Unit 1: Quarter 1 - What Attracts Us to the Mysterious?
Duration of Days: 45
Students will know reading and comprehension skills to improve overall reading ability.
Students will know composition and grammar skills to improve overall writing ability.
Students will be able to apply the skill lesson to the selected texts.
Students will be able to apply grammar and writing lessons to the genre writing assignments.
Students will demonstrate learning with the completion of the quiz and/or open-ended response Think/Write questions, end of unit assessment, and diagnostic assessments (Studysync and No Red Ink).
| Lesson # | Lesson Title | Duration of Days |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Text 1: First Read | 3 |
| 2 | Text 1: Close Read | 2 |
| 3 | Text 2: First Read | 3 |
| 4 | Text 2: Close Read | 2 |
| 5 | Text 3: First Read | 3 |
| 6 | Text 3: Close Read | 2 |
| 7 | Text 4: First Read | 3 |
| 8 | Text 4: Close Read | 2 |
| 9 | Reading Comprehension | 1 |
| 10 | Annotation | 2 |
| 11 | Textual Evidence | 1 |
| 12 | Context Clues | 1 |
| 13 | Character | 1 |
| 14 | Generating Questions | 2 |
| 15 | Author’s Purpose and Point of View | 2 |
| 16 | Making and Confirming Predictions | 1 |
| 17 | Theme | 2 |
| 18 | Allusion | 1 |
| 19 | Plot | 1 |
| 20 | Story Structure | 1 |
| 21 | Central or Main Idea | 1 |
| 22 | Language, Style, and Audience | 2 |
| 23 | Text Dependent Responses | 2 |
| 24 | Compare & Contrast | 1 |
| 25 | End of Quarter 1 Assessment | 3 |