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LA 8 Scope and Sequence for 2005-2006

Language Arts 8: 2005-2006

 

1st Semester

Time Sequence

Lit. Analysis Skills

Representative Work(s)

Writing

Grammar

Vocabulary

Summer Reading

 

 

Fever, 1793, Laurie Halse Anderson

The Tell Tale Heart and Other Writings

by Edgar Allen Poe                     

 

 

 

1st 9 Weeks

·  diction analysis

·  figurative language analysis

·  theme

·  tone

·  irony

·  characterization

·  conflict

·  pov

·  levels of questioning

·  shared-inquiry discussion

 

 

Summer Reading

Short Stories:

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

 

Stem focus:

·          pre

·          non

·          uni

2nd 9 Weeks

·  analysis of appeals

·  analysis of images

·  propaganda

·  diction analysis

·  figurative language analysis

·  theme

·  tone

·  characterization

·  conflict

·  allegory

·  symbolism

·  shared-inquiry discussion

 

 

 

· Various ads for analysis

· Declaration of Independence (H)

· Animal Farm by George Orwell (N)

 

 

 

 

 

 

·      Narrative composition

·      SMELL persuasion assignment (group assessment)

·      Expository paragraph (C)

 

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

·  prepositional phrases

 

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, Robert Frost, Robert Tristram Coffee, Langston Hughes, Stephen Crane, Emily Dickinson, etc.

 

·    Expository Paragraph (C)

 

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

Stem focus:

·          mono

·          micro

·          poly

4th 9 Weeks

 

·  hero journey archetype

·  diction analysis

·  figurative language analysis

·  theme

·  irony

·  characterization

·  conflict

·  pov

·  shared-inquiry discussion

 

 

·      Shane by Jack Schaefer (N)

 

 

Expository essay (C)

 

 

·      Clauses: Dependent vs. Independent

·      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]

*Animal Farm – George Orwell [Signet – ISBN: 0451526341]

*Shane – Jack Schaefer [Bantam – ISBN: 0553271105]

 

 

* Students purchase own copy