Egg Harbor Township English Curriculum

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ENGLISH II Timeframe: MP1
Title of Unit: Justice
DESIRED
CONTENT STANDARDS RESULTS

READING LITERATURE:
RL.9-10.1
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as
inferences drawn from the text.

RL.9-10.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text,
including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the
text.

RL.9-10.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative
meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language
evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).

RL.9-10.5
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. RL.9-10.6
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.

READING INFORMATIONAL TEXT:

RI.9-10.1
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as
inferences drawn from the text.

WRITING:
W.9-10.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly
and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

W.9-10.4
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task,
purpose, and audience.

W.9-10.10
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames
(a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.

LANGUAGE:
L.9-10.1
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or
speaking.

L.9-10.4
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades
9-10 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

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SPEAKING AND LISTENING:
SL.9-10.1
Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and
teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9-10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and
expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

SL.9-10.4
Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can
follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose,
audience, and task.

Understandings Essential Questions

Utilize textual evidence to OVERARCHING:

make inferences What is justice? Who determines what is
Determine how the central idea and just?
theme infuences a text and the
central idea develops over the TOPICAL:
course of the text How the thematic topic of justice be
Determine characters communicated through both direct and
motivations, how the characters indirect means?
develop over the course of the
texts and how the How does the concept of justice interact
characters advance the plots with a
Use context clues in the texts characters motivation?
to determine the literal and
figurative How does the author use justice as a
meaning of words and phrases thematic topic to develop the plot or
and series of factual events?
how the words set tone
Produce, edit, and revise clear How does the author use both literal and
and coherent writing using figurative language to set the tone?
proper
organization, style, purpose, and Why does the author choose a
audience awareness. specific order to reveal the events or
Understand how to utilize ideas?
technology to conduct research
and acquire How does the understanding of grammar
knowledge on a variety of topics. and word choice help us communicate
Understand the importance of ideas such as justice?
participation in collaborative
group and class discussions. How does collaborative group work
Understanding the importance of
increase our openness to different
producing knowledge based
viewpoints on justice?
presentations and listening to
similar projects produced by Can progress be made without confict?
peers.
Understand the correct
How do authors manipulate literary

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 KNOWLED
GE
Students will know
The definition of: setting, plot,
narrator, conflict, mood, theme,
dramatic and situational irony,
symbol and allegory
Students will know how to use
textual evidence to support
inferences.
Students will know how theme or
central idea influences texts and how
theme changes over the course of the
pieces.
Students will know characters
advance the plot.
Students will know how language
infuences the tone of the text.
Students will know the difference
between literal and figurative
language.
Students will know the reasons for the
order of events and/or ideas presented
in an informational text or a work of
fiction.
Students will know how to utilize the
conventions of the English language
when writing, speaking, reading and
listening.
Students will be able to reevaluate and
revise their own writing based on this
knowledge.
Students will know how to use
technology to complete research
assignments and gain knowledge on
relevant subjects.
Students will know how to acquire
SKILL
S
Students will be able to
READING:
Make Inferences
Identify theme
Analyze central idea
Identify theme
Analyze Summer Reading
Identify tone and mood
Identify and analyze elements of plot, setting,
conflict, narrator, POV, dramatic and
situational irony
Make connections and predictions
Set a purpose for reading
Identify and analyze symbol and allegory
WRITING:
Define and identify TIQA/Keyhole
LANGUAGE WITHIN WRITING:
Correctly use various types of phrases (noun,
verb, adjectival, adverbial, participial,
prepositional, absolute) and clauses
(independent, dependent; noun, relative,
adverbial)
Use context
Identify and correctly use patterns of word
changes that indicate different meanings or
parts of speech
Consult dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses to
find the pronunciation of a word or determine
or clarify its precise meaning, its part of
speech, or its etymology
Check the inferred meaning in context or in a
dictionary
SPEAKING AND LISTENING:
Discussions
Participate effectively in cooperative
learning groups
Research Presentations
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 ASSSESSME
PERFORMANCE TASK NT EVIDENC
(WRITING) E

Routine Writing: Teacher observation

Teacher created tests and quizzes
TIQA/Keyhole graphic organizers Guided Reading Packets
Short story analysis Class Participation
Writing Portfolio
Summer Reading Critical Analysis Rubric from group projects and
presentations
Journal entries
RESOURC
ES
HONORS

Summer Reading:
Hop Frog
Masque of the Red Death
The Sniper
Active Reading Resource Packet

CP/ADV

Summer Reading
Kaffir Boy/Catch the Moon/Those Winter Sundays:
Masque of the Red Death/ Seven Ages of Man
Five Stages of Grief