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English I Language Arts Curriculum Resources

2nd 9 Weeks

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Language Arts

SPI 3002.1.1

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 3002.1.2

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

SPI 3002.1.5

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

SPI 3002.1.7

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
Informative: Run-ons

SPI 3002.1.8

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

SPI 3002.1.10

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 3002.1.12

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

SPI 3002.1.13

Select the appropriate word among frequently confused words
Informative: Commonly confused words
Handout: Commonly Confused words
Lesson Plans: commonly confused words

SPI 3002.1.14

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 3002.1.15

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

SPI 3002.1.16

Use a sample reference source to determine aspects of a given word (eg, spelling, parts of speech, defintions, cognates, etymology, synonyms).
Games: Various Word
Ineractive Activity: Etymology
Interactive Activity: Synonyms/Antonyms

SPI 3002.1.17

Identify commonly used foreign words and phrases
Informative: Foreign Words/Phrases
Game: Foreign Words and Phrases

SPI 3002.2.6

Determine the most effective methods of engaging an audience during an oral presentation
Informative: Oral Presentation
Informative: Oral Presentation
Lesson Plans and Activities: Oral Presentation

CLE 3002.2.7

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

SPI 3002.2.7

Select the most appropriate strategies for partcipating productively in a team
Informative: Team Work
Lesson Plan: Team Work
Informative: Team Work

SPI 3002.3.1

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

SPI 3002.3.2

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

SPI 3002.3.3

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

SPI 3002.3.4

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

SPI 3002.3.5

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 3002.3.7

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

SPI 3002.3.9

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 3002.3.10

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

SPI 3002.3.11

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

SPI 3002.3.12

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

SPI 3002.3.13

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

SPI 3002.3.15

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

SPI 3002.4.2

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 3002.4.3

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 3002.4.4

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 3002.4.5

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 3002.4.6

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 3002.7.5

Match a focused message to an appropriate medium
Activity: Message
Activity: Message

SPI 3002.7.6

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

Reading

SPI 3002.5.1

Make inferences and draw conclusions based on evidence in text
PowerPoint: Predictions
Slide Show: Making inferences and drawing conclusions
Handouts: Making inferences and drawing conclusions

SPI 3002.5.3

CLE 3002.5.4

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 3002.5.6

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

SPI 3002.5.8

Determine whether a given argument employs deductive or inductive reasoning.
Info: Deductive or inductive reasoning
Outline: Deductive or inductive reasoning
Informative: Deductive or inductive reasoning

3002.5.9

Identify a statement that reveals the writer’s biases, stereotypes, assumptions, or values within a writing sample.
Unit Plan: Author's Bias "Romeo and Juliet"
Informative: Author's Bias
Lesson Plan: Author's bias

SPI 3002.5.10

Identify false premise in text
Lesson Plans: Indentify false premise in a text
Lesson Plans: Identify false premise
Lesson Plans: Identify false premise

SPI 3002.5.11

Identify the main claim, premise(s), evidence, or conclusion of a given argument
Informative: Working with arguments
Informative: Arguments
Informative: Parts of an argument

SPI 3002.5.13

Select a rebuttal statement that best refutes the writer's viewpoint
Activity: Select a rebuttal statement
Handout: Select a rebuttal statement
Informative: Select a rebuttal statement

SPI 3002.5.14

Distinguish the strongest or weakest point of an argument within a passage.
Game: Distinguishing the strongest or weakest point of an argument
Activity: Distinguishing the strongest or weakest point of an argument
Lesson Plan: Distinguishing the strongest or weakest point of an argument

SPI 3002.8.1

Identify and analyze examples of idiom, metaphor, similem personification, hyperbole, or pun in poetry or prose
Interactive: Idioms

SPI 3002.8.2

Differentiate among verbal, situational, and dramatic irony.
Lesson plan/Interactive activity: Irony
Lesson plans: Irony and music
Interactive quiz: Types of irony

SPI 3002.8.3

Identify and analyze an author's point of view.
PowerPoint: Point of View
PowerPoint: Point of View
Lesson Plans: Point of view with photography
Interactive: Poe's "Amontillado"

SPI 3002.8.4

Identify and analyze how the author reveal character.
Handout: Character
Activity: Characterization
Lesson plan: Characterization

SPI 3002.8.5

Determine the significance/meaning of a symbol in poetry or prose
Lesson plan/Interactive:Frost and Dickinson
Informative/Lesson Plan: The Scarlet Ibis
Informative: Poe's "Amontillado"
PowerPoint: Symbol

SPI 3002.8.6

Differentiate between mode and tone in poetry or prose.
Interactive: Mood and tone
PowerPoint: Mood and tone
Flashcards: Mood and tone

SPI 3002.8.7

Determine the impact of setting on literary elements.
Interactive: Setting
PowerPoint: Setting
Informative: Setting

SPI 3002.8.8

Identify the common stated or implied theme in a series of passages.
PowerPoint: Theme
Lesson plan: "The Interlopers"
Informative: Theme paragraph

SPI 3002.8.10

Demonstrate knowledge of the characteristics of lyric poetry, epics, sonnets, dramatic poetry, and ballads.
Interactive/Lesson Plans: Found poetry
Lesson plans/Interactive activities: Char. of poetry
Audio: Poetry readings

SPI 3002.8.11

Identify and analyze the elements of drama (i.e., stage directions, dialogue, soliloquy, monologue and aside).
Lesson Plans: Identify and analyze elements of drama
Lesson Plans: Analyze elements of drama
Lesson Plans: Elements of a drama

SPI 3002.8.13

Identify and analyze standard literary elements.
PowerPoint: Elements
Worksheet: Elements
Game: Literary elements
Informative/Interactive: Parodies

SPI 3002.8.15

identify and analyze basic elements of plot.
Flashcards: Plot
Plot map: Plot
PowerPoint::Elements

SPI 3002.8.16

SPI 3002.8.12

Locate words of phrases in a passage that provide historical or cultural clues
Lesson Plan: Locate words and phrases that provide historical clues
Lesson Plan: Locate words or phrases that provide historical clues

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