SY2016-17 Semester 1 Pacing Guide: Intermediate Language Arts B

Disclaimer: The K12 OLS (Online School) paces lessons into the weekly plan consecutively on specified days
for each course and component. Not completing a lesson will simply move it to the next day, but not keep a
student on pace. The pacing calendar below does not account for "Optional" lessons that will not count
toward the students grade. Course grades are calculated using individual assessment scores. The pacing
below accounts for 50% of the course to be completed each semester.
Week of

Section

8/1/168/5/16

Language
Arts B

Monday

8/8/168/12/16

Unit 1 Lesson 1:
Language Skills
Course
Introduction
Unit 1 Lesson 1:
Motion 1A

Composition

Literature

Unit 1 Lesson 1:
Discussion
Strategies,
Session 1

GUM
Vocabulary
8/15/168/19/16

GUM
Vocabulary

8/22/168/26/16

Literature

28-Aug

Unit 1 Lesson 1:
Parts of an Essay
THIS IS YOUR
AUGUST TGA
Unit 1 Lesson 1:
Discussion
Strategies,
Session 2
Unit 1 Lesson 4:
Parts of Speech
Review

Unit 1 Lesson 2:
Essay Decisions
THIS IS YOUR
AUGUST TGA
Unit 2 Lesson 1:
Chura and Marwe,
Session 1

Unit 2 Lesson 2:
Chura and Marwe,
Session 2

Unit 1 Lesson 5:
Review

Unit 2 Lesson 3:
"The Tiger's
Whisker"
Unit 1 Lesson 6:
Assessment

Unit 1 Lesson 4:
Writing an Essay
THIS IS YOUR
AUGUST TGA

Unit 2 Lesson 5:
The Story of
Scarface

Unit 2 Lesson 6:
Sympathy

Unit 2 Lesson 1:
Direct Objects

Unit 2 Lesson 2:
Indirect Objects

Unit 2 Lesson 7: The

Happy Prince,
Session 1

Unit 2 Lesson 8:
The Happy
Prince, Session 2
Unit 2 Lesson 3:
Predicate
Nominatives

Unit 1 Lesson 6:
Motion 2C
Unit 2 Lesson 1:
What Is an
Autobiographical
Incident?
THIS IS YOUR
SEPTEMBER TGA

Unit 1 Lesson 5:
Writing and
Revising an Essay
THIS IS YOUR
AUGUST TGA
Unit 2 Lesson 9: A
Psalm of Life

Unit 1 Lesson 3:
Conjunctions and
Interjections

Unit 1 Lesson 4:
Motion 2A

Unit 1 Lesson 5:
Motion 2B

Composition

Friday

Scantron and Course Prep

Unit 1 Lesson 2:
Prepositions

Unit 1 Lesson 3:
Essay
Conventions
THIS IS YOUR
AUGUST TGA
Unit 2 Lesson 4:
Stopping by
Woods on a
Snowy Evening

Thursday

Unit 1 Lesson 2:
Motion 1B

Unit 1 Lesson 3:
Motion 1C

Composition

Literature

Wednesday
SCANTRON DAY

GUM
Vocabulary

Tuesday

Unit 2 Lesson 10:

Recitation

Unit 2 Lesson 11:

Reflection

Unit 2 Lesson 12:

Unit Assessment

August TGA is due (3rd Sunday of the month, except August).

Unit 3 Lesson 1:
Belshazzar's
Feast: The
Handwriting on
the Wall

Unit 2 Lesson 4:
Predicate
Adjectives

GUM
Vocabulary

8/29/169/2/16

Unit 2 Lesson 2:
Planning an
Autobiographical
Incident
THIS IS YOUR
SEPTEMBER
TGA
Unit 3 Lesson 2:
How Queen Esther
Saved Her People

GUM

Composition

Unit 3 Lesson 4:
Review and Reflect

Unit 3 Lesson 1:
Adjective Phrases

Unit 3 Lesson 2:
Adverb Phrases

Labor Day

GUM

9/12/169/16/16

18-Sept

Unit 4 Lesson 6:
CHOICE NOVEL
1: Treasure Island
/ The Hobbit

Unit 3 Lesson 1:
What Is a
Definition Essay?
Unit 4 Lesson 7:
CHOICE NOVEL
1: Treasure Island
/ The Hobbit

Unit 4 Lesson 1:
CHOICE NOVEL
1: Treasure
Island/The Hobbit
Unit 3 Lesson 3:
Appositives and
Appositive
Phrases
Unit 2 Lesson 2:
Position 3B

Unit 2 Lesson 5:
Polishing an
Autobiographical
Incident
THIS IS YOUR
SEPTEMBER TGA
Unit 4 Lesson 3:
CHOICE NOVEL 1:
Treasure Island/The
Hobbit
Unit 3 Lesson 5:
Assessment
Unit 2 Lesson 4:
Position 4A

Unit 4 Lesson 8:
CHOICE NOVEL 1:
Treasure Island /
The Hobbit

Unit 4 Lesson 4:
CHOICE NOVEL 1:
Treasure Island/The
Hobbit

Unit 3 Lesson 2:
Planning a Definition
Essay
Unit 4 Lesson 9:
CHOICE NOVEL 1:
Treasure Island / The
Hobbit

Unit 4 Lesson 5:
CHOICE NOVEL
1: Treasure
Island/The Hobbit
Unit 4 Lesson 1:
Participles

Unit 4 Lesson 10:

CHOICE NOVEL
1: Treasure Island
/ The Hobbit

September TGA is due (3rd Sunday of the month, except August).

Unit 4 Lesson 2:
Participle or Verb?

GUM
Vocabulary
9/19/169/23/16

Unit 2 Lesson 4:
Writing an
Autobiographical
Incident 2
THIS IS YOUR
SEPTEMBER
TGA
Unit 4 Lesson 2:
CHOICE NOVEL
1: Treasure
Island/The Hobbit
Unit 3 Lesson 4:
Review

Unit 2 Lesson 3:
Position 3C

Composition

Literature

Unit 3 Lesson 5: Unit

Assessment

Unit 2 Lesson 1:
Position 3A

Literature

Vocabulary

Unit 2 Lesson 3:
Writing an
Autobiographical
Incident 1
THIS IS YOUR
SEPTEMBER TGA

Unit 3 Lesson 3:
The Story of Jonah

Vocabulary
9/5/169/9/16

Unit 2 Lesson 6:
Assessment

Unit 1 Lesson 8:
Motion Unit
Assessment

Unit 1 Lesson 7:
Motion Review

Composition

Literature

Unit 2 Lesson 5:
Review

Unit 2 Lesson 5:
Position 4B

Literature

Unit 2 Lesson 6:
Position 4C
Unit 3 Lesson 3:
Organizing a
Definition Essay

Composition
Unit 4 Lesson 11:
CHOICE NOVEL
1: Treasure Island
/ The Hobbit

Unit 4 Lesson 4:
Misplaced
Participial
Phrases

Unit 4 Lesson 3:
Participial Phrases

Unit 4 Lesson 12:

CHOICE NOVEL
1: Treasure Island
/ The Hobbit

Unit 3 Lesson 4:
Writing a Definition
Essay
Unit 4 Lesson 11:
CHOICE NOVEL 1:
Treasure Island /
The Hobbit

Unit 5 Lesson 1:
Casablanca

Unit 5 Lesson 2:
The Inchcape
Rock

Unit 4 Lesson 5:
Infinitives

GUM

Vocabulary

Literature
9/26/169/30/16

Unit 5 Lesson 3:
The Listeners

Unit 5 Lesson 4:
Casey at the Bat &
The Cremation of
Sam McGee

Vocabulary

Unit 4 Lesson 8:
Assessment
Unit 3 Lesson 1:
Joining 5A

Unit 6 Lesson 1:
Critical Reading
and Narrative
Writing, Session 1
THIS IS YOUR
OCTOBER TGA

GUM

Unit 5 Lesson 7:
Unit Assessment

Unit 5 Lesson 1:
Independent and
Subordinate
Clauses
Unit 3 Lesson 2:
Joining 5B

Unit 6 Lesson 3:
Critical Reading and
Narrative Writing,
Session 3
THIS IS YOUR
OCTOBER TGA

Unit 5 Lesson 2:
Adverb Clauses

Unit 5 Lesson 3:
Adjective Clauses

Unit 5 Lesson 4:
Adverb and
Adjective Clauses

Unit 3 Lesson 3:
Joining 5C

Unit 3 Lesson 4:
Joining 6A

Composition

Unit 4 Lesson 3:
Choosing a Topic
THIS IS YOUR
NOVEMBER TGA

Literature

Unit 7 Lesson 1:
Michael Faraday's
World

Fall Break

Fall Break

Unit 6 Lesson 2:
Critical Reading
and Narrative
Writing, Session 2
THIS IS YOUR
OCTOBER TGA

Vocabulary

16-Oct

Unit 5 Lesson 6: The

Highwayman,
Session 2

Unit 4 Lesson 2:
Logical Thinking
THIS IS YOUR
NOVEMBER TGA

Composition

Literature

10/10/1610/14/16

Unit 5 Lesson 5:
The Highwayman,
Session 1

Quarter 1 Interim Assessments are due for Math and Language Arts. They are located in Study Island.

GUM

10/3/1610/7/16

Unit 4 Lesson 1:
What Is a Letter to
the Editor?
THIS IS YOUR
NOVEMBER TGA

Unit 3 Lesson 5:
Polishing a
Definition Essay

Composition

Unit 4 Lesson 7:
Review

Unit 2 Lesson 8:
Position Unit
Assessment

Unit 2 Lesson 7:
Position Review

9/26/169/30/16

Unit 4 Lesson 6:
Infinitive Phrases

Unit 4 Lesson 4:
Gathering
Information
THIS IS YOUR
NOVEMBER TGA
Unit 7 Lesson 2:
Nikola Tesla,
Inventor

Unit 7 Lesson 3:
Nikola Tesla, Another
Perspective

October TGA is due (3rd Sunday of the month).

Unit 7 Lesson 4:
Healing a
Wounded Heart:
Daniel Hale
Williams

Unit 5 Lesson 5:
Simple and
Compound
Sentences

GUM
Vocabulary
10/17/1610/21/16

Unit 3 Lesson 5:
Joining 6B

Unit 7 Lesson 5:
Daniel Hale
Williams, Another
Perspective

GUM
Vocabulary
10/24/1610/28/16

Literature

10/31/1611/4/16

Unit 7 Lesson 10:

Write about a
Scientist

GUM
Vocabulary
11/7/1611/11/16

Unit 5 Lesson 9:
Assessment

Unit 8 Lesson 3:
The Gift of the
Magi by O. Henry,
Session 2
Unit 7 Lesson 1:
Regular and
Irregular Verbs
Unit 4 Lesson 3:
Separation 7C

Unit 7 Lesson 9:
Organize
Information about
a Scientist
Unit 6: Lesson 1:
Fragments

Unit 4 Lesson 8:
Revising a Letter to
the Editor for Form
THIS IS YOUR
NOVEMBER TGA

Unit 7 Lesson 11:

Finalize Writing

Unit 7 Lesson 12:

Unit Assessment

Unit 6 Lesson 2:
Other Sentence
Errors

Unit 6 Lesson 3:
Review

Unit 8 Lesson 1:
Charles by Shirley
Jackson

Unit 8 Lesson 2:
The Gift of the
Magi by O. Henry,
Session 1
Unit 6 Lesson 4:
Assessment

Unit 4 Lesson 2:
Separation 7B

Unit 8 Lesson 4:
The Necklace by
Guy de
Maupassant,
Session 1
Unit 7 Lesson 2:
More Irregular
Verbs

Unit 5 Lesson 1:
What Is a Research
Report?
Unit 8 Lesson 5:
The Necklace by
Guy de
Maupassant,
Session 2

Unit 8 Lesson 6: The

Necklace (Play)
adapted by Earl J.
Dias

Unit 4 Lesson 4:
Separation 8A

Unit 9 Lesson 1:
The Boy of the
London Streets

Unit 8 Lesson 7:
Irony: Unit
Reflection

Unit 7 Lesson 3: Verb

Tense

Unit 5 Lesson 2:
Covering the
Basics
Unit 8 Lesson 8:
Irony: Unit
Assessment

Unit 7 Lesson 8:
Research a Scientist

Unit 3 Lesson 8:
Joining Unit
Assessment

Unit 4 Lesson 9:
Proofreading and
Publishing a Letter
to the Editor
THIS IS YOUR
NOVEMBER TGA

Composition

Literature

Unit 5 Lesson 8:
Review

Unit 4 Lesson 1:
Separation 7A

Composition

Literature

Unit 7 Lesson 7:
Enrico Fermi: The
'Italian Navigator'

Unit 4 Lesson 7:
Revising a Letter
to the Editor for
Content
THIS IS YOUR
NOVEMBER TGA

GUM
Vocabulary

Unit 7 Lesson 6:
Marie Curie and
the Discovery of
Radioactivity

Unit 3 Lesson 7:
Joining Review

Composition

Unit 5 Lesson 7:
Complex
Sentences

Unit 4 Lesson 6:
Writing a Letter to the
Editor
THIS IS YOUR
NOVEMBER TGA

Unit 4 Lesson 5:
Planning the Letter
THIS IS YOUR
NOVEMBER TGA

Composition

Literature

Unit 5 Lesson 6:
Compound
Sentence or
Compound Verb?
Unit 3 Lesson 6:
Joining 6C

Veterans Day
Unit 5 Lesson 3:
Finding Information

Unit 9 Lesson 2: A
Christmas Carol,
Session 1

Unit 9 Lesson 3: A
Christmas Carol,
Session 2

Unit 7 Lesson 4:
Tense Shifts and
Progressive Verb
Forms

GUM
Vocabulary
11/14/1611/18/16

Unit 4 Lesson 5:
Separation 8B

20-Nov

Unit 9 Lesson 4: A
Christmas Carol,
Session 3

Unit 7 Lesson 6:
Assessment

Unit 4 Lesson 6:
Separation 8C
Unit 5 Lesson 3:
Finding
Information

Composition

Literature

Unit 7 Lesson 5:
Review

Unit 9 Lesson 5: A
Christmas Carol,
Session 4

Unit 5 Lesson 4:
Finding More
Information
Unit 9 Lesson 6: A
Christmas Carol,
Session 5

Unit 9 Lesson 7: A
Christmas Carol:
Reflection

Unit 9 Lesson 8:
A Christmas Carol
from Another
Perspective

November TGA is due (3rd Sunday of the month, except August).

GUM

Unit 8 Lesson 1:
Pronouns in the
Nominative Case

Unit 8 Lesson 2:
Pronouns in the
Objective Case

Vocabulary
11/21/1611/25/16

Composition
Literature

Thanksgiving Break
Unit 9 Lesson 9:
Unit Assessment

Unit 8 Lesson 3:
Pronouns in the
Possessive Case

GUM

11/28/1612/2/16

Vocabulary

Unit 4 Lesson 7:
Separation Review

Unit 11 Lesson 2:
Homesick, Session
2

GUM

12/5/1612/9/16

Vocabulary

12/5/1612/9/16

Unit 11 Lesson 4:
The Night the Bed
Fell

Unit 8 Lesson 6:
Review

Unit 8 Lesson 7:
Assessment

Unit 11 Lesson 5:
Write Your Personal
Narrative, Session 1

Unit 11 Lesson 6:
Write Your
Personal
Narrative,
Session 2
Unit 9 Lesson 1:
Semester
Assessment
Review

Unit 5 Lesson 2:
Semester
Assessment
Unit 5 Lesson 8:
Organizing the
Information

Unit 5 Lesson 7:
Taking Notes, III
Unit 11 Lesson 7:
Write Your
Personal Narrative,
Session 3

Unit 8 Lesson 5:
More Pronoun
Antecedents

Unit 5 Lesson 6:
Taking Notes, II

Unit 11 Lesson 3:
Mami and Papi
from When I Was
Puerto Rican

Unit 5 Lesson 1:
Semester
Assessment
Review

Composition

Literature

Unit 8 Lesson 4:
Pronoun Problem
and Pronoun
Antecedents
Unit 4 Lesson 8:
Separation Unit
Assessment

Unit 5 Lesson 5:
Taking Notes, I

Composition

Literature

Unit 11 Lesson 1:
Homesick, Session
1
NOTE: Skip Unit
10

Unit 11 Lesson 8:
Write Your
Personal Narrative,
Session 4

Unit 12 Lesson 1:
Recitation

Unit 12 Lesson 3:
Semester Review

Unit 12 Lesson 4:
Semester
Assessment

Quarter 1 Interim Assessments are due for Math and Language Arts. They are located in Study Island.

GUM
12/12/1612/16/16

Unit 9 Lesson 2:
Semester
Assessment

Vocabulary
Composition

Unit 5 Lesson 9:
Writing a Formal
Outline

Catch Up Day: Work

on not mastered
lessons

Literature
12/19/1612/23/16
12/26/1612/30/16

Language
Arts B
Language
Arts B

Winter Break

Unit 5 Lesson 10:

Writing a Research
Report, I

Catch Up Day:
Work on not
mastered lessons