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Grades 9-12

Quarter 2

AZCCR Targeted Standards

Selected Readings

Theme(s)

9-10:

 RI.1, W.1, RI.2, W. 2, RI. 5, RI. 6--Informational (15%)

 RL. 5, RL. 6, W.4--Literature (7.5%)

 SL. 1, SL.6--Speaking and Listening

 L.1, L.3--Language

11-12:

RI.1, W.1, RI.2, W. 2, RI. 5, RI. 6--Informational (15%)

 RL. 5, RL. 6, W.4--Literature (7.5%)

 SL. 1, SL.6--Speaking and Listening

 L.1, L.3--Language

9-10:

9--Romeo and Juliet/Rocket Boys or Ready Player One/Informational Text

10--Julius Caesar/Frankenstein or 1984/Informational Text

11-12:

11--The Great Gatsby or TKAM/American Dramas/Informational Text

12--Canterbury Tales/King Arther/Sir Gawain and the Green Knight/Informational Text

**Book List Selections may vary per quarter

 

9-10:

9-Expositional Structure/Shakespeare/US. Seminal Documents/Research/Grammar

10-Shakespeare/US Seminal Documents/Research/Grammar

11-12:

11-American Drama/Research/Jazz Age/Harlem Renaissance/Modernism

12-Middle English/Research/Arthurian Legend

Assessments                                                                                                                              Instructional Strategies

9-10:

Technology

Cooperative Learning

Independent Learning

Direct Instruction

Differentiation

DOK Questioning

Group reading

Audio Books

Indirect instruction

11-12

Technology                      Indirect instruction

Cooperative Learning     Inquiry based learning

Independent Learning

Direct Instruction

Differentiation

DOK Questioning

Socratic Seminars

 9-10: Benchmark #2

Expository Essay

Unit Quizzes/Tests

Timed Writes

Homework/Classwork/Projects

11-12: Benchmark #2

Expository Essay

Unit Quizzes/Tests

Timed Writes

Homework/Classwork/Projects