Berwick Academy English Department K-12 Curriculum Chart

2010-2011

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Formal Writing sentences, paragraphs essays

2
sentences 5-nger paragraph

4
sentences (read & corrected) paragraphs (r & c) Explorers project Colonies project

by heart words / sentences (read)

Research

immigrant project predator / prey African-American (read) (read) end of the year--some (read)

Journal Writing Poetry Short Story

(read)
using frames (read & corrected) variety of forms (r & c) free verse (r & c)

Humor / Captions Reader Response

comics and captions to teach inference (r & c)

(read)

summaries variety of reading responses point of view (r & c) 10-min. Quick Writes to collect seed ideas (r) memoir (r & c)

Quick Writes

(read)

Period Narrative / Memoir Letters / Review / Argument (Real World) (read) letters (read & corrected)

(r & c) letters to authors letters to book characters (PoV?)

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Formal Writing sentences, paragraphs essays

6
Sentences Paragraph (r, g & c) Essay Organization & Development coordinated w/ history (r, g & c)

7
Sentences Paragraph (r, g & c) Essay Organization & Development

8
Paragraphs, topic sentence, exemplication, comparison, analysis ESSAYS (read, graded & corrected) (history)

Sentences (r, g & c) Paragraphs (r, g & c)

Research

State Project (r, g & c) American Biography Project

Journal Writing Poetry Short Story Humor / Captions political cartoons (r, g & c) Guided Written Reection (r, g & c) captions / skits (read) poetry-personal (r,g & c) Poetry (read)
very little

NO Poems for 2 Voices

No!
(creative) Humor Description (read, graded) Yes- informal (read)

Reader Response

Quick Writes Period Narrative / Memoir Letters / Review / Argument (Real World) Immigration Project (r, g & c) Personal Narrative Letter to the Editor (r & g) 1 or 2

NO Narratives (r, g & c) Ads, letters, review (r, g & c)

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Formal Writing sentences, paragraphs essays

10
Analytical Responses varying in length 400 words--->5 pages

11
ANALYTICAL RESPONSE (1pg) 5 ESSAY(ANALYTICAL) QUOTATIONS & CITATIONS

12
(ALL)

Formal Analytical Essays Thesis, topic sentences (rubric) Research + Oral Presentation (graded) Read / Graded

Research

(Presentation)

Journal Writing

Thoreau Project Journal (graded not corrected) Sonnets Short Story using a particular point of view Modernist Poem COURSE (ONE) EACH COURSE

Poetry Short Story Humor / Captions Reader Response Quick Writes Period Narrative / Memoir Letters / Review / Argument (Real World)

Sonnets Form vs. Free Verse Descriptive Story

Read / Graded Yes- Read Aloud Yes- Graded & Corrected Yes- Oral Presentation

Frequently (each week) Somewhat Frequently (read or graded) 2 x/yr

Journal Freewrite

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Gatsby Essay Personal Narrative from an Epigraph Persuasive Speech on topic relevant to teenagers

Art of Essay (1st trimester)