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English III H Pacing Guide
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Two-week summary of major instructional content and skills • 36 instructional weeks
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Week(s)Unit / TextMajor ContentMajor Skills and Assessments
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Weeks 1–2First Peoples / Native American Lit.Intro Activity / Story Swap Challenge (2d); WhatIsAmerican (2d); Native American Lit Notes / Poems (2d); Creation Myths: Reading/Analysis (3d)Analyze narrative structure, character, genre, identity, Native American literary context, figurative language, purpose, and creation-myth morals/themes; discuss and reflect on American identity.
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Weeks 3–4First Peoples / Native American Lit.IXL Fall Diagnostic (1d); Rabbit / Trickster (1d); St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves: Conflict/Theme (3d); IXL Quiz: Summer Skills (1d); Narrative Writing: Creation Myths (2d); NA Lit Unit Review and Test (2d)Analyze trickster traditions, retellings, conflict, diction, and cultural themes; compare creation stories; write an original myth using traditional qualities; apply close reading, inference, and figurative-language skills. Assessments: IXL diagnostic/quiz and unit test.
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Weeks 5–6The Crucible / Puritan EraPuritan Notes / Verses Upon the Burning of Our House (3d); Huswifery + Bradstreet Thesis Workshop and Puritan Inference Test (3d); Crucible Context (3d)Apply Puritan historical/cultural context and writing characteristics to theme and purpose; demonstrate comprehension and inference; construct a comparative thesis; understand allegory, metaphor, McCarthyism, and The Crucible’s literary context. Assessment: Puritan inference test.
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Weeks 7–8The Crucible / Puritan EraOverture Analysis (2d); Act 1 / Characterization (4d); PSAT Crash Course: Standard Conventions (2d); Act 2: Part 1 (2d)Explain Miller’s paradox; analyze direct/indirect characterization, conflict, reputation, and developing ideas; gather relevant evidence and make inferences; review punctuation, clauses, and parallel structure with PSAT-style items.
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Weeks 9–10The Crucible / Puritan EraJaxtaposition: Song Analysis—Text Comparison (1d); Act 2: Part 2 (2d); Crucible Test: Review/Test (2d); Subjects/Predicates—Models and Paragraphs (2d); Act 3 (3d)Compare texts to analyze children, power, mob mentality, and manipulation; write evidence-based arguments about conviction and justice; analyze power, hysteria, and inference; identify subjects, predicates, and nonessential sentence parts. Assessment: Crucible test.
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Weeks 11–12The Crucible / Puritan Era → Mini Unit: Age of ReasonAct 4 (3d); Revolutionary Era (5d)Analyze Act IV conflict, motives, truth, honor, and obstacles facing characters; transition to Age of Reason nonfiction by identifying persuasive appeals and rhetorical purpose and applying them in structured speaking/listening activities.
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Weeks 13–14Mini Unit: Age of ReasonPatrick Henry: “Give Me Liberty” (2d); Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography Excerpt (3d); Ethos/Pathos/Logos IXL Skills + Advertisement Review/Assessment (3d); Age of Reason Review and Unit Test (2d)Analyze rhetorical appeals/devices, central arguments, structure, examples, and reflection; evaluate persuasion in speeches and advertisements; compare Age of Reason ideas with Puritan values and apply rhetoric/grammar skills. Assessments: IXL/group review and unit test.
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Weeks 15–16Unit 4–5: Romanticism, Dark Rom. + TranscendentalismRomanticism Intro/Context/Vocab (2d); Devil and Tom Walker (6d); Devil and Tom Walker: Comprehension/Notes + PSAT Selected Items (3d)Describe Romantic values and compare them with prior eras; analyze satire, explicit/implicit meaning, imagery, character, mood, and the relationships among these elements; build unit vocabulary and practice PSAT-style items.
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Weeks 17–18Unit 4–5: Romanticism, Dark Rom. + TranscendentalismIXL Diagnostic Day (1d); Thanatopsis (4d); Nature by Longfellow—Independent Practice (2d); Masque of the Red Death (3d)Interpret poetry and prose through figurative language, imagery, tone, symbolism, and allegory; explain how imagery and comparisons shape meaning; develop a claim about allegorical meaning. Assessment: IXL diagnostic.
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Weeks 19–20Unit 4–5: Romanticism, Dark Rom. + TranscendentalismMidterm Exams (4d); Intro to Transcendentalism (2d); Emerson: Self Reliance (2d); Thoreau: Walden (4d)Demonstrate midterm learning; identify Transcendentalist characteristics and literature’s relationship to its historical context; explain/support Emerson’s main ideas; identify and evaluate Thoreau’s rhetorical devices. Assessments: midterm exams and evidence-based reflection.
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Weeks 21–22Unit 4–5: Romanticism, Dark Rom. + TranscendentalismINSERVICE 2/9/26 (1d); Aphorisms: Emerson (2d); Dead Poets Society: Screening and Writing (5d); Review / Unit Test (2d)Paraphrase aphorisms, analyze diction, and write original aphorisms; connect Transcendentalist tenets to character development in Dead Poets Society; analyze cold/warm reads for era tenets, figurative language, and author’s purpose. Assessment: unit test.
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Weeks 23–24RealismIntro To Realizm (2d); NJGPA Prep / To Build A Fire (3d); To Build A Fire (4d)Explain Realism’s historical context and distinguish Regionalism from Naturalism; analyze argument, reasoning, and textual evidence in NJGPA-style practice; analyze narrator perspective, determinism, adaptation, and Naturalism in To Build a Fire.
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Weeks 25–26RealismNJGPA Testing / Word Games for 8th (5d); The Yellow Wallpaper (3d)Complete NJGPA testing; analyze the protagonist’s change and the author’s message in The Yellow Wallpaper through a critical-theory lens and synthesize ideas collaboratively.
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Weeks 27–28Realism → ModernismN’Em (Regionalism) (2d); An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (4d); Intro to Modernism / Terms / Sherwood Anderson Poem Analysis (4d)Apply Regionalist descriptive detail in short fiction; identify and analyze Realist elements in An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge; define Modernist tenets and analyze themes such as alienation, loss of faith, and brutality. Assessment: Owl Creek quiz.
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Weeks 29–30ModernismGatsby Book Launch (3d); Gatsby Ch. 1 (4d); Gatsby Ch. 2 (3d); PSAT Prep—Cross-Text and Logical Completion (1d)Interpret historical context, epigraph, wealth/status themes, vocabulary, and characterization; analyze setting, relationships, social class, symbolism, morality, and identity; practice cross-text relationships, rhetorical synthesis, logical transitions, and evidence-based PSAT reasoning.
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Weeks 31–32ModernismGatsby Ch. 3 (4d); Review Study Guide + Gatsby Ch. 1–3 Test (2d); Gatsby Ch. 4–5 (5d)Analyze figurative language, characterization, setting, symbolism, class, identity, and perception; connect textual details to larger themes; analyze past/future and Fitzgerald’s manipulation of time and narrative. Assessment: Gatsby Chapters 1–3 test.
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Weeks 33–34ModernismMemory and Perception (3d); Gatsby Film up to Ch. 7 (2d); Gatsby Ch. 7 (3d)Build background knowledge about memory and perception; compare film treatment of symbols, images, setting, and theme; analyze Daisy, Tom, and Gatsby’s development, tensions, revelations, and relationship changes in Chapter 7.
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Weeks 35–36ModernismGatsby Ch. 8–9 (3d); Close Read Prep and Test (3d); IXL Diagnostic (1d); Final Exam Review (3d)Analyze Nick’s complex attitude toward Gatsby and Gatsby’s legacy through an obituary task; prepare and annotate passages for close reading; demonstrate analysis on an IXL test/diagnostic; review the study guide and draft the final-exam essay.
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