English+1+Curriculum+Map

=English I Curriculum Map*= //*Subject to Change//

August
EL 2: Students will read and understand a variety of materials.**
 * Essential Learnings 1 & 2**
 * EL 1: Students will write for a variety of purposes.
 * Introduction to English I; Begin Independent Reading Projects**

September
EL 2: Students will read and understand a variety of materials.**
 * Essential Learnings 1 & 2**
 * EL 1: Students will write for a variety of purposes.


 * Short Stories; Essay Writing (Thesis, Organization, Compare/Contrast, Response to Literature)**

October
EL 2: Students will read and understand a variety of materials.**
 * Essential Learnings 1 & 2**
 * EL 1: Students will write for a variety of purposes.


 * Author's Purpose and Persuasive and Rhetorical Devices; Persuasive Essay**

November
EL 2: Students will read and understand a variety of materials.**
 * Essential Learnings 1 & 2**
 * EL 1: Students will write for a variety of purposes.


 * //Animal Farm//: Fable, Satire and Allegory;** **Response to Literature through Writing**

December
EL 2: Students will read and understand a variety of materials.**
 * Essential Learnings 1 & 2**
 * EL 1: Students will write for a variety of purposes.


 * Poetry and //Romeo and Juliet//; Response to Literature through Writing**

January
**Essential Learnings 1 & 2** **EL 1: Students will write for a variety of purposes. EL 2: Students will read and understand a variety of materials.**

**Introduction to English I; Begin Independent Reading Projects**

February
EL 2: Students will read and understand a variety of materials.**
 * Essential Learnings 1 & 2**
 * EL 1: Students will write for a variety of purposes.


 * Short Stories; Essay Writing (Thesis, Organization, Compare/Contrast)**

March
EL 2: Students will read and understand a variety of materials.**
 * Essential Learnings 1 & 2**
 * EL 1: Students will write for a variety of purposes.


 * Author's Purpose and Persuasive and Rhetorical Devices; Persuasive Essay**

April
EL 2: Students will read and understand a variety of materials.**
 * Essential Learnings 1 & 2**
 * EL 1: Students will write for a variety of purposes.


 * //Animal Farm//: Fable, Satire and Allegory;** **Response to Literature through Writing**

May
EL 2: Students will read and understand a variety of materials.**
 * Essential Learnings 1 & 2**
 * EL 1: Students will write for a variety of purposes.


 * Poetry and //Romeo and Juliet//;** **Response to Literature through Writing**