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words

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