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LA 8H Scope and Sequence for 2005-2006

Language Arts 8 – Honors: 2005-2006

 

1st Semester

Time Sequence

Lit. Analysis Skills

Representative Work(s)

Writing

Grammar

Vocabulary

Summer Reading

 

Cold Sassy Tree, Olive Ann Burns

The Tell Tale Heart and Other Writings

by Edgar Allen Poe                     

 

 

 

1st 9 Weeks

·  diction analysis

·  imagery analysis

·  figurative language analysis

·  theme

·  tone

·  irony

·  characterization

·  conflict

·  pov

·  levels of questioning

·  shared-inquiry discussion

 

 

Short Stories:

· "Jack and the Beanstalk" (fairy tale) (H)

· "Gaston" –William Saroyan (H)

· "The Lady or the Tiger" – Frank R. Stockton (I)

· "Monkey’s Paw"- W.W. Jacobs (I)

· "Tell-Tale Heart"- Edgar Allen Poe (I)

· "Ramond’s Run" – Toni Cade Bambara (I)

· "The Dinner Party"- Mona Gardner (H)

Non-fiction:

· "The Giant Water Bug"- Annie Dillard (H)

·   Summer Reading response journals

 

·   Writing to show compositions (C)

 

 

·      Review nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, verbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and  interjections

·      Review parts of sentence: subjects, predicates, object complements, and subject complements (with sentence diagramming)

·      Dependent vs. Independent clauses

Stem focus:

·          pre

·          non

·          uni

2nd 9 Weeks

·  analysis of appeals

·  analysis of images

·  propaganda

·  author's persuasive purpose

·  diction analysis

·  imagery analysis

·  figurative language analysis

·  theme

·  tone

·  characterization

·  conflict

·  allusion

·  symbolism

·  shared-inquiry discussion

 

Non-fiction:

· Various advertising from print and broadcast media

· Declaration of Independence (H)

· Patrick Henry’s Speech to the Virginia Convention (H)

Novel

· Farenheight 451 by Ray Bradbury (N)

Short Story:

· "The Pedestrian"  (H)

 

·      Narrative composition

·      SMELL persuasion assignment (oral group presentation)

·      Expository paragraph (C)

 

·   Verbals: gerunds, participles, and infinitives

·  Phrases: prepositional, appositive, gerund, participial, and infinitive

Stem focus:

·          in

·          syn

·          multi

3rd 9 Weeks

 

 

 

 

·  diction analysis

·  imagery analysis

·  figurative language analysis

·  sound devices

·  theme

·  tone

·  irony

·  pov

 

Selected poetry (TPCASTT analysis)

Poets: Paul Laurence Dunbar, Nikki Giovanni, Robert Frost, Robert Tristram Coffee, Langston Hughes, Stephen Crane, Emily Dickinson, etc.

 

Oral group presentation

 

·    Expository Paragraph (C)

 

·      Clauses: Adverb, Adjective, Noun

·      Sentence Types

Stem focus:

·          mono

·          micro

·          poly

4th 9 Weeks

·  satire

·  archetype

·  diction analysis

·  imagery analysis

·  figurative language analysis

·  theme

·  tone

·  irony

·  characteriza-tion

·  conflict

·  pov

· shared-inquiry discussion

 

 

·      The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (N)

·      from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes (H)

 

 

Expository essay (C)

 

 

·      Clauses: Adverb, Adjective, Noun

·      Sentence Types

Stem focus:

·          spec

·          equi

·          auto

 

2nd Semester

 

 Main Texts:

The Language of Literature- McDougal Littell (Literature Textbook used on as-needed basis)

            Interactive Reader (consumable)

Language Network- McDougal Littell (Grammar Textbook used on as-needed basis)

Language Network Grammar Workbook (consumable)

*Crafting Expository Argument – Fourth Edition -  Michael Degen [ISBN: 0966512588]

*Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury [Random House – ISBN: 0345342968]

*The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain [Bantam – ISBN: 0553210793]

* Students purchase own copy