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Skill plan for Mirrors & Windows - 10th grade

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1	Unit 1 Choices: Fiction Connections
Guided Reading
The Monkey's Paw		Close reading 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 Grammar and style 2. Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement 3. Identify and correct verb agreement with compound subjects
The Monkey's Paw
Close reading 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 Grammar and style 2. Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement 3. Identify and correct verb agreement with compound subjects

Through the Tunnel, Death of a Young Son by Drowning		Close reading 1. Compare two texts with different genres Grammar and style 2. Identify sentences with parallel structure 3. Use parallel structure
Through the Tunnel, Death of a Young Son by Drowning
Close reading 1. Compare two texts with different genres Grammar and style 2. Identify sentences with parallel structure 3. Use parallel structure
Directed Reading
The Moment Before the Gun Went Off		Close reading 1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Distinguish facts from opinions Grammar and style 3. Identify all of the possible antecedents 4. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person
The Moment Before the Gun Went Off
Close reading 1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Distinguish facts from opinions Grammar and style 3. Identify all of the possible antecedents 4. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person

Catch the Moon, Two Kinds		1. Analyze short stories: set 2
Catch the Moon, Two Kinds
1. Analyze short stories: set 2

The Masque of the Red Death, Questions and Answers About Plague		Close reading 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Vocabulary and spelling 3. Analogies 4. Interpret figures of speech 5. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words
The Masque of the Red Death, Questions and Answers About Plague
Close reading 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Vocabulary and spelling 3. Analogies 4. Interpret figures of speech 5. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words

Two Friends		Close reading 1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Grammar and style 2. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 3. Identify dependent and independent clauses
Two Friends
Close reading 1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Grammar and style 2. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 3. Identify dependent and independent clauses

The Leap, Her Flying Trapeze		Close reading 1. Determine the themes of short stories Grammar and style 2. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases 3. Commas with series, dates, and places
The Leap, Her Flying Trapeze
Close reading 1. Determine the themes of short stories Grammar and style 2. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases 3. Commas with series, dates, and places
Writing Workshop
Informative writing		Informative writing 1. Identify thesis statements 2. Organize information by topic 3. Identify vague pronoun references
Informative writing
Informative writing 1. Identify thesis statements 2. Organize information by topic 3. Identify vague pronoun references

2	Unit 2 Things That Divide and Things That Unite: Nonfiction Connections
Guided Reading
from My Left Foot, from The Diving Bell and the Butterfly		Close reading 1. Determine the themes of short stories 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 3. Match causes and effects in informational texts
from My Left Foot, from The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Close reading 1. Determine the themes of short stories 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 3. Match causes and effects in informational texts

from Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese-American Family, Proclamation 4417: Termination of Executive Order 9066		Close reading 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 2. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox Grammar and style 3. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 4. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists
from Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese-American Family, Proclamation 4417: Termination of Executive Order 9066
Close reading 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 2. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox Grammar and style 3. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 4. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists
Directed Reading
Harriet Tubman: The Moses of Her People, Go Down, Moses		Close reading 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 3. Recall the source of an allusion Grammar and style 4. Form the progressive verb tenses 5. Form the perfect verb tenses Vocabulary and spelling 6. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 7. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 8. Use the correct homophone 9. Identify and correct errors with homophones
Harriet Tubman: The Moses of Her People, Go Down, Moses
Close reading 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 3. Recall the source of an allusion Grammar and style 4. Form the progressive verb tenses 5. Form the perfect verb tenses Vocabulary and spelling 6. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 7. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 8. Use the correct homophone 9. Identify and correct errors with homophones

The Trouble with Television		Close reading 1. Trace an argument: set 1 Grammar and style 2. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 3. Identify participles and what they modify
The Trouble with Television
Close reading 1. Trace an argument: set 1 Grammar and style 2. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 3. Identify participles and what they modify

Keep Memory Alive, No News from Auschwitz		Close reading 1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Compare passages for tone 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Grammar and style 4. Correct capitalization errors Vocabulary and spelling 5. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words 6. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
Keep Memory Alive, No News from Auschwitz
Close reading 1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Compare passages for tone 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Grammar and style 4. Correct capitalization errors Vocabulary and spelling 5. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words 6. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots

Yonder Sky That Has Wept Tears of Compassion		Close reading 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Identify sensory details Vocabulary and spelling 3. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 4. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 5. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 6. Words with -able and -ible 7. Words with re- 8. Words with sub-
Yonder Sky That Has Wept Tears of Compassion
Close reading 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Identify sensory details Vocabulary and spelling 3. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 4. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 5. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 6. Words with -able and -ible 7. Words with re- 8. Words with sub-

We Heard It Before We Saw Anything, Like Being Spun in a Giant Washer		Close reading 1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts Grammar and style 3. Identify sentence fragments 4. Identify run-on sentences 5. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons
We Heard It Before We Saw Anything, Like Being Spun in a Giant Washer
Close reading 1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts Grammar and style 3. Identify sentence fragments 4. Identify run-on sentences 5. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons

Short Assignments, How to Write a Short Story		Close reading 1. Trace an argument: set 2 2. Identify text structures Grammar and style 3. Organize information by topic 4. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 5. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims
Short Assignments, How to Write a Short Story
Close reading 1. Trace an argument: set 2 2. Identify text structures Grammar and style 3. Organize information by topic 4. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 5. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims
Writing Workshop
Narrative writing		Narrative writing 1. Correct errors in everyday use 2. Suggest appropriate revisions 3. Rewrite the sentence in active voice 4. Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement 5. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review
Narrative writing
Narrative writing 1. Correct errors in everyday use 2. Suggest appropriate revisions 3. Rewrite the sentence in active voice 4. Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement 5. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review

3	Unit 3 Realizations: Poetry Connections
Guided Reading
Making a Fist		Close reading 1. Compare passages for tone Grammar and style 2. Identify prepositional phrases 3. Identify participles and what they modify 4. Identify gerunds and their functions 5. Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases
Making a Fist
Close reading 1. Compare passages for tone Grammar and style 2. Identify prepositional phrases 3. Identify participles and what they modify 4. Identify gerunds and their functions 5. Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases

Remember		1. Match the quotations with their themes
Remember
1. Match the quotations with their themes
Directed Reading
Eating Alone, The Floral Apron		1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 2. Identify sensory details
Eating Alone, The Floral Apron
1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 2. Identify sensory details

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?", "I know I am but summer to your heart", Well-Versed Approach Merits Poetry Prize, The Broken Oar		Close reading 1. Identify elements of poetry Vocabulary and spelling 2. Classify figures of speech: review 3. Use the correct homophone
"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?", "I know I am but summer to your heart", Well-Versed Approach Merits Poetry Prize, The Broken Oar
Close reading 1. Identify elements of poetry Vocabulary and spelling 2. Classify figures of speech: review 3. Use the correct homophone

Ex-Basketball Player, Marching Through a Novel		1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence
Ex-Basketball Player, Marching Through a Novel
1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence

from Holidays		1. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns
from Holidays
1. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns

Poetry, Introduction to Poetry, Elizabeth Farnsworth Talks to Billy Collins		1. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox 2. Use personification
Poetry, Introduction to Poetry, Elizabeth Farnsworth Talks to Billy Collins
1. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox 2. Use personification

The Bean Eaters, Dream Variations, We Real Cool, Teacher		1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Remove redundant words or phrases
The Bean Eaters, Dream Variations, We Real Cool, Teacher
1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Remove redundant words or phrases
Writing Workshop
Descriptive writing		Descriptive writing 1. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons 2. Use words accurately and precisely
Descriptive writing
Descriptive writing 1. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons 2. Use words accurately and precisely

4	Unit 4 Between Friends: Drama Connections
Guided Reading
A Marriage Proposal		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word
A Marriage Proposal
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Directed Reading
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act I, In Search of Shakespeare		Close reading 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions Grammar and style 3. Identify active and passive voice 4. Rewrite the sentence in active voice Vocabulary and spelling 5. Use dictionary definitions 6. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage 7. Use thesaurus entries
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act I, In Search of Shakespeare
Close reading 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions Grammar and style 3. Identify active and passive voice 4. Rewrite the sentence in active voice Vocabulary and spelling 5. Use dictionary definitions 6. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage 7. Use thesaurus entries

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act II		1. Analyze short stories: set 2 2. Explore words with new or contested usages
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act II
1. Analyze short stories: set 2 2. Explore words with new or contested usages

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act III, The Ides of March		Close reading 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 2. Compare passages for tone Vocabulary and spelling 3. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act III, The Ides of March
Close reading 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 2. Compare passages for tone Vocabulary and spelling 3. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act IV		1. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 2. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act IV
1. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 2. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act V, from The Prince, Brutus on Broadway: Et tu, Denzel? Washington Shakes Up Shakespeare		Close reading 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 Grammar and style 2. Use dashes 3. Use hyphens in compound adjectives 4. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act V, from The Prince, Brutus on Broadway: Et tu, Denzel? Washington Shakes Up Shakespeare
Close reading 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 Grammar and style 2. Use dashes 3. Use hyphens in compound adjectives 4. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately

Antigone, Pride		Close reading 1. Word pattern analogies 2. Analogies: challenge 3. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 4. Recall the source of an allusion 5. Match the quotations with their themes Grammar and style 6. Is it a phrase or a clause? 7. Identify dependent and independent clauses 8. Identify appositives and appositive phrases 9. Commas with nonrestrictive elements
Antigone, Pride
Close reading 1. Word pattern analogies 2. Analogies: challenge 3. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 4. Recall the source of an allusion 5. Match the quotations with their themes Grammar and style 6. Is it a phrase or a clause? 7. Identify dependent and independent clauses 8. Identify appositives and appositive phrases 9. Commas with nonrestrictive elements
Writing Workshop
Argumentative writing		Argumentative writing 1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 2. Evaluate counterclaims 3. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 4. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing
Argumentative writing
Argumentative writing 1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 2. Evaluate counterclaims 3. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 4. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing

5	Unit 5 What Makes Us Human: Folk Literature Connections
Guided Reading
Orpheus, Tree Telling of Orpheus		1. Compare two texts with different genres 2. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects
Orpheus, Tree Telling of Orpheus
1. Compare two texts with different genres 2. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects

from Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali, from The Once and Future King, from Le Morte d'Arthur		Close reading 1. Match causes and effects in informational texts Grammar and style 2. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Vocabulary and spelling 4. Explore words with new or contested usages 5. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 6. Which sentence matches the definition?
from Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali, from The Once and Future King, from Le Morte d'Arthur
Close reading 1. Match causes and effects in informational texts Grammar and style 2. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Vocabulary and spelling 4. Explore words with new or contested usages 5. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 6. Which sentence matches the definition?
Directed Reading
Naked Truth and Resplendent Parable		1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Use personification
Naked Truth and Resplendent Parable
1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Use personification

Mother Holle, The Wonderful Hair		Close reading 1. Identify supporting evidence in a text Vocabulary and spelling 2. Which text is most formal? 3. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
Mother Holle, The Wonderful Hair
Close reading 1. Identify supporting evidence in a text Vocabulary and spelling 2. Which text is most formal? 3. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context

The Drowned Maid, from The Kalevala, In the Blue Woodland, Lord of the Rings: Inspired by an Ancient Epic		1. Analyze short stories: set 2 2. Match the quotations with their themes
The Drowned Maid, from The Kalevala, In the Blue Woodland, Lord of the Rings: Inspired by an Ancient Epic
1. Analyze short stories: set 2 2. Match the quotations with their themes

from The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha		Close reading 1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Recall the source of an allusion Grammar and style 3. Choose between adjectives and adverbs 4. Commas with coordinate adjectives 5. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
from The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha
Close reading 1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Recall the source of an allusion Grammar and style 3. Choose between adjectives and adverbs 4. Commas with coordinate adjectives 5. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Writing Workshop
Informative writing		Informative writing 1. Identify thesis statements 2. Identify plagiarism 3. Formatting quotations and dialogue 4. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 5. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Informative writing
Informative writing 1. Identify thesis statements 2. Identify plagiarism 3. Formatting quotations and dialogue 4. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 5. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)

6	Unit 6 The Examined Life / Strange Happenings: Independent Reading Connections
Independent Reading
Geraldine Moore the Poet		1. Analyze short stories: set 1
Geraldine Moore the Poet
1. Analyze short stories: set 1

By the Waters of Babylon		1. Determine the themes of short stories
By the Waters of Babylon
1. Determine the themes of short stories
Writing Workshop
Narrative writing		Narrative writing 1. Create a sentence based on the model 2. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons 3. Use words accurately and precisely 4. Correct capitalization errors
Narrative writing
Narrative writing 1. Create a sentence based on the model 2. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons 3. Use words accurately and precisely 4. Correct capitalization errors

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