English 10

Unit 1: Short Stories

• Introduction

• On My Honor...

• Plot and Setting

• "The Monkey's Paw"

• "The Sniper"

Unit 2: Short Stories With a Twist

• Introduction

• Spelling Tips

• Narrator and Voice

• "The Necklace"

• "Lamb to the Slaughter"

Unit 3: Interpreting Bias

• Interpreting Bias

• Introduction and Pre-Reading

• Reading and Post-Reading

• Pre-Writing and Rough Draft

• Writing Workshop

Unit 4: Privacy in a Digital World and Feature Stories

• Introduction

• Debating the Privacy Line

• News Stories vs. Feature Stories

• Verb Moods and Interactive Online Feature Stories

• Planning a Feature Story 

• Writing a Feature Story

Unit 5: Poetry

• Introduction

• Independent and Dependent Clauses

• Figurative Language

• Meaning from Poetry

• Shakespeare and Poetry

• Writing a Shakespearean Sonnet

Unit 6: Much Ado About Nothing Part 1

• Introduction

• Grammar Guide: Semicolons and Colons

• Shakespeare's Time

• Understanding Shakespeare

• Act 1 of Much Ado About Nothing

• Act 2 of Much Ado About Nothing

Unit 7: Much Ado About Nothing Part 2

• Introduction

• Prepositional Phrases

• Verbal Phrases

• Act 3, Scenes 1 & 2 of Much Ado About Nothing

• Malapropism

• Act 3, Scenes 3-5 of Much Ado About Nothing

Unit 8: Much Ado About Nothing Part 3

• Introduction

• Verbal Phrases Continued

• Act 4 of Much Ado About Nothing

• Act 5, Scene 1 of Much Ado About Nothing

• Act 5, Scenes 2-4 of Much Ado About Nothing

• MLA Documentation

• Informative/Explanatory Writing

Unit 1: Freedom 

• Introduction

• Before You Begin

• Parallelism

• American Beginnings

• Virginia Convention

• Declaration of Independence

Unit 2: Moral Courage

• Introduction

• Connotation and Denotation

• Frederick Douglass

• Setting for To Kill a Mockingbird

• To Kill a Mockingbird Introduction

• Active and Passive Voice

Unit 3: To Kill a Mockingbird Part 1

• Introduction

• Word Endings

• Beginning To Kill a Mockingbird

• To Kill a Mockingbird 1-3

• To Kill a Mockingbird 4-6

• To Kill a Mockingbird 7-11

Unit 4: To Kill a Mockingbird Part 2

• Introduction

• Commas

• To Kill a Mockingbird 12-15

• To Kill a Mockingbird 16-18

• To Kill a Mockingbird 19-22

• Sentences

Unit 5: To Kill a Mockingbird Part 3

• Introduction

• To Kill a Mockingbird 23-26

• To Kill a Mockingbird 27-31

• Parenthetical Citations

• Informative/Explanatory Writing

Unit 6: Persuasive Language

• Introduction

• Clauses

• What Was the Holocaust?

• Reflecting on the Holocaust

• Peaceful Resistance

• Courage in Writings and Songs

Unit 7: Analysis through Definition

• Introduction

• Introduction and Pre-Reading

• Reading and Post-Reading

• Pre-Writing and Rough Draft

• Writing Workshop

Unit 8: Learning Across Disciplines

• Introduction

• Introduction and Pre-Reading

• Reading and Post-Reading

• Pre-Writing and Rough Draft

• Writing Workshop