Pacing Guide for High School English 1

Quarter 1
Module A Literature; Is Conflict Necessary?

Weekly Tracker Classroom Instruction
1 Extended Text
Week 1 through
Week 3

Novel: A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens
4-6 Analyses
1 Narrative
1 Research Project
Week 4
1. Mid-term Assessment
2. Writing Workshop
a. Comparing Literary Works setting
b. Write a Narrative Short Story
c. Timed Writings
d. Cause and Effect Essay
3-5 Short Texts

Week 5 through
Week 7
Literature: Informational Text:
The Cask of Amontillado Poe and the Gothic Tradition
The Most Dangerous Game World War I Trenches
The Gift of the Magi Watch Fob Chain
The Necklace or
Blues Aint No Mockingbird Hawks: Tales and Truth
4-6 Analyses
1 Narrative
1 Research Project

Week 8
Writing Workshop
Finish Task Performance: Write an essay in which you analyze the conflict in a short story from this unit that has a rich and interesting
conflict. Outline the plot points of the story and explain whether the main conflict is external, internal, or both. Use specific evidence
from the story to show how the conflict unfolds. Explain how characters, dialogue, and setting contribute to the conflict and to its
resolution.
Research Project
Week 9
Nine Week assessment
Students Report Findings
Presentation of a Research Report




Pacing Guide for High School English

Module B - Quarter 2
Weekly Tracker Classroom Instruction
1 Extended Text
Week 1 through
Week 3
Novel: To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
2 Analyses

Week 4

1. Mid-term Assessment:

2. Writing Workshop
Analysis: Analyzing the Big Question: Is Knowledge the Same as Understanding Reflecting on various parts of
the novel in which Scout Finch comes of age, write an explanatory essay in which you discuss a pivotal turning
point in your life in which your understanding of a situation evolved past your knowledge of it.

Overview of the first quarters Performance Task
3-5 Short Texts

Week 5 through
Week 7
I Have a Dream Exemplar from a Lincoln Preface; The Emancipation Proclamation
First Inaugural Address Exemplar from Nothing to Fear; from Radio Address on Drought Conditions;
Getting Back to Work
I Am an American Day Address Exemplar Single Room, Earth View; The News



Week 8
Writing Workshop:
Analysis: After reading the informational texts from the Unit 3 in the book and reflecting back on the novel To
Kill a Mockingbird, focus on a social issue that exists in our world today and write a proposal in which you
persuade readers to act in a certain way. Focus on purpose, point of view, and argument throughout the paper.

Performance Task:
Finish Task Performance Write an essay in which you analyze how an author unfolds a series of ideas or
events in a work of literary nonfiction in this unit. State which work you chose, and restate its central idea in
your own words. Identify key supporting details. Describe how the author introduces each idea or event, and
note the order in which these points are presented. Explain how this particular sequence is effective in
advancing the authors ideas.
Research Project
Week 9
Nine Week assessment
Students Report Findings
Presentation of a Research Report



English 9 Pacing Guide

Module C - Quarter 3
Weekly Tracker Classroom Instruction
1 Extended Text
Week 1 through
Week 3

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare (Exemplar Text)
2-3 Analyses
Work on 1
Narrative
Work on 1
Research Project
Week 4

1. Mid-term Assessment
2. Writing Workshop
a. Analyze Text Information; Explanatory Essay pg 943
b. Comparing Literary Works; Explanatory Essay pg. 959
c. Comparing Literary Works; Explanatory Essay pg. 1001
d. Write an Informative Text; Research Writing pg. 1002
3-5 Short Texts

Week 5 through
Week 7
Pyramus and Thisbe by Ovid, retold by Edith Hamilton, pg. 947
from A Midsummer Nights Dream, by William Shakespeare, pg. 951

from The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde, pg. 988
from Big Kiss, by Henry Alford, pg. 996
4-6 Analyses
1 Narrative
1 Research Project

Week 8
Writing Workshop
Finish Task Performance
Task Performance: Write an essay in which you discuss one characters interpersonal relationship with another character
from the play, Romeo and Juliet. Using the elements of plot, introduce the character and describe (him/her) in detail. As
you compose, consider your purpose, audience, and task as you describe your characters role in the plot of this text.
Include details about your characters thoughts and feelings that motivate your characters choice(s). Use relevant
examples of supporting evidence that give logical relevance to support your claim. Demonstrate command of the
conventions of standard English, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling in your essay.
Research Project
Week 9
Nine Week assessment
Students Report Findings
Presentation of a Research Report pg. 1016