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Colegio Beato Carlos Manuel RodriguezEnglish Department
Mrs. Rivera2009-2010
10 Grade Syllabus
Mark Twain
“You may never a discovery if you’re afraid to make a mistake.”
Tenth Grade Syllabus
Title of Course: English Tenth GradeTeacher: Jannette RiveraCourse Textbook: Mc Dougal Literature
Description of the Course: Based on the constructivist approach and the development of different educational techniques the course will prepare all students to reach their potential ability to communicate affectively in English in the four strands of the language:
1) Oral Communication2) Written Communication 3) Reading Comprehension4) Literary Appreciation
General Objectives: The students will recognize the importance of the English acquisition as the development of the competencies and linguistic skills geared at promoting his/her personal culture, social, ethical, aesthetical, growth and dealing with the expectations and demands of society.
Genre of LiteratureFiction
*New York WomenEdwidge Danticat Page 672-681
Who is the Real You?Literacy Skills:StyleImagery Reading SkillssequenceVocabulary SkillVocabulary in contextGrammar SkillsAppositiveAppositive phraseWriting skillsCompare and contrast sentences
*The Lady, or The Tiger?-Frank R. Stockton Page 682-693
How do you make Decisions?Literacy skillsAnalyze charactersAnalyze settingAnalyze plotReading skillParaphraseVocabularyGrammar skillParticiplesParticipal phraseWriting skillDevelop complete answers to questions
*The Snapping TurtleJoseph Bruchac Page 766-781
* Assigned Novel Tuesdays with Morry
Literacy SkillsElements of NovelReading SkillsCause and effect Moral ValuesCharacter Trait
Vocabulary SkillsVocabu;lary in contextOral SkillDiscussion of Human ValuesWriting SkillComposition
Where do we get our Values?Reading SkillCompare and ContrastVocabularyGrammar SkillsGerundsGerunds phrasesWriting SkillsLiterature analysis
* Pecos BillMary Pope Osborne Pages 800-809
What is a Folk Hero?Reading SkillHyperboleVocabularyGrammar SkillFragmentsRecognizing run-onsWriting SkillParticiplesParticipial Phrase
Genre of LiteratureNonfiction
Autobiography
*Dreams from My FatherBarack Obama Pages 830-845
What Makes you Proud?Reading SkillCause and effectInterpretAutobiographyVocabulary Skill
ConnotativeDenotativeGrammar SkillClauses(Adjective, Adverb and Noun) Memoir
*One Last Time Gary Soto Page 816- 825
What can you learn from a Job? Reading SkillSensory detailsWriting SkillAnalyze literatureVocabulary SkillsCorrect vocabulary in contextGrammar SkillSemicolon
*Roughing It Pages 704-713Mark TwainWhy do we Exaggerate?Literacy SkillsVoice hyperboleUnderstatementReading SkillsContext cluesDescriptive detailsVocabularyGrammar SkillsParticiplesParticiples phrases
* Assigned Novel The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnLiteracy SkillsElements of NovelReading SkillsAnalyze sensory DetailsAnalyze cause and effectCharacter TraitVocabularyVocabu;lary in context
Essay
Personal Essay Us and ThemDavid Sedaris Page 716-727What’s Really Normal?Literacy SkillIronyReading SkillStyle of different EssaysEvaluate styleIdentify StyleGrammar SkillComplex sentence
Independent ClauseDependant Clause
Essay The Sanctuary of SchoolLynda Barry Pages 994-1001
Why do we need schools?Literacy SkillsAuthor’s purposeReading SkillsCause and effectVocabulary SkillVocabulary for reading and writingBase wordsPreffixAffixesGrammar SkillsNegatives
SpeechSpeech Educating SonsChief Canasatego 1002-1005Who Decides what’s important?Literacy SkillsElements of speechElements of nonfiction in Historical ContextReading SkillComparison and contrastVocabulary SkillsVocabulary in contextGrammarFragmentsRun-onsWriting SkillsStucture of Letter
Media
On Line ArticleThe Great Chiago Fire of 1871Michael Burgan Page 876-883
Where do you get your Facts?Reading SkillSupporting DetailsWriting SkillTaking notesProblem- Solution EssayGrammar SkillCommas
Capitalize
Magazine Article
Over the top: The True Adventures of a Volacano ChaserRenee Skelton Pages 894-903What is your dream job? Why do people seek danger?Reading SkillAdjust reading to purposeGrammar SkillGerunds Gerunds PhrasesVocabulary SkillVocabulary in contextWriting SkillGrafic aid(representation of information)
Interview
Interview with a SongcatcherBrian Handwerk Page 908-917What does music say about us?Reading SkillFact OpinionVocabulary SkillsConnotativeDenotativeGrammar SkillsInfinitiveInfinitive phrasesDiagramming phrases
*Assigned novel: History An American Plague: The True and Terrifing Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793.
Literacy SkillsHistoryFact or OpinionReading SkillsChronological OrderWriting SkillsCause and EffectVocabularyContext CluesVocabulary in Context
Poetry
Reader’s Workshop: Appeciating Poetry Page 574-581Margaret Walker
What makes a Poem?Literacy SkillsFigurative languageMeaning of stanzaSoundsRhyme schemesRepetitionReading SkillsReading strategiesSettingParaphrase linesOutlineVocabulary SkillsWord meaningVocabulary in contextGrammar SkillsPunctuation
Poem - Smile: Willow and Ginkgo Page 582-585Eva Merriam
Poetic FormStanzaLiterary SkillsMetaphor SimileReading SkillsVisualizeGrammar SkillsSentence structure
Poem- Introduction to Poetry Pages 586- 587 Billy Collins
Literary SkillscoupletReading SkillsFigurative LanguagepersonificationGrammar SkillsSentence structure
*Students must always read the author’s information and historical background of all readings to familiarize with the topics they are about to do and identify the author’s message.
* This syllabus is subject to change depending on the developing of the course.
*The teacher will use different resources to help students understand the topics and make them pertinent for them.
Colegio Beato Carlos Manuel RodriguezEnglish Department
Mrs. Rivera2009-2010
9 Grade Syllabus
Robert Cormier
“Kindness is a hard thing to give away; it keeps coming back to the giver.”
Ninth Grade Syllabus
Title of Course: English Ninth GradeTeacher: Jannette RiveraCourse Textbook: Mc Dougal Little InterActive Reader And Writer for Critical Analysis Mc Dougal Little Grammar For Writing
Description of the Course: Based on the constructivist approach and the development of different educational techniques the course will prepare all students to reach their potential ability to communicate affectively in English in the four strands of the language:
1) Oral Communication2) Written Communication 3) Reading Comprehension4) Literary Appreciation
General Objectives: The students will recognize the importance of the English acquisition as the development of the competencies and linguistic skills geared at promoting his/her personal culture, social, ethical, aesthetical, growth and dealing with the expectations and demands of society.
Genre of Literature
Fiction
The Most Dangerous GameRichard Connell
Pages 5-33Literacy Skills
Narrative StructureElements of Fiction
Writing SkillsEssay
Grammar SkillsPrepositions
Prepositional PhraseVocabulary Skills
Vocabulary in Context
* Assigned Novel- The Chocolate War-Author Robert Cormier
Literacy SkillsElements of Novel
Human ValuesMaking Decisions
Writing SkillsSummarize
Reading SkillsQuotes
SequenceComprehension
Grammar SkillsPunctuation
Sentence Structure
The NecklaceGuy de Maupassant
Pages 53-69Literacy Skill
Characterization Point of View
Reading SkillsMain Idea
DetailsWriting Skill
Character SketchGrammar Skill
ConjunctionsIntrjections
Vocabulary SkillContext Clues
The Cast of AmontilladoEdgar Allan Poe
Pages 73-87Literacy Skill
SettingMood
Imagery in FictionTrace of ideasWriting Skill
ParagraphResponse to literature
ImageryGrammar Skill
Subject and VerbsVocabulary Skill
Idioms
The Scarlet IbisJames HurstPages 91-113Literacy Skill
ThemeSymbol
Writing SkillExpository EssayGrammar Skill
DirectIndirect Object
Vocabulary SkillVocabulary in context
Where Have you Gone, Charming Billy?TimO’Brien
Pages 199-215Literacy Skill
StyleVoice
Writing SkillPersonal Narrative
SummarizeParaphrase
Grammar SkillPredicate NominativePredicate Adjective
Subject ComplementsVocabulary Skill
SuffixesPrefixes
Blue Ain’t No Mocking BirdToni Cade Bambara
Pages 219-235Literacy Skill
HistoryCulture
Author’s purposeWriting Skill
Short ResponseGrammar Skill
PatternsComplements
Vocabulary SkillWord Roots
Nonfiction
The Right to the Street of MemphisRichard WrightAutobiography
Pages 37-49Literacy Skills
MythFact
Writing SkillsShort Response
Grammar SkillDiagraming Basic Parts
Vocabulary SkillDenotation
Cognoatation
I Have a DreamMartin Luther King
SpeechPages 151-165
Literacy SkillsStyle
Writing SkillsPersonal WritingGrammar SkillsAdjective PhraseAdverb Phrase
Vocabulary SkillsIdioms
The Lost BoySara Corbett
Magazine ArticlePages 117-131Literacy Skills
Author’s PurposeWriting Skills
Parts Of a Magazine Article
Grammar SkillsAppositives
Appositive PhrasesVocabulary Skills
Vocabulary in Context
The House of MangoSandra CisnerosNovel ExcerptPages 135-147
Literacy SkillsAuthor’s Perspective in Fiction
Character DescriptionWriting SkillsSummarizing
Grammar SkillsStructure of Sentence
Vocabulary SkillsVocabulary in Context
Poetry
I Ask My Mother to SingLi-Young Lee
Page 170Literacy Skills
Figurative languageMeaning of stanza
SoundsRhyme schemes
RepetitionReading Skills
Reading strategiesSetting
Paraphrase linesOutline
Vocabulary SkillsWord meaning
Vocabulary in context
My Papa’s WaltzTheodore Roethke
Page 169Lieracy Skills
ImagerySimile
MetaphorPersonification
HyperboleReading Skills
InferencesVocabulary SkillsUse of Language
Grape SherbetRita DovePage 171
Literacy SkillsLyric
rhythmReading Skills
InferenceVocabulary SkillsUse of Language
The Road Not TakenRobert Frost
Page 187Literacy Skills
metaphoreReading Skills
descriptionVocabulary Skills
Vocabulary in context
The Seven Ages of ManWilliam Shakespeare
Page 185Literacy Skills
MonologueReading Skills
descriptionVocabulary Skills
Vocabulary in context
*Students must always read the author’s information and historical background of all readings to familiarize with the topics they are about to do and identify the author’s message.
* This syllabus is subject to change depending on the developing of the course.
*The teacher will use different resources to help students understand the topics and make them pertinent for them.
Colegio Beato Carlos Manuel RodriguezEnglish Department
Mrs. Rivera2009-2010
12 Grade Advanced Syllabus
William Shakespeare
“Kindness is a hard thing to give away; it keeps coming back to the giver.”
Twelve Grade Syllabus
Title of Course: English Twelve GradeTeacher: Jannette RiveraCourse Textbook: Mc Dougal Littell Literature
Description of the Course: Based on the constructivist approach and the development of different educational techniques the course will prepare all students to reach their potential ability to communicate affectively in English in the four strands of the language:
1) Oral Communication2) Written Communication 3) Reading Comprehension4) Literary Appreciation
General Objectives: The students will recognize the importance of the English acquisition as the development of the competencies and linguistic skills geared at promoting his/her personal culture, social, ethical, aesthetical, growth and dealing with the expectations and demands of society.
Genre of Literature
FictionThe Interlopers
Saki Pages 394-405
What is wrong with holding a Grudge?Literacy Skill
Theme and SettingReading Skill
MonitorWriting Skill
Analize LiteratureGrammar Skill
Subordinate Clauses
Two FriendsGuy de Maupassant
Pages 406- 419What would you do for a friend?
Literacy SkillSymbol
Reading SkillInferences
Writing SkillAnalyze Literature
Grammar SkillCompound predicate
Sentence structure
A Chip of GlassRubiNadine Gordimer
Pages 628-643What would you sacrifice fro justice?
Literacy SkillTheme
PersuasionReading Skill
Draw ConclusionsWriting Skill
Personal OpinionGrammar Skill
Compound Complex SentenceSentence Structure
How Much Land Does a Man Need?Leo Tolstoy
Pages 644-664How Important is Wealth?
(Scriptural Writing The New Testament)Literacy Skill
Didactic LiteratureReading Skill
Purpose in ReadingWriting Skill
Compare-Contrast EssayGrammar Skill
Patterns
Marrige is a Private AffairChinua AchebePages 896-907
Whose Life is it anyway?Literacy Skill
Cultural ConflictReading Skill
PredictWriting Skill
Personal EssayGrammar Skill
Gerunds
*Assigned NovelTo Kill A Mockingbird
Literacy SkillStory ElementsReading Skill
PredictSequence of EventsDraw Conclusions
Writing SkillResearch APAGrammar Skill
Active VoicePassive Voice
DramaLiteraray Analysis Workshop, Shakespearean
When does ambition lead to tragedy?Pages 1080-1095
Can your conscience mislead you?Literacy Skill
Characteristics of DramaCharacteristics of language
Draw ConclusionsReading Skill
Strategies of ReadingStrategies of Drama
Writing SkillPersonal Opinion Essay
Grammar SkillDescriptive Details using Adjective Clauses
*Assigned NovelMacbeth
Literacy SkillElements of DramaReading Skill Idea
SequenceSummarizeInferences
MainWriting Skill
Compare Contrast EssayResearch
Grammar SkillAdjectives Clauses
Literary Analysis WorkshopGreek Tragedy and Medieval Romance
Pages 956-965What quest live on?
Literacy SkillCharacterization
ThemeConflict
StyleReading Skill
InferencesClasical Drama
Writing SkillPersuasive Essay
Sentence Structure
PhrasesClauses
AntigoneSophocles
Pages 968-1009What is your ultimate loyalty?
Literacy SkillTragedyChorusIrony
Reading SkillClassical Drama
Writing SkillPersonal Opinion Essay
Grammar SkillSentence Structure
A Marriage ProposalAnton ChekhouPages 242-259
Why do people argue over silly things?Literacy Skill
CharactersCharacters Traits
Reading SkillStategies in a Play
Writing SkillAnalysis in Literature
Grammar SkillType of Sentence
NonfictionMemoir
NightElie Wiesel
852-863Can Humanity Triumph over evil?
Literacy SkillAuthors Feelings
ConclusionsTone
Reading SkillConnect with Author
Writing SkillPersonal EssayWord Choice
Grammar SkillSentence Structure
*Novel - Don QuixoteMiguel de Cervantes
Literacy SkillElements Of Novel
Reading SkillPredict
Writing SkillResearch
Compare Contrast EssayGrammar Skill
Sentence Structure
Montgomery BoycottCoretta Scott King
880-895How can we Change Society?
Literacy SkillCharacter TraitReading Skill
Fact Fiction
Writing SkillEssay
Grammar SkillPatterns
Diagrams
EssayTolerance
E. M. Forster Persuasive Essay448-453
How Accepting are you?Literacy Skill
Elements of nonfictionPersuasive Techniques
Reading SkillReason
EvidenceWriting Skill
Persuasive EssayGrammar Skill
Diagrams
The Plot Against PeopleHumorous Essay Russell Baker
488-493When are little things a Big Deal?
Literacy SkillTone
DictionReading Skill
Chronological OrderWriting Skill
Coparitive Contrast EssayGrammar Skill
The Hyphen
Why leaves Turn Color in the Fall?Essay Diane Ackerman
494-507Can Beauty be captured in words?
Literacy SkillAuthors Purpose
Reading SkillCause and Effect
Writing SkillAnalyze Literature
Grammar SkillParticiples
Participle Phrases
Speech On Nuclear Disarmament
Speech Carl Segan592-602
What would make the world Safer?Literacy Skill
Rhetorical DeviceReading Skill
RepetitionParallelism
Writing SkillAnalyze Nonfiction
Grammar SkillSentence Structure
MediaThe After math of September 11
Documentary936-953
What are the Signs of the times?(The students will create a documentary)
Literacy SkillReflection of Historical Events
Visual Aspects
Daisy America’s BackPolitical Ads
666-669How do candidates get your vote?
(The students will create a political party and will present their campange)Literacy SkillPersuation
Poetry
Literary Analysis Workshop: The Language of Poetry 686-697
Where do you find Poetry?Literacy Skill
Poetic ElementsDevicesImagery
Figurative LanguageReading Skill
AnalyzeWriting Skill
Word Choice in a PaperGrammar SkillPrecise Verbs
NatureThere will come soft Rains
Sara Teasdale 696-703
Literacy SkillSound DeviceReading Skill
Strategies in readingWriting SkillWord Choice
Grammar SkillPrecise Verbs
Meleting at NightRobert Browning
696-703Literacy SkillSound DeviceReading Skill
Strategies in readingWriting SkillWord Choice
Grammar SkillPrecise Verbs
The Sound of NightMaxine Kumin
696-703Literacy SkillSound DeviceReading Skill
Style in PoetryWriting Skill
Analyze
I dwell in PossibilityEmily Dickinson
704-707 What is our place in Nature?
Literacy SkillLyric PoetryReading Skill
Figurative LanguageWriting Skill
Analyze Poem
*Students must always read the author’s information and historical background of all readings to familiarize with the topics they are about to do and identify the author’s message.
* This syllabus is subject to change depending on the developing of the course.
*The teacher will use different resources to help students understand the topics and make them pertinent for them.
Colegio Beato Carlos Manuel RodriguezEnglish Department
Mrs. Rivera2009-2010
7th Grade Syllabus
Gary Soto
“A good book is the purest essence of a human soul.”~ Thomas Carlyle ~
Seventh Grade Syllabus
Title of Course: English Seventh GradeTeacher: Jannette RiveraCourse Textbook: Interchange Book - InterchangeWorkbook Sourcebook Reading and Writing
Description of the Course: Based on the constructivist approach and the development of different educational techniques the course will prepare all students to reach their potential ability to communicate affectively in English in the four strands of the language:
1) Oral Communication2) Written Communication 3) Reading Comprehension4) Literary Appreciation
General Objectives: The students will recognize the importance of the English acquisition as the development of the competencies and linguistic skills geared at promoting his/her personal culture, social, ethical, aesthetical, growth and dealing with the expectations and demands of society.
Genre of LiteratureFiction
Growing upMrs. Olinski
E. L. KonigsburgPages 62-69
Literary SkillsPoint of View
Vocabulary SkillPrefixes
Writing Skillsparagraph
Grammar SkillsSentence Punctuation
The Day It Rained Cockroaches Paul Zindel Pages 70-77
Literary SkillsTone
Vocabulary SkillsContext CluesHomophonesWriting Skills
Narrative paragraphGrammar Skills
Sentence Fragment
Esther ForbesReady
Esther ForbesPages 98-105Literary Skills
CharacterizationVocabulary Skills
SuffixesIdioms
Writing SkillsCharacter sketchGrammar Skills
Commas in a series
It’s TonightEsther ForbesPages 106-113Literary Skills
Historical fictionVocabulary Skills
Context cluesLatin roots
Writing SkillsDescriptive paragraph
Grammar SkillsUse of Good, Well, Bad, badly
Tough TimesHanging Out S. E. Hinton
Pages 116-123Literary Skills
SlangVocabulary Skills
Word families
Writing Skillspoem
Grammar SkillsProper Nouns
Being Fourteen Paula DanzigerPages 124-131Literary Skills
InferencesContext clues
SynonymsVocabulary Skills
Context cluesSynonyms
Writing SkillsJournal entry
Grammar SkillsCapitalization
Native Americans Attack
Ann Tuner Pages 134-141Literary SkillsPersonification
Vocabulary SkillsContext CluesPronunciationWriting Skills
Story beginningGrammar Skills
Verb Tense
Decisions
Louie HirshfieldJay NeugeborenPages 170-177Literary Skills
CharactersVocabulary Skills
HomographsWriting Skills
Character sketchGrammar Skills
Adjectives
George SantiniJay NeugeborenPages 178-185Literary Skills
AnecdoteVocabulary Skills
Word AnalysisWord Families
Writing Skillsreview
Grammar SkillsTitles
Nonfiction
Colonial AmericaEyewitness to the Boston Tea Party
Wesley S. GriswoldPages 80-87
Literary SkillsMain Idea
Vocabulary SkillsContext CluesPronunciationWriting Skills
letterGrammar Skills
Letter-Writing form
Lexington and Concord Bruce Bliven, Jr.
Pages 88-95Literary Skills
Chronological OrderVocabulary Skills
PrefixesWriting Skills
summaryGrammar Skills
Run-On- Sentence
Native AmericansOn the Red Man’s Trail (Speech)
Chief Seattle Pages 142-149Literary Skills
ParallelismVocabulary Skills
SynonymsPrefixes
Writing SkillsNews article
Grammar SkillsSubject-Verb Agreement
Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Washwoman (Autobiography)Isaac Bashevis Singer
Pages 152-159Literary Skills
ClimaxVocabulary Skills
Context CluesWord AnalysisWriting Skills
Compare and Contrast ParagraphGrammar SkillsCapitalization
The Washwoman (Continue)Isaac Bashevis Singer
Pages 160-167(Same Skills)
Child LaborMigrant Family LifeBrent Ashabranner
Pages 196-203Literary Skills
NonfictionVocabulary Skills
Context CluesSuffixes
Writing Skills3 paragraph essayGrammar Skills
Commas
Self-Reliance
Fear (Autobiography)Gary Soto
Pages 232-239Literary Skills
ToneVocabulary Skills
Context CluesWriting Skills
Paragraph of opinionGrammar Skills
Apostrophes
*Students must always read the author’s information and historical background of all readings to familiarize with the topics they are about to do and identify the author’s message.
* This syllabus is subject to change depending on the developing of the course.
*The teacher will use different resources to help students understand the topics and make them pertinent for them.