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10 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 1–2Unit 1: SeptemberHaiku About You; The Bet - Introduction (6 days)1. Follow Haiku form and rules 2. Create and maintain tone/mood 3. Write with focus/purpose
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Weeks 3–4Unit 1: SeptemberThe Bet Reading and Activities; Vocab (11 days)The Bet Reading and Activities; Vocab
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Weeks 5–6Unit 2: OctoberLord of The Flies (LOTF) - Background Group Project; Twilight Zone - The Shelter; LOTF - Chapter 1 - Reading and Activites (11 days)Assessments/Review: Lord of The Flies (LOTF) - Background Group Project
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Weeks 7–8Unit 2: OctoberLOTF - Chapter 2 - Reading; LOTF - Chapter 2 Sheet/Overview; LOTF - Chapter 3 Reading; LOTF - Chapter 3 Sheet (10 days)LOTF - Chapter 2 - Reading; LOTF - Chapter 2 Sheet/Overview; LOTF - Chapter 3 Reading; LOTF - Chapter 3 Sheet
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Weeks 9–10Unit 3: NovemberLOTF - Chapter 3 Sheet; LOTF - Chapter 1-3 Test; LOTF - Chapter 4 Reading and student sheet (11 days)Identify the main characters introduced and describe their initial personalities. Explain the boys’ first attempts to establish order and leadership. Analyze the symbolism of the conch and discuss its role as a symbol of authority and unity. Make predictions about potential conflicts based on character interactions; Analyze the significance of Jack’s face paint as a symbol of loss of identity and release from shame. Evaluate the consequences of the boys’ neglect of responsibilities (e.g., the fire) and how this fuels conflict. Discuss how power dynamics shift after the missed rescue opportunity; Assessments/Review: LOTF - Chapter 1-3 Test
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Weeks 11–12Unit 3: November / Unit 4: DecemberLOTF - Chapter 5 - Summary; LOTF - Chapter 6 - Read and questions; LOTF Chapter 6 Read and Questions Continued; Nonfiction Reading - Skill Practice - Main Idea (9 days)Explain the dramatic irony of the “beast” from the sky and its significance in the story. Analyze how the boys’ fear escalates and influences their behavior and decisions. Describe how Jack’s influence grows as he uses fear to gain power. Evaluate how the exploration of the island reveals shifting power, priorities, and group identity; Identify the main idea of the text overall and the main idea of sections of text
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Weeks 13–14Unit 4: DecemberNonfiction Reading - Skill Practice - Main Idea; LOTF Chapter 7 (9 days)Identify the main idea of the text overall and the main idea of sections of text
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Weeks 15–16Unit 4: December / Unit 5: JanuaryHoliday Activity; To Share or not to Share Goals - Reading and Writing Return to School Activity; Go over ch. 8 worksheet; Read Chapter 9; Chapter 10 - Ralph/Jack Reaction to Simon's Death Reading (9 days)Read nonfiction articles to support opinion. Use evidence to support reasoning and claims. Write with clarity, fluidity, and purpose; Analyze character development, themes, conflicts; Analyze how fear affects behaviors; Compare character's motivatons; Assessments/Review: To Share or not to Share Goals - Reading and Writing Return to School Activity
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Weeks 17–18Unit 5: JanuaryChapters 9-10 Close reading Quote Explication Group Work and presentations; IXL Benchmark/Independent Commonlit; Midterm Practice; Midterms (11 days)Analyze, annotate, interpret text. Create conclusions, work collaborativley
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Weeks 19–20Unit 6: FebruaryChapter 10 LOTF; Chapter 11 LOTF; Speaking - Surprise Topic Public Speaking; Chapter 12 LOTF (Ending) (9 days)analyze how fear of the “beast” influences the boys’ decisions and contributes to the break identify and interpret key symbols (the Lord of the Flies and the storm) and explain how they reinforce the novel’s central themes; Speak in a presentation setting
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Weeks 21–22Unit 6: FebruaryLord of The Flies 10-12 Review/Essay Review; Lord of the Flies Test; 10 Minute Write/2 Minute Talk; Commonlit NF Practice - Stanford Experiment; Reading Unit - War Stories introduction and Vocab (9 days)Analyze ongoing themes and support claims with evidence and reasoning. Examine character growth, symbols, resolution of novel, identify and analyze conflicts, cause and effect; Read and understand nonfiction text stucture; Acquire new vocabulary; Assessments/Review: Lord of The Flies 10-12 Review/Essay Review; Lord of the Flies Test
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Weeks 23–24Unit 7: MarchWar Stories Unit Introduction; The Things They Carried Excerpt/Discussion; Writing Lesson - Varying Sentence Length for Effect; Poem: Death of a Soldier (11 days)Analyze how a story's structure contributes to overall meaning; Vary sentence length for effect; Assessments/Review: Writing Lesson - Varying Sentence Length for Effect
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Weeks 25–26Unit 7: MarchIXL Challenge and Rec's; The Ode Writing Lesson; Vocab and Preview upcoming week; Ode Analysis; Commonlit Reading and Questions - "Yesterday Was Beautiful" (10 days)Build foundations; Examine Diction and Imagery, Examine figures of speec, Analyze tone; Acquire new vocabulary. Use context clues to understand word meanings; Analyze tone, examine structure, interpret figures of speech; analyze how an author’s structural choices contribute to a text’s meaning and
creates tension or surprise; Assessments/Review: The Ode Writing Lesson
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Weeks 27–28Unit 7: March / Unit 8: AprilOde Writing - Creative writing activity; Odes/Half day Activity period; Friday Half Day; Returning From Break; Vocabulary Unit 2 War Stories Activities; Rview "Yesterday Was Beautiful"/Poem "During the War" (9 days)write an original ode that: Addresses a specific subject directly Uses figurative language (at least 2 metaphors/similes) Incorporates vivid imagery (at least 3 examples) Demonstrates structure and tone consistent with the ode form; NA; Collaborate with peers; Acquire new vocabulary and understand usage of words; analyze imagery and figurative language to determine a poem’s theme; Assessments/Review: Ode Writing - Creative writing activity
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Weeks 29–30Unit 8: AprilVocab Quiz; During The War Poem Continued; Nonfiction "How Will PTSD Affect My Kids"; Grammar Lesson- Aboslute Phrases; Poem - "The Wound Dresser" Quiz; Spin Chapter from The Things They Carried (9 days)Acquire new vocabulary and understand usage of words; analyze imagery and figurative language to determine a poem’s theme; determine how the central idea is developed and refined by particular paragraphs or sections of the text; use absolute phrases to convey specific meanings and add variety and interest to writing; analyze imagery and poetic structure to determine a them; Analyze how the structure of a text contributes to a central idea; Assessments/Review: Vocab Quiz; Poem - "The Wound Dresser" Quiz
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Weeks 31–32Unit 9: MaySpin Chapter from The Things They Carried; Reflecting Unit Theme to Texts; Connecting Unit Theme to Texts; Absolute Phrases Quiz; Literary Analysis - Exemplary Writing (8 days)Analyze how the structure of a text contributes to a central idea; Analyze a quotation and connect ideas through a discussion; Use absolute phrases to convey specific meanings and add variety and interest to writing; review an essay that cites from multiple texts while using phrases and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships between ideas. focus on using phrases and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships between ideas. also see a new way of organizing an essay; Assessments/Review: Absolute Phrases Quiz; Literary Analysis - Exemplary Writing
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Weeks 33–34Unit 9: MayOutlining the Essay; Writing the Essay; Macbeth: Introduction and Act I; Macbeth Role Play (9 days)Outline and prepare information for essay; Write an essay that cites from multiple texts while using phrases and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships between ideas; d; Create play like actions through provided directions; Assessments/Review: Outlining the Essay; Writing the Essay
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Weeks 35–36Unit 9: May / Unit 10: Unit 10Macbeth Acts 1-2; Macbeth (10 days)Establish setting, plot, character motivations
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