ELA Grades 9-10 Quarter 1 Full Curriculum - Short Stories, Fairy Tale Unit, CCSS

Looking for a no-prep, nine-week English/Language Arts unit of instruction? This Quarter #1 curriculum package contains a daily calendar that organizes over 300 pages of high-quality and rigorous material. Together, these materials will provide you with everything you need for the first nine weeks of school - from back to school materials to a detailed and engaging multicultural unit that will help students front-load knowledge, read with a purpose, analyze text, and participate in meaningful projects that will enhance them as scholars and as human beings.

Materials Included:

*****A BONUS Daily Calendar that organizes all of the products and provides a daily overview of the lesson progression sequence. It also includes detailed teacher notes at the end that offer suggestions, tips, and modifications.

***Back to School Classroom Management Tool Kit: Presentation, Printables, & MORE!

- Editable PPT presentation that covers classroom etiquette, rules, procedures, and room layout.

- Accompanying classroom management tools, including:

*Tardy Log

*Hall Pass Sign-Out Sheet

*Only Human HW Pass instructions, activities, and handouts

*Tutoring Sign-Up Sheet

*Late Assignment Form

*Classroom Library Accountability Sign-Out

***"Only Human" Homework Pass: The Pass That Teaches A Lesson!

- Two profound quotes on what it means to be imperfectly human

- Creative activation strategies that promote engagement, critical thinking, and worthwhile discussion/responses

- Directions on how to successfully implement the homework pass in your classroom

***Book Report Project Bundle: Reading Lists, Journal Activity & Projects Included

- Four different themed reading lists (Young Adult, Multicultural, Dystopian, and Classical)

- A reader response journal activity - with detailed instructions and a due date calendar

- A project instructions page - for students to know exactly what is expected of them

- A set of 16 different project ideas - Words of Wisdom, Poetry book, Newspaper, PPT Presentation, Advertisement Project, Children's book, Scene Change, Persuasive Speech, and more!

- A Detailed Project Rubric - for easy grading

***Back to School Literary Movements Scavenger Hunt: A FREE Web Quest Activity

• Product overview with Common Core standards and Teacher Notes provided
• 2-page timeline, with accompanying links, that covers 8 literary movements (Old English, Middle English, Renaissance, Neoclassical, Romantic, Victorian, Modern, and Postmodern)
• Response Boxes with prompts that ask students to find each movement's time frame, characteristics, famous writers, and more

***Mastering the Common Core Informative Essay: 2-Week Writing Workshop Unit

~ Detailed Lesson Plans

~ An editable informative CCSS writing prompt

- Topic: Technology and how it affects the brain

- 3 "Texts" for students to draw from, including 1 image and 2 articles

~ A 21-slide editable PowerPoint Presentation complete with:

*Teacher’s Notes to help you with the presentation

*Specific Examples to help provide context

*Analogies/Comparisons to foster engaging and relevancy

*Engaging images to keep students' attention

~ Guided Rough Draft Handouts (series of 5) to help students with every paragraph along the way

~ Peer-Evaluation Handout to alleviate your workload

~ Simplified CCSS Informative Essay Rubric to give students a specific idea of the expectations

***"The Ransom of Red Chief" by O. Henry: Close Reading and Analysis Unit

- “Tea Party” Pre-reading activity to frontload student knowledge

- “Vocabulary Emojis” to help students with unknown words

- “Irony Man Hunt” activity for students to find as they read

- Post-reading “Character Sketches” and analysis questions

- “The Ransom of _____?” Creative Writing Project with Rubric

- Multiple-Choice Quiz

- Detailed Answer Keys!!

***"The Open Window" by Saki: Close Reading and Analysis Unit

~ Pre-reading Probable Passage Activity - to frontload student knowledge

~ During Reading Plot Analysis Chart - to promote purposeful reading

~ After Reading Conflict Analysis Bubbles

~ After Reading Analysis Questions

~ After Reading Short Film Compare/Contrast Diagram

~ Argumentative Critique Essay Project with Rubric

~ Multiple-Choice & Matching Quiz

~ Detailed Answer Keys!

***"Games At Twilight" by Anita Desai: Close Reading and Analysis Unit

~Pre-reading Quick Write – to frontload student knowledge

~During Reading “Vocabulary In Context” Activity

~After Reading “Identifying and Analyzing Character Complexity”

~After Reading “Identifying and Analyzing Sensory Language”

~After Reading Symbolism Activity

~“Create Your Own Game” Culminating Group Project Planning Guide

~“Create Your Own Game” Culminating Group Project Rubric, Group Member Responsibility Chart, and Presentation Feedback Forms

~Multiple-Choice Assessment

~Detailed Answer Keys!

***"The Little Match Girl" Christmas Story: Close Reading and Analysis Unit

~Pre-reading Unit Vocabulary Handout

~Pre-reading “Author’s Perspective” Activity

~Copy of the Story (so students can mark up the text as they read)

~During Reading Analysis Questions

~Post Reading Language Analysis Activity

~Alternate Ending Creative Writing Project

~Alternate Ending Project Rubric

~Real World Connections Project

~Real World Connections Project Rubric

~Multiple Choice Quiz

~Detailed Answer Keys

***"Only Daughter" by Sandra Cisneros: Close Reading and Analysis Unit

~ Pre-reading “Gender Roles” Article Assignment

~ Pre-reading Spanish Vocabulary Worksheet

~ During Reading Comprehension questions

~ After reading Explanatory Writing Task

~ After Reading Cultural Interview Project with Argumentative Response

~ Multiple Choice Assessment

~ Detailed Answer Keys

***"Civil Peace" by Chinua Achebe: Close Reading and Analysis Unit

~Before Reading - “The Biafran War” Background and Video Response

~Before Reading – “Visual Vocabulary” Activity

~During Reading – “Guided Reading” Comprehension Activities

~After Reading – “Literary Analysis” Chart and Response

~Culminating Activity – “Nigerian Current Event Project” (with rubric)

~Summative Assessment – “Multiple-Choice Quiz”

~Detailed Answer Keys!

***An Introduction to Folklore: PPT, Journal Activity, and Quiz Included

- A 19 Slide, fully editable PPT presentation that introduces students to folklore as a genre, as well as the different types of folktales.

- Detailed teacher notes for each PPT slide that include word definitions, examples, and discussion prompts to keep students engaged throughout the presentation

- A reflective journal assignment that leads into a small group share activity and a "Ticket Out The Door"

- A 13 Question Multiple Choice and Matching Quiz on the concepts covered in the PPT

***Cinderella Tales from Around the World: A Multicultural Unit

- Lesson Plans for the Unit

- A Before Reading Web Quest Activity where students research 19th Century Western Europe to prepare for Grimm's Cinderella

- A During Reading Activity that prompts students to note the different or surprising aspects of Grimm’s Cinderella

- An After Reading Activity that requires students to make connections between the different/unique story elements and the historical research that they conducted on the time period.

- A second After Reading Activity that asks students to compare/contrast Grimm’s Cinderella to clips from Disney’s cinematic rendition of the tale

- TWO completely outlined research project options (a rhetorical analysis essay or PPT presentation) with Rubrics and Student Outlines included.

- Editable Project Link Pages

- Detailed Answer Keys

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