BWIIHS Curriculum Map
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August
Content and Essential Skills
Skills
Assessment
Resources
Optional
September
Content and Essential Skills
Skills
Assessment
Resources
Optional
October
Content and Essential Skills
Skills
Assessment
Resources
Optional
November
Content and Essential Skills
Skills
Assessment
Resources
Optional
December
Content and Essential Skills
Skills
Assessment
Resources
Optional
January
Content and Essential Skills
Review of elements of fiction
How do I apply the elements of fiction(plot, character, setting, irony, theme, point of view) to my reading?
Skills
Ability to understand and apply the elements of plot and character to short stories: The Sniper, Poison, Thank You Ma'am
Assessment
Question and answer sessions
Class discussions
Tests
Resources
Elements of Literature Third Course
Text video series
Text generated assignments, etc.
Teacher generated assignments, etc
Optional
February
Content and Essential Skills
Continue review of literary elements
How do I apply the elements of irony, point of view and setting to my reading
Skills
Ability to identify and apply the elements of irony, point of view, and setting to short stories along with continued application of plot and character
The Gift of the Magi
Snow
A Christmas Memory
Assessment
Class discussions
Question and Answer sessions
Tests
Resources
Elements of Literature Third Course
video - The Gift of the Magi
video - A Christmas Memory
Text generated assignments, etc
Teacher generated assignments, etc
Optional
March
Content and Essential Skills
Review of element of theme
review of elements of nonfiction
Why do we read nonfiction?
How is literature a record of the human experience?
Skills
Ability to apply the element of theme to short stories
Continued application of previous elements
The Cask of Amontillado
American History
Ability to define nonfiction
Ability to define and identify autobiography
Not Much of a Task Before Me
Riding is an Exercise of the Mind
Assessment
Class discussions
Question and answer sessions
Test over short story elements
Class discussions
Question and answer sessions
Tests
Resources
Elements of Literature Third Course
video - The Cask of Amontillado
Text generated assignments, etc
Teacher generated assignments, etc.
Optional
April
Content and Essential Skills
Continued review of nonfiction
review of grammar - verbs, clauses, complements, sentences
Why is correct verb usage important?
How do I identify different types of clauses and use them in my writing?
What are the different types of complements and how do they work in sentences?
What are the four different types of sentences?
Skills
Ability to identify essays and types of essays
Ability to identify writer's purpose
Haven't I Made a Difference
Misspelling
Ability to correctly use verb tense in writing.
Ability to write sentences containing different types of clauses.
Ability to create sentence variety using a variety of complements.
Ability to write and identify the four different types of sentences.
Assessment
Class discussion
Question and answer sessions
Test over nonfiction unit
Writing of essays and an autobiography
Worksheets and other assignments
Quizzes
Individual writing assignments
Resources
Elements of Literature Third Course
Text generated assignments, etc
Teacher generated assignments, etc.
Language Network Blue Level
Text generated assignments, etc
Teacher generated assignments, etc
Optional
May
Content and Essential Skills
Review of elements of poetry
How is poetry a record of the human experience?
Why do poets create poems?
How do poets use language and a variety of figures of speech and sound effects in their poetry?
Skills
Ability to identify imagery, simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme and rhythm in poetry
Ability to apply above terminology to assigned poems
Assessment
Class discussion
Question and answer sessions
Poetry project
Test
Semester exam
Resources
Elements of Literature Third Course
Text generated assignments, etc
Teacher generated assignments, etc.
Optional
