Honors English 10

Quarter 4

Weekly Units

Vocabulary Units 15-18

Standards 

• students will acquire and use accurately general academic words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college or career readiness level 

• students will be able to determine the meaning of a word using context

Objectives

• I can figure out the meaning of an unknown word by the way the word is being used in a sentence

• I can correctly use words studied in my academic writing

Essential Question/s

• Can I use context clues to determine the correct word to use?

• How does vocabulary impact audience comprehension?

Grammar Mini-Units: Effective Sentences, Parallel Structure, Punctuation, & Word Choice

Standards 

• students will be able to demonstrate command of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking

Objectives

• I can correctly identify the parts of speech in a sentence in order to further my understanding of subject/verb agreement, punctuation use, correct sentence structure, and capitalization

• I can identify what makes up a complete sentence in order to avoid writing in fragments and run-ons

Essential Question/s

• Why is it important to study grammar?

• How does grammar impact communication?

• Why is it important to know what makes up a complete sentence?

Main Units

Unit 12: Parables & Pearls

Timeframe: Week 21-22

• John Steinbeck's The Pearl

Standards

• students will be able to read and comprehend literature 

• students will be able to determine a theme of a text 

• students will be able to analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text

Objectives

• I can read and comprehend the story I have read

• I can define theme and determine the theme in a piece of literature

• I can define characterization and determine how it is used in literature to develop characters

• I can work effectively and efficiently with a group

Essential Question/s

• What lessons can be learned from literature?

• How do author's incorporate lessons into their writing?

• What life lessons do I have to share with others?

Unit 13: Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men

Timeframe: Weeks 23-25

• John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men

Standards

• students will be able to read and comprehend literature 

• students will be able to determine a theme of a text 

• students will be able to analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text

Objectives

• I can read and comprehend the story I have read

• I can define theme and determine the theme in a piece of literature

• I can define characterization and determine how it is used in literature to develop characters

• I can work effectively and efficiently with a group

Essential Question/s

• What does literature teach me about life? 

• How do author's comment on social issues through their literature?

• How has the United States improved and how has the United States remained the same?

Unit 14: Juries & Justice

Timeframe: Weeks 25-27

• Reginald Rose's Twelve Angry Men

Standards

• students will be able to read and comprehend literature 

• students will be able to determine a theme of a text 

• students will be able to analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text

Objectives

• I can read and comprehend the story I have read

• I can define theme and determine the theme in a piece of literature

• I can define characterization and determine how it is used in literature to develop characters

• I can work effectively and efficiently with a group

Essential Question/s

• What is justice?

• How does the American justice system work?

• What is the role of jurors in the American justice system?

• How effective is eye-witness testimony?