- Barry Goldwater High
- ELA 1-2
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ELA 1-2
Please check in with your child throughout the year as there are several major projects. If you ever have any questions, feel free to email me at Viviana.Martinez@dvusd.org.
Assessments:
- NWEA Map Growth (Tested throughout the year)
- ACT Aspire (Test in April)
Syllabus: View Syllabus by Clicking Here
Course Outline:
Fall Semester
Unit Title
Essential Standards
Department and District Assessments
Expected Timeframe
Fiction: The Stories We Tell
Anchor Texts:
Humans of New York
Freedom Writers’ Diary
Various Short Stories
SAVVAS/MyPerspective Textbook
Essential -
RL1: Cite thorough textual evidence
RL2: Find and analyze themes
W3: Write Narratives
Supporting -
RL3: Characterization
RL6: POV, Cultural Perspective
L5: Figurative Language, Word Choice, and Nuances
SL3: Evaluation of POV, Evidence
SL4: Presenting Information
W8: Research
NWEA MAP Growth
Summative: Life in 3D Project and Presentation
Weeks 1-11
Picture This: Let’s Explore
Anchor Texts:
Various Informative Texts
TedTalks
SAVVAS/MyPerspective Textbook
Essential -
RI 1: Cite Thorough Textual Evidence
RI 2: Identify Central Idea
W 2: Write Informative Texts
Supporting -
RI3: Analyze Effects of Author’s Choices
RI5: Analyze Text Structures
SL3: Evaluation of POV, Evidence
SL4: Presenting Information
W8: Research
NWEA MAP Growth
Final Summative: How To Booklet Project
Weeks 12-19
Spring Semester
Unit Title
Essential Standards
Department and
District Assessments
Expected Timeframe
The Art of Persuasion
Anchor Text:
I Have a Dream Speech by MLK
SAVVAS/MyPerspective Textbook
Students will write an on-demand argumentative essay.
Essential -
RI 6: Analyze Author’s Purpose
RI 8: Identify Logical Fallacies, Rhetoric
W1: Argumentative Writing
Supporting -
RI1: Cite Thorough Textual Evidence
RI3: Analyze Effects of Author’s Choices
RI4: Determining Meaning of Words/Phrases
RI9: Analyze Historical Documents
L5: Figurative Language, Word Choice, and Nuances
Summative: Argumentative Letter Essay
District On-Demand Argumentative Essay
Weeks 1-5
Novel Approaches to Life
Anchor Text:
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
SAVVAS/MyPerspective Textbook
Essential -
RL3: Characterization
RL6: Analyze Author’s Choices, POV
RL8: Analyze development of a theme
Supporting -
RL1:Cite Thorough Textual Evidence
RL2: Analyze Theme
RI6: Author’s Purpose
L5: Figurative Language, Word Choice, and Nuances
W2: Informative and Explanatory Writing
W6: Using Technology
W8: Research
Summative: The Hate U Give Literary Essay; Upstander Website Project
Weeks 6-16
Sweet Sorrow
Anchor Text:
Romeo and Juliet Play by William Shakespeare
Essential -
RL3: Characterization
RL6: Analyze Author’s Choices, POV
L5: Analyze Figurative Language
Supporting -
RL1:Cite Thorough Textual Evidence
RL2: Analyze Theme
RL4: Determining Meaning of Words/Phrases
SL4: Presenting Information
ACT/Aspire Exam
NWEA MAP Growth
Final Summative: Romeo and Juliet Choiceboard
Weeks 17-21
+ All titles subject to change at the discretion of the teaching team
The following resources and videos or clips may be used to support or enhance student learning:
Most Dangerous Game: 1932 (NR)
Gnomeo and Juliet (PG)
Romeo and Juliet: 1968 (PG) 1996 (PG-13) 2014 (PG-13)
Various TED-Talks and/or Spoken Word Poems on related subjects or themes
Various Disney/Pixar short films on related subjects or themes
Various texts from MyPerspective textbooks
Nonfiction articles on related subjects or themes from academic sources such as Common Lit and News-ELA