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Eng III CP 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 1–2Early American Literature1.1 Native American — 4 days
1.2 Native American — 4 days		Recognize and articulate extended metaphor; draw cultural inferences from written text.
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Weeks 3–4Early American Literature1.3 Puritans 1 — 3 days
1.4 Puritans 2 — 3 days
1.5 Puritans 3 — 3 days		Explore why literature is studied, what makes American literature American, Puritan and Native American contexts, and figurative language.
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Weeks 5–6Early American Literature → Literature of the American Revolution1.6 Personal Narrative — 4 days
1.7 Personal Narrative — 4 days
2.1 Introduce Literature of the American Revolutionary Period — 2 days		Identify elements of personal narrative and universal human experience; demonstrate understanding of rhetorical strategies and figurative language in Revolutionary literature; trace literature from colonial/Puritan influences to contemporary society.
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Weeks 7–8Literature of the American Revolution2.2 Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography — 3 days
2.3 Franklin's Epitaph — 2 days
2.4 Poor Richards Almanack — 2 days
2.5 Speech in the Virginia Canvention — 3 days		Demonstrate understanding of rhetorical strategies and figurative language; trace literary development from colonial/Puritan influences to contemporary society; articulate similarities between Franklin and the Puritans.
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Weeks 9–10Literature of the American Revolution2.6 The Crisis — 3 days
2.7 What Is an American — 3 days
2.8 The Declaration of Independance — 4 days		Demonstrate understanding of rhetorical strategies and figurative language in Revolutionary literature; trace literary development from colonial/Puritan influences to contemporary society.
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Weeks 11–12Literature of the American Revolution → American Romanticism2.9 To his Excellency General Washington — 3 days
3.1 Intoduce American Romanticism — 3 days
3.2 The Devil and Tom Walker — 4 days		Explain how literature can serve as artistic expression and political persuasion; identify elements of Romanticism and its manifestation in American culture; recognize folktale elements and evaluate theme through irony and symbol.
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Weeks 13–14American Romanticism3.3 The Raven — 5 days
3.4 Tha Masque of the Red Death — 4 days
3.5 The Fall of the House of Usher — 3 days		Identify elements of Romantic literature and connections between Poe's life and work; evaluate point of view, allegory, irony, and symbol in the development of theme.
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Weeks 15–16American Romanticism3.6 Thanatopsis — 6 days
3.7 The Minister's Black Veil — 4 days		Identify elements of Romantic literature; examine how grammar and sentence structure affect the reading of poetry; analyze Hawthorne's symbolism in themes of guilt, sin, and human nature.
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Weeks 17–18American Romanticism → Writing a Literary Comparison Essay3.8 Dr. Heidegger's Experiment — 4 days
4.1 Comparing Themes, Characters, and Author Craft in Two Literary Texts — 5 days		Analyze Hawthorne's use of allegory and symbolism to convey themes about human nature, wisdom, and folly; identify and analyze similarities and differences between two literary texts.
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Weeks 19–20The Scarlet Letter5.1 Introduce The Scarlet Letter — 3 days
5.2 Chatpters 1 and 2 — 4 days
5.3 Chapters 3-4 — 4 days		Examine central elements of Romanticism and the value of guilt; identify motif and explain its role in developing theme; analyze character motivations of Hester, Chillingworth, and Dimmesdale.
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Weeks 21–22The Scarlet Letter5.4 Chapters 5-6 — 4 days
5.5 Chapters 7-12 — 5 days		Analyze how isolation shapes Hester's identity; evaluate how authority figures judge Hester.
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Weeks 23–24The Scarlet Letter5.6 Chapters 13-18 — 5 days
5.7 Chapters 19-24 — 4 days		Analyze psychological conflict; evaluate the novel's resolution and moral message.
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Weeks 25–26The Scarlet Letter → Emily Dickinson5.8 The Scarlet Letter: Conclusion — 4 days
6.1 Introduction — 4 days		Evaluate the symbolic evolution of the scarlet letter; understand historical and biographical context for Emily Dickinson.
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Weeks 27–28Emily Dickinson6.2 Letter to the World — 2 days
6.3 I Never Saw a Moor — 2 days
6.4 Exultation Is the Going — 2 days
6.5 I taste a Liquor — 2 days		Articulate historical and biographical context for the poems; analyze how Dickinson's word choice, imagery, and structure contribute to meaning and tone.
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Weeks 29–30Emily Dickinson6.6 Group Analysis on poems — 5 days
6.7 Group presentations — 6 days		Collaboratively analyze how Dickinson's word choice, imagery, and structure contribute to meaning and tone; prepare and present poem explications; receive and question classmates' analyses.
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Weeks 31–32Emily Dickinson → The Great Gatsby6.8 Explication practice — 4 days
6.9 I Dreadd that First Robin — 3 days
7.1 Historical/biographical backgroud — 3 days		Articulate plausible interpretations of Dickinson poems; analyze how word choice, imagery, and structure contribute to meaning and tone; articulate historical and biographical influences on the novel.
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Weeks 33–34The Great Gatsby7.2 Chapter 1-2 — 3 days
7.3 Chapter 3-4 — 3 days
7.4 Chapter 4-5 — 3 days		Analyze Fitzgerald's development of major American themes; evaluate narrator reliability; recognize direct and indirect characterization.
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Weeks 35–36The Great Gatsby7.5 Chapter 5-6 — 3 days
7.6 Chapter 6-7 — 3 days
7.7 Chapter 7-9 — 4 days		Recognize symbolic development and motif; evaluate thematic development.
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