10^th Grade Curriculum Map Honors/Gifted English

1^st 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

2^nd NINE WEEKS-

· Literary elements: setting, symbolism, figurative Language, voice

· Grammar: pronoun usage, conventions, parallelism

· Writing: word choice (diction), rhetorical devices, Literary Analysis

· Major work: Their Eyes Were Watching God/ movie- Color Purple

· Harlem Renaissance research

· Major work- independent reading- Like Water for Chocolate

3^rd 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

4^th 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.

10^th Grade Curriculum Map Honors English