English III
Fall Semester | ||||
Unit Title | Reading and Writing the Narrative | Rhetoric and Synthesis | Multigenre Survey of American Literature | Literary Analysis: Setting the Context |
Time | 3 weeks | 3 weeks | 5 weeks | 4 weeks |
Understandings | Proficient readers use specific text evidence to reach and express reasonable conclusions about an author’s intent and a text’s meaning.
Authors animate and deepen their writing by using rhetorical devices, details, examples, and commentary.
Writers revise to make their writing more cohesive and easier to follow and understand. | Successful argumentation depends on the thesis and the quality of the appeals to the identifiable audience.
Problems of credibility, bias, and omission undermine the effectiveness of informational or argumentative writing.
Writers sometimes incorporate faulty reasoning, either purposefully or inadvertently, into their writing. | Successful readers can synthesize and analyze information from a variety of sources both within and across genres.
The historical, social, and economic context of the setting of a literary work directly influence its plot, characterization, and theme.
Authors make specific decisions based on their audience, purpose, and message.
Successful writers are aware of genre expectations when composing literary or informational texts.
| Writers develop a relationship among literary elements in order to communicate meaning.
The historical, social, and economic contexts of a setting directly influence characterization, plot, and theme. |
TEKS | Priority TEKS:5.C, 9B.ii, 9.C
Other TEKS: 3, 4.A, 4.D, 4.E, 4.G, 4.I, 6.C, 6.D, 9.A, 9.D, 10.B | Priority TEKS: 7.E.i-7.E.iii, 8.G, 11.G.i-ii
Other TEKS:2.A, 2.C, 5.B, 5.C, 5.D, 5.E, 5.I, 5.J, 8.B, 8.C, 8.D, 8.F, 10.F | Priority TEKS: 5.B, 6.D, 8.A, 10.A
Other TEKS: 3, 4.E, 4.F, 4.H, 5.A, 5.E, 5.F, 6.A. 6.B, 6.C, 7.A, 7.B, 7C, 7.D.i-ii, 7.F, 8.D, 10.E | Priority TEKS: 6.A, 6.D
Other TEKS: 2.B, 3, 4.C, 4.D, 4.E, 4.G, 5.A, 5.B, 5.C, 5.D, 5.G, 9.A, 9.B.i-ii, 9.C, 9.D, 10.E |
Ongoing TEKS | 1A 1B, 2A, 3A, 4F, 4H, 4I, 5B, 8D, 9A, 9B, 11F, 11I | |||
Spring Semester | ||||
Unit Title | Business & Technical Writing | Action Research Argument | Book Clubs | Multimodal Project |
Time | 2 Weeks | 6 weeks | 6 weeks | 4 weeks |
Understandings | Technical texts reflect thinking.
Appropriately organized writing ensures that readers can follow the thinking and support of the writer’s purpose.
| Systematically organized argumentative writing ensures that readers can follow the thinking and support of the author’s position.
Successful writers have an authentic interest in the subject they are researching and writing about.
Successful argumentation depends on relevant evidence combined with effective appeals in support of a clear, arguable claim. | Characters’ motivations and behaviors help shape the moral dilemmas that influence plot and theme.
Authors arrange and develop literary elements in order to create meaning and support understanding.
Authors use genre conventions, literary devices, and language to convey meaning.
| Multimodal literacy helps us to understand the ways media shapes our world.
Publishing and sharing our work gives us an authentic purpose to write.
The credibility and relevance of evidence determine the strength of a research project. |
TEKS | Priority TEKS: 5.B, 9.B.i
Other TEKS: 2.A, 3.A, 4.F, 5.F, 7.D.ii, 7.F, 9.E, 10.B, 10.D | Priority TEKS: 8.B, 9.A, 10.C
Other TEKS: 4.F, 4.H, 5.H, 7.E i-iii, 8.A, 8.D, 8.F, 8.G, 9.B i-ii, 9.C, 9.D, 9.E, 11 (A-F, G i-ii, H, I) | Priority TEKS: 6.B, 6.C, 10.E
Other TEKS: 1.A, 1.B, 1.C, 1.D, 4.B, 4.C, 5.A, 5.B, 5.C, 5.E, 5.G, 5.H, 5.J, 6.A, 6.B, 6.C, 6.D, 7.A, 8.E, 10.E | Priority TEKS: 7.F, 9.E, 11.E
Other TEKS:1.A, 1.B, 1.C, 1.D, 9 A, 11.A, 11.C, 11.E, 11.H, 11.I
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Ongoing TEKS | 1A 1B, 2A, 3A, 4F, 4H, 4I, 5B, 8D, 9A, 9B, 11F, 11I | |||