10th Grade Literacy

Course Code: 23.2630016-43 World

Literature/Composition
Morrow High School
School Year: 2017 2018

Course Name 10th World Lit/Composition Course Code 23.2630016-43

School Name Morrow High School Teacher Name Ms. Martin

School Phone (770) 473 3241 Teacher Email (Temporary)

Number Martinmorrowhigh123@gmail.com
School Website 003.clayton.k12.ga.us/ Teacher TBA
Website
Tutorial Days & Tuesdays:4:15pm-5:15pm Tutorial Room #1 Main Building
Hours Location

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS DEPARTMENT PHILOSOPHY:

Clayton County Public Schools believes that literacy is an essential skill for every child to be successful in school, work, and
life. Every child can learn to read for enjoyment and for information when they are equipped with the appropriate knowledge,
skill set, and required to demonstrate higher levels of thinking through reading, writing, and speaking & listening. The key
ingredient to a students success is an educator who is prepared with the appropriate resources, knowledge, and a belief
that our students can excel beyond measure!

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Instruction in grade ten addresses students increasing maturity and the growing sophistication of their abilities. Students
should be able to comprehend more challenging books and articles, basing all of their analyses, inferences, and claims on
explicit and relevant evidence from the texts. Students will expand on their ability to identify central ideas by identifying how
those themes are shaped and conveyed by particular details. Their analysis of basic literary elements will extend to
identifying connections and complexities within narratives and how individual elements weave together to advance plot and
reveal character. The evaluation of the impact of language on tone and meaning will begin to include more sophisticated
concepts such as analogy and allusion, subtleties in point of view such as dramatic irony, and a more sophisticated
appreciation for connotative diction. These skills will be incorporated into the students own narrative, informational, and
argumentative writing. Students will become increasingly adept at understanding an authors biases, the use of complex
rhetorical devices including logical fallacies, and tailoring his or her own prose for maximum influence. In addition, the tenth
grade curriculum embraces the three major shifts of the Georgia Standards of Excellence:
1. Complexity: The standards require regular practice with complex text and its academic language
2. Evidence: The standards emphasize reading and writing grounded in evidence from text, both literary and
informational
3. Knowledge: The standards require building knowledge through content rich non-fiction

While continuing with a variety of literary non-fiction, students in grade ten will begin to tackle more technical informational
texts as well. Literary selections will include foundational materials from mythology, cultural histories, and religious traditions.
Text complexity levels are assessed based upon a variety of indicators.

Additionally, key research concepts will include media literacy, conducting searches, and finding and using sources. The
Speaking and Listening standards require students to develop a range of broadly useful oral communication and
interpersonal skills. Students must learn to work together, express and listen carefully to ideas, integrate information from
oral, visual, quantitative, and media sources, evaluate what they hear, use media and visual displays strategically to help
achieve communicative purposes, and adapt speech to context and task.

More information regarding the course standards can be found by accessing the following link:
https://www.georgiastandards.org/Georgia-Standards/Pages/ELA-9-12.aspx

REQUIRED STATE ASSESSMENT:

The required state assessment for this course is the Georgia Milestones Assessment System (GMAS). The purpose of
the Georgia Student Assessment Program is to measure student achievement of the state-adopted content standards and
inform efforts to improve teaching and learning. Results of the assessment program are utilized to identify students failing to
achieve mastery of content, to provide educators with feedback about instructional practice, and to assist school districts in
identifying strengths and weaknesses in order to establish priorities in planning educational programs (Georgia DOE, 2014).
CURRICULUM OVERVIEW:
The following academic concepts will be covered. THIS IS ONLY A GUIDE AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
Unit Unit Theme/Topic End of Unit Timeframe
Performance Task
Collection 1 Ourselves and Others Informational
Collection 3 Responses to Change Argumentative Each unit is seven weeks of instruction
Collection 4 How We See Things Narrative
Collection 6 Hard Won Liberty Argument
Collection 5 Absolute Power Literary Analysis
The end of unit Collection Performance Tasks require students to develop a variety of writing and speaking products, working
through the process of planning, producing, revising, and presenting for each task.

BOARD-APPROVED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

Title of the Literature Anthology Georgia Collections- Haughton Mifflin Harcourt

ISBN 9780544093089

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Online student access code (school specific)

GRADING SYSTEM: Clayton County Public Schools believes that the most important assessment of student learning shall
be conducted by the teachers as they observe and evaluate students in the context of ongoing classroom instruction. A
variety of approaches, methodologies, and resources shall be used to deliver educational services and to maximize each
students opportunity to succeed. Teachers shall evaluate student progress, report grades that represent the students
academic achievement, and communicate official academic progress to students and parents in a timely manner through the
electronic grading portal.

GRADING CATEGORIES *GRADE PROTOCOL

Assessment for Learning A 90 100
o Pre-Assessment 0% B 80 89
Assessment During Learning C 71 79
o Homework 10% D 70
o Quizzes 15% F Below 70
o Classwork 45%
Assessment of Learning
o Performance Tasks 15%
o Tests 15%

DISTRICT EXPECTATIONS FOR SUCCESS

STUDENT PROGRESS Semester progress reports shall be issued four and a half, nine and thirteen and a half weeks
into each semester. The progress of students shall be evaluated frequently and plans shall
be generated to remediate deficiencies as they are discovered. Plans shall include
appropriate interventions designed to meet the needs of the students.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY Students will not engage in an act of academic dishonesty including, but not limited to,
cheating, providing false information, falsifying school records, forging signatures, or using an
unauthorized computer user ID or password.
HOMEWORK Homework assignments should be meaningful and should be an application or adaptation of
a classroom experience. Homework is at all times an extension of the teaching/learning
experience. It should be considered the possession of the student and should be collected,
evaluated and returned to the students.
MAKE-UP WORK When a student is absent because of a legal reason as defined by Georgia law or when the
DUE TO ABSENCES absence is apparently beyond the control of the student, the student shall be given an
opportunity to earn grade(s) for those days absent. Make-up work must be completed within
the designated time allotted.
ACADEMIC HONESTY Students who cheat or plagiarize will be given an automatic unredeemable zero.
Parents/guardians will be notified. Cheating is considered but not limited to the following
acts:
1. Sharing information with other students verbally, electronically or via written notes about
assessments.
2. Copying another students assignments and presenting it as your own
3. Not citing sources in written assignments
4. Using electronic devices to access answers to test item questions during an
Assessment
5. Obtaining material material from the internet and presenting it as your own work
for a grade.
 CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS FOR SUCCESS
CLASSROOM RULES 1. Students are to demonstrate respect for all teachers and their peers.
2.Cell phones, other personal electronic devices and head phones are not allowed except
for educational purposes with permission.
3. Food or drink should not be consumed in the classroom.
4. Students will raise their hands to speak, and will remain seated during class unless
directed differently based on classroom activity.
5. Students will keep their desk and classroom clean.
6. After the final bell, students without a written reasonable excuse from an adult will be
marked tardy.
7. Students must turn in all assignments on time.

CLASSROOM Students are to come to class prepared with all materials every day.
EXPECTATIONS 3. Students are to demonstrate respect for all teachers and their peers.
4. Students are expected to participate in class discussions, keep up with assigned
outside reading and produce their best quality work.
5. Students are expected to abide by all the rules written in the Clayton County
Student Handbook.
MATERIALS AND 1.Three ring binder (For English class only)
SUPPLIES 2. Loose-leaf binder paper
3.Binder dividers (6)
4. Black/blue ink pens. No neon colored pens please (purple pens for peer editing)
5.Flash drive
6. Highlighters (yellow, red, pink, green, and blue).
7.Three ring pencil pouch (to be place inside of binder)
8. Ruler
9. Index cards.
LATE WORK POLICY Late work will not be accepted from students who were present when an assignment is
given in class. If you are absent on the due date you are expected to hand in the
assignment on your first day back. If you were absent when the work was given, please
read the make-up work policy.
MAKE-UP WORK POLICY Per Clayton County and Morrow High school policy, it is the parent and students
responsibility to initiate make-up work for missed assignments, tests, and class work. All
make-up work should be completed within three school days of the students return to
school. Make-up work will be completed before or after school based on mutual
convenience of teacher and student.
Different work or test may be assigned than that which was originally assigned to other
students
ACADEMIC HONESTY Students who cheat or plagiarize will be given an automatic unredeemable zero.
Parents/guardians will be notified. Cheating is considered but not limited to the following
acts:
1. Sharing information with other students verbally, electronically or via written notes about
assessments.
2. Copying another students assignments and presenting it as your own
3. Not citing sources in written assignments
4. Using electronic devices to access answers to test item questions during an
Assessment
5. Obtaining material from the internet and presenting it as your own work
for a grade.

Ms. Martins Wish List Copy paper, hand sanitizer, tissue, sanitation wipes, highlighters
 Unit/Date(week of) Theme Major Performance Task
Collections: 1 - Ourselves and Others Write an analytical essay
08/07/2017- Based on the texts analyzed within the collection. Synthesize your
09/18/2017 ideas
about how the texts explore the idea of accepting others.

Collections 3 Responses to Change Reflect on the texts analyzed in this collection. Synthesize your
09/25/2017- ideas by Writing an argumentative essay in which you choose and
11/06/2017 defend one of the following claims: change viewed as mostly
positive, mostly negative, or a combination of the two.
Unit 4: - 7 weeks How We See Things Synthesize your ideas about the anchor text and other materials
11/13/2017- read and discussed in the unit. Synthesize your ideas by writing a
12/18/2017 suspenseful or surprising short story.

Collections 5: Absolute Power Review the texts in this collection, including the anchor,
01/08/2018- Shakespeares Macbeth. Then synthesize your ideas by writing an
02/26/2018 analysis that explains how one aspect of Macbeths character
represents a universal human trait.
Collections 6: Hard-Won Liberty Write an argumentative essay in which you synthesize your ideas
03/05/2018 about the meaning of freedom based on the anchor text and other
04/23/2018 materials analyzed in this collection.
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