| Sims, Jana / Special Ed. Language Arts / High School |
| Month |
Area |
Content |
Skills |
| August & September |
English |
Sentences |
Types of sentences, beginning and ending sentences, end punctuation, quotation marks |
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Mythology |
Greek Mythology |
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Research a common myth or mystery |
Self-selected reading, reading interviews, reading comprehension strategies context clues, unknown words, summary, reflection |
| October |
English |
Writing Dialogue |
Direct address, direct quotations, indirect quotations |
| Reading |
Drama |
Read plays, connect to dialogue writing, self-selected reading, reading interviews, reading comprehension strategies dialogue interpretation and continue work with previous strategies |
| Writing |
Persuasive writing |
Journal writing, essay writing |
| November |
English |
Direction writing |
Sentence sequencing, including details, matching diagrams and directions |
| Reading |
Biographies |
Timelines, sequential order, differences in autobiographies, self-selected reading, reading interviews, reading strategies |
| Writing |
Directions |
Journals, making directions and diagrams directions for project assembly |
| December & January |
English |
Writing correct sentences |
Subject-verb agreement, correct pronoun usage, capitalizing words, verb usage, regular and irregular verbs, singular possessives, plural possessives |
| Reading |
Nonfiction |
Locating main ideas, recalling details |
| Writing |
Biographies |
Report on author, journal writing, outlining, bibliography pages |
| February & March |
English |
Spelling counts |
Homonyms, homophones, similar words, contractions, possessive pronouns, plural and irregular plural nouns, common spelling rules |
| Reading |
Historical fiction |
Parts of a story, character development, themes, self-selected reading, reading interviews, reading strategies |
| Writing |
Expository writing |
Journals, research report |
| April |
English |
Writing complete sentences |
Run-ons, fragments, complete sentences |
| Reading |
Young Adult Fiction |
Character development, themes, self-selected reading, reading interviews, reading strategies, vocabulary |
| Writing |
Career Research |
Reports, journals, on-line surveys |
| May |
English |
Making each sentence count |
Adverbs, adjectives, prepositional phrases, conjunctions |
| Reading |
Young Adult Fiction continued |
Character development, themes, self-selected reading, reading interviews, reading strategies |
| Writing |
Career Research continued |
Reports, journal, on-line survey |
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