10th Grade Curriculum Map Honors English
1st NINE WEEKS-
- Literary elements: dynamic character, character analysis,
- Grammar: review of parts of speech, passive/ active verbs, subject verb agreement
- Writing: descriptive writing, persuasive writing, denotation vs connotation, transitions
- Major work: Fast Food Nation/ movie- Supersize Me
- Propaganda in Advertising Research
- Summer reading assessment
2nd NINE WEEKS-
- Literary elements: setting, symbolism, figurative Language, voice
- Grammar: pronoun usage, conventions, parallelism
- Writing: word choice (diction), rhetorical devices, Literary/plot Analysis
- Major work: Their Eyes Were Watching God/ movie- Color Purple
- Harlem Renaissance research
- Major work- independent reading- Farenheit 451
3rd NINE WEEKS-
- Literary elements: Tone, theme, Elements of drama
- Grammar: double negatives, usage-most common mistakes
- Writing: Review all elements of FCAT Writing
- Major work: Antigone
- Greek World research
4th NINE WEEKS-
- Literary elements: style, Point of View
- Grammar: punctuation, conjunctions
- Writing: Sentence fluency, compare and contrast, poetry analysis
- Major work: Julius Caesar; The Shakespearean & Petrarchan sonnet
Short Stories/poems:
Sound of Thunder, The Pedestrian- Ray Bradbury; The Son from America- Isaac B, Singer; Getting a Job-Maya Angelou; Salvador Late or Early- Sandra Cisneros; Woman- Nikki Giovanni; The Man in the Black Suit- Stephen King; Assorted Shakespearean sonnets.