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TERM 1/QUARTER 1
Poetry 8 weeksUnit 1: Literary Elements, Short Story, &
READING
WRITING
Cornerstone Writings:
Informative/Explanatory
paragraph/essay
(e.g. Crossroads essay, Literary
Analysis, Goals paragraph/essay)
Personal response journal
Cornell notes w/ summary
Suggested Readings:
The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe) 830L (low)
The Raven (Edgar Allan Poe) 960L
Ozymandias (Percy Bysse Shelley)
LANGUAGE
Emphasis:
Suggested Writings:
Original poetry in a variety of forms
Personal narrative
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READING
Cornerstone Readings:
The Odyssey (Homer) 1050 L (Mid)
Penelope (Dorothy Parker) 660 L (Low)
Back from War, but Not Really Home (Caroline Alexander/New York
Times)* 1330L (High)
Suggested Readings:
Informative/Explanatory essay
(e.g. My Ithaca Essay)
Cornell notes w/ summary
Suggested Writings:
READING
ER 3ART3/QUMTER
8 weeksNonfiction and NovelUnit 3: Literary
WRITING
Cornerstone writings:
Cornerstone Readings:
I Have a Dream (Martin Luther King Jr) 1135 L (High)
Warriors Dont Cry (Melba Pattillo Beals) 1000L (mid)
WRITING
Cornerstone Writings:
Argumentative paragraph
Personal response journal
Cornell notes w/ summary
Suggested Writings:
Short essay responses with evidence
Informative/Explanatory
paragraph/essay
AZMerit-style practice
LANGUAGE
Emphasis:
LANGUAGE
Emphasis:
Cornerstone Readings:
Shakespeares world (from the text)
A Shakespearean drama (e.g. Romeo and Juliet, Taming of the Shrew,
etc.)
Suggested Readings:
Oedipus (Sophocles)
Excerpts from The Poetics (Aristotle)
The Seven Ages of Man (William Shakespeare)
Monkeys Paw(W. W. Jacobs)
Elizabethan Women
A selection from Nine Short Plays (variety of authors)
WRITING
Cornerstone Writings:
Argumentative essay
Cornell notes w/ summary
Suggested Writings:
One Act Play
LANGUAGE
Emphasis:
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