English 100
COURSE TITLE
English 100
LENGTH
Full Year
Grade 9
DEPARTMENT
English
Brian Ersalesi, Supervisor of English and Arts
SCHOOL
Rutherford High School
DATE
Primary Content - English Language Arts
Initial Approval: March 11, 2024
Embedded Content - Career Readiness, Life Literacies and Key Skills
Initial Approval: March 11, 2024
Embedded Content - Computer Science and Design Thinking
Initial Approval: March 11, 2024
English 100The English 100 curriculum is designed to develop the ability of each student to write critically, read analytically and to embrace critical thinking skills. A great deal of emphasis is placed on writing as a process and vocabulary enrichment.
The literature portion of the course focuses on the following thematic concepts from both nonfiction and fiction texts. The use of anchor texts allows for rigorous and relevant readings that can be used as tools to meet the New Jersey Student Learning Standards. The literature portion of the course will enhance students’ knowledge of outstanding nonfiction and fiction texts. Students will be taught to analyze, synthesize, and predict aspects of the text. Critical thinking will be explored and encouraged. In addition students will be enriched by the incorporation of music, art, and current events that relate to the readings.
The writing portion of the course focuses upon the basic rhetorical patterns of description, narration, example, classification, process analysis, comparison and contrast, definition, cause and effect, and argument, while also enforcing the fact that writing is a practical art that can be learned by studying and applying these patterns. There is an additional focus on grammar and mechanics.
To accomplish proficiency in grammar and mechanics, students will be given opportunities to incorporate vocabulary, study word choice, and effectively synthesize the writing process to convey their message.
Throughout the course, students will be encouraged to investigate the concepts and themes in their readings and share their learned knowledge through their writing. Additional emphasis will be placed on appropriate speaking and listening activities as required by the New Jersey Student Learning Standards. It is hoped that these activities will allow students to better comprehend themselves and their world.
English 100 fulfills the ninth grade requirement for English and adheres to the New Jersey Student Learning Standards for English Language Arts.
After successfully completing this course, the student will be able to:
Rutherford Public Schools
English 100 Curriculum Map and Pacing Guide
Quarter | Units | Assessment(s) |
Q1 |
|
|
Q2 |
|
|
Q3 |
|
|
Q4 |
|
|
A New Jersey education in English Language Arts builds readers, writers, and communicators prepared to meet the demands of college and career and to engage as productive American citizens with global responsibilities. Throughout their kindergarten through grade 12 experience, students will:
The English Language Arts Practices offer the capacities held by students who have progressed through a kindergarten through grade 12 English Language Arts program in New Jersey. These practices describe students who are proficient in literacy, possessing the abilities to read deeply, create their own works, and listen and speak to a broad range of ideas. As New Jersey students advance through the grades and demonstrate proficiency in the standards in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language, they are able to exhibit with increasing fullness and regularity the following capacities of the literate individual.
Student capacities include:
The Language anchor statements include the system and structure of English, but they also approach language as a matter of craft and informed choice among alternatives. The vocabulary standards focus on understanding words and phrases, their relationships, and their nuances and on acquiring new vocabulary, particularly general academic and domain-specific words and phrases.
(RF) Foundational Skills: Reading Language: By the end of grade 5, develop understanding and conceptual knowledge of, phonics, syllabication patterns, letter-sound correspondences, word analysis, morphology, and other basic conventions of written English.
(WF) Foundational Skills: Writing Language: By the end of grade 5, develop understanding and conceptual knowledge of print, phonological processing, letter formation and handwriting, and other basic conventions of the English writing system.
(SS) System and Structure of Language: By the end of grade 12, demonstrate command of grammar and usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
(KL) Knowledge of Language: By the end of grade 12, apply knowledge of language and command of vocabulary to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
(VL) Vocabulary Acquisition, Use and Literal Meaning: By the end of grade 12, determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words using analysis of word parts (morphemes), word solving strategies, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate.
(VI) Vocabulary Acquisition, Use and Interpretative Meaning: By the end of grade 12, interpret figurative and connotative word meanings, including shades of meaning based on word relationships and context.
The Reading anchor statements place equal emphasis on the sophistication of what students read and the skill with which they read. They define a grade-by-grade “staircase” of increasing text complexity that rises from beginning reading to the college and career readiness level. Whatever they are reading, students must also show a steadily growing ability to discern more from and make fuller use of text, including making an increasing number of connections among ideas and between texts, considering a wider range of textual evidence, and becoming more sensitive to inconsistencies, ambiguities, and poor reasoning in texts.
(CR) Close Reading of Text: By the end of grade 12, read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences and relevant connections from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
(CI) Central Ideas and Themes of Texts: By the end of grade 12, determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
(IT) Interactions Among Text Elements: By the end of grade 12, analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
(TS) Text Structure: By the end of grade 12, analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
(PP) Perspective and Purpose in Texts: By the end of grade 12, assess how perspective or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
(MF) Diverse Media and Formats: By the end of grade 12, synthesize content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
(AA) Analysis of an Argument: By the end of grade 12, evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning, the credibility and accuracy of each source as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
(CT) Comparison of Texts: By the end of grade 12, analyze and reflect on how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
The Writing anchor statements acknowledge the fact that whereas some writing skills, such as the ability to plan, revise, edit, and publish, are applicable to many types of writing, other skills are more properly defined in terms of specific writing types: arguments, informative/explanatory texts, and narratives. They stress the importance of the writing-reading connection by requiring students to draw upon and write about evidence from literary and informational texts. Because of the centrality of writing to most forms of inquiry, research standards are prominently included in this strand, though skills important to research are infused throughout the document.
(AW) Argumentative Writing: By the end of grade 12, write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
(IW) Informative and Explanatory Writing: By the end of grade 12, write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
(NW) Narrative Writing: By the end of grade 12, write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
(WP) Writing Process: By the end of grade 12, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, and publishing.
(WR) Writing Research: By the end of grade 12, conduct short as well as more sustained research projects, utilizing an inquiry-based research process, based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
(SE) Sources of Evidence: By the end of grade 12, gather relevant information and evidence from multiple sources to support analysis, reflection, and research, while assessing the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrating the information while avoiding plagiarism.
(RW) Range of Writing: By the end of grade 12, write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Including but not limited to skills necessary for formal presentations, the Speaking and Listening anchor statements require students to develop a range of broadly useful oral communication and interpersonal skills. Students must learn to work together, express and listen carefully to ideas, integrate information from oral, visual, quantitative, and media sources, evaluate what they hear, use media and visual displays strategically to help achieve communicative purposes, and adapt speech to context and task.
(PE) Participate Effectively: By the end of grade 12, prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
(II) Integrate Information: By the end of grade 12, integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
(ES) Evaluate Speakers: By the end of grade 12, evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.
(PI) Present Information: By the end of grade 12, present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
(UM) Use Media: By the end of grade 12, make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.
(AS) Adapt Speech: By the end of grade 12, adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
Language Domain
L.SS.9–10.1. Demonstrate command of the system and structure of the English language when writing or speaking.
C. Use a semicolon (and perhaps a conjunctive adverb) to link two or more closely related independent clauses.
D. Use a colon to introduce a list or quotation.
E. Recognize spelling conventions.
L.KL.9–10.2. Apply knowledge of language to make effective choices for meaning, or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading, writing, speaking or listening.
L.VL.9–10.3. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades 9–10 reading and content, including technical meanings, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
L.VI.9–10.4. Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings, including connotative meanings.
Reading Domain
RL.CR.9–10.1. Cite a range of thorough textual evidence and make relevant connections to strongly support analysis of multiple aspects of what a literary text says explicitly and inferentially, as well as including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
RI.CR.9–10.1. cite a range and thorough textual evidence and make clear and relevant connections, to strongly support an analysis of multiple aspects of what an informational text says explicitly and inferentially, as well as interpretations of the text.
RL.CI.9–10.2. Determine one or more themes of a literary text and analyze how it is developed and refined over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
RI.CI.9–10.2. Determine one or more central ideas of an informational text and analyze how it is developed and refined over the course of a text, including how it emerges and is shaped by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
RL.IT.9–10.3. Analyze how an author unfolds and develops ideas throughout a text, including how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
RI.IT.9–10.3. Analyze how an author unfolds ideas throughout the text, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.
RL.TS.9–10.4. Analyze how an author’s choices concerning the structure of a text, order of the events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulation of time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create specific effects (e.g., mystery, tension, or surprise).
RI.TS.9–10.4. Analyze in detail the author’s choices concerning the structure of ideas or claims of a text, and how they are developed and refined by particular sentences, paragraphs, or larger portions of a text (e.g., a section or chapter).
RL.PP. 9–10.5. Determine an author’s lens in a text (including cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature) and analyze how an author uses rhetorical devices to advance a point of view.
RI.PP.9–10.5. Determine an author’s purpose in a text (including cultural experience and knowledge reflected in text originating outside the United States) and analyze how an author uses rhetorical devices to advance that purpose.
RL.MF.9–10.6. Analyze integrate, and evaluate multiple interpretations (e.g., recorded or live production of a play or recorded novel or poetry) of a single text or text/s presented in different formats (visually, quantitatively).
RI.MF.9–10.6. Analyze, integrate, and evaluate multiple interpretations (e.g., charts, graphs, diagrams, videos) of a single text or text/s presented in different formats (visually, quantitatively) as well as in words in order to address a question or solve a problem.
RI.AA.9–10.7. Describe and evaluate the argument and specific claims in an informational text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and reasoning.
RL.CT.9–10.8. Analyze and reflect on (e.g., practical knowledge, historical/cultural context, and background knowledge) how an author draws on, develops, or transforms source material historical and literary significance (e.g., how a modern author treats a theme or topic from mythology or a religious text) and how they relate in terms of themes and significant concepts.
RI.CT.9–10.8. Analyze and reflect on (e.g., practical knowledge, historical/cultural context, and background knowledge) seminal and informational text of historical and scientific significance, including how they relate in terms of themes and significant concepts.
Writing Domain
W.AW.9–10.1. Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient textual and non-textual evidence.
W.IW.9–10.2. Write informative/explanatory texts (including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes) to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
W.NW.9–10.3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
W.WP.9–10.4. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, trying a new approach; sustaining effort to complete complex writing tasks; seeking out feedback and reflecting on personal writing progress; consulting a style manual (such as MLA or APA Style), focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
W.WR.9–10.5. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
W.SE.9–10.6. Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation (MLA or APA Style Manuals).
W.RW.9–10.7. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Speaking and Listening Domain
SL.PE.9–10.1. Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with peers on grades 9–10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
SL.II.9–10.2. Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, qualitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.
SL.ES.9–10.3. Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, identifying any false reasoning or distorted evidence.
SL.PI.9–10.4. Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically. The content, organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
SL.UM.9–10.5. Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.
SL.AS.9–10.6. Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English.
Career Readiness, Life Literacies, and Key Skills Practices
CRLLKSP 1 Act as a responsible and contributing community member and employee.
Students understand the obligations and responsibilities of being a member of a community, and they demonstrate this understanding every day through their interactions with others. They are conscientious of the impacts of their decisions on others and the environment around them. They think about the near-term and long-term consequences of their actions and seek to act in ways that contribute to the betterment of their teams, families, community and workplace. They are reliable and consistent in going beyond the minimum expectation and in participating in activities that serve the greater good.
CRLLKSP 2 Attend to financial well-being.
Students take regular action to contribute to their personal financial well-being, understanding that personal financial security provides the peace of mind required to contribute more fully to their own career success.
CRLLKSP 3 Consider the environmental, social and economic impacts of decisions.
Students understand the interrelated nature of their actions and regularly make decisions that positively impact and/or mitigate negative impact on other people, organization, and the environment. They are aware of and utilize new technologies, understandings, procedures, materials, and regulations affecting the nature of their work as it relates to the impact on the social condition, the environment and the profitability of the organization.
CRLLKSP 4 Demonstrate creativity and innovation.
Students regularly think of ideas that solve problems in new and different ways, and they contribute those ideas in a useful and productive manner to improve their organization. They can consider unconventional ideas and suggestions as solutions to issues, tasks or problems, and they discern which ideas and suggestions will add greatest value. They seek new methods, practices, and ideas from a variety of sources and seek to apply those ideas to their own workplace. They take action on their ideas and understand how to bring innovation to an organization.
CRLLKSP 5 Utilize critical thinking to make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
Students readily recognize problems in the workplace, understand the nature of the problem, and devise effective plans to solve the problem. They are aware of problems when they occur and take action quickly to address the problem; they thoughtfully investigate the root cause of the problem prior to introducing solutions. They carefully consider the options to solve the problem. Once a solution is agreed upon, they follow through to ensure the problem is solved, whether through their own actions or the actions of others.
CRLLKSP 6 Model integrity, ethical leadership and effective management.
Students consistently act in ways that align personal and community-held ideals and principles while employing strategies to positively influence others in the workplace. They have a clear understanding of integrity and act on this understanding in every decision. They use a variety of means to positively impact the directions and actions of a team or organization, and they apply insights into human behavior to change others’ action, attitudes and/or beliefs. They recognize the near-term and long-term effects that management’s actions and attitudes can have on productivity, morals and organizational culture.
CRLLKSP 7 Plan education and career paths aligned to personal goals.
Students take personal ownership of their own education and career goals, and they regularly act on a plan to attain these goals. They understand their own career interests, preferences, goals, and requirements. They have perspective regarding the pathways available to them and the time, effort, experience and other requirements to pursue each, including a path of entrepreneurship. They recognize the value of each step in the education and experiential process, and they recognize that nearly all career paths require ongoing education and experience. They seek counselors, mentors, and other experts to assist in the planning and execution of career and personal goals.
CRLLKSP 8 Use technology to enhance productivity, increase collaboration and communicate effectively.
Students find and maximize the productive value of existing and new technology to accomplish workplace tasks and solve workplace problems. They are flexible and adaptive in acquiring new technology. They are proficient with ubiquitous technology applications. They understand the inherent risks-personal and organizational-of technology applications, and they take actions to prevent or mitigate these risks.
CRLLKSP 9 Work productively in teams while using cultural/global competence.
Students positively contribute to every team, whether formal or informal. They apply an awareness of cultural difference to avoid barriers to productive and positive interaction. They find ways to increase the engagement and contribution of all team members. They plan and facilitate effective team meetings.
English 100 is a required course for all students in 9th grade.
Curriculum/Teacher Assessment
The teacher will provide the English department supervisor with suggestions for changes on an ongoing basis.
English 100 is a heterogeneously grouped course.
English 100 is a full year course. For a breakdown of unit activities and scope and sequence, see the Curriculum Map below.
Career Readiness, Life Literacies, and Key Skills Mission: Career readiness, life literacies, and key skills education provides students with the necessary skills to make informed career and financial decisions, engage as responsible community members in a digital society, and successfully meet challenges and opportunities in an interconnected global economy.
Vision: An education in career readiness, life literacies and key skills fosters a population that:
Career Readiness, Life Literacies, and Key Skills are intended to:
A wide variety of methodologies in this course will be used. The following are suggestions, not limitations, as to how the program may be implemented and facilitated while paying special attention to the skills. Codes refer to the 2020 New Jersey Student Learning Standards – Career Readiness, Life Literacies, and Key Skills.
Interdisciplinary curriculum coordination will occur with other departments as possible and applicable.
The nature of an English course demands varied text types and genres. Throughout the year, students will use resources from the NJSLS in additional areas while in their English class(es). Where applicable they are embedded into the curriculum and unit maps below.
The following interdisciplinary connections are mandated by the New Jersey Department of Education.
Classroom instruction and activities will include, where appropriate, activities on climate change. The New Jersey Student Learning Standards (NJSLS) are designed to prepare students to understand how and why climate change happens, the impact it has on our local and global communities and to act in informed and sustainable ways. Where possible, activities are infused to foster an interdisciplinary approach to climate change education that is evidence-based, action-oriented and inclusive.
Classroom instruction and activities will include, where appropriate, activities on Asian American and Pacific Islander Education. As per, P.L.2021, c.416, the instruction will include inclusive materials that portray the cultural diversity of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
Classroom instruction and activities will include, where appropriate, curricula on diversity and inclusion. As per 18A:35-4.36a (2021), the instruction shall:
The following websites may also be used to infuse activities into diversity and inclusion into lessons. They are current as of the publication/approval of this document.
Diversity and Inclusion
Individuals with with Disabilities
The Bergen County Curriculum Consortium has curated resources designed to work in tandem with existing curricula. These tools highlight the contributions of diverse groups and align to New Jersey Student Learning Standards. This resource was approved by the Rutherford Board of Education on August 23, 2021.
Additionally, middle school and high school instruction and activities will include, where appropriate, curricula on the history of disabled and LGBT persons. As per 18A:35-4.35 (2021), the instruction shall include instruction on the political, economic, and social contributions of persons with disabilities and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, in an appropriate place in the curriculum of middle school and high school students as part of the district’s implementation of the New Jersey Student Learning Standards.
This will apply where applicable to literary selections and informational texts in this curriculum document as referenced in the pacing guides below.
Differentiating instruction is a flexible process that includes the planning and design of instruction, how that instruction is delivered, and how student progress is measured. Teachers recognize that students can learn in multiple ways as they celebrate students’ prior knowledge. By providing appropriately challenging learning, teachers can maximize success for all students.
Differentiating in this course includes but is not limited to:
Differentiation for Support (ELL, Special Education, Students at Risk and Students with 504 Plans)
Differentiation for Enrichment
The teacher will continue to improve expertise through participation in a variety of professional development opportunities. Professional development activities that count toward the yearly 20-hour requirement must be pre-approved or scheduled by school administration.
Rutherford Public Schools
English 100 Curriculum Map and Pacing Guide
Quarter | Units | Assessment(s) |
Q1 |
|
|
Q2 |
|
|
Q3 |
|
|
Q4 |
|
|
Rutherford Public Schools
English 100 Curriculum Map and Pacing Guide
Is it possible for a society to be truly equal? Is the promise of equality worth the sacrifice of freedom? The 20th century saw worldwide changes in government and power structures, and not all of these led to the promised or desired outcomes. George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm uses an allegory to explore his views about the consequences of exchanging one oppressive government for the empty promises of another. In this unit, students will examine Orwell’s allegorical and structural choices to analyze his perspective and warn about the dangers of government power and control.
By the end of this unit, students will be able to track character development, analyze how specific characters interact and develop the plot and theme, and examine how the author’s structure reveals the theme. To demonstrate this skill, students will write an essay where they argue which factor most contributed to Animal Farm’s corruption.
Grade level: 9 Timeframe: 4 Weeks
Anchor Text(s) | Supplemental Texts and/or Readings | Objectives |
Animal Farm by George Orwell |
| By the end of 8th grade, students should be able to analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story propel the action or reveal traits of a character [RL.8.3]. Students should also be able to analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone [RL.8.4]. In addition, students should be able to compare and contrast the differing structure of two or more texts and explain how it contributes to its meaning and style [RL.8.5] as well as analyze how differences in the points of views of characters and the audience create effects such as suspense or humor [RL.8.6].
In this 9th grade unit, students will expand on their understanding of these skills. In 9th grade, students should analyze how complex characters develop and interact with others and advance the plot or theme [RL.9.3]. Students should also be able to analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone [RL.9.4]. In addition, students should analyze how an author’s structural choices develop a theme as well as analyze how a text conveys a particular point of view or cultural experience from outside the United States [RL.9.6].
Reading lessons in this unit include scaffolded questions to help students meet these grade level reading standards. Independent practice activities for each chapter include multiple choice questions as well as short answer prompts that are aligned to the unit standards RL.9.2, RL.9.3, RL.9.4, RL.9.5, RL.9.6.
Writing in this unit is focused on helping students write an end-of-unit argument essay that makes a case for the factor that most contributes to the novel’s ending. |
Pre Assessment(s) | Activities | Formative Assessment(s) | Summative Assessment(s) |
Writing Baseline Assignment | Vocabulary Activity Set | Comprehension Questions | Literary Analysis Essay |
Unit Introduction | Reading and Comprehension of Text | Vocabulary Quiz | Narrative Essay |
Analysis of Text | Grammar and Usage Quiz | End of Text Assessment | |
Writing Lesson: Writing a Thesis that Includes a Counterclaim | Vocabulary Assessments | ||
Narrative Writing Guided Practice Packet | Written Analysis | ||
Animal Farm’s Allegorical Connection | IXL skills (Skills will be assigned to the class as a whole as well as individually) | ||
Dramatic Irony | Drafting the Literary Analysis Essay | ||
Emphasizing Parts of A Quote in Your Analysis | |||
Reading Lesson: “Holodomor: Memories of Ukraine's Silent Massacre” | |||
Reading Lesson: “It’s No One’s Fault When It’s Everyone’s Fault” |
NJSLS-ELA 9-10
L.SS.9-10.1
L.KL.9-10.2
L.VL.9-10.3
L.VI.9-10.4
RL.CR.9-10.1
RI.CR.9-10.1
RL.CI.9-10.2
RI.CI.9-10.2
RL.IT.9-10.3
RI.IT.9-10.3
RL.TS.9-10.4
RI.TS.9-10.4
RL.PP.9-10.5
RI.PP.9-10.5
RL.MF.9-10.6
RI.MF.9-10.6
RI.AA.9-10.7
RL.CT.9-10.8
RI.CT.9-10.8
W.AW.9-10.1
W.IW.9-10.2
W.NW.9-10-3
W.WP.9-10.4
W.WR.9-10.5
W.SE.9-10.6
W.RW.9-10.7
SL.PE.9-10.1
SL.II.9-10.2
SL.ES.9-10.3
SL.PI.9-10.4
SL.UM-9-10.5
SL.AS.9-10.6
CRLLKSPs | 8.1 and 8.2 | 9.2 and 9.4 |
|
|
|
For Support | For Enhancement |
|
|
Diversity and Inclusion (N.J.S.A. 18A:35-4.36a)
| LGBT and Individuals with Disabilities (N.J.S.A. 18A:35-4.35.6)
|
Climate Change Education (NJSLS)
| Asian American and Pacific Islander Education (S4021/S3764/P.L.2021, c.416)
|
Rutherford Public Schools
English 100 Curriculum Map and Pacing Guide
In this unit, students learn how the actions of a group affect the choices of an individual. The unit is anchored around four engaging short stories that illuminate the danger associated with blindly conforming to the actions of a group: “All Summer in a Day,” “The Lottery,” “The Man in the Well” and “Cheboygan Day.” In each of these short stories, people find themselves making choices that they would most likely not make on their own. Among the characters are people who face the truth of their actions and people who are blind to the dangerous consequences of following the crowd. To help students further engage with the themes in the unit, students read “Conformity,” “It’s No One’s Fault When It’s Everyone’s Fault,” and “The Dangers of Tradition,” informational texts that explain the psychology behind why people often go along with a crowd even when it goes against their individual beliefs. Students work in collaborative groups during a Related Media Exploration featuring videos and an infographic to support discussion about the ways conformity shows up in everyday life.
By the end of the unit, students should be able to use evidence from the unit’s literary and informational texts to explain people’s tendency to act differently when part of a group. To demonstrate this skill, they write a cross-textual literary analysis essay that examines how the unit’s short stories illustrate the ideas presented in the informational text “It’s No One’s Fault When It’s Everyone’s Fault.”
Grade level: 9 Timeframe: 6 Weeks
Anchor Text(s) | Supplemental Texts and/or Readings | Objectives |
Multi Genre Literacy
|
| By the time they reach high school, students should be able to analyze the development of a theme in a literary text [RL.8.2], how incidents in a story propel the action [RL.8.3], and how the structure of a text contributes to its meaning and style [RL.8.5]. In this unit, students build on this knowledge as they develop a more sophisticated understanding of these standards. Theme statements and other claims about literature in 9th grade should be more nuanced and express related or conflicting ideas within a text [RL.9-10.2]. In 9th grade, students should be able to articulate how character interactions and changing character motivations develop complex characters [RL.9-10.3]. Students also determine how an author’s structural choices, such as the way a story begins or ends along with foreshadowing, develop tension and suspense [RL.9-10.5]. |
Pre Assessment(s) | Activities | Formative Assessment(s) | Summative Assessment(s) |
Writing Baseline Assignment | Vocabulary Activity Set | Writing Lesson: Narrative Prompt | Literary Analysis Essay |
Unit Introduction | Reading Lesson: “Cheboygan Day” | Vocabulary Quiz | Narrative Essay |
Vocabulary Activities | Reading Lesson: “Conformity” | Grammar and Usage Quiz | |
Grammar and Usage Activities | Writing Lesson: Exemplar Paragraph | Vocabulary Assessments | |
Reading Lesson: “All Summer in a Day” | Written Analysis | ||
Writing Lesson: Determining a Theme | IXL skills (Skills will be assigned to the class as a whole as well as individually) | ||
Reading Lesson: “The Lottery” | |||
Reading Lesson: “The Dangers of Tradition” | |||
Reading Lesson: “The Man in the Well” | |||
Reading Lesson: “It’s No One’s Fault When It’s Everyone’s Fault” |
NJSLS-ELA 9-10
L.SS.9-10.1
L.KL.9-10.2
L.VL.9-10.3
L.VI.9-10.4
RI.CR.9-10.1
RI.CI.9-10.2
RI.IT.9-10.3
RI.TS.9-10.4
RI.PP.9-10.5
RI.MF.9-10.6
RI.AA.9-10.7
RI.CT.9-10.8
W.AW.9-10.1
W.IW.9-10.2
W.WP.9-10.4
W.WR.9-10.5
W.SE.9-10.6
W.RW.9-10.7
SL.AS.9-10.6
CRLLKSPs | 8.1 and 8.2 | 9.2 and 9.4 |
|
|
|
For Support | For Enhancement |
|
|
Diversity and Inclusion (N.J.S.A. 18A:35-4.36a)
| LGBT and Individuals with Disabilities (N.J.S.A. 18A:35-4.35.6)
|
Climate Change Education (NJSLS)
| Asian American and Pacific Islander Education (S4021/S3764/P.L.2021, c.416)
|
Rutherford Public Schools
English 100 Curriculum Map and Pacing Guide
This unit builds upon previously learned writing skills to craft a written argument. This unit should be used as a way to teach students to use textual support to craft arguments. In addition, students deepen their analyses of and connections to various informational and literary texts in order to develop and support well-reasoned and informed arguments.
Grade level: 9 Timeframe: 6 Weeks
Anchor Text(s) | Supplemental Texts and/or Readings | Objectives |
|
|
|
Pre Assessment(s) | Activities | Formative Assessment(s) | Summative Assessment(s) | Reflections |
Anticipatory guide | Annotations/It Says, I Say, Chart | Do Now and Exit Slips | Open-ended responses to assess critical thinking | Analyze students’ growth or lack of with annotating the play |
Gallery Walk | Text-Message Rewrite Analysis | Independent and group work | Unit test to measure comprehension | Evaluate students’ ability of higher order thinking as conducted in dialectical journals, big idea questions and discussions, and Socratic seminar assignments. |
Family Tree Project | Dialectical Journal | Interdisciplinary project | Formative reading checks completed independently and/or through whole class discussion. | |
Star Wars vs Shakespeare | Big idea questions and discussions | Romeo and Juliet News Article | Monitor students’ ability to incorporate textual evidence in their discussions as well as in their writings. | |
Storyboard Comic Strip | Reading checks | |||
Harry Potter vs Romeo and Juliet | Projects | |||
QR Code Activity | IXL skills (Skills will be assigned to the class as a whole as well as individually) | |||
Actionable feedback for editing and revising | Homework | |||
Vocabulary activities and assessments |
NJSLS-ELA 9-10
L.SS.9-10.1
L.KL.9-10.2
L.VL.9-10.3
L.VI.9-10.4
RL.CR.9-10.1
RI.CR.9-10.1
RL.CI.9-10.2
RI.CI.9-10.2
RL.IT.9-10.3
RI.IT.9-10.3
RL.TS.9-10.4
RI.TS.9-10.4
RL.PP.9-10.5
RI.PP.9-10.5
RL.MF.9-10.6
RI.MF.9-10.6
RI.AA.9-10.7
RL.CT.9-10.8
RI.CT.9-10.8
W.AW.9-10.1
W.IW.9-10.2
W.NW.9-10-3
W.WP.9-10.4
W.WR.9-10.5
W.SE.9-10.6
W.RW.9-10.7
SL.PE.9-10.1
SL.II.9-10.2
SL.ES.9-10.3
SL.PI.9-10.4
SL.UM-9-10.5
SL.AS.9-10.6
CRLLKSPs | 8.1 and 8.2 | 9.2 and 9.4 |
|
|
|
For Support | For Enhancement |
|
|
Diversity and Inclusion (N.J.S.A. 18A:35-4.36a)
| LGBT and Individuals with Disabilities (N.J.S.A. 18A:35-4.35.6)
|
Climate Change Education (NJSLS)
| Asian American and Pacific Islander Education (S4021/S3764/P.L.2021, c.416)
|
History
| Culture
|
Rutherford Public Schools
English 100 Curriculum Map and Pacing Guide
People and the Environment, is anchored around one essential question: how do people and the environment affect each other?
Students will read two narrative nonfiction texts, “Lee Sherman and the Toxic Louisiana Bayou” and “The Sea Also Rises,” which illustrate examples of human behavior affecting the environment and the consequences that result. These true stories of pollution and sea level rise will expose students to real-world environmental issues. To help students further engage with the themes in the unit, they will read “He—y, Come on Ou—t!” and “Quiet Town,” two short stories that convey messages about people and their impact on the environment. Students will also read three poems by Linda Hogan, Matthew Olzman, and Camille T. Dungy. Each poem expresses an idea about valuing our environment.
This unit also includes a Related Media Exploration that allows students to explore ways that individuals are taking action to make Earth a place where humans and wildlife thrive. B
y the end of the unit, students should be able to articulate authors’ claims about humans’ impact on the environment and explain how each author develops those claims. To demonstrate this skill, they will write an essay that analyzes how their answer to the essential question has been changed or reinforced by the unit texts.
This unit also includes resources to support teachers in launching an independent reading program or book clubs that run parallel to the core instruction in this unit.
Grade level: 9 Timeframe: 4 Weeks
Anchor Text(s) | Supplemental Texts and/or Readings | Objectives |
Multi Genre Literacy
|
| In this 9th grade unit, students will continue to develop skills by analyzing how an entire text is structured. Students will be able to articulate the author’s claim in a narrative non-fiction text and analyze how specific sentences, paragraphs, or sections of the text develop it [RI.9-10.5]. Students will also be able to analyze the way a literary text’s structure, word choice, and literary devices impact its mood and message [RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.4, RL.9-10.5]. Reading lessons in this unit include scaffolded questions to help students meet these grade level reading standards. Independent Practice for each reading lesson is aligned to RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.4, RL.9-10.5, and RI.9-10.5, and include both multiple-choice and short answer responses. Writing in this unit is focused on helping students write an essay that analyzes the unit’s essential question. Students receive instruction on introducing evidence with context and writing strong explanations that connect evidence to an argument. Students will also learn to write more sophisticated introductory paragraphs that include varied and engaging hooks. |
Pre Assessment(s) | Activities | Formative Assessment(s) | Summative Assessment(s) |
Writing Baseline Assignment | Vocabulary Activity Set | Writing Lesson: Analysis Essay | Analysis Essay |
Unit Introduction | Reading Lesson: “Lee Sherman and the Toxic Louisiana Bayou | Vocabulary Quiz | Narrative Essay |
Vocabulary Activities | Writing Lesson: Introducing Evidence with Context | Grammar and Usage Quiz | |
Grammar and Usage Activities | Reading Lesson: “He–y, Come on Ou–t!” | Vocabulary Assessments | |
Writing Lesson: Writing Explanations | Written Analysis | ||
Reading Lesson: “Song for the Turtles in the Gulf” | IXL skills (Skills will be assigned to the class as a whole as well as individually) | ||
Reading Lesson: “Quit Town” | Drafting the Culminating Essay | ||
Reading Lesson “The Sea Also Rises” | |||
Reading Lesson: “Letter to Someone Living Fifty Years from Now” | |||
Reading Lesson: “Trophic Cascade” | |||
Grammar and Usage Activities | |||
Reading Lesson: “Route 1 North, Philadelphia to Highland Park” |
NJSLS-ELA 9-10
L.SS.9-10.1
L.KL.9-10.2
L.VL.9-10.3
L.VI.9-10.4
RI.CR.9-10.1
RI.CI.9-10.2
RI.IT.9-10.3
RI.TS.9-10.4
RI.PP.9-10.5
RI.MF.9-10.6
RI.AA.9-10.7
RI.CT.9-10.8
W.AW.9-10.1
W.IW.9-10.2
W.WP.9-10.4
W.WR.9-10.5
W.SE.9-10.6
W.RW.9-10.7
SL.AS.9-10.6
CRLLKSPs | 8.1 and 8.2 | 9.2 and 9.4 |
|
|
|
For Support | For Enhancement |
|
|
Diversity and Inclusion (N.J.S.A. 18A:35-4.36a)
| LGBT and Individuals with Disabilities (N.J.S.A. 18A:35-4.35.6)
|
Climate Change Education (NJSLS)
| Asian American and Pacific Islander Education (S4021/S3764/P.L.2021, c.416)
|
Rutherford Public Schools
English 100 Curriculum Map and Pacing Guide
The focus of this unit is conducting research (e.g. draw evidence from texts, support analysis, reflection, and research, relevant information, print and digital sources). In this unit, students build upon writing skills to create a piece that utilizes multiple sources to present a position. This unit should be used as a way to teach purposeful research to utilize resources to synthesize a new product. When implementing this unit, teachers should consider writing as driving the standards, integrate skills from previous units, build upon previous units and move students towards writing skills needed for future units.
Grade level: 9 Timeframe: 4 Weeks
Anchor Text(s) | Supplemental Texts and/or Readings | Objectives |
The Big 6 Research Model English 100: Research LibGuide | MLA Handbook The Norton Sampler: “Chapter 2: The Writing Process” and “Chapter 3: Writing Paragraphs” | To locate and evaluate information from print and digital sources to answer and support a research question by synthesizing into a written analysis. |
Pre Assessment(s) | Activities | Formative Assessment(s) | Summative Assessment(s) |
Preliminary research survey: Students will locate background information to inform their topic selection and explain how the sources selected are reliable | Preliminary research: Students will evaluate the source they found to develop their topic using the instructed method of evaluating sources | Broad topic selected |
|
Topic Development/ Essential Questions: Students will narrow down their broad topics to a searchable question | Essential Question check-in |
| |
Preliminary Research | Locating, evaluating, and citing sources: Students will navigate various sources of online information to seek and evaluate outside information using precise keyword searching | MLA Works Cited page |
|
Essential Question | Thesis Development: Students will develop a thesis statement by tentatively answering their essential question through with the sources they found | Thesis statement check-in |
|
N/A | Interview Skills: Students will identify and reach out to an “expert” within their topic and formulate interview questions | Finalized interview responses (if possible) |
|
Note cards/digital notes | Organizing/outlining: Students will organize their findings in a way that supports their thesis statement through an outline | Essay outline |
|
N/A | Drafting/Writer’s Workshop: Students will present their findings and incorporate their own understanding of it by drafting an essay | iSearch first draft |
|
N/A | Editing/revising: Students will review the structure and mechanics of their writing through self, peer, and teacher editing | Peer/teacher feedback |
|
N/A | Presentations: Students will summarize and present their findings and what they have learned through an interactive presentation | Slides or presenting materials/reflection |
|
NJSLS-ELA 9-10
L.SS.9-10.1
L.KL.9-10.2
L.VL.9-10.3
L.VI.9-10.4
RL.MF.9-10.6
RI.MF.9-10.6
SL.PE.9-10.1
SL.AS.9-10.6
CRLLKSPs | AASL | ISTE |
|
|
|
For Support | For Enhancement |
|
|
Diversity and Inclusion (N.J.S.A. 18A:35-4.36a)
| LGBT and Individuals with Disabilities (N.J.S.A. 18A:35-4.35.6)
|
Climate Change Education (NJSLS)
| Asian American and Pacific Islander Education (S4021/S3764/P.L.2021, c.416)
|
Various
| Subject Area
|
Rutherford Public Schools
English 100 Curriculum Map and Pacing Guide
In this 360 Unit, students reflect upon the important relationship between parents and children and consider how parents’ decisions influence their children. Students read two engaging short stories by Amy Tan: “Rules of the Game” and “Two Kinds,” both of which explore how parent-child relationships shape an individual’s identity. To further build knowledge around the parent-child relationship, students read several poems.
“The Possessive” explores the complicated emotions a parent goes through as their child asserts independence, while “Children” communicates the importance of allowing children to be independent of their parents’ control. The poems “The Raincoat,” “Those Sunday Mornings,” and “Route 1 North, Philadelphia to Highland Park,” highlight the importance of parents’ sacrifices from the perspective of adult children looking back. Students collaborate during a Related Media Exploration to discuss how the parent-child relationship can shape a child’s identity.
By the end of the unit, students should be able to analyze how an author uses word choice or figurative language to develop messages about parents and children. To demonstrate this skill, they write a cross-textual literary analysis that analyzes how a quotation from Paulo Coelho demonstrates ideas about parents and children in at least two unit texts. This unit also includes resources to support teachers in launching an independent reading program or book clubs that run parallel to the core instruction in this unit.
Grade level: 9 Timeframe: 6 Weeks
Anchor Text(s) | Supplemental Texts and/or Readings | Objectives |
Multi Genre Literacy
|
| By the time they reach high school students should be able to analyze how particular events in a literary text reveal characters’ traits or influence their decisions [RL.8.3], determine the meaning of figurative language, and analyze the impact of specific word choices on a text’s meaning and tone [RL.8.4]. In this 9th grade unit, students advance their understanding of these standards. In 9th grade students analyze how complex characters interact with one another and develop over the course of a text to advance the plot or develop the theme [RL.9-10.3]. They continue to analyze figurative language and word choice, but at a more advanced level by analyzing how the cumulative impact of word choice over the course of a text can impact meaning and tone [RL.9-10.4].
Reading lessons in this unit include scaffolded questions to help students meet grade level reading standards. Independent Practice for reading lessons is aligned to RL.9-10.3 and RL.9-10.4 and includes both multiple choice and short answer responses.
Writing in this unit provides students with direct instruction on specific moves that will elevate their work as they prepare for 10th grade. Students learn to strengthen their written explanations by using specific verbs to analyze an author’s word choice. Students also receive explicit instruction on how to vary their evidence to make their writing flow more smoothly. Finally, students reflect on unit themes through discussion to ensure their writing has nuance, and they practice the transferable skill of planning their ideas and evidence for a literary analysis essay. To demonstrate these skills, students write a cross-textual literary analysis essay analyzing how a quotation relates to unit themes. |
Pre Assessment(s) | Activities | Formative Assessment(s) | Summative Assessment(s) |
Writing Baseline Assignment | Vocabulary Activity Set | Writing Lesson: Narrative Prompt | Literary Analysis Essay |
Unit Introduction | Reading Lesson: “Rules of the Game” | Vocabulary Quiz | Narrative Essay |
Vocabulary Activities | Reading Lesson: “The Possessive” | Grammar and Usage Quiz | |
Grammar and Usage Activities | Writing Lesson: Narrative Prompt | Vocabulary Assessments | |
Writing Lesson: Using Precise Verbs for Word Choice Analysis | Written Analysis | ||
Reading Lesson: “Children” | IXL skills (Skills will be assigned to the class as a whole as well as individually) | ||
Reading Lesson: “Two Kinds” | Drafting the Culminating Essay | ||
Writing: Using a Variety of Evidence | |||
Reading Lesson: “The Raincoat” | |||
Reading Lesson: “Those Winter Sundays” | |||
Grammar and Usage Activities | |||
Reading Lesson: “Route 1 North, Philadelphia to Highland Park” |
NJSLS-ELA 9-10
L.SS.9-10.1
L.KL.9-10.2
L.VL.9-10.3
L.VI.9-10.4
RL.CR.9-10.1
RI.CR.9-10.1
RL.CI.9-10.2
RI.CI.9-10.2
RL.IT.9-10.3
RI.IT.9-10.3
RL.TS.9-10.4
RI.TS.9-10.4
RL.PP.9-10.5
RI.PP.9-10.5
RL.MF.9-10.6
RI.MF.9-10.6
RI.AA.9-10.7
RL.CT.9-10.8
RI.CT.9-10.8
W.AW.9-10.1
W.IW.9-10.2
W.NW.9-10-3
W.WP.9-10.4
W.WR.9-10.5
W.SE.9-10.6
W.RW.9-10.7
SL.PE.9-10.1
SL.II.9-10.2
SL.ES.9-10.3
SL.PI.9-10.4
SL.UM-9-10.5
SL.AS.9-10.6
CRLLKSPs | 8.1 and 8.2 | 9.2 and 9.4 |
|
|
|
For Support | For Enhancement |
|
|
Diversity and Inclusion (N.J.S.A. 18A:35-4.36a)
| LGBT and Individuals with Disabilities (N.J.S.A. 18A:35-4.35.6)
|
Climate Change Education (NJSLS)
| Asian American and Pacific Islander Education (S4021/S3764/P.L.2021, c.416)
|
Rutherford Public Schools
English 100 Curriculum Map and Pacing Guide
After spending the year reading the works of other authors, students will learn to create their own narratives as well as write in the style or craft of mentor texts. This should be used as a culminating unit for students to demonstrate their writing skills after extensive analysis of literary and informational texts, skillful use of argument and claims and quality research from previous units. All of this work should inform this unit. When implementing this unit, teachers should consider appropriate mentor texts (both fiction and non-fiction) as well as foundational skills necessary for the effective instruction of the standards highlighted in this unit.
Grade level: 9 Timeframe: 6 Weeks
Anchor Text(s) | Supplemental Texts and/or Readings | Objectives |
Animal Farm by George Orwell |
| By the end of 8th grade, students should be able to analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story propel the action or reveal traits of a character [RL.8.3]. Students should also be able to analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone [RL.8.4]. In addition, students should be able to compare and contrast the differing structure of two or more texts and explain how it contributes to its meaning and style [RL.8.5] as well as analyze how differences in the points of views of characters and the audience create effects such as suspense or humor [RL.8.6].
In this 9th grade unit, students will expand on their understanding of these skills. In 9th grade, students should analyze how complex characters develop and interact with others and advance the plot or theme [RL.9.3]. Students should also be able to analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone [RL.9.4]. In addition, students should analyze how an author’s structural choices develop a theme as well as analyze how a text conveys a particular point of view or cultural experience from outside the United States [RL.9.6].
Reading lessons in this unit include scaffolded questions to help students meet these grade level reading standards. Independent practice activities for each chapter include multiple choice questions as well as short answer prompts that are aligned to the unit standards RL.9.2, RL.9.3, RL.9.4, RL.9.5, RL.9.6.
Writing in this unit is focused on helping students write an end-of-unit argument essay that makes a case for the factor that most contributes to the novel’s ending. |
Pre Assessment(s) | Activities | Formative Assessment(s) | Summative Assessment(s) |
Gallery Walk | Savage Behavior Group Activity | Comprehension Questions | Lord of the Flies final assessment |
Pilot episode of Lost | Regular TQE (thoughts, lingering questions, and epiphanies) activities | Listening Activities | A written analysis of a narrative work |
CommonLit - Supplemental Readings | Classroom Discussions and Socractic seminars | Lord of the Flies project | |
T-Charts to aid with comparisons | Vocabulary Assessments | ||
Different Aspects of Groups (leader, coordinator, follower, evaluator, etc.) | Written Analysis | ||
Station Activities Example: Big idea section, vocabulary section, and non-fiction texts section | IXL skills (Skills will be assigned to the class as a whole as well as individually) | ||
Hunger Games and Leadership activity |
NJSLS-ELA 9-10
L.SS.9-10.1
L.KL.9-10.2
L.VL.9-10.3
L.VI.9-10.4
RL.CR.9-10.1
RI.CR.9-10.1
RL.CI.9-10.2
RI.CI.9-10.2
RL.IT.9-10.3
RI.IT.9-10.3
RL.TS.9-10.4
RI.TS.9-10.4
RL.PP.9-10.5
RI.PP.9-10.5
RL.MF.9-10.6
RI.MF.9-10.6
RI.AA.9-10.7
RL.CT.9-10.8
RI.CT.9-10.8
W.AW.9-10.1
W.IW.9-10.2
W.NW.9-10-3
W.WP.9-10.4
W.WR.9-10.5
W.SE.9-10.6
W.RW.9-10.7
SL.PE.9-10.1
SL.II.9-10.2
SL.ES.9-10.3
SL.PI.9-10.4
SL.UM-9-10.5
SL.AS.9-10.6
CRLLKSPs | 8.1 and 8.2 | 9.2 and 9.4 |
|
|
|
For Support | For Enhancement |
|
|
Diversity and Inclusion (N.J.S.A. 18A:35-4.36a)
| LGBT and Individuals with Disabilities (N.J.S.A. 18A:35-4.35.6)
|
Climate Change Education (NJSLS)
| Asian American and Pacific Islander Education (S4021/S3764/P.L.2021, c.416)
|
History
| Geography
|
Rutherford Public Schools
English 100 Curriculum Map and Pacing Guide
The unit serves as an entry point to the content material by focusing on analyzing informational and literary texts and writing informative pieces. Throughout the unit, students should read a range of informational texts, developing their skills to be able to support ideas using evidence from nonfiction texts as well as make connections to fictional texts. When implementing this unit, teachers should consider that students have had substantial experience with narrative texts in elementary and middle school. Therefore, beginning with a unit focusing on informational and expository texts intends to build students’ skills with those types of texts.
Grade level: 9 Timeframe: 4 Weeks
Anchor Text(s) | Supplemental Texts and/or Readings | Objectives |
The Diary of Ma Yan |
|
|
Pre Assessment(s) | Activities | Formative Assessment(s) | Summative Assessment(s) | Reflections |
Anticipatory Guide | Generational Timeline | Do Now and Exit Slips | Reading quizzes and assessments in various forms (multiple choice short answer, and open-ended responses) to assess student comprehension | |
I Am Malala excerpt | Journal entries | Socratic Seminars | Benchmark assessments | |
Education Around the World Project | Guided reading questions with text evidence | Reading checks | Projects | |
Self created gallery walk | Projects | Open-ended responses and essay writing based on characters, conflicts, and themes | ||
Family Heritage assignment (connect to personal background) | IXL skills (Skills will be assigned to the class as a whole as well as individually) | |||
Vocabulary quizzes | ||||
Homework (readings, guided reading questions, and connecting outside sources to the novel) | ||||
IXL skills (Skills will be assigned to the class as a whole as well as individually) |
NJSLS-ELA 9-10
L.SS.9-10.1
L.KL.9-10.2
L.VL.9-10.3
L.VI.9-10.4
RL.CR.9-10.1
RI.CR.9-10.1
RL.CI.9-10.2
RI.CI.9-10.2
RL.IT.9-10.3
RI.IT.9-10.3
RL.TS.9-10.4
RI.TS.9-10.4
RL.PP.9-10.5
RI.PP.9-10.5
RL.MF.9-10.6
RI.MF.9-10.6
RI.AA.9-10.7
RL.CT.9-10.8
RI.CT.9-10.8
W.AW.9-10.1
W.IW.9-10.2
W.NW.9-10-3
W.WP.9-10.4
W.WR.9-10.5
W.SE.9-10.6
W.RW.9-10.7
SL.PE.9-10.1
SL.II.9-10.2
SL.ES.9-10.3
SL.PI.9-10.4
SL.UM-9-10.5
SL.AS.9-10.6
CRLLKSPs | 8.1 and 8.2 | 9.2 and 9.4 |
|
|
|
For Support | For Enhancement |
|
|
Diversity and Inclusion (N.J.S.A. 18A:35-4.36a)
| LGBT and Individuals with Disabilities (N.J.S.A. 18A:35-4.35.6)
|
Climate Change Education (NJSLS)
| Asian American and Pacific Islander Education (S4021/S3764/P.L.2021, c.416)
|
History
| Economics
|
Rutherford Public Schools
English 100 Curriculum Map and Pacing Guide
In this unit, students grow their ability to express themselves—both in writing and conversation—through the exposure to content-specific, domain-specific, and culturally relevant vocabulary words. Students will build robust and refined vocabularies they will use the rest of their lives to express themselves with clarity and precision. Solid grammar skills are necessary for effective communication. Students will review and refine grammar skills in order to provide them with the tools necessary to be clear communicators.
Grade level: 9 Timeframe: 10 Non-Consecutive Weeks
Anchor Text(s) | Supplemental Texts and/or Readings | Objectives |
|
|
|
Pre Assessment(s) | Activities | Formative Assessment(s) | Summative Assessment(s) |
IXL diagnostic | Working in IXL required skills (Whole class instruction) | Grammar online assessments | Using grammar and mechanics correctly in formal writing |
Vocabulary diagnostic | Working in IXL required skills via IXL “Weekly Boost” (Individual instruction) | Grammar quizzes | Using vocabulary words in formal writing |
Working on various activities in vocabulary units | Vocabulary quizzes | Vocabulary assessments | |
Using vocabulary words in context | Grammar assessments |
NJSLS-ELA 9-10
L.SS.9-10.1
L.KL.9-10.2
L.VL.9-10.3
L.VI.9-10.4
CRLLKSPs | 8.1 and 8.2 | 9.2 and 9.4 |
|
|
|
For Support | For Enhancement |
|
|