English Language Arts McDougal Littell

Grade: Part: Unit: 10 HS- English 2 4: World Classics Upholding Honor: GREEK TRAGEDY AND

MEDIVAL ROMANCE*IN DRAMA *IN FICTION *ACROSS GENRES

Essential Question: Literary Workshop: Writing Workshop: Speaking and Listening When does ambition lead to tragedy? Characteristics of Greek Tragedy,

Conventions of Medieval Romance

Persuasive Essay Debate

Assessment Practice: Great Reads: Greek Tragedy and Medieval Romance Ideas for Independent Reading Vocabulary Strategies: Academic Vocabulary:Etymology, p. 1008Analogies, p. 1029Connotation, p. 1042Metaphors and similes, p. 1062

Classic drama Tragic hero Medieval romance Parody Connotation Greek tragedy Tragic flaw Romance hero Etymology

The Arizona Essential Course of StudyLiterature:

Literary Analysis Workshop: Greek Tragedy and Medieval Romanceo Classic Greek Dramao Antigoneo Le Morte d’Arthuro Sir Launcelot du Lakeo from The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights

Nonfiction and Informational Material: from A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

Comparing Across Genres from Don Quixote from Man of la Mancha

Writing: Persuasive Essay

Speaking, Listening, and Media: Debate

Whole GroupReading 60 Minutes

__:__-__:__ Language Arts Oral/Vocab60 Minutes

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LITERARY ANALYSIS Identify characteristics of classical drama, parody

V-R-4: HI-17: describing the plot and its components. (e.g., main events, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.)

Identify and analyze characteristics of Greek tragedy, including tragic hero, tragic flaw, conventions of medieval romance, romance hero.

V-R-4: HI-35: interpreting figurative language, including simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, symbolism, and imagery in a literary selection.

Identify and analyze theme and conflictV-R-4:HI-17: describing the plot and its components. (e.g., main events, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.)

Analyze and evaluate styleV-R-4: HI-12: determining the author's point of view and/or stated or implied purpose (i.e., to inform, to persuade, to entertain).

Grammar60 Minutes

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Writing60 Minutes

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SPEAKING, LISTENING, AND VIEWING Debate an issue

V-LS-1: HI-7: offering and justifying opinions and ideas in response to questions and statements in academic discourse.V-LS-: HI-5: asking and responding to academic questions (i.e., agreeing/ disagreeing with others, expressing probabilities, hypothetical questions, etc.) in complete sentences.

Use dictionary etymology to research word origins

V-R-2:HI-10: applying knowledge of affixes to base words in context.V-L-2: HI-7: analyzing how affixes change base/root words. (e.g., adding -ly to quick makes it an adverb instead of an adjective.)V-L-2: HI-13: analyzing the parts and spelling of a word to derive meaning.V-L-2: HI-15: determining the meaning of words through the use of multiple strategies in reading content area text.

Understand and use connotations of words

V-L-2: HI-17: distinguishing between the denotative and connotative meanings of grade-level words in content area text.ACADEMIC VOCABULARY

Classic Drama Tragic hero Medieval romance Parody Connotation Greek tragedy Tragic flaw Romance hero Etmology

GRAMMAR Vary sentence

structure by inverting sentences

V-W-4: HI-15: using a variety of sentence structures (e.g., simple, compound, complex) for sentence fluency.

Vary sentence beginnings by using a variety of phrases and clauses

V-W-4: HI-14: using a variation in sentence beginnings, lengths, and patterns (including phrases and/or clauses).V-W-4: HI-15: using a variety of sentence structures (e.g., simple, compound, complex) for sentence fluency.

WRITING Write a

persuasive essay

V-W-1: HI-7: writing a persuasive text that states a position/claim, supports arguments with evidence, and acknowledges and refutes opposing arguments.

READING Make inferences

V-LS-1: HI-3: making inferences and drawing conclusions using evidence from fiction and nonfiction read-alouds in complete sentencesV-R-4: HI-14: drawing conclusions from information implied or inferred in a literary selection.

Use strategies for reading classical dramaV-R-4: HI-3: formulating and confirming predictions about text for accuracy.V-R-4: HI-4: answering literal, inferential, prediction, evaluation, and/or personal response questions about text.V-R-4: HI-7: explaining connections made to text while reading. (text-to-text, text-to-self, and text-to-world)

ELL Whole Group/Additional Whole Group ResourcesStudents Resource Bank:Reading HandbookWriting HandbookGrammar HandbookVocabulary and Selling HandbookSpeaking and Listening Handbook Media HandbookTest-Taking HandbookGlossary of Literacy TermsGlossary of Reading and Informational TermsGlossary of Vocabulary in English and SpanishPronunciation Key

ELL Small Group/Differentiated InstructionAcademic Vocabulary p. 957 Additional Academic Vocabulary p. 957Background p. 959, p. 972, p. 983Comprehension p. 959, p. 960, p. 961, p. 1014, p. 1015, p. 1023, p. 1038, p. 1050, p. 1056, p. 1066Concept Support p. 968, p. 1018, p. 1020, p. 1022Culture p. 1093, p. 1036, p. 1038Evaluate Translations

Key Academic Vocabulary p. 974, p. 1013, p. 1019, p. 1034, p. 1047, p. 1076Language p. 1087, p. 1090, p. 1091, p. 1108, p. 1195, p. 1065Options for Reading p. 1033Pre-Reading p. 968, p. 1033Task Support p. 1098, p. 1101, p. 1104, p. 1105, p. 1108, p. 1111, p. 1113, p. 1117, p. 1123, p. 1124, p. 1129, p. 1131, p. 1137, p. 1139, p. 1140, p. 1145, p. 1147, p. 1155, p. 1156, p. 1156, p. 1160, p. 1162, p. 1165, p. 1175, p. 1176, p. 1179Visual VocabularyVocabulary p. 961, p. 1000, p. 1014, p. 1025, p. 1029, p. 1035, p. 1040, p. 1042, p. 1052, p. 1057, p. 1058, p. 1062, p. 1075 Vocabulary Strategy Vocabulary Support p. 963, p. 971, p. 972, p. 976, p. 979, p. 983, p. 987, p. 988, p. 990, p. 996, p. 998, p. 1008, p. 1016, p. 1020, p. 1022, p. 1026

Assessment & Additional ResourcesAssessment Practice Unit 10 pg. 1072

Greek Tragedy and Medieval Romance o Characteristics of Classic Dramao Dialogueo Conflicto Tragic Heroo Choruso Characteristics of Medieval Romanceo Romance Heroo Code of Chivalryo Etymologyo Connotationo Vary Sentence Beginningso Inverted Sentences

Unit TestsWrite a Persuasive EssayDebate an Issue

Standards

2.1.PO1a,2.1.PO1.e

2.2.PO1 1.4.PO5, 2.1.PO1.a, 2.5.PO2

2.1.PO1.a, 2.1.PO1.e

1.4.PO3, 1.6.PO4,2.1.PO4,2.5.PO2

1.6.PO3,2.1.PO1.a,2.2.PO1

1.2.PO1, 3.4.PO1,LS-P1

Literary Analysis Workshop: Greek Tragedy and Medieval Romancepp. 958-963

Classical Greek Dramapp. 964-965Informational ArticleLevel: Easy

Antigonepp. 966-1009DramaLevel: Challenging

from Le Morte d’Arthur: The Crowning of Arthur, Sir Launcelot du Lakepp. 1010-1029RomanceLevel: Average

from The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights pp. 1030-1043RomanceLevel: Average

from Don Quixote/from Man of Manchapp. 1044-1063RomanceLevel: Challenging

Writing Workshop: Persuasive Essay pp. 1064-1071