Minimum Content Literary Element

Literature Focus Focus

Jefferson County English Language Arts Curriculum Guide

Grade 8 Pre-AP
Implemented 2009
FLLTF Foundation Lesson
GLLTF Grade Level Lesson
Academic
Grammar
Writing Focus/ ALCOS/ARMT
Vocabulary
Focus
ADAW
Info
Focus
Rubric
ALCOS
ARMT
Standards
Checklist
ALCOS
Standards
Checklist

AHSGE
Objectives:

SAT-10

NCTE

Reading
Reading
Checklist

ACTExplore

Language
Language
Checklist

ARMT Item
Specs
ARMT Info
st

1 Quarter

9 Weeks

Units 1-2 Autobiography, Biography and Folktales

Unit 1Autobiography and

Biography
Warm-Up
from I Know Why
the Caged Bird
Sings (1-13)
RL 4.6
ARNG (1-2)

Tone
Dialect
(9-10)
(6)
GW (820)
GW (815)
Point of View
(13) GW(164-167)
Description
(4)
GW (134-137)
UR(10)
Cultural Reference
(7)
Reading Workshop Titles and Subheads Context Clues

Concrete and

1, 2, 6, 13, 13.1, 14

RC-L:III-2 1,2,4,9

1,1.3,6,8,10.3,13, RC:IV-1

RV: III,

1,2,4,9

1
On Top of the
World
(30-37) RL 6.4
ARNG (6-11)
UR (13)

(30)

GW (668-669,
723, 815)
Diagrams
GW (711-712)
Suffixes (32)
GW (673-674)
LVD (3)

Writing Workshop Description

1
(38)
GW (134-137)
Sequence
Autobiographical
(39)
Sketch
(38-41)
UR (15)
Reading Workshop Point of View
2
GW (164-167)
The Tell-Tale Heart UR (18)
(42-53)
RL 5.0
ARNG (12-24) UR
(19)
LTF Lesson
CRLevels of
Thinking: Tone
Analysis (40)
FL

Context Clues
GW (668-669)
Affixes
(49)
Synonyms
(54) GW(622,
676)
Antonyms
(54)
GW (677, 724)
LVD (4)

Abstract
Nouns
GW
(158,381)
UR (12)

L:I-1
L:III-2

RC-L:IV-1
L-InfC:I-2
L-InfC:II1
L-InfC:III

Verbs
Prewriting
GW (400-433)GW (619)
UR (16)
Plan
SPW (1-4)
Drafting
GW (44-45)
Voice GW (6)

1.3,6,8,10.3

L:I-2
L:I-7

L-E:II-1
L-E:II-2
L-E:II-3

Common/
Proper/
Nouns
GW(381)
UR(20)
Plurals
GW (687688)

1,1.3,2,8,14

RC:II-5
RC:III-2

RC-L:IV-2 2,3
Lg-M:I

1.01, 2, 4.1, 6, 8,
11

3,5,6

Reading
Workshop 3
The March of the
Mill Children
(62-75)
RL 6.2
ARNG(25-37)
UR(24)

Tone
(66)
GW (820) UR (23)
Text Features

Context Clues (68, Reflexive/

80) GW (668-669) Intensive
Synonyms (63)
Pronouns
GW(622, 676)
GW(445)
LVD (6)
UR(25)

Writing About
Reading

1.1,2,4, 4.1,6

RC:IV-4

1, 4.1, 6, 8
LTF Lesson
CompA
Moment in
Time (332) FL
Writing Workshop Sequence
Part 2
(93)
Description (95)
Autobiographical GW (134-137)
Sketch (92-95)
UR (28-29)
Reading
Workshop 4
Being Japanese
American
(106-115) RL 6.4
ARNG(38-48) UR
(34)

Sequence
(99)
Cultural Reference
Tone (101-102, 109)
GW (820)
UR (33)
Foreshadowing (106)

LTF Lesson
GR
Pronoun/Antec
edent
Agreement
(304) GL

SPW (5-8)

Context Clues
GW (668-669)
Dialect (101)
GW (815)
Verb Tenses (111)
GW (821)
LVD (9)

Revising
GW (6)
Editing
GW (44)
Presenting
Voice (93, 95)
GW (6)
Pronouns as Writing About
Subjects and Reading
Objects GW
(166) UR (32)
Pronouns as
Objects of
Prepositions
GW (166) UR
(32)

1.3,8,14

L:II-1
L:V-1

1,1.3,2,4,4.4,10.31 RC:I-2
3,14,
RC:IV-3
L:I-6

RC-F:I-1 1,2.3,7,10,
RC-F:II-1
RC-F:II-4
RC-F:II-5
RC-F:II-6
RC-F:IV-2
L-InfC:I-1
L-FC:I-1
L-FC:I-3
L-FC:II
L-FC:III-1
L-FC:III-2

4,5,6,9,11,
Lg-E:III-3
L-LC:II-2
L-LC:IV

RC-Inf:I-2 1,2.3,7,10,
RC-Inf:I-3
RC-Inf:II1
RC-Inf:III2

Comparing
Tone
Literature
ARNG (49)
Workshop
GW (820)
UR (35)
Description (127)
from A Gift of
GW (134-137)
Laughter (116-122) Flashbacks
RL 4.8
(120)
ARNG (51)
A Family Thing
(123-128) RL 6.5
ARNG (52-53)
Knoxville,
Tennessee
(129- 131)
ARNG (52-53)
Wrap-Up
Sequence
Dear Exile (132- (132)
139) RL 6.3
Cultural Reference
UR (36-39)
(137)

Context Clues
GW (668-669,
723, 815)
Synonyms (119)
GW (622,676)
Plural Possessives
(125)
GW (611)
Verb Tenses (121)
GW (821)
LVD (10-11)

Unit 2-Folktales
Warm-Up
Racing the Great
Bear
(146-159) RL 4.3
ARNG (55-58)
UR (2-8)

Idiomatic
Expressions TWE
(151) GW (678)

Protagonist &
Antagonist
TWE (156,159)
Conflict
(150, 156)
Plot
Theme

Reading
Protagonist &
Workshop 1
Antagonist
A Fathers Daring (164)
Trek (170-177) RL Setting
5.8

Context Clues
(136)
GW (668-669)
UR (42-43)

Taking Notes
GW (49)

1.1,2,9.1,13

1,2.3,7,10,

Unit Voc Rev

(40-41)
Acad Voc Rev
(44-45)
Sp (46-47)
Sp (9-10)
SPW (11-14)

2,4,4.1,4.5,

1,2.3,7,10,

1,1.3,2,2.1,14

1,2.3,7,10,

Adjectives
GW (813)
Adverbs
GW (813)
UR (12)

1,1.1,2,4,8,

Using a Diagram
to Compare Tone

Figurative
Language
(151) GW (816)
Time-order Words
(154)
Synonyms &
Antonyms
(172) GW (622,
676)
LVD (13)

RC:IV-4
L:I-8

RV:I
1,2.3,7,10,
RC-Inf:IV1
RC-Inf:IV3

ARNG (59-64)
UR (13)

L-LC:II-3
L-LC:II
L-InfC:II3
L-InfC:IV

2, 4.1, 6, 8
LTF Lesson
CR
Postmortem
of the
Protagonist
(94) FL
Reading
Workshop 2
Paul Reveres
Ride
(182-193)
ARNG (65-74)
UR (17)

Narrative Poetry
Rhyme Scheme
(185)
Mood (191)
Plot (196)
UR (19)

Reading
Conflict UR (23)
Workshop 3
Symbols
The Snake Chief (215)
(204-217) RL 4.6
ARNG (75-87)
UR (22, 24)
Reading
Workshop 4
Icarus and
Daedelus
(238-247) RL 5.9
(88-96) (30, 32)
Comparing

Theme UR (31)
Metaphor &
Simile (245)

Connecting

Key Words
Roots
(184)
GW (671,820)
Compound Words
LVD (14)

Building
Vocabulary
Old Words
(211,220)
LVD (16)
Building
Vocabulary
Context Clues
(241)
LVD (19)
Synonyms

Comparative Writing about

& Superlative Reading
GW (467,
813)
UR (18)
Articles and
Demonstrative
Adjectives
GW
(463,813) UR
(21)
Double
Writing about
Negatives
Reading
GW (471)
UR (25)

Prepositions Writing about

GW (819) UR Reading
(33)

1,1.1,2,2.1,3,12,

RC:II-5
RC:III-2
L:I-8

L-LC:II-3 1,2.3,7,10,

1,1.1,2.1,8

RC:II-5
RC:IV-2

L-LC:II-1 1,2.3,7,10,

1,2,10

SPW (15-18) Researching and 1,1.1,2,8,13.1

L-LC:II-4 1,2.3,7,10,

RC:IV-4

RC:I

1,2.3,7,10,

Literature
Workshop
Kamaus Finish
(256-266) RL 6.3
The Bunion
Derby
(267-275) RL 7.0
ARNG (97-101)
UR (35)

Making Inferences
(270, 272)

Writing (272)
GW (226-228)

RC-Inf:II3
RC-Inf:IV1
RC-Inf:IV3

Idiomatic
Expressions (269)
GW (678,816)
Fluency with
Numbers
(273)
LVD (21-22)

Wrap-Up
Making Inferences
Travel
(278)
(276-279) UR (3639)
2nd Quarter

Antonyms
GW (6 22,676)
UR (42)

9 weeks

Unit 3Informational
Articles
Warm-Up
A Tremendous
Trade
(288-295) RL 7.0
ARNG (103-105)
UR (2-8)

Irony
Evidence
Photographs
(295)
Tone
(293)
GW (820)

Reading
Workshop 1
In Response to
Executive Order

Symbol
ARNG (106)

Unit Voc Rev (40- SPW (19)

41)
Acad Voc Rev
(43-44)
Sp (45-46)
Units 3-4
Unit 3: Informational Articles and Novel StudyNight Elie Wiesel
2,4,4.1,4.3

Multiple Meaning End

Writing About
Words (299)
Punctuation Reading
LVD (24)
GW (599) UR
(14)

2,3,4.3,

1,2.3,7,10,

RC-L:II-5 1,2.3,7,10,

RC:IV-2

RV:II
1,2.3,7,10,
L-LC:II-1

9066 ( 310-315)
ARNG 107-113)
UR (9-11,13)
Writing Workshop Primary and
1
Secondary Sources
(317)
Research Report
GW (228-229)
(316-321)
UR (15)
Writing a Thesis
(319)
GW (234-236)

SPW (21-24)

Reading
Workshop 2
Cruise Control
(330-335) RL 6.5
ARNG (114-120)
UR (17-18,21)

Multiple Meaning Fragments

Words
That Lack a
Subject or a
Related Words
Verb
(324)
GW (428,
478)
Word Structure
UR (20)
(330)
Dependent
LVD (26)
Clauses as
Sentence
Fragments
UR (22)

Nonfiction
(322)
GW (818)
Evidence
GW (816)
Humor
Anecdotes
(330)
GW (813)

Simple
Prewriting GW 8,10,13,13.1,13.2 L:III-1
Sentences
(226-227)
GW (369,
Research
505, 820) UR Outline
(16)
Drafting
GW (236-237)
Cite Sources
GW (843)

Lg-M:II 4,5,6,9,11,
Lg-E:I-1
Lg-E:I-2
Lg-E:II-1
Lg-E:II-2
Lg-E:II-3

Writing About
Reading

4,4.1,8,11

RC:III-3

RV:II
1,2.3,7,10,
RC-Inf:II3
RC-Inf:IV1
Lg-M:II
Lg-E:I-1
Lg-E:I-2

Revising
GW (238-239,
241)
Editing
GW (240)
Presenting

1,8,9.1,13,13.1,
13.2,14

L:V-I

Lg:-E:III-3 4,5,6,9,11,
L-LC:II-2

GW (361,
816)
Writing Workshop
Part 2
Research Report
(380-385)
UR (29-30)

SPW (25-28)

GW (843-846)

Reading
Workshop 4
Tattoos: Fad,
Fashion, or Folly?
(386-397)
UR (33)
RL 6.3
We Real Cool
The Market
Economy
(398-403) ARNG
(140, 142-148)
UR (31) (35)

Photographs
UR (32)
Alliteration
ARNG (141)

Reading Across
Bias
Texts Workshop
Wearing Hijab:
Photographs
Veil of Valor (404412) RL 8.4
Writers Sources
-from Zoyas Story
(413-419) RL 5.8 Writers
ARNG (149-151) Qualifications
UR (36)
Description
Point of View (414)
GW (164-167)
Figurative Language

Applying Good
Writing Traits:
Conventions
GW
(815,839,847)
Word References Direct Objects Writing About 1,3,3.1,4,4.5,14
Writing
Latin Roots (394- Indirect
395) GW (671, Objects
820)
GW
LVD (29)
(403,405) UR
(34)

LVD (30-31)

2,4,4.1,4.4,

RC:I-1
RC:II-1

RC-L:I-1 1,2.3,7,10,
RC-L:II-3
RC-L:II-4
RC-L:II-5
RC-L:III-1
RC-Inf:I-3
RC-Inf:II1
RC-Inf:II3
RC-Inf:IV1

RC-Inf:II- 1,2.3,7,10,
3

(415)
Wrap-Up
The Ransom of
Red Chief
(420-435)
UR (37-40)

Foreshadowing (423) Unit Voc Rev

(41-42)
Making Inferences Acad Voc Rev
(423)
(44-45)
Sp (46-47)
Irony (429)
SPW (29-30)
Dialogue & MoEllipsis points in
nologue RP: 712 dialogue
RP: 719
Stage directions RP: Multiple-meaning
712
words RP: 720
Figurative
language
RP: 729
Act & Scenes (735) Word parts RP:734Commas in
UR: 10
Historical initems in a
Dialogue & moFluence on
series RP:763
nologue RP: 765
English RP:764 Commas with
ARNG: 234, 244
LVD: 53-56
direct quotaUR:13
tions RP:789
WC:601, 605
UR:12

Unit 4
Warm Up
The Diary of Anne
Frank Act 1, Sc. 12
RP:712-31 RL 4.0
ARNG: 231-232
UR: 2-4
Reading
Workshop 1
ARNG: 233
The Diary of Anne
Frank A. 1, Sc.3-5
RP:732-89
UR:9, 11
ARNG: Sc. 4 23543
Reading Workshop Stage directions
2
RP: 797
The Diary of Anne UR: 17
Frank A. 2 RP: ARNG: 246, 261
796-845
Irony review
ARNG: 245, Sc.2: RP: 804
247-260
Mood RP: 825
UR: 16;Sc.1,2:18; UR: 20
Sc. 3,4: 21
Novel Study:
Night Elie

Anglo-Saxon
roots RP:796
oral vocabulary
ques. RP:796
word parts
(RP:824
LVD: 57-60

1,1.3,2,2.1

Expository
writing RP: 72627
WC: 198+
Diary entry
RP: 731

1
2
4
6

Journal Response 1
to a characters 2
comment in play 4
RP: 788
4.1
5
6

Commas with Letter RP: 822

-interrupters
RP: 823 &
-appositives
RP: 845
WC: 601
-phrase/clause
UR:19, 22, 15

1
2
4
6
7
13

1,2.3,7,10,

7
13
13.1
14

RC/L:
II-1
III-2

1
2
3
4

8
9
9.1
13
13.1
14

RC II-2
RC III-2
L IV-2

RC/L:
II-1
RC/I:
II-4
Lg/M:
III

1
2
3
4
5
6

13.1
14

RC III-2
L IV-2

Lg/M:
III

1
2
3
4
5

5
6
9
12

9
10
12

6
9
10
12

Wiesel
LTF Lesson
Comp
Writers
Workshop
Night (368) FL

8, 9.1, 10, 11

2, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12

GRParts of
Speech,
Phrases,
Clauses (286)
FL
Reading Workshop
3
Standing Tall
RP:860-867
RL 9.3
ARNG: 262-269
UR: 23, 27

Content-Area
words
RP: 860
LVD: 63

Reading Workshop Sound devices:

4
onomatopoeia
and sometimes i
RP:875
hear this song in my ARNG:271, 276
head
Literal & FiguraRP:874-79
tive language
ARNG:270, 272RP: 882
275
UR: 30-31
Comparing Lit.
Figurative language
Workshop
RP:890
UR: 35
ARNG:277-78, 281
Welcome
simile
RP:890-904
symbol

Latin Roots RP:

874
sist
vers
scrib port
dict
uni
UR: 42
SPW: 51-56
Historical influences on
English RP:892
Writing Sen-tences
with voc. words

Commas in Creating a
-relative cl. glossary RP: 866
RP:859
WC: 603
UR: 26
-direct addr.
RP: 867
WC:601
Commas to Analyzing poem
prevent con- with an imagery
fusion RP:879 chart RP: 878
& dates & addr. RP:889
WC:601, 605
UR:32, 34

1
4
8

1
2
3.1
4

Comparison
1
paper:
2
WC:204, 210-12 3.1
Prewriting
4
RP: 891
6

9
13

4.1
8
9.1
14

14

1
2
3

4
10

RC II-5
L IV-2

RC/L:
III-1

1
2
3
4

5
6
10
12

RC III-3

RC/L:
IV-3

1
2
3

10

RC/L:
IV-3

RL 4.7
ARNG:279
Alone RP:905-9
(poem)
ARNG: 280
Wrap-Up
Flinn, on the Bus
RP:910-13
UR: 39

3ed Quarter

metaphor
personification

Dialogue &
Monologue RP:912
Fiction vs. nonfiction RP:914-15

9 Weeks

RP:892
LVD:65

Drafting &
8
writing RP: 909

Unit Voc Rev

Acad Voc Rev
Units 1-5
UR: 40-46
SPW: 57-58,
Rev 59-60

Create a
newspaper ad
RP: 910
WC: 286-88
UR: 36
Write a poem
RP: 911
UR: 37, 38

1
2
14

RC/F:
I
II-4
III 2,3
IV-2

1
2
3
4
5

6
8
11
12

Units 5-6 Short Story and Drama

***Students should complete the 8th grade Animal Testing synthesis free response 2-3 weeks before the ADAW. The synthesis free response can be
found at www.layingthefoundation.org under Diagnostics.
Warm-Up
Born Worker RP:
546-57 RL 5.5
ARNG: 187-188

characteriz. UR:10
plot
theme
conflict setting
tone
irony

Verbs (556)
WC: 401,
407, 411

Reading Workshop Purpose of direct

1
quotes in text
UR: 13
ARNG: 190, 197
The Question of Conflict
Popularity
Tone
RP: 572-79 RL 5.7 Theme
ARNG: 189, 191196

Word Families
Base words
act & use
RP: 572
LVD:40
UR: 41

Writing Workshop character RP: 580

Part 1
UR: 14
Writing a short story plot RP: 580
RP:580-583
conflict RP: 581

SPW:41-42

Expository
writing:
A news report
RP: 557

1
1.1
2
2.1
5
Clauses
Expository/
1
RP: 571,579 Persuasive
2
UR: 12
essay (578)
4
WC: 505-516 conveying info 6
Phrases
WC: 202-4
8
RP:571, 579 Workshop
WC: 391-2, WC: 266-85
411-12, 48186
Compound & Narrative
1
complex
Writing:
2
sentences
Pre-writing and 2.1
(583)
drafting RP: 580- 8

8
13
14
9
12.1
13
14

10
11
14

RC/L:
III-2

R III-2
R II-5

1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
6

4
5
6
9

6
7
11
12
7
10
11
12

imagery RP: 581

Reading Workshop Sensory images RP: Suffixes (586)
2
587 ARNG: 199
-an -ian
an african
Repetition &
-ance -ence
american
symbolism review
-ation -ist
RP: 586-593
RP: 588
-ion -ness
UR: 17
plot UR: 19
LVD: 41
ARNG:198, 200-6
Reading Workshop Theme RP: 622 UR: Synonyms &
3
23
Antonyms
A Year of Living Devices for getting RP: 620
Bravely
the readers attenPrefixes
RP: 620-27 RL4.7 tion RP: 621-22
RP: 620
ARNG: 207, 209- ARNG: 208, 214
copre213
postUR: 22, 26
LVD: 46
Writing Workshop Plot & character RP: SPW: Prefixes
Part 2
628, 629, 631
4346
Conflict & ResoRP: 62833
lution RP: 632 UR:
27, 28
Reading Workshop Tone RP: 653-54,
Suffixes
4 UR: 33
647-58
RP: 652
From Savion!: My ARNG: 216, 225
WC: 673
Life in Tap
Characteriz. Rev.
-ly -ic -ive
RP:652-61 RL 4.9
RP: 655
-ful -ous
ARNG: 215, 217- Setting UR: 30
LVD: 49
224
Inferences UR: 29
Comparing Lit.
Characterization
Affixes RP:664
Workshop
ARNG: 226-227
-ous -ly
A Retrieved Re- Point of view
im- -able
formation
Irony
un- -ive
ARNG: 228
Foreshadowing
Context clues RP:

WC: 369, 507 582

UR: 15
dialogue & suspense RP: 582
Commas in Poem (591)
compound &
complex
sentences
RP: 593, 603
WC: 603-4

11
12
1
2
2.1
4
5

8
10
13.1
14

L IV-2

1
2
3
4
5

6
7
9
10

Sentence
combining
RP:627
UR: 25
WC: Fluency
74-76

1
2
4
8
9

10.3
13
13.1
14

R IV-2

1
2
3
4
7

10

Compound & Organization of

complex sent. narratives (629
(continued) WC: 160-162
Dialogue
RP: 631
Run-On
Sentences
RP:651, 661
UR: 32

1
2
2.1
6
8
1
2
4
6
8

10
11
14

R IV-3

4
5
6
9
11
1
2
3
7

12

1
2
3

7
10
12

Comparative
1
Essay (exp.)
2
WC: 204, 210-124
Prewriting Chart 4.1
RP: 663
4.5

9
13
13.1
14

8
10
13
13.1
14

RC/L:
II-2

10

RP:664-73 RL 6.9
A Retrieved Reformation (gr.)
Characterization
ARNG: 229
ARNG: 230
RP: 674-85

665, 667
LVD: 50-52
SPW: 47-48

Wrap-Up
Thank You in
Arabic
RP: 686-99
RL 6.1
UR: 35-38
Reading
Workshop 4
Tattoos: Fad,
Fashion, or Folly?
(386-397)
UR (33)
RL 6.3
We Real Cool
The Market
Economy
(398-403) ARNG
(140, 142-148)
UR (31) (35)

Analogies
Filling out a chart1
13
RP: 696
as pre-writing & 4
14
WC: 724
writing a
8
Reviews UR:39reflection
45
RP: 687
SPW: 49-50
Word References Direct Objects Writing About 1,3,3.1,4,4.5,14
Writing
Latin Roots (394- Indirect
395) GW (671, Objects
820)
GW
LVD (29)
(403,405) UR
(34)

Photographs
UR (32)
Alliteration
ARNG (141)

Reading Across
Bias
Texts Workshop
Wearing Hijab:
Photographs
Veil of Valor (404412) RL 8.4
Writers Sources
-from Zoyas Story
(413-419) RL 5.8 Writers
ARNG (149-151) Qualifications

LVD (30-31)

WC: 199
6
Drafting/
Writing RP: 685
WC: 199-200

2,4,4.1,4.4,

1
2
3
7
RC:I-1
RC:II-1

12

RC-L:I-1 1,2.3,7,10,
RC-L:II-3
RC-L:II-4
RC-L:II-5
RC-L:III-1
RC-Inf:I-3
RC-Inf:II1
RC-Inf:II3
RC-Inf:IV1

RC-Inf:II- 1,2.3,7,10,
3

UR (36)

Description
Point of View (414)
GW (164-167)
Figurative Language
(415)

Wrap-Up
The Ransom of
Red Chief
(420-435)
UR (37-40)

Foreshadowing (423) Unit Voc Rev

(41-42)
Making Inferences Acad Voc Rev
(423)
(44-45)
Sp (46-47)
Irony (429)
SPW (29-30)

1,1.3,2,2.1

1,2.3,7,10,

Unit 6- Poetry
Warm-Up

Rhyme
Alliteration

1,1.1,3,3.1

RC-L:III-1 1,2.3,7,10,
RC-L:III-2

The Road Not

Taken
(442-447)
ARNG (153-155)
UR (2-8)
1, 1.1, 2, 6, 8, 13.2
LTF Lesson
Comp
Dialectical
Journal
(Symbolism)
(336-338) FL
LTF Lesson
CRPeeling
Back the

1,2,6,8,10.1, 13.2

Layers (178)
GL
Use the poem
Blue Flag
(184) that
goes with this
lesson.
Reading
Workshop 1
Wishing Well
(448-455)
ARNG (157-159)
UR (9,11)

Free Verse
ARNG (156)
UR (10)
Examples

Compound Nouns Subject-Verb Writing About

GW (383)
Agreement Reading
Compound
Adjectives
GW (613)

Subject-Verb
Agreement
with Noun
UR (12)

1,1.1,3,4,4.1,10.3 L:I-1
L:I-2
L-I-3
L:I-5

1,2.3,7,10,

Parts of Speech
Writing Workshop Examples
Part 1
(464)
LTF Lesson
CR
Uncovering
Layers of
Meaning
The Witch
(96) FL
(Compose
original
stanzas
following the
pattern.)
LTF Lesson

SPW (31-34)

Subject-Verb Prewriting:
Agreement Ideas and Details
with
Compound Purpose and
Subjects GW Audience
1,2,6
(549)
GW (67)
UR (15)
Drafting
GW (44-45)
Applying Good
Writing
Traits: Word
Choice
TWE (465) GW
(38)
1,2,6,10.1

L:I-2
L:I-3
L:II-1

Lg-M:II 4,5,6,9,11,
Lg-E:I-1
Lg-E:I-2
Lg-E:II-1
Lg-E:II-2
Lg-E:II-3

GRDiction
Analysis (264)
FL
Reading
Workshop 2
Mother to Son
Harlem
(468-475)
ARNG (161,163167)
UR (16,18)

Metaphor &
Simile
(469)
ARNG (162)
UR (17)
Lyrics

LTF Lesson
www.layingthe
foundation.or
g

Dialect

Agreement Writing About

When
Reading
Subjects Are
Separated
from Verbs
UR (19)

1,3,3.1,5,10.3,11,1 RC:II-5
4
RC:III-2
RC:III-3
L:I-3
L:I-5
L:II-2

RC-L:IV-3 1,2.3,7,10,
L:I
L-LC-III

1,3.1,10.3,14,

RC-L:III-1 1,2.3,7,10,
Lg-M:2
Lg-E:I-1
Lg-E:I-2
L-LC:III
L-LC:II-4
L-LC:III

Agreement in
Inverted
Sentences

Website
Diagnostic
(Under 7th
Grade) Use as
guided
instruction to
expose
students to AP
style test. GL
Reading Workshop Repetition
3
(487)
-from To the
Democratic National
Convention (482489)
ARNG (168-174)
UR (22)

Subject-Verb
Agreement
with
Indefinite
Pronouns
GW (443)
UR (23)
Subject-Verb

L:I-3
L:I-5

Agreement
with
Collective
Nouns
GW (389)
UR (26)
Writing Workshop Rhyme
Part 2
Rhythm
Repetition
Writing Product:
Alliteration
Poem
Metaphor &
(496-499)
Simile
UR (27)
(498)

SPW (35-38)

Reading
Workshop 4
O, Captain! My
Captain!
(500-507)
ARNG (175-180)
UR (30-31)

Word Choice
Subject-Verb Writing About 1.1,3.1,4.1,4.5,
(510-511,513)
Agreement in Reading
10.3,
Word Order (505) Relative
Specialized Words Clauses
LTF Lesson
(511)
Special
Comp
LVD (35)
Singulars UR Dialectical
(32)
Journals
Focusing on
Symbolism
and
Composition
FL

Reading Across
Texts Workshop

Rhyme
ARNG (181)
Instructions
(512)
Allusion
(500)
Speaker
(502)
Metaphor &
Simile
(501)

Internal/External
Conflict

Writing a Poem: 3.1,8,14,

Revising,
Editing,
Presenting

L-Lg:III-3 4,5,6,9,11,
L-LC:II-2
L-LC:III

Word Choice
(498)
GW (38)

Diction
(523)

O Captain!
My
Captain!
and The
Road Not
Taken
Using a Diagram 2.1,4,4.1,8,

RC:I-3
L:I-1
L:I-3

RC-L:III-1 1,2.3,7,10,
RC-Inf:III2
Lg-M:II
Lg-E:I-1
Lg-E:I-2

1,2.3,7,10,

from Thuras Diary (520)

Escaping
Word Choice
(516-529)
Plot
(526)
ARNG (182-186) (518)
UR (34)
LVD (37-38)
Personification (520)
Figurative Language
(527)
LTF Lesson
GRThe
Poetry of
Phrases (274)
FL
4th Quarter
9 Weeks
Unit 7
Warm-Up
ARNG: 283-284
UR: 2-4
A Letter to Sen.
Edwards
RP: 926-929
RL 8.0
LTF Lesson
CR
Interperting
Logical,
Emotional
Appeals
(226)---Use
the speech
from Abe

10.1

Units 7-8

Persuasive appeals
RP: 926 UR: 10
Author bias
RP: 926
WC: 756-57
Faulty Reasoning
RP: 926

Historical Texts and Persuasion

SPW: 61-62

Persuasive
Writing
WC: 261+

1
4
8
13

1,1.2, 4.3, 6

RC/L:
III-2

1
2
3
12

Lincoln on pp.
233
Analyzing an
Argument
instead of the
one listed
with the
lesson.
Unit 7
Fact vs. opinion
Reading Workshop ARNG: 285, 294
1
Appeal to ethics
from The Measure ARNG: 286, 295
of Our Success RP:
942-951
RL 10.2
ARNG: 287-293
UR: 13
Writing Workshop
Part 1

Denotation &
connotation RP:
948
Word Parts RP:
942
LVD: 67

SPW:63-64

Persuasive Essay
RP: 952A 955
UR: 14
LTF Lesson
CompWriting
the
Argumentativ
e Essay (372)
Rubric on pp.
374
Reading Workshop Appeal to emotions
2
RP:959
All Together Now Point of View in NF
RP:958-965
UR: 19
RL 5.9

New vocabulary RP:956

Word parts
in-; -able
RP: 958

Colons to
Writing a speech 1
intro. items RP: 950
4
RP:941
WC: 772-74
4.3
WC:607
8
UR:12
& to sep.items
RP:951
WC: 607
UR: 12
Apostrophes Persuasive Essay 4
RP:955
RP:952
9
WC: 611-612 -supporting
13.1
UR: 15
reasons
14
-organization
-intro. & concl.
RP:952954
8

Semicolons
RP:965
WC: 607-608
UR: 18
with conjunc-

1
2
4
4.1

9
13
14

L IV-5

8
9
13
14

Lg/E:
II - 1,2

4
5
6

7
8
12

ARNG:296, 298302
UR: 16, 17
Reading Workshop Author bias
3
RP:979, 987
Teen Curfews
WC:756-57
RP:986-991
UR: 23
RL 7.9
ARNG:305, 311
ARNG:304, 306310
UR: 22, 26
LTF Lesson
Comp
Challenge or
Defend (376)
Middle School
FL. (Use with
Teen
Curfews)
Writing Workshop Persuasive appeals
Part 2
RP:996

Denotation &
connotation
RP:966
LVD:68
New vocabulary RP:986
Semantic
slanting
Think/Pair/
Share RP:986
Mult.-Meaning words
RP:986
LVD:71

tive adv.
RP: 975
WC:607-608
UR: 21
Quotation
Writing a letter to 1
Marks
the editor RP:990 4
RP:985, 991 Business ltr.
4.4
WC:609-610WC:230-232
7
UR:25, 27 Ltr. to Editor 8
WC:290- 292
9
13
14

L IV-4

1
2
3
4
5

6
7
8
10
12

Persuasive Essay
RP:992-997

Word choice
RP:993
Use a thesaurus to
choose good
words for
Paper
SPW: 65-66

Reading Workshop Climax RP:1007

4
ARNG:313, 326
Stop the Sun
Conflict RP:1009
RP:1006-1017
Faulty Reasoning
RL 4.0
UR: 31
ARNG:312, 314-

connotation/
denotation
RP: 1006
UR: 42
LVD: 72
SPW: 67-68

Proofread
backwards
RP: 993

Persuasive Essay:1
writing traits
2
RP: 992
4
--revising check- 13
list/rubric
14
WC: 261+
Fluency RP:994
WC: 74-76
UR: 28, 29
Dashes
Persuasive
1
RP: 1005
Poster RP:1004 2
WC: 613-614 WC: 286+
4
UR: 33
6
Parentheses
RP: 1017

4
5
6
7
8
12

8
9
13
14

RC/F:
I
II 1-6
III 1-3
IV 1-2

1
2
3
4
5

6
7
8
10
12

325
UR: 30, 34
Reading Across
Texts Workshop
UR: 35
Teens Tackle
Pollution in their
Communities
RP:1020-1025
RL 10.1
ARNG: 329
A Change in
Climate RL 8
RP: 1026-33
ARNG: 330
Wrap-Up
The Treasure of
Lemon Brown
RP: 1036-1043
RL 5.3
UR: 39

Unit 8
UR: 2-4
Warm-Up
I Have a Dream
RP: 1056-1063
ARNG: 333-334

WC:613-614
UR: 33
Persuasive appeals
review
RP: 1018-19
ARNG: 327, 331
Appeal to
Ethics
Reason
Emotion

Connotation RP:
1021
Denotation &
connotation
RP: 1026-29
LVD:73-74
SPW: Rev Unit 7
69-70

Review of persuaDen & con

sive appeals RP: 1039 RP:1037
Ext def RP:1042
Conflict RP:1037
Voc. review
RP:1036
Climax RP:1037 & UR: Acad Voc
1043
Rev
Sp 40-46

Style RP:1056, 1060 Archaic lang.

Metaphor RP:1058 words from
Cultural refer-ences: Lincolns sp.
Shakes- speare,
RP:1057
Lincoln, songs
Figurative
RP:1057, 1058, 1062, language les-son
1063
RP:1059
SPW:71-72
Reading Workshop Imagery RP:1067,
English as a
Misd words
1
1069, 1071
changing lang. RP:RP:1073
Volar
ARNG:336, 342
1066
UR: 11
RP:1066-1073
lie/lay sit/set

Write an
expository essay
RP: 1033
WC: 197+

1
2
4
13
14

Write a proposal
for a change
RP: 1035
WC: 197+
UR: 37
Collaborative
Mural RP:1034
UR: 36 &
Rubrics 38
Journal entry:
powerful images
in speech
RP:1063

1
2
4
6
8

10
14

1
2
4

5
8
14

RC: II-3

9.2
12
12.1
13

RC: III-2

Descriptive
1
writing in journal 2
RP: 1072
4
WC: 109+
4.5

RC:
III-1

RC: IV-4

RC/I
I-1, 3
II-1
III-4

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

10
12

1
2
3
4
5
6

7
8
9
10
12

1
2
3
4

9
11
12

1
2
3
4

9
10
11
12

RL 6.2
ARNG: 335, 337341
UR: 9-10

Conflict review
RP:1071

Vocabulary flash
cards
RP: 1074
Chronological order LVD: 75
RP:1076
SPW:73-74
UR: 12

Writing Workshop Fluency RP: 1084

Part 1
WC:74-76
Writing a letter
RP: 1082-1085 UR:
15
LTF Lesson
CompUsing
Concession
and Counter
Argument
(Letter
Writing) (380)
FL
Also use:
ARNG: 283284
UR: 2-4
A Letter to Sen.
Edwards
RP: 926-929
Reading Workshop Style RP:1097-98
2
ARNG: 344, 349
The Gettysburg
UR: 22
Address RL 7.7
Figurative lang-uage

SPW: 75-76

let/leave, less/
8
fewer, etc.
Conf. words
RP:1081
UR: 14
accept/except;
its/its; then/
than; whos/
whose; loose/
lose
Irregular
Business vs.
2
verbs
personal letters 7
RP:1085
RP:1083
11
UR: 18
WC:230-33
Create a symbol
RP:1084 UR: 17
Cond. an interview RP:1084 8
UR: 16

English as a
Capitalization Descriptive
1
changing language of proper
writing:
4
RP: 1088
nouns
eyewitness report 5
Word origins RP: RP:1095
RP: 1100
6

14

9
13
14

Lang: I-2

Lg/E:
II1,2,3
III-1,2,6

4
5
6
7

8
11
12

RC: II-3
Lang: IV-1

RC/I I-1

1
2
3
4

7
8
10
12

Lg/M:
I

RP:1096-1101
ARNG:343, 345348
UR: 23

RP: 1090
Cause/effect
RP: 1086
UR: 19

1091, 1099
LVD: 78

UR: 21
WC: 110+
Capitalization
of places &
things RP:
1101
UR: 24

LTF Lesson
CRAnalyzing
an Argument:
Lincolns
Inaugural
Address
(232) GL

1, 2, 11

LTF Lesson
GRCreating
Metaphors/Pre
dicate
Nominative
(308) GL
Reading Workshop Culture references
3
RP: 1106
I Chose Schooling UR: 26
RP:1104-1111 RL
7.6
Main Idea/Sup det
ARNG: 350, 352- RP: 1102
358
UR: 25
UR: 27

English as a
Capitalization
changing language :
RP: 1103
-languages
UR: 44
-ethnicity
Vocabulary &
UR:28
meaning
-clubs, org.,
RP:1104, 1112
business,
LVD:79
political
SPW: 77-78
parties,
institutions.
-brand names
RP:1111
of sentences
RP:1127
UR:29

1
2
4.1
6

8
9
13
14

Lang: IV-1

RC/I
I-3
Lg/M:
I
Lg.M:
I

1
2
3
4

7
8
10
12

Writing Workshop Style RP: 1130

Part 2
Writing a letter
RP: 1128-1131

Reading Workshop Metaphor RP:1136

4
ARNG: 361, 365
I, Too (poem)
UR: 32
RP:1134-1139
Authors purp.
ARNG: 360, 362- RP: 1132 UR:31
364 UR: 33
Reading Across
Text Workshop
(37)
Time: Coming to
America
RP:1154-1160
RL 9.0
ARNG: 368
Coming to
America RL 5.0
RP: 1161-1167
ARNG: 369
Wrap-Up
Business at
Eleven
RP:1170-1173
RL 3.6
UR: 41

Style
Point of view
Evidence
Purpose for Reading
chronological order
cultural references
Authors purp. &
cred.
ARNG: 368, 370

Using transitions Grammar,

RP: 1129
usage, &
mechanics
SPW: 79-80
RP: 1129

Estab. Topic & 1

purpose RP:1128 4
Paragraphs with 7
TS/sup. details 9
RP: 1130
14
Presentation
RP: 1131
WC: 230-33
English as a
Verbals
Journal Entry
1
changing language RP:1139
(1150)
2
RP:1134
WC:526+
3
Etymology
UR: 34
4
RP:1140
Homophones
8
RP:1151
10.1
WC: 680
UR: 36
English as a
Expository
1
changing language
writing: the
4
RP: 1154
immigrant
4.4
experience
Word origins RP:
RP: 1167
1158
WC: 197+
LVD: 83-84

Authors purpose RP: Word origins RP:

1172
1173
UR: Unit Voc
Cause & effect
Rev; Acad Voc
RP: 1173
Rev &
Sp 42-48

Newsletter
RP:1168-1169
WC:348-351
UR: 38
Writing a biography RP:1169
WC: 134-136
Spokesperson

1
2
4
8
13
14

Lang: V-1

12
12.1
13
13.1
14

8
13

RC: III-3
Lang: I-2

Lg/E:
III-3

4
5
6

7
8
12

1
2
3
4

5
10
12

1
2
3
4
5

6
7
8
10
12

1
2
3
4

5
6
10
12

RP: 1169
UR: 39-40
& Rubrics

Key to Color Coding

Resources such as worksheets, graphic organizers, discussion tools, pre-writing tools,
review sheets, etc. are listed below:
(numbers in black)
(numbers in red)
(numbers in blue)

RP: pages in TWE of Glencoe Literature Reading With Purpose

WC: pages in TWE of Writers Choice Grammar & Comp.
ARNG: pages in Active Reading & Note-taking Guide
(on StudentWorks CD)
(numbers in orange ) UR: pages in teachers individual unit resources from
TeacherWorks CD
(numbers in green) LVD: pages in Leveled Vocabulary Development from
TeacherWorks CD
(numbers in purple) SPW: pages in Spelling Workbook from StudentWorks CD