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Skill plan for StudySync ELA - 10th grade

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1	Unit 1 The Power of Communication
Reading and Writing
The Refusal		Context clues 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Textual evidence 2. Identify supporting evidence in a text Character 3. Analyze short stories: set 1 Peer review 4. Suggest appropriate revisions
The Refusal
Context clues 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Textual evidence 2. Identify supporting evidence in a text Character 3. Analyze short stories: set 1 Peer review 4. Suggest appropriate revisions

Paired Texts: I am Offering This Poem and She Unnames Them		Allusion 1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Recall the source of an allusion Theme 3. Match the quotations with their themes
Paired Texts: I am Offering This Poem and She Unnames Them
Allusion 1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Recall the source of an allusion Theme 3. Match the quotations with their themes

Paired Texts: The Story of a Vision, Heart of Darkness, Things Fall Apart		Point of view 1. Identify the narrative point of view Diction 2. Explore words with new or contested usages
Paired Texts: The Story of a Vision, Heart of Darkness, Things Fall Apart
Point of view 1. Identify the narrative point of view Diction 2. Explore words with new or contested usages

Independent Read: My Grandmother Washes her Feet in the Bathroom at Sears and In Between Cultures: A Granddaughter's Advantage
Independent Read: My Grandmother Washes her Feet in the Bathroom at Sears and In Between Cultures: A Granddaughter's Advantage


Letter from Birmingham Jail		Arguments and claims 1. Trace an argument: set 1 Rhetoric 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 3. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Arguments and claims 1. Trace an argument: set 1 Rhetoric 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 3. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements

Paired Texts: A Voice and Speech to the Second Virginia Convention		Author's purpose 1. Identify audience and purpose Style 2. Compare passages for tone Main idea 3. Determine the main idea of a passage
Paired Texts: A Voice and Speech to the Second Virginia Convention
Author's purpose 1. Identify audience and purpose Style 2. Compare passages for tone Main idea 3. Determine the main idea of a passage
Writing Project and Grammar
Draft		1. Organize information by topic 2. Identify thesis statements 3. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim
Draft
1. Organize information by topic 2. Identify thesis statements 3. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim

Revise		1. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims
Revise
1. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims

Edit and Publish		Style 1. Which text is most formal? Clauses 2. Identify dependent and independent clauses 3. Combine sentences using relative clauses Semicolons 4. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses
Edit and Publish
Style 1. Which text is most formal? Clauses 2. Identify dependent and independent clauses 3. Combine sentences using relative clauses Semicolons 4. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses
Additional Grammar Lessons
Grammar		Capitalization 1. Correct capitalization errors Spelling 2. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words Punctuation 3. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists
Grammar
Capitalization 1. Correct capitalization errors Spelling 2. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words Punctuation 3. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists

2	Unit 2 Moving Forward
Reading and Writing
The Power of the Hero's Journey		Context clues 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Text structure 3. Trace an argument: set 2
The Power of the Hero's Journey
Context clues 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Text structure 3. Trace an argument: set 2

Paired Texts: The Gathering Place and Ramayana		1. Identify elements of poetry
Paired Texts: The Gathering Place and Ramayana
1. Identify elements of poetry

Republic		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1
Republic
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1

Paired Texts: Valedictorian Address at Anacostia High School and Methods of Motivation		1. Classify logical fallacies
Paired Texts: Valedictorian Address at Anacostia High School and Methods of Motivation
1. Classify logical fallacies

Paired Texts: Remarks at the UN General Assembly, A Plea for Global Education, and The Perils of Indifference		1. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words 2. Use dictionary entries 3. Use thesaurus entries 4. Replace words using a thesaurus 5. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage
Paired Texts: Remarks at the UN General Assembly, A Plea for Global Education, and The Perils of Indifference
1. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words 2. Use dictionary entries 3. Use thesaurus entries 4. Replace words using a thesaurus 5. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage

Independent Read: Excerpt from Night and Civil Peace
Independent Read: Excerpt from Night and Civil Peace

Writing Project and Grammar
Draft		1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim
Draft
1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim

Revise		1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 2. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons 3. Remove redundant words or phrases
Revise
1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 2. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons 3. Remove redundant words or phrases

Edit and Publish		Style 1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone Parallel structure 2. Identify sentences with parallel structure 3. Use parallel structure Prepositional phrases 4. Identify prepositional phrases Punctuation 5. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review Complete sentences 6. Identify sentence fragments 7. Identify run-on sentences 8. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons
Edit and Publish
Style 1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone Parallel structure 2. Identify sentences with parallel structure 3. Use parallel structure Prepositional phrases 4. Identify prepositional phrases Punctuation 5. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review Complete sentences 6. Identify sentence fragments 7. Identify run-on sentences 8. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons
Additional Grammar Lessons
Grammar		Commas 1. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases 2. Commas with compound and complex sentences Appositives 3. Identify appositives and appositive phrases
Grammar
Commas 1. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases 2. Commas with compound and complex sentences Appositives 3. Identify appositives and appositive phrases

3	Unit 3 The Persistence of Memories
Reading and Writing
Paired Texts: By Any Other Name and Rituals of Memory		Informational text 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 Figurative language 2. Interpret figures of speech 3. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox
Paired Texts: By Any Other Name and Rituals of Memory
Informational text 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 Figurative language 2. Interpret figures of speech 3. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox

Seeing at the Speed of Sound		1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 2. Use dictionary definitions
Seeing at the Speed of Sound
1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 2. Use dictionary definitions

Paired Texts: From Behind a Covered Wall and Love is Not All		1. Identify elements of poetry
Paired Texts: From Behind a Covered Wall and Love is Not All
1. Identify elements of poetry

Facial Expressions - Including Fear - May Not Be as Universal as We Thought		Main idea 1. Determine the main idea of a passage
Facial Expressions - Including Fear - May Not Be as Universal as We Thought
Main idea 1. Determine the main idea of a passage

Independent Read: Dream Psychology: Psychoanalysis for Beginners and The Secret Life of Salvador Dali
Independent Read: Dream Psychology: Psychoanalysis for Beginners and The Secret Life of Salvador Dali


Paired Texts: Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer: A Story of Survival; The God of Small Things; and Persepolis		1. Analyze short stories: set 2
Paired Texts: Rock, Ghost, Willow, Deer: A Story of Survival; The God of Small Things; and Persepolis
1. Analyze short stories: set 2

Independent Read: Excerpt from The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Independent Read: Excerpt from The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Writing Project and Grammar
Draft		1. Use personification
Draft
1. Use personification

Revise		1. Formatting quotations and dialogue 2. Use words accurately and precisely
Revise
1. Formatting quotations and dialogue 2. Use words accurately and precisely

Edit and Publish		Participles 1. Identify participles and what they modify Verb phrases 2. Form the progressive verb tenses 3. Form the perfect verb tenses Noun clauses 4. Is it a phrase or a clause? Dashes 5. Use dashes Pronoun/Antecedent agreement 6. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person
Edit and Publish
Participles 1. Identify participles and what they modify Verb phrases 2. Form the progressive verb tenses 3. Form the perfect verb tenses Noun clauses 4. Is it a phrase or a clause? Dashes 5. Use dashes Pronoun/Antecedent agreement 6. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person
Additional Grammar Lessons
Grammar		Gerunds 1. Identify gerunds and their functions Verb tenses 2. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
Grammar
Gerunds 1. Identify gerunds and their functions Verb tenses 2. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense

4	Unit 4 The Ties That Bind
Reading and Writing
Paired Texts: As You Like It (Act II, Scene vii) and Macbeth (Act I, Scene iii)		1. Match the quotations with their themes
Paired Texts: As You Like It (Act II, Scene vii) and Macbeth (Act I, Scene iii)
1. Match the quotations with their themes

Excerpt from Antigone		1. Classify figures of speech: review
Excerpt from Antigone
1. Classify figures of speech: review

Claudette Colvin Explains Her Role in the Civil Rights Movement		1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1
Claudette Colvin Explains Her Role in the Civil Rights Movement
1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1

Hotel Rwanda		1. Analyze short stories: set 1
Hotel Rwanda
1. Analyze short stories: set 1

Paired Texts: Cherokee Family Reunion and Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America		1. Word pattern analogies 2. Word pattern sentences
Paired Texts: Cherokee Family Reunion and Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America
1. Word pattern analogies 2. Word pattern sentences

Independent Read: On the Painting of the Sistine Chapel
Independent Read: On the Painting of the Sistine Chapel


Paired Texts: People Should Not Die in June in South Texas, Sabado Gigante, and La Juanita		1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions 3. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
Paired Texts: People Should Not Die in June in South Texas, Sabado Gigante, and La Juanita
1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions 3. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words

Independent Read: Kindness
Independent Read: Kindness

Oral Project and Grammar
Draft		1. Distinguish facts from opinions
Draft
1. Distinguish facts from opinions

Revise		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 2. Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 3. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 4. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 5. Identify plagiarism
Revise
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 2. Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 3. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 4. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 5. Identify plagiarism

Edit and Present		Adjectives and adverbs 1. Choose between adjectives and adverbs 2. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 3. Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs Subject and verb agreement 4. Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement 5. Identify and correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement 6. Identify and correct verb agreement with compound subjects
Edit and Present
Adjectives and adverbs 1. Choose between adjectives and adverbs 2. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 3. Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs Subject and verb agreement 4. Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement 5. Identify and correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement 6. Identify and correct verb agreement with compound subjects
Additional Grammar Lessons
Grammar		Pronouns 1. Identify and correct errors with subject and object pronouns 2. Subject and object pronouns review Misplaced modifiers 3. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 4. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 5. Are the modifiers used correctly? Adjectives and adverbs 6. Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst 7. Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst
Grammar
Pronouns 1. Identify and correct errors with subject and object pronouns 2. Subject and object pronouns review Misplaced modifiers 3. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 4. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 5. Are the modifiers used correctly? Adjectives and adverbs 6. Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst 7. Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst

5	Unit 5 Chopped, Stirred, and Blended
Reading and Writing
Paired Texts: Melons and Parsley		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence
Paired Texts: Melons and Parsley
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence

The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica		1. Interpret figures of speech 2. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox
The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica
1. Interpret figures of speech 2. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox

Paired Texts: Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors, Chinese Cooking, The New Food Fights: U.S. Public Divides Over Food Science		1. Trace an argument: set 1
Paired Texts: Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors, Chinese Cooking, The New Food Fights: U.S. Public Divides Over Food Science
1. Trace an argument: set 1

Paired Texts: Lines Written in Early Spring and B. Wordsworth		1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Recall the source of an allusion 3. Analyze short stories: set 2
Paired Texts: Lines Written in Early Spring and B. Wordsworth
1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Recall the source of an allusion 3. Analyze short stories: set 2

Independent Read: Florida's Edible Wild Plants: A Guide to Collecting and Cooking
Independent Read: Florida's Edible Wild Plants: A Guide to Collecting and Cooking


Maple Sugaring (in Aunt Alberta's Backyard)		1. Which text is most formal? 2. Compare passages for tone
Maple Sugaring (in Aunt Alberta's Backyard)
1. Which text is most formal? 2. Compare passages for tone

Independent Read: Ethiopia
Independent Read: Ethiopia

Writing Project and Grammar
Draft		1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Organize information by topic 3. Identify thesis statements 4. Evaluate counterclaims
Draft
1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Organize information by topic 3. Identify thesis statements 4. Evaluate counterclaims

Revise		1. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 2. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims
Revise
1. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 2. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims

Edit and Publish		Style 1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone Relative pronouns and clauses 2. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 3. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that 4. Combine sentences using relative clauses
Edit and Publish
Style 1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone Relative pronouns and clauses 2. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 3. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that 4. Combine sentences using relative clauses
Additional Grammar Lessons
Grammar		1. What does the punctuation suggest? 2. Commas with nonrestrictive elements
Grammar
1. What does the punctuation suggest? 2. Commas with nonrestrictive elements

6	Unit 6 Origin Stories
Reading and Writing
Paired Texts: The City that Never Stops Giving, Past and Future, The Joy Luck Club		1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim
Paired Texts: The City that Never Stops Giving, Past and Future, The Joy Luck Club
1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim

The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir
The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir


Paired Texts: Worship the Spirit of Criticism: Address at the Pasteur Institute and A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings		1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1
Paired Texts: Worship the Spirit of Criticism: Address at the Pasteur Institute and A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1

Independent Read: The Nose
Independent Read: The Nose


A Quilt of a Country		Figures of speech 1. Classify figures of speech: review Word patterns 2. Analogies 3. Analogies: challenge Arguments and claims 4. Trace an argument: set 2
A Quilt of a Country
Figures of speech 1. Classify figures of speech: review Word patterns 2. Analogies 3. Analogies: challenge Arguments and claims 4. Trace an argument: set 2

Independent Read: Creation Myths from Around the World
Independent Read: Creation Myths from Around the World


Paired Texts: Looking for Palestine: Growing Up Confused in an American-Arab Family and Coming-of-Age Traditions from Around the World		1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim
Paired Texts: Looking for Palestine: Growing Up Confused in an American-Arab Family and Coming-of-Age Traditions from Around the World
1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim
Writing Project and Grammar
Draft		1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea
Draft
1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea

Revise		1. Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 2. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 3. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 4. Identify plagiarism
Revise
1. Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 2. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 3. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 4. Identify plagiarism

Edit and Publish		Conjunctive adverbs 1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Spelling 2. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words 3. Correct errors with signs 4. Correct errors in everyday use
Edit and Publish
Conjunctive adverbs 1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Spelling 2. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words 3. Correct errors with signs 4. Correct errors in everyday use
Additional Grammar Lessons
Grammar		Interjections 1. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases Clauses 2. Identify dependent and independent clauses 3. Commas with compound and complex sentences
Grammar
Interjections 1. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases Clauses 2. Identify dependent and independent clauses 3. Commas with compound and complex sentences

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