English Language Arts
English Language Arts
Quarter 4
Dramatic Text/Individual, Community, and Culture
Quarter 4
Dramatic Text/Individual, Community, and Culture
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Dramatic Text/Individual, Community, and Culture
Quater 4 - Overview
Quater 4 - Overview
The English Department has organized Quarter 4 to focus on the comprehension of narrative text.
Weeks 1 & 2 Students will read a novel excerpt and describe characterization of a character, determine the figurative meaning of words and phrases, and identify word derivations.
Weeks 3 & 4 Students will read short stories to identify events that advance the plot, analyze narrative elements, determine the meaning of roots and affixes, and combine sentences.
Weeks 5 & 6 Students will read more short stories to draw inferences from text, analyze themes, analyze literary devices to interpret an author’s work, and distinguish among the connotations of words and similar denotations.
Weeks 7 & 8 Students will learn to write a personal narrative.
Weeks 9 Students will complete quarter 4 assessment.
Quarter 4 - At a Glance
Quarter 4 - At a Glance
The English Language Arts curriculum is the organization of Units from the Savvas My Perspective focused around the collection of Dramatic texts. Quarter 4 collection contains one theatrical play and commonly known text. Students engage with the text and ideas repeatedly throughout the unit to build knowledge and grasp big ideas.
Quarter 4 - Focus Objectives and Priority Standards
Quarter 4 - Focus Objectives and Priority Standards
Reading Informational (RL) (click on arrows to expand section)
Reading Informational (RL) (click on arrows to expand section)
RL. 1 Cite Textual Evidence - Inferences
RL. 1 Cite Textual Evidence - Inferences
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
Focus Objective 1: Cite textual Evidence.
Focus Objective 2: Support Inferences from Text
RL. 2 Summarize Text
RL. 2 Summarize Text
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in details its development over the course of the texts, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Focus Objective 1: Determine the theme in literatureFocus Objective 2: Provide an objective summary
RL. 3 Character Development - Characteristics of Characters
RL. 3 Character Development - Characteristics of Characters
Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
Focus Objective 1: Analyze character developmentFocus Objective 2: Analyze characteristics of a character
RL. 5 - Author's Choices - How time affects the tone of text
RL. 5 - Author's Choices - How time affects the tone of text
Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.
Focus Objective 1: Analyze the tone of the textFocus Objective 2: Analyze the impact of words choice on tone and meaning
RL. 6 - Points of View - Cultural Experiences
RL. 6 - Points of View - Cultural Experiences
Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.
Focus Objective 1: Analyze how cultural experience is reflected in literature from around the world.
Writing (W) (click on arrows to expand section)
Writing (W) (click on arrows to expand section)
W.3 Write a Narrative
W.3 Write a Narrative
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
Focus Objective 1: Write a narrative.
W. 5 Produce Writing
W. 5 Produce Writing
Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 up to and including grades 9–10.)
Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 up to and including grades 9–10.)
Focus Objective 1: Plan Writing
Focus Objective 2: Revise Writing
Focus Objective 3: Edit Writing
Focus Objective 4: Rewrite Writing
Focus Objective 5: Address purpose and audience
Language (L) (click on arrows to expand section)
Language (L) (click on arrows to expand section)
L. 1 Demonstrate Command of the Conventions
L. 1 Demonstrate Command of the Conventions
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Focus Objective 1: Use parallel structure.
Focus Objective 2: Use various types of phrases.
Focus Objective 3: Use various types of clauses.
L. 4 Use Context Clues to Determine meaning of Words
L. 4 Use Context Clues to Determine meaning of Words
Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence, paragraph, or text; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence, paragraph, or text; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Focus Objective 1: Determine the meaning of unknown words using context clues.
L 4B Use Affixes to Determine meaning of Words
L 4B Use Affixes to Determine meaning of Words
Identify and correctly use patterns of word changes that indicate different meanings or parts of speech
Identify and correctly use patterns of word changes that indicate different meanings or parts of speech
Focus Objective 1: Use Prefixes to determine the meaning of words
Focus Objective 2: Use Suffixes to determine the meaning of words
Focus Objective 3: Use Latin Roots to determine the meaning of words
Focus Objective 4: Use Greek Roots to determine the meaning of words
L. 5 Demonstrate Understanding of Figurative Language
L. 5 Demonstrate Understanding of Figurative Language
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Focus Objective 1: Interpret figures of speech and analyze their role in the text.
Focus Objective 2: Analyze nuances in word meanings.
L 6 Academic and Content Vocabulary
L 6 Academic and Content Vocabulary
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Quarter 4 - Framework
Quarter 4 - Framework
Weekly Framework
Weekly Framework
Monday - First Read, Vocabulary & Word Study
Tuesday - Analyze Craft and Structure - Reading Comprehension
Wednesday - Analyze Craft and Structure - Reading Comprehension
Thursday - Author's Style & Conventions - Language (Conventions) or Writing
Friday - Assessments & Optional Reading Text
Daily Framework
Daily Framework
The structure of daily lessons depends on
which of these five goals are needed:
Teaching and reinforcing a new topic: Whole Class Instruction followed by Small-Group instruction.
Reinforcing what has been taught: Small-Group Instruction
Reteaching what has been taught: Small-Group Instruction
Periodically reviewing what has been taught: Small-Group Instruction, or Independent Work
Quarter 4 - Chapters at a Glance
Quarter 4 - Chapters at a Glance
Chapter 13
Two Kinds from the Joy Luck Club
13.1 Application: First Read & Comprehension Vocabulary
13.2 Lesson: Vocabulary - Use Word Derivations
13.3 Application: Word Study
13.4 Application: Close Read & Comprehension Check
13.5 Lesson: Reading Comprehension - Analyze Character Development [Indirect and Direct]
13.6 Application: Analyze Craft & Structure
13.7 Lesson: Language - Determine the Figurative Meaning of Words and Phrases
13.8 Application: Author's Style & Conventions
13.9 Application: Analyze the Text
13.10 Application: Assessment
Chapter 14
Thank You, M'am
14.1 Application: First Read & Comprehension Vocabulary
14.2 Lesson: Vocabulary - Determine the Meaning of Roots and Affixes
14.3 Application: Word Study
14.4 Application: Close Read & Comprehension Check
14.5 Lesson: Reading Comprehension - Analyze the Plot's Development in a Story
14.6 Application: Analyze Craft & Structure
14.7 Lesson: Language - Combine Sentences
14.8 Application: Author's Style & Conventions
14.9 Application: Analyze the Text
14.10 Application: Assessment
Chapter 15
The Circuit
15.1 Application: First Read & Comprehension Vocabulary
15.2 Lesson: Vocabulary -Distinguish Among Connotations and Denotations
15.3 Application: Word Study
15.4 Application: Close Read & Comprehension Check
15.5 Lesson: Reading Comprehension - Determine the Theme and its Development
15.6 Application: Analyze Craft & Structure
15.7 Lesson: Language - Interpret Literary Devices
15.8 Application: Author's Style & Conventions
15.9 Application: Analyze the Text
15.10 Application: Assessment
Chapter 16
Music for My Mother
16.1 Lesson: (Part 1: Research) Write a Narrative
16.2 Lesson: (Part 2: Plan) Write a Narrative
16.3 Lesson: (Part 3: Write) Write a Narrative
16.4 Lesson: (Part 4: Revise) Write a Narrative
16.5 Lesson: (Part 5: Independent Practice) Write a Narrative
16.6 Application: Analyze Text
16.7 Application: Quick Write
16.8 Application: Summarize
17.9 Application: Performance Task
17.10 Application: Assessment
Quarter 4 - Bi-Weekly At-A-Glance
Quarter 4 - Bi-Weekly At-A-Glance
Cycle 1
Cycle 2
Cycle 3
Cycle 4
Quarter 4 - Assessment
Quarter 4 - Assessment
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