Department of Curriculum and Instruction
2023 - 2024 English IV–Year at a Glance/Unit Overviews
English IV, Unit 1
Origin of a Nation: The Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Periods
August 9-September 26, 2023 (34 Days)
Unit Texts and Reteach
Texts/Lessons
Reading Skills
Writing, Research, Speaking,
and Listening Skills
ELPS
Vocabulary/ Language/
Grammar Skills
District Assessment &
Reteach Information
All Unit 1 Texts and Resources
Unit 1 Introduction
➤ from Beowulf: Grendel,
Beowulf, The Battle With
Grendel (Epic Poem)
Beowulf Text & Resources
➤ from The Canterbury
Tales: The Wife of Bath’s
Tale (Narrative Poem)
Cant. Tales- Text & Resources
➤Le Morte d’Arthur
(Romance); 1130 Lexile
Le Morte - Text & Resources
➤ Chivalry** (Short
Story/Mentor Text)
810 Lexile
Chivalry - Text & Resources
Reteach Texts/ HMH Level Up
Interactive Tutorials Available
Online:
➤Plot: Sequence of Events
➤Tone
➤Characterization
➤Character Traits
➤Character Motivation
➤Imagery
➤Author’s Purpose
➤Historical and Cultural
Context
➤Making Inferences
➤Summarizing
➤Main Idea & Supporting
Details
➤Using Context Clues
➤4C Make predictions
➤3A Independent reading
➤4F, 5G Make inferences;
monitor comprehension
➤6A Analyze
characterization and fantasy
➤6B Analyze conflict
➤7A, 7B Read and analyze
British literature; analyze
characteristics of an epic
poem, narrators, Old English
poetry, and tone
➤4F, 7DII, 8A, 8B, 8D
4F, 7A, 7B Compare themes
across genres
➤4F, 7DII, 8A, 8B, 8D
Evaluate author’s purpose
➤1A Engage in meaningful
discourse
➤1C Present an Epic Poem
➤1D Dramatize a fantasy
scene; enact a dramatic scene;
share and discuss connections
➤1D, 4H, 5B Collaborate and
present
➤4D Create an imagery board
➤4E, 11A, 11E Research epic
poems of various cultures
➤5C Discuss poems in small
groups
➤6B, 7A, 10A Write a fantasy
scene and a short dramatic
scene
➤Unit 1 Culminating Writing
Task - 9A–E, 10A, 11I; Write
and present a short story
HMH Interactive Writing
Lessons Available Online:
➤Writing Informative Texts Overview
➤Writing Narratives Overview
➤Writing as a Process Overview
HMH Interactive Speaking and
Listening Lessons Available
Online:
➤Collaborative Discussions Overview
➤Giving a Presentation Overview
➤Delivering a Presentation
➤Using Media in a Presentation
➤1B Monitor oral language
production
➤1C Use techniques to acquire
vocabulary
➤1E Internalize new language
➤1F Use accessible language
➤2C Learn new language
structures, expressions, and
vocabulary
➤2E Use visual, contextual,
and linguistic support
➤2I Demonstrate listening
comprehension
➤3C Speak using a variety of
grammatical structures
➤3D Speak using grade-level
vocabulary
➤3F Ask and give information
using high-frequency
vocabulary
➤3G Express opinions
➤4A Learn relationships
between sounds and letters in
English
➤4F Use visual and contextual
support to read
➤5B Write using new and
grade-level vocabulary
➤5C Spell English words
➤5G Narrate, describe, and
explain in writing
➤2, 5F Academic
Vocabulary
➤2A Usage;
Multiple-Meaning Words;
Consult a Dictionary
➤2B Homophones; Context
Clues; Latin Roots
➤8D, 8F, 10A Mood; Tone
➤9C Appositives and
Appositive Phrases; Inverted
Sentences
➤9D Subject-Verb
Agreement; formal and
informal language; use
active and passive voice
appropriately
HMH Interactive Vocabulary
Lessons Available Online:
➤Using Context Clues
➤Common Roots, Prefixes, &
Suffixes
➤Homonyms, Homographs, &
Homophones
➤Words With Multiple
Meanings
➤Using Reference Sources
HMH Interactive Grammar
Lessons Available Online:
➤Subject-Verb Agreement
➤Active and Passive Voice
➤Punctuation 1: Opener
➤Fragments & Run-ons
➤Finding the Subject of a
Sentence
➤Appositives & App. Phrases
Unit 1 District RLA
Assessment Window in
Eduphoria for Students:
➤September 15, 18-20
➤Assessment will be opened in
Eduphoria for teachers on
9/11/23 for teachers to ensure
required student supports have
been added.
Reteach Days for Unit 1
(based on campus/teacher
data):
➤September 25-26
➤Reteach day resources
should be campus/teacher
created during DDI (data) PLC
meeting(s) to address specific
under-performing standards
from Unit 1.
Scheduled Days for English
College Bridge Assignments:
➤8/24, 8/31, 9/7, 9/14, 9/21,
& 9/22
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
2023 - 2024 English IV–Year at a Glance/Unit Overviews
English IV, Unit 2
A Celebration of Human Achievement: The English Renaissance
September 27-November 10 – (25 Days)
Indicates Newly Introduced Skill/Standard/Genre
Unit Texts and
Reteach Texts/Lessons
Reading Skills
ELPS
Vocabulary/ Language /
Grammar Skills
District Assessment &
Reteach Information
ALL Unit 2 Texts & Resources
Unit 1 Introduction
➤The Tragedy of Hamlet
(Drama)
Hamlet - Text & Resources
➤from Hamlet (film clip)
Hamlet Film- Text &
Resources
➤Hamlet’s Dull Revenge
(Literary Criticism);
MENTOR TEXT; 1260 Lexile
Hamlet Revenge - Text &
Resources
Reteach Texts/ HMH Level
Up Interactive Tutorials
Available Online:
➤Types of Drama
➤Plot: Sequence of Events
➤Tone
➤Character Traits
➤Characters and Conflict
➤Making Inferences About
Characters
➤Figurative Language
➤Elements of Drama
➤Analyzing Arguments
➤Evidence
➤Persuasive Techniques
➤Paraphrasing
➤Summarizing
➤Multiple-Meaning Words
➤Main Idea & Supporting
Details
➤Taking Notes and Outlining
➤Synthesizing Information
➤4C, 8C Analyze text
features
➤4I Connect to history
➤4F, 4G Analyze key ideas
➤5D Summarize and
paraphrase texts including
poetry and drama
➤5I Analyze soliloquies
➤7A, 7B Read and analyze
sonnets; interpret
figurative language analyze
speaker
➤6A, 6C, 7C Analyze
dramatic plot and
interpretations of drama
➤7Ei Analyze arguments
➤8G Analyze rhetorical
devices
Spiraled Skills:
➤4F, 7DII, 8A, 8B, 8D
4F, 7A, 7B Compare
themes across genres
➤4C Make predictions
➤3A Independent reading
➤6B Analyze conflict
➤7A Read and analyze
British literature
➤1D Speak using learning
strategies
➤2D Monitor
understanding of spoken
language
➤3E Share during
collaborative learning
➤3H Narrate and explain
➤4D Use prereading
supports
➤4G Participate in shared
reading
Spiraled Skills
➤1E Internalize new
language
➤1F Use accessible
language
➤2C Learn new language
structures, expressions, and
vocabulary
➤2E Use visual, contextual,
and linguistic support
➤2I Demonstrate listening
comprehension
➤3F Ask and give
information using
high-frequency vocabulary
➤3G Express opinions
➤4A Learn relationships
between sounds and letters
in English
➤4F Use visual and
contextual support to read
➤2 Classical allusion
➤2A, 9D Formal language
➤2C Foreign words and
phrases
➤8E Paradox
➤9C Combining sentences
➤ 9D Dashes and
hyphenation
Spiraled Skills
➤2, 5F Academic Vocabulary
➤2A Usage; Multiple-Meaning
Words; Consult a Dictionary
➤2B Homophones; Context
Clues; Latin Roots
HMH Interactive Vocabulary
Lessons Available Online:
➤Understanding Word Origins
➤Specialized Vocabulary
HMH Interactive Grammar
Lessons Available Online:
➤Conjunctions & Interjections
➤Other Punctuation Marks
➤Quotation Marks
Unit 2 District RLA
Assessment Window in
Eduphoria for Students:
➤Oct. 30-Nov. 2
➤Assessment will be opened in
Eduphoria for teachers on
10/26/23 for teachers to ensure
required student supports have
been added.
Reteach Days for Unit 2
based on campus data:
➤Nov. 7-8 & 10
➤Reteach day resources should
be campus/teacher created
during DDI (data) PLC meeting(s)
to address specific
under-performing standards
from Unit 2.
Scheduled Days for English
College Bridge Assignments:
➤9/28, 10/5, 10/12, 10/19,
10/26, 11/2, & 11/9
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
2023 - 2024 English IV–Year at a Glance/Unit Overviews
English IV, Unit 3
Tradition and Reason: The Restoration and 18th Century
Nov. 13-Dec. 20 & Jan. 9-12 (Reteach Only) (27 Days)
Indicates Newly Introduced Skill/Standard/Genre
Unit Texts and Reteach
Texts/Lessons
Reading Skills
Writing, Research,
Speaking, and
Listening Skills
ELPS
Vocabulary/Language Skills
District Assessment &
Reteach Information
ALL Unit 3 Texts & Resources
Unit 3 Introduction
➤ from “The Rape of the
Lock” (Poem)
Rape of Lock Text & Resources
➤ A Modest Proposal
(Satire)
Modest Prop. Text & Resources
➤ Satire Is Dying Because
the Internet is Killing It
(Editorial)
Satire Dying Text & Resources
➤ from Inferno: A Doctor’s
Ebola Story (Memoir);
MENTOR TEXT; 1150 Lexile
Inferno Text and Resources
Reteach Texts/ HMH Level Up
Interactive Tutorials Available
Online:
➤Tone
➤First-Person Point of View
➤Irony
➤Author’s Purpose
➤Historical and Cultural
Context
➤Reading Graphic Aids
➤Navigating and Evaluating
Web Sites
➤Elements of an Argument
➤Paraphrasing
➤Reading for Details
➤Taking Notes and Outlining
➤4B Analyze author’s
perspective
➤4E, 5A Connect to
memoirs
➤4F, 5G Make inferences
➤4G, 7Di Analyze
development of ideas
➤7B Analyze heroic
couplets and tone
➤7B, 8D, 8E, 8F Analyze
mock epic
➤8A, 8B Understand
author’s purpose
➤8E, 8G Analyze satire
and satirical devices
Spiraled Skills:
➤4F, 7DII, 8A, 8B, 8D
4F, 7A, 7B Compare themes
across genres
➤4C Make predictions
➤4C, 8C Analyze text
features
➤3A Independent reading
➤4E, 4I Connect to history
➤5D Summarize and
paraphrase texts
➤6B Analyze conflict
➤7A Read and analyze
British literature
➤1A Discuss a poem, satirical
essay, editorial, and memoir
➤1D, 10B Take informal
notes
➤1A, 2B, 4G, 11E, 11F
Research 18th-century Ireland,
18th-century Aristocratic
culture, and the brain
➤11A-G Research satires
➤ 4E, 9A, 9Bii, 10A Write a
satirical essay
➤ 9A, 10A Write a rhymed
satirical poem
➤Unit 3 Writing Focus:
9A-E, 10B, 11I Write a
personal narrative
➤1A, 1C-D, 5H Present a
narrative
Spiraled Skills
➤1A Engage in meaningful
discourse
➤4H, 5B Collaborate and
present individually and in
small groups
➤5C Discuss literary works in
small groups
HMH Interactive Writing
Lessons Available Online:
➤Writing Narratives Overview
➤Narrative Techniques
➤Writing as a Process
➤Conducting Research
HMH Interactive Speaking
and Listening Lessons
Available Online:
➤Collaborative Discussions
➤Giving a Presentation
➤1A Use prior knowledge
➤1C Use strategic learning
techniques
➤2A Distinguish intonation
patterns
➤2B Recognize elements of
English sound system in new
vocabulary
➤3A Practice producing
sounds of new vocabulary
➤3C Speak using a variety of
sentence structures
➤3J Respond orally to
information
➤5A Learn relationships
between sounds and letters
➤5B Write using
content-based vocabulary
➤5G Narrate with increasing
specificity and detail
Spiraled Skills
➤1E Internalize new language
➤2I Demonstrate listening
comprehension
➤3E Share during collaborative
learning
➤3G Express opinions
➤4A Identify cognates
➤4F Use visual and contextual
support to read
➤4G Participate in shared
reading
➤2A Literary allusions
➤2B Antonyms
➤5H, 9C Active and passive voice
➤8D Effective words
➤9C Participles and participial
phrases
➤9C Subordinate clauses
Spiraled Skills
➤2, 5F Academic vocabulary
➤2A Usage; Multiple-meaning
words; consult a dictionary
➤2B Homophones; context clues;
Latin roots
➤2C Classical allusions; foreign
words and phrases
➤9C Combining sentences;
conjunctions; interjections;
appositives; fragments and run-ons;
➤9D Subject-verb agreement; formal
and informal language; use active and
passive voice appropriately; dashes
and hyphens; quotation marks;
semicolons; colons
HMH Interactive Vocabulary
Lessons Available Online:
➤Using Context Clues
➤Analyzing Word Structure
➤Denotation and Connotation
➤Synonyms and Antonyms
HMH Interactive Grammar
Lessons Available Online:
➤Active and Passive Voice
➤Adjectives
➤Conjunctions and Interjections
➤Quotation Marks
➤Clauses
➤Participles and Participial Phrases
Unit 3 District RLA Assessment
Window in Eduphoria
for Students:
➤Dec. 12 - 14
➤Assessment will be opened in
Eduphoria for teachers on 12/7/23
for teachers to ensure required
student supports have been
added.
Semester 1 District RLA
Assessment Window in
Eduphoria for Students:
➤Dec. 15 - 20
➤Assessment will be opened in
Eduphoria for teachers on
12/13/23 for teachers to ensure
required student supports have
been added.
Reteach Days for Unit 3
based on campus data:
➤Jan. 9-10 & 12
➤Reteach day resources should
be campus/teacher created during
DDI (data) PLC meeting(s) to
address specific under-performing
standards from Unit 3.
Scheduled Days for English
College Bridge Assignments:
➤11/16, 11/30, 12/13, 12/14, &
1/11
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
2023 - 2024 English IV–Year at a Glance/Unit Overviews
English IV, Unit 4
Emotion and Experimentation: The Flowering of Romanticism
Jan. 16 -Feb. 26 (28 Days)
Indicates Newly Introduced Skill/Standard/Genre
Unit Texts and Reteach
Texts/Lessons
Reading Skills
Writing, Research,
Speaking, and Listening
Skills
ELPS
Vocabulary/Language
Skills
District Assessment &
Reteach Information
ALL Unit 4 Texts & Resources
Unit 4 Introduction
➤ Poems by William Wordsworth:
* Lines Composed A Few Miles
* Above Tintern Abbey
Composed upon Westminster
Bridge, September 3, 1802
* Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
Wordsworth Texts & Resources
➤ Ode on a Grecian Urn”(Poem)
Ode to Urn Text & Resources
➤Comparing Lyric Poems:
● Ode to the West Wind
● Song of a Thatched Hut
Damaged in Autumn Wind
Poetry Texts & Resources
➤ from Frankenstein -Novel;
890 Lexile;
Frankenstein Text & Resources
➤ Frankenstein: Giving Voice to
the Monster (Essay) MENTOR TEXT
1350 Lexile
Mentor Text & Resources
Reteach/ HMH Level Up
Interactive Lessons Available:
➤Classifying Sentences by
Structure
➤Theme
➤Imagery
➤Figurative Language
➤Elements of Poetry
➤Making Inferences
➤Summarizing
➤Taking Notes and Outlining
➤Context Clues
➤7A Analyze romantic
poetry
➤4D Analyze imagery
➤7B Analyze stanza
structure, rhyme scheme,
Apostrophe, and form
➤7A, 7C Analyze science
fiction
➤4F, 6A, 6B, 7C Analyze
motivation
➤8D, 8F Analyze diction
➤5B Compare poems
Spiraled Skills:
➤4F, 7DII, 8A, 8B, 8D
4F, 7A, 7B Compare themes
across genres
➤4B Analyze author’s
perspective
➤4B, 4I, 5E Monitor
comprehension
➤4C Make predictions
➤4C, 8C Analyze text features
➤3A Independent reading
➤4E, 4I Connect to history
➤4F, 5G Make inferences
➤5D Summarize and
paraphrase texts
➤6B Analyze conflict
➤7A Read and analyze British
literature
➤7Di, 7Dii Evaluate an Essay
➤8A, 8B Understand author’s
purpose
➤ 2B, 4E, 5D, 6A, 8E Write a
summary
➤11E, 11F, 11I Research settings
for Wordsworth’s poems;
research Keats’ connection to
Ancient Greece; research
19th-century scientific and
medical knowledge; research
Automation
➤5H, 10A Write a poem using
Apostrophe
➤4E, 10A Write a science fiction
story
➤5A-J, 10B Write a reflective
essay
➤4H Create a visual
representation
➤4E, 4F, 5A, 5D, 11Gi Research
Percy Shelley and write an essay
➤9A-E, 10B, 11I Write an
explanatory essay (Unit 4
Writing Task)
Spiraled Skills
➤1A Engage in meaningful
discourse
➤1D, 10B Take informal notes
➤4H, 5B Collaborate and present
individually and in small groups
➤5C Discuss literary works in
small groups
HMH Interactive Writing
Lessons Available Online:
➤Writing as a Process
➤1F Use accessible language
➤2C Learn new basic
vocabulary
➤2D Monitor understanding of
spoken language
➤3F Ask and give information
➤3I Adapt language for
informal purposes
Spiraled Skills
➤1A Use prior knowledge
➤1C Use strategic learning
techniques
➤1E Internalize new language
➤2I Demonstrate listening
comprehension
➤3C Speak using a variety of
sentence structures
➤3E Share during collaborative
learning
➤3G Express opinions
➤3J Respond orally to information
➤4A Identify cognates
➤4D Use prereading supports
➤4F Use visual and contextual
support to read
➤4G Participate in shared reading
➤5B Write using content-based
vocabulary
➤5G Narrate with increasing
specificity and detail
➤4D, 8E, 8F Sensory Language
➤9C, 9D Parallel Structure
Spiraled Skills
➤2, 5F Academic vocabulary
➤2A Usage; Multiple-meaning
words; consult a dictionary;
literary allusions
➤2B Homophones; context clues;
Latin roots; synonyms and
antonyms
➤2C Classical allusions; foreign
words and phrases
➤9C Combining sentences;
conjunctions; interjections;
appositives; fragments and
run-ons; participles and participial
phrases; subordinate clauses
➤9D Subject-verb agreement;
formal and informal language; use
active and passive voice
appropriately; dashes and
hyphens; quotation marks;
semicolons; colons
HMH Interactive Vocabulary
Lessons Available Online:
➤Synonyms and Antonyms
➤Analyzing Word Structure
Unit 4 District RLA
Assessment Window in
Eduphoria
for Students:
➤Feb. 13 - 16
➤Assessment will be opened
in Eduphoria for teachers on
2/8/24 for teachers to ensure
required student supports
have been added.
Reteach Days for Unit 4
based on campus data:
➤Feb. 23 & 26
➤Reteach day resources
should be campus/teacher
created during DDI (data) PLC
meeting(s) to address specific
under-performing standards
from Unit 4.
Scheduled Days for English
College Bridge
Assignments:
➤1/18, 1/25, 2/1, 2/13,
2/14, & 2/15
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
2023 - 2024 English IV–Year at a Glance/Unit Overviews
English IV, Unit 5
An Era of Rapid Change: The Victorians
Feb. 27-April 12 (26 Days)
Indicates Newly Introduced Skill/Standard/Genre
Unit Texts and
Reteach Texts/Lessons
Reading Skills
Writing, Research, Speaking,
and Listening Skills
ELPS
Vocabulary/Language
Skills
District Assessment &
Reteach Information
ALL Unit 5 Texts & Resources
Unit 5 Introduction
➤ from Jane Eyre (Novel)
890 Lexile
Jane Eyre Text & Resources
➤ Factory Reform
(Documentary)
Reform Text & Resources
➤ from Great
Expectations
(Novel) 880 Lexile
G.E. Text & Resources
**MENTOR TEXT**
➤ “The Victorians Had
the Same Concerns About
Technology as We Do”
(Essay) 1240 Lexile
Mentor Text & Resources
Reteach Texts/ HMH
Level Up Interactive
Tutorials Available
Online:
➤Setting
➤Setting and Mood
➤Character Traits
➤Imagery
➤Figurative Language
➤Author’s Purpose
➤Primary & Secondary
Sources
➤Reading Graphic Aids
➤Summarizing
➤6A Analyze first-person
point of view
➤6D Analyze setting
➤7F Evaluate
documentaries
➤6C, 6D Analyze plot
➤6A, 6D Analyze
characterization
➤7Di Analyze compare
and contrast essay
➤7C, 8C Evaluate
multimodal texts
Spiraled Skills:
➤4F, 7DII, 8A, 8B, 8D
4F, 7A, 7B Compare themes
across genres
➤4B Analyze author’s
perspective
➤4B, 4I, 5E Monitor
comprehension
➤4C Make predictions
➤4C, 8C Analyze text
features
➤3A Independent reading
➤4E, 4I Connect to history
➤4F, 5G Make inferences
➤5D Summarize and
paraphrase texts
➤6B Analyze conflict
➤7A Read and analyze
British literature
➤7Di, 7Dii Evaluate an
essay
➤8A, 8B Understand
author’s purpose
➤ 1D, 7F, 10F Write and present a
comparison
➤4E, 5E, 6A, 7A, 11E-F, 11I
Research “Ragged Schools”; research
American factories; research
smartphones and social media;
research various types of media;
research the Victorian Era
➤ 1D, 4D, 5E Illustrate a narrative
poem
➤5A-C, 10C Write and and present
an Op-Ed
➤ 5H, 11I Create and present a
multimodal presentation
➤ 9A-E, 10B, 11A-I Write a research
report (Unit 5 Major Writing Task)
Spiraled Skills
➤1A Engage in meaningful discourse
➤1D, 10B Take informal notes
➤4H, 5B Collaborate and present
individually and in small groups
➤5C Discuss literary works in small
groups
HMH Interactive Writing/Research/
Speaking & Listening
Lessons Available Online:
➤Writing as a Process
➤Using Media in a Presentation
➤1B Monitor oral and written
language production
➤1H Language patterns
➤2A Distinguish English sounds
➤2E Use linguistic support
➤3H Describe with increasing
specificity
➤4J Make connections between
ideas
➤5D Edit writing
Spiraled Skills
➤1A Use prior knowledge
➤1C Use strategic learning
➤1E Internalize new language
➤1F Use accessible language
➤2C Learn new vocabulary
➤2D Monitor understanding of
spoken language
➤2I Demonstrate listening
comprehension
➤3C Speak using a variety of
sentence structures
➤3E Share during collaborative
learning
➤3F Ask and give information
➤3G Express opinions
➤3I Adapt language for informal
purposes
➤3J Respond orally to
information
➤4A Identify cognates
➤4D Use prereading supports
➤4F Use visual and contextual
support to read
➤4G Participate in shared
reading
➤5B Write using content-based
vocabulary
➤9C, 9D Gerunds and
gerund phrases
➤2A, 2B Idioms
➤4D, 8E, 8F Imagery
Spiraled Skills
➤2, 5F Academic vocabulary
➤2A Usage;
Multiple-meaning words;
consult a dictionary; literary
allusions
➤2B Homophones; context
clues; Latin roots; synonyms
and antonyms
➤2C Classical allusions;
foreign words and phrases
➤4D, 8E, 8F Sensory language
➤9C Combining sentences;
conjunctions; interjections;
appositives; fragments and
run-ons; participles and
participial phrases;
subordinate clauses; parallel
structure
➤9D Subject-verb agreement;
formal and informal language;
use active and passive voice
appropriately; dashes and
hyphens; quotation marks;
semicolons; colons; parallel
structure
HMH Interactive
Vocabulary/Grammar
Lessons
Available Online:
➤Gerund/Gerund Phrases
➤Word Origins
Unit 5 District RLA Assessment
Window in Eduphoria
for Students:
➤April 2-5
➤Assessment will be opened in
Eduphoria for teachers on 3/27/24
for teachers to ensure required
student supports have been added.
Reteach Days for Unit 5
based on campus data:
➤April 10 & 12
➤Reteach day resources should be
campus/teacher created during DDI
(data) PLC meeting(s) to address
specific under-performing standards
from Unit 5.
Scheduled Days for English
College Bridge Assignments:
➤2/29, 3/7, 3/21, 4/3, 4/4, 4/11
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
2023 - 2024 English IV–Year at a Glance/Unit Overviews
English IV, Unit 6
New Ideas, New Voices: Modern and Contemporary Literature
April 15 - May 17 (25 Days)
Indicates Newly Introduced Skill/Standard/Genre
Unit Texts and Reteach
Texts/Lessons
Reading Skills
Writing, Research,
Speaking, and Listening
Skills
ELPS
Vocabulary/Language Skills
District Assessment &
Reteach Information
ALL Unit 6 Texts & Resources
Unit 6 Introduction
COMPARE AND CONTRAST
➤ ”Budget 2016:
George Osbourne’s
Speech” (Speech) -
MENTOR TEXT
880 Lexile
➤ ”Will the Sugar
Tax Stop Childhood
Obesity?” - Editorial;
1260 Lexile
C & C Texts & Resources
Reteach Texts/ HMH Level
Up Interactive Tutorials
Available Online:
➤Setting : Effect on Plot
➤Character Motivation
➤Making Inferences About
Characters
➤Point of View
➤Irony
➤Analyzing Arguments
➤Persuasive Techniques
➤Making Inferences
➤Making Predictions
➤7Ei, 7Eiii, 8G Evaluate
persuasive techniques,
arguments, &
counterarguments
➤7Ei, 7Eii, 8G Analyze
inductive reasoning
➤4H, 5B Compare
arguments
Spiraled Skills:
➤4F, 7DII, 8A, 8B, 8D
4F, 7A, 7B Compare
themes across genres
➤4B Analyze author’s
perspective
➤4B, 4I, 5E Monitor
comprehension
➤4C Make predictions
➤4C, 8C Analyze text
features
➤3A Independent reading
➤4E, 4I Connect to
history
➤4F, 5G Make inferences
➤5D Summarize and
paraphrase texts
➤7A Read and analyze
British literature
➤8A, 8B Understand
author’s purpose
➤1A, 1C, 1D Debate an issue
➤ 1A, 1D, 11A, 11E, 11F, 11Gi,
11I Research symbols;
research the purpose of taxes;
research and discuss taxes in
the United Kingdom; research
questions related to reducing
obesity
➤10C Develop a persuasive
argument; write an argument;
Unit 6 Major Writing Task
➤ 5C, 7Ei, 7Eii, 8G, 10F
Evaluate an argument
Spiraled Skills
➤1A Engage in meaningful
discourse
➤1D, 10B Take informal notes
➤4H, 5B Collaborate and present
individually and in small groups
➤5C Discuss literary works in
small groups
HMH Interactive
Writing/Research/ Speaking &
Listening
Lessons Available Online:
➤Writing as a Process
➤Writing Arguments
➤1H Develop and expand
learning strategies
➤4K Show comprehension
through analytical skills
Spiraled Skills
➤1A Use prior knowledge
➤1C Use strategic learning
➤1E Internalize new language
➤1F Use accessible language
➤2C Learn new vocabulary
➤2D Monitor understanding of
spoken language
➤2I Demonstrate listening
comprehension
➤3C Speak using a variety of
sentence structures
➤3E Share during collaborative
learning
➤3F Ask and give information
➤3G Express opinions
➤3I Adapt language for informal
purposes
➤3J Respond orally to information
➤4A Identify cognates
➤4D Use prereading supports
➤4F Use visual and contextual
support to read
➤4G Participate in shared reading
➤5B Write using content-based
vocabulary
➤5D Edit writing
➤ 2A The Greek suffix -ize
➤9D Relative Pronouns and
Relative Clauses
➤8G, 9C Rhetorical questions
➤8F Vary syntax for effect
Spiraled Skills
➤2, 5F Academic vocabulary
➤2A Usage; Multiple-meaning
words; consult a dictionary; literary
allusions; idioms
➤2B Homophones; context clues;
Latin roots; synonyms and antonyms
➤2C Classical allusions; foreign
words and phrases
➤4D, 8E, 8F Sensory language,
imagery
➤9C Combining sentences;
conjunctions; interjections;
appositives; fragments and run-ons;
participles and participial phrases;
subordinate clauses; parallel
structure; gerunds
➤9D Subject-verb agreement;
formal and informal language; use
active and passive voice
appropriately; dashes and hyphens;
quotation marks; semicolons; colons;
parallel structure, gerunds
HMH Interactive
Vocabulary/Grammar Lessons
Available Online:
➤Adjective Clause
➤Sentence Structure
➤Denotation and Connotation
Unit 6 District RLA Assessment
Window in Eduphoria
for Students:
➤May 1-3
➤Assessment will be opened in
Eduphoria for teachers on 4/25/24 for
teachers to ensure required student
supports have been added.
District Final Exam Window in
Eduphoria for Students:
➤May 6-9
➤Assessment will be opened in
Eduphoria for teachers on 5/2/24 for
teachers to ensure required student
supports have been added.
Scheduled Days for English
College Bridge Assignments:
➤4/18, 4/25, 4/26, 5/2, & 5/3