LA 8H Scope and Sequence for 2005-2006

Language Arts 8 – Honors: 2005-2006

1^st 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

1^st 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

2^nd 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

3^rd 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

4^th 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

2^nd 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