Grammar: Verbals and Phrases

Lit Focus: Drama & Poetry

Play: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Additional Honors Play: The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee William

Reading Standards

• • Figurative Language – L.8.5; 8.5.a; 8.5.b; 8.5.c; RIT.8.4

  • Main Idea/Supporting Details – RIT.8.2; RL.8.2

  • Paraphrasing and summarizing and making inferences – RL.8.1; RIT.8.1

  • Theme/Central Idea RL.8.2

  • Story Elements RL.8.3

  • Points of View RL.8.6

  • Compare and Contrast Multiple Forms of Media RL.8.7

Reading Informational Text (On-going; See 1st Nine Weeks)

•RI 9.7 – Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums; determine which details

are emphasized in each account.

•RI 9.3 – Analyze how author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events including order pts are

made, how introduced /developed, & connections drawn between them

Writing

•W 9.3 – Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective

technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.

a. Engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, observation; establish 1

or more pts of view; introduce narrator / characters; create smooth progression of

experiences / events

b. Use narrative techniques (dialogue, pacing, description, reflection) & multiple plot lines to

develop experiences, events / characters.

c. Use variety of techniques to sequence events to build on each other creating cohesion

d. Use precise words / phrases, telling details, sensory language to convey vivid picture

e. Provide conclusion that follows from / reflects what is experienced, observed, resolved

•W 9.6 - Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, update individual or shared

writing products

Speaking & Listening

• SL 9.5 – Make strategic use of digital media in presentations to enhance understanding of findings,

reasoning, evidence and add interest

Language

• L 9.5 – Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, nuances in

word meanings

a. Interpret figures of speech (euphemism, oxymoron) in context; analyze role in text

b. Analyze nuances in meanings of words with similar denotations