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English I Language Arts Curriculum Resources

2nd 9 Weeks

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Language Arts

SPI 3001.1.1

Demonstrate an understanding of the eight parts of speech, including their troublesome aspects, such as how to form the past and past participle of irregular but commonly used verbs.
Informative: Parts of Speech
Informative: Parts of Speech
Informative: Parts of Speech
Informative: Parts of Speech

SPI 3001.1.2

Identify the patterns of a given set of sentences.
Handout: Sentence patterns
handout: Sentence patterns
Interactive Activity: Sentence patterns
Lesson plan: Sentence patterns

SPI 3001.1.3

Use a variety of techniques to correct sentence fragments.
Informative:Fragments
Informative:Fragments
Informative:Fragments

SPI 3001.1.4

Combine a set of simple sentences into a single compound or complex sentence.
Informative:Sentence combining
Handout: Sentence combining
Handout: Sentence combining
Handout:Sentence combining

SPI 3001.1.5

Use commas correctly with appositives and introductory words, phrases, or clauses
Informative: Commas
Informative: Commas
PowerPoint: Commas

SPI 3001.1.6

Correct a run-on sentence by using a comma and coordinating conjunction, subordinate conjunction, or semicolon.
Informative: Run-ons
Informative: Run-ons
Informative: Run-ons
Informative: Run-ons

SPI 3001.1.7

Recognize correct subject-verb agreement with intervening elements.
Informative:Agreement
Informative:Agreement
Informative:Agreement

SPI 3001.1.8

Select correct pronoun usage ina sentence(e.g. with compound elements such as between you and me , or following than or as)
Informative: Pronoun usage
Informative: Pronoun usage
Informative: Pronoun usage

SPI 3001.1.9

Select correct pronoun-antecedent agreement using collective nouns or indefinite pronouns.
Handout: Collective Nouns
Handout:Pronoun/antecedent
Handout:Pronoun

SPI 3001.1.10

Recognize the correct placement of end marks with quotation marks.
Interactive Activity: Quotation Marks
Informative: Quotation marks
Informative: Quotation marks

SPI 3001.1.11

Recognize the correct usage of quotation marks in direct and indirect quotations
Info: Direct & Indirect Quotes
Info: Direct and Indirect Quotes
Lesson Plans: Direct and Indirect Quotes

SPI 3001.1.12

Use context clues and/or knowledge of roots, affixes, and cognates to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
Games:Context clues, roots, etc.
Handout:Affix/prefix chart
Interactive Activity:Context clues, roots, etc.

SPI 3001.1.13

Select the appropriate word among frequently confused words
Information: Commonly Confused Words
Handout: Commonly Confused Words
Lesson Plans: Commonly Confused Words
Information: Commonly Confused Words

SPI 3001.1.14

Proofread a written passage for errors in punctuation and/or capaitalization and/or spelling.
Informative: Errors
Informative: Errors
Informative: Errors

SPI 3001.1.15

Use a sample reference source to determine aspects of a given word (e.g., spelling, part of speech, definition, cognates, etymology, synonyms).
Games:Various word
Interactive Activity:Etymology
Interactive Activity:Synonyms/antonyms

SPI 3001.1.16

Identify commonly used foreign words and phrases.
Informative:Foreign words/phrase
Game: Foreign words/phrases
Game: Foreign words/phrases

CLE 3001.2.1

Demonstrate critical listening skills essential for comprehension, evaluation, problem solving, and task completion.
Interactive: Critical listening
Interactive: Critical listening
Interactive: Critical listening

SPI 3001.2.1

Identify the thesis and main points of a challenging speech.
Informative: Points of a speech
Audio: Points of a speech
Handout: Accompanies previous audio

SPI 3001.2.2

Distinguish between a summary and a paraphrase.
Informative: Summary/Paraphrase
Worksheet: Summary/Paraphrase
Informative:Paraphrase vs. summary

SPI 3001.2.3

Distinguish between a critique and a summary.
Informative: Summary and critique
Informative: Summary
Informative: Summary

CLE 3001.2.4

Analyze the style and structure of a challenging speech.
Activity: Readers theatre
Informative: Speech
Lesson plan: Speech

SPI 3001.2.4

Discern the structure of a challenging speech.
Informative/handout: Speech structure
Informative: Speech structure
Informative: Speech structure

CLE 3001.2.7

Participate in work teams and group discussions.
Informative: Discussions
Informative: Discussions
Informative: Discussions

SPI 3001.3.1

Proofread a passage for correct punctuation, mechanics, and usage.
Review: Proofreading
Lesson plans: Proofreading
Activity: Punctuation

SPI 3001.3.2

Choose the most effective order of sentences in a paragraph.
Lesson plans/Informative: Sentence order
Assessment: Sentence order
Lesson plans/Informative: Language

SPI 3001.3.3

Choose the transitional device that appropriately connects sentences or paragraphs within a writing sample.
Informative: Transitions
Informative: Transitions
Informative: Transitions

SPI 3001.3.4

Select a vivid word to strengthen a description.
Informative: Vivid Words
Activity: Vivid Words
Activity: Vivid Words

SPI 3001.3.5

Demonstrate the ability to combine a set of simple sentences into a longer, more interesting sentence.
Lesson plan: Combining sentences
Informative: Combining sentences
Lesson plan: Combining sentences

SPI 3001.3.6

Select the thesis statement in a writing sample or passage.
Quiz: Thesis
Handout: Thesis
Informative: Thesis

SPI 3001.3.7

Evaluate the relevance of supporting sentences by deleting an irrelevant sentence in a passage.
Lesson plans/Informative: Language
Practices: Relevance
Practices: Relevance

SPI 3001.3.8

Rearrange the order of supporting paragraphs within a writing sample given a specified organizational pattern.
Lesson plans: Paragraph order
Lesson plans: Paragraph order
Lesson plans: Paragraph order

SPI 3001.3.9

Identify a statement that reveals the writer's attitude
Lesson plan: Romeo and Juliet
Activity: Attitude
Activity: Strategies

SPI 3001.3.10

Identify the targeted audience for a selected passage.
Lesson plans/Informative: Language
Lesson plans: Audience
Informative: Audience

SPI 3001.3.11

Determine the writer's purpose in a writing sample.
Informative: Purpose
Lesson plan: Purpose
Lesson plan: Purpose

SPI 3001.3.12

Identify sentences with nonparallel construction.
Informative: Construction
Informative: Construction
informative: Construction

SPI 3001.3.13

Select the proper format to convey a set of work-related information: effectively vary strategies and select a medium or format, arrange supporting ides, and craft diction nad tone that anticipate the audience's needs
Informative: Work-related Info.
Handout: Work-related info.
Handout: Work-related info.

SPI 3001.3.14

Select the most precise word to provide clarity appropriate to audience and purpose.
Handout: Precise words
Activity: Precise words
Informative: Precise words

SPI 3001.4.1

Select the research topic with the highest degree of focus
Instructional: selecting research topic with the highest degree of focus
Informational: select the research topic with the highest degree of focus
Informational: www.midway.edu/library/topics

CLE 3001.4.2

Gather relevant information from a varity of print and electronic sources, as well as from direct observation, interviews and surveys
Instructional: Gathering a variety of sources from print and electronic sources
Instractional: Gathering a variety of sources
Power Point: Gathering a variety of sources

SPI 3001.4.2

Differentiate between primary and secondary sources
Power Point: Differentiate between primary and secondary sources
Informational: Differentiate between primary and secondary sources
Game: Differentiate between primary and secondary sources

SPI 3001.4.3

Evaluate the reliability and credibility of sources for use in research.
Informational: Evaluate the credibility of sources
Informational: Evaluate credibility of sources
Evaluate reliability and credibility of sources

SPI 3001.4.4

Evaluate the validity of Web pages as sources of information.
Informational: Evaluate the validity of Web sources
Informational: Evaluate the validity of Web sources
Informational: Evaluate the validity of Web sources

SPI 3001.4.5

Determine which statement presents an opposing view from those stated on a Web page.
Informational: Determine which statement presents an opposing view from those stated in a Web site

SPI 3001.4.6

Identify information that must be cited or attributed within a writing sample
Instructional: Identify information that must be cited
Instructional: Idenity information that must be cited

SPI 3001.7.6

Infer the mood represented in a non-print medium.
PowerPoint: Non-print
Lesson plan: Non-print
Lesson plan: Non-print

SPI 3001.7.7

Consider the treatment of a particular subject or event in two or more media.
Activity: Found poetry
Informative: Shakespeare
Activity: Romeo and Juliet

Reading

SPI 3001.5.1

Make inferences and draw conclusions based on evidence in text.
Interactive Activity: Inferences/conclusions
Informative: Inferences/conclusions
Interactive Activity: Inferences/conclusions

SPI 3001.5.2

Choose a logical word to complete an analogy
Handout: Analogy
Informative: Analogy
Activity: Analogy

SPI 3001.5.3

CLE 3001.5.4

Analyze the logical features of an argument
Game: Identify logical features of an argument
Infomative: Analyze logical features in an argument
Informative: Analyze logical features in an argument

SPI 3001.5.4

Analyze cause/effect relationship in text.
Graphic organizers: Cause/Effect
Mini-lesson: Cause/Effect
Essay topics/Examples: Cause/Effect

SPI 3001.5.5

Select the persuasive device (i.e. bandwagon, loaded words, testimonial, name-calling, plain folks, snob appeal, misuse of statistics)
PowerPoint: Persuasive techniques
Flashcards: Persuasion
Interactive: Persuasion

SPI 3001.5.6

Identify and analyze the logical fallacy (i.e., appeal to fear, personal attack {ad hominem}, false dilemma, false analogy) within a given argument.
Project: Logical Fallacy
Worksheet: Logical Fallacy
Informative: Logical Fallacy