First Semester

First Semester

Second Semester

Tests:  Fact and opinion Theme  -- explicit or implied  ( inference)   imply/infer Evidence for Theme  -- textual Evidence Coordinate Adjectives Point of view summarizing how particular elements of a story or drama interact  setting influence plot and character  compare and contrast written story to video, etc.       Outsiders (Novel:  The Outsiders  Short Stories     Priscilla and the Wimps   elements of literature, finding theme   Drama?  What about book of the month?  Style:  formal, informal Write argument  Write narrative Short research projects       citing sources Collaborative discussion building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly. evaluating speakers presenting     research, multi-media, etc.   phrases and clauses simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex misplaced and dangling modifiers. capitalization, punctuation, and spelling vocabulary a word’s position or function in a sentence) grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots     belli general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech.