Month

Content/Topic

Skills

Assessment

Standards

September

Community Building

• Mixers

• Speaking and Listening

• Nonverbal Communication

• Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus

• Fibro Personality Assessment

• Prose Reading, Story Telling, Group Interpretation

Speech Preparation

            Chapter 2

            Chapter 3

            Chapter 4

            Chapter 9  

            Chapter 10

            Chapter 12

            Chapter 13

Confidence Building

Positive Audience Participation

Eye Contact, Gestures, Posture

Verbal Communication

Gender Differences

Self-Discovery

Oral Practice of Non-Verbal Communication skills

Ethics in Public Speaking

Listening

Topic Selection

Beginning/Ending a speech

Outlining

Delivery

Visual Aids

Shared Reading Skills

• Worksheets
• Quizzes
• Whole Group Discussion
• Shared Reading
• Journal Writing
• Impromptu Skits
• Reading Aloud
• Note Taking
• Reflection Writing

• Worksheets
• Quizzes
• Whole Group Discussion
• Shared Reading
• Journal Writing
• Impromptu Skits
• Reading Aloud
• Note Taking
• Reflection Writing

A1, A2, A3, A5

B1, B2, B3, B5

C1, C2, C3

D1, D2, D3

E1, E3, E4, E5

A11.3, A11.4, B11.1, B11.2, B11.3, C11.1, C11.2, C11.3

October

Informative Speech

Chapter 14

“Speaking to Inform”

• CD-Rom Speech Clips
• Topic Finder

• Speeches About Objects, Processes, Events, and Concepts

• Oral Class Performance

• Quiz
• Chapter Review Questions
• Key Terms

A11.1, A11.2, A11.3, B11.1, B11.2, B11.3, E11.1, E11.2, E11.3, E11.4, E11.5, F11.1

November

Persuasive Speech

• Chapter 15
• “Speaking to Persuade

• Chapter 16
• “Methods of Persuasion”

• Power Point Presentation

• Psychological Process
• Questions of Fact, Policy, and Value

• Building Credibility, Using Evidence, Reasoning, Appealing Emotions

• Aesthetics of On-Screen Presentation

• Oral Class Performance

• Quiz
• Chapter review questions

• Quiz
• Chapter Review Questions, Key Terms
• Power Point Presentation

A11.1, A11.2, A11.3, B11.1, B11.2, B11.3, E11.1, E11.2, E11.3, E11.4, E11.5, F11.1

December

Group Panel Discussion

• Chapter 18 “Speaking in Small Groups”

• 12 Angry Men

• Speaking in Small Groups
• Leadership
• Responsibilities
• Reflective-Thinking Method
• Presenting the Recommendations of the Group
• Group Dynamics

• Live Class Performance

• Chapter Review Questions
• Key Terms
• Quiz
• Oral Practice

• Worksheets
• Film Analysis

A11.1, A11.2, A11.3, B11.1, B11.2, B11.3, E11.1, E11.2, E11.3, E11.4, E11.5, F11.1

January

Drama Unit

• “Harvey”

• “Arsenic and Old   

              Lace”

Autobiography

• Frederick Douglas
• “From My Bondage and My Freedom”

• Define Drama
• Character Analysis
• Character Motivation
• Oral Presentation
• Interpretative Reading
• Stage Directions
• Interpretative Language

• Autobiography Components
• Write own Autobiography

• Oral Voice Infliction
• Oral Enthusiasm Level
• Worksheets
• Quizzes
• Rubric
• Participation
• Reflective Writing

• Writing Process

A11.1, A11.2, A11.3, A11.4, C11.1, C11.2, C11.3

February

American Short Stories

Elements of Short Story

• Faulkner
• Hemingway
• Fitzgerald
• Joyce
• Shaw
• Asimov
• Irving
• Poe

• Videos of selected short stories where available and appropriate

• Horizontal View
• Plot

• Character/Characterization
• Round, Flat, Dynamic

• Point of View
• First, Third, Omniscient

• Theme

• Setting

• Vertical View
• Style, Allegory, Effect, Mood,       
• Tone, Motivation, Conflict
• (Man vs. self, nature, man)  
• Comparing Literary Works

• Author Biographies
• Author Motivations
• View Related Works

• Worksheets
• Quizzes
• Whole Group Discussion
• Shared Reading
• Journal Writing
• Impromptu Skits
• Reading Aloud
• Note Taking
• Final Examination
• Creative Writing Prompts
• Computer Research
• Opinion Papers
• Films

A11.1, A11.2, A11.3, A11.4, B11.1, B11.2, B11.3, C11.1, C11.2, C11.3, C11.3, E11.1

March

American Short Stories Continued

• Hawthorne
• Conrad
• Anderson
• Eudora Welty
• Henry James
• Katherine Anne Porter

Formal Research Paper

Same as Above

• Research Process
• Writing Process
• Forming a Thesis
• Bibliography
• Citations

Same as Above

• Final Research Paper

A11.1, A11.2, A11.3, A11.4, B11.1, B11.2, B11.3, C11.1, C11.2, C11.3, C11.3, E11.1

B11.1, B11.2, B11.3, E11.1, F11.1, A11.3, A11.4

April

American Non-fiction

• Meeting of Cultures
• “From the Iroquois   
• Constitution”
• Narrative Accounts
• “From Of Plymouth  
• Plantation”
• Voices of Freedom
• “From Poor Richard’s
• Almanac”
• Fireside and Campfire
• “Crossing the Great
• Divide”
• Human Spirit/Natural World
• “From Walden”
• Forging New Frontiers
• “From Life on the
• Mississippi”
• Social Protest
• “From Hiroshima”

• Vocabulary
• Presentations
• Small Group Discussions
• Listening
• Narrative Accounts
• Speeches
• Essay
• Literary Periods
• Historical Connections
• Comparing Authors
• Public Documents
• Compare/Contrast
• Motivations
• Inferences
• Press Release
• Fact Verses Opinion
• Analyze Text Structure
• Sequential Order

• Writing Workshops
• Creative Writing Prompts
• Quizzes
• Research Inquiry
• Worksheets
• Oral Discussion
• Small Group Work
• Reflective Essay

A11.1, A11.2, A11.3, A11.4, B11.1, B11.2, B11.3, C11.1, C11.2, C11.3, C11.3, E11.1

May

American Novel(s)

Call of the Wild

White Fang

The Old Man and the Sea

• Novel
• Novella
• Reading for Context
• Character Motivation
• Plot Summary
• Theme
• Author Biography
• Character Motivation
• Making Inferences

• Quizzes
• Final Examination
• Writing Workshop
• Worksheets

A11.1, A11.2, A11.3, A11.4, B11.1, B11.2, B11.3, C11.1, C11.2, C11.3, C11.3, E11.1

June

Poetry Unit

• Emily Dickinson

• Walt Whitman

• Robert Frost

• “Because I Could Not Stop for Death”
• “From Preface to the 1855 Edition of Leaves Of Grass”
• “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening”
• Figurative Language
• Analyzing Text

• Quizzes
• Oral Interpretation
• Oral Reading
• Writing Workshop

A11.3, A11.1, B11.1, B11.2, C11.2, C11.3