English I
Fall Semester | |||||
Unit Title | My Reading Journey: Letter Writing | Reading and Writing the Narrative | Literary Analysis: Character and Theme | Patterns of Poetry | Rhetorical Analysis: Purpose and Style |
Time | 1 week | 4 weeks | 5 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 2 weeks |
Understandings | Successful writers generate ideas and plans before they begin the drafting process.
Effective professional or friendly correspondence helps us to create and maintain positive relationships.
| Writers use storytelling to connect ideas to human emotions and experiences.
Writers use anecdotes to add interest to informational and argumentative writing by appealing to a reader’s empathy and emotions.
When authors combine specific detail with commentary or insight, their narratives become more engaging and meaningful to readers.
Well-chosen anecdotes and narrative examples can be highly effective in explaining thinking to an audience. | Authors use a variety of both explicit and implicit techniques when creating complex characters.
Identifying the setting and social context of a literary work deepens a reader’s understanding of the theme.
Convincing analysis comes from a combination of effective organizing structure, an engaging idea, and astute commentary. | The structural and graphic elements associated with poetry shape and contribute to a poem’s overall meaning.
Writers choose language to create tone depending on the purpose and the message they want to convey or emphasize. | Successful argumentation depends on the clarity of the claim and the quality of the appeals to the audience that support it.
Systematically organized informative or argumentative writing ensures that readers can follow the thinking and support of the author’s position.
Successful analysis depends on relevant evidence combined with effective commentary in support of a clear, arguable claim. |
TEKS | Priority TEKS:9.A, 10.D
Other TEKS: 3, 4.A | Priority TEKS: 5.B, 7D.i., 9.B.ii, 10B
Other TEKS:4.D, 4.E, 4.G, 5.A, 5.C, 8.A, 9.A, 9.C, 9.D.ii | Priority TEKS: 6.B, 6D, 9B.i-ii
Other TEKS: 2.B, 4.A, 4.C, 5.C, 5.D, 5.E, 5.G, 6.A, 6.C, 7.C, 9.A, 9.C, 9.D.iii, 9.E | Priority TEKS: 7.B, 8.D
Other TEKS: 4.D, 4.F, 5.D, 5.G, 5.I, 8.B, 8.C, 8.E | Priority TEKS: 7.E.i-iii, 8.B, 10.B
Other TEKS: 2.A, 2.C, 4.F, 4.G, 5.I, 5.J, 8.C, 8.D, 8.E, 8.F, 8.G, 11.G.i-ii |
Ongoing TEKS | 1A 1B, 2A, 3A, 4F, 4H, 4I, 5B, 8D, 9A, 9B, 11F, 11I | ||||
Spring Semester | ||||
Unit Title | Research and Argument | Multigenre Reading & Writing | Curriculum Review | Book Clubs |
Time | 4 weeks | 4 weeks | 2 weeks | 4 weeks |
Understandings | Convincing argumentation comes from a combination of effective organizing structure, an engaging claim, astute commentary, and persuasive support
Successful argumentation depends on relevant evidence combined with effective appeals in support of a clear, arguable claim.
Clearly and coherently combining the ideas of more than one source allows a writer to successfully support a thesis or claim.
Examine sources for credibility and bias, including omission
| Write responses that demonstrate an analysis of text, including comparing texts within and across genres.
Examining the structural elements and patterns of a particular genre can lead to a deeper understanding of a text’s meaning.
Authors make specific narrative decisions based on their audience, purpose, and message.
Successful writers are aware of genre expectations when composing literary or informational texts.
| Writers develop characters and create conflicts in order to illustrate aspects of the human condition.
Writers use a variety of techniques and structural elements in informational writing to support their purpose and message.
Systematically organized informative or argumentative writing ensures that readers can follow the thinking and support of the author’s position.
Writers choose language to create tone depending on their purpose and message they want to convey or emphasize.
Recognizing how diction and syntax contribute to tone is key to understanding an author’s purpose and meaning.
Successful writers generate ideas and plans before they begin the drafting process. | Writers create stories to convey their commentary on the human condition.
Identifying the setting and social context of a literary work deepens a reader’s understanding of the theme.
Composing informational texts such as explanatory essays, reports, and personal essays using genre characteristics and craft; |
TEKS | Priority TEKS:, 9.B.i-ii, 10.C, 11.F, 11.Gi
Other TEKS: 5.I, 7.E.i-iii, 7.F, 9.A, 9.C, 9.D.i, 9.D.ii-vi, 9.E, , 11.A, 11.B, 11.C, 11.D, 11.H, 11.I | Priority TEKS: 5.B, 7.A 8.A, 10.A,
Other TEKS: 3, 4.E, 4.F, 4.H, 5.A, 5.F, 6.A, 6.B, 6.D, 7.B, 7.D.i-ii, 7.F, 10.B | Priority TEKS: 6.A, 7.D i, 7.D.ii, 8.B, 8.D, 9.A
Other TEKS: 2.B, 4.F, 6.B, 8.F | Priority TEKS: 6.A, 6.D, 10.B
Other TEKS: 1.A, 1.B, 4.A, 4.B, 4.E, 4.I, 5.A, 5.B, 5.C, 5.E, 5.J, 6.B, 6.C, 7.A, 9E,
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Ongoing TEKS | 1A 1B, 2A, 3A, 4F, 4H, 4I, 5B, 8D, 9A, 9B, 11F, 11I | |||