First Semester
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| Week 1 - 6
| Classroom introductions and procedures
Introduction to 10th grade literary terms
Begin studying vocabulary Words of the Week (5 weekly vocabulary words)
Begin Friday quizzes on content for that week, including vocabulary
Begin SSR in 2nd week (students start to bring silent reading book daily)
Review the writing process
Essay about an important transition in your life and why it was significant
Read the following short stories in red literature textbook (books in the classroom)
1. "Catch the Moon" by Judith Ortiz Cofer
2. "Through the Tunnel" by Doris Lessing
3. "Vision Quest" by Lame Deer
Essay about transitions that the 3 characters in these short stories undergo
Exam on what we have learned so far in weeks 1 - 6
Progress reports go home at the end of week 6.
| Week 7 - 12
| Read and analyze the poem "Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes
Read the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Watch the movie of the play
Essay about allowing people to make their own decisions even if they are wrong
Exam on what we learned in weeks 7-12
Progress reports go home at the end of week 12.
| Week 13 -19
| Read the novel The Pearl by John Steinbeck
Complete packets for each chapter
Write a business letter from the perspective of a character from the novel
The final exam will include multiple choice questions and a timed essay
Report cards go home
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Second Semester
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| Week 1 - 2
| Introduction to nonfiction terms
Read nonfiction articles
| Week 3 - 6
| Read the novel Night by Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor
Complete dialectical journals on reading | Week 7 - 12
| Prepare for the California High School Exit Exam, taken on March 16 and 17, 2010
| Week 13
| STAR Testing
Introduction to persuasive writing
Read persuasive writing examples
| Week 14 - 19
| Research and write a persuasive speech on a controversial issue
Learn and practice public speaking techniques
Deliver speech in front of the class
The final exam will include multiple choice questions and a timed essay
Report cards go home
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