English IV Pacing Guide, 2015-16

SAN ANTONIO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
Year at-a-Glance – English IV
2015 – 2016 Instructional Calendar
August 2015
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September 2015
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October 2015
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November 2015
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December 2015
January 2016
Topic
Foundations – Reader Response , Reading and Writing
Workshop (22 Days)
Reading: fables, poetry, narrative, expository text
Writing: reader response, short answer, analytical
response, expository essays
Foundations – Persuasive Writing (22 Days)
Reading: fables, poetry, narrative, expository text
Writing: reader response, short answer, persuasive essay
British Traditions (20 days)
Reading: literary - poetry, nonfiction
informational - expository, culture & history
Writing: expository/procedural texts
Reactions to Society’s Ills (15 days)
Reading: literary – fiction/nonfiction
informational - expository, culture & history
Writing: business/work-related documents
Literature Circles – Societal Issues (10 days)
Using your Voice to Persuade (23 days)
Reading: literary – fiction/nonfiction
informational - expository, persuasive, culture &
history
Writing: persuasive, expository & procedural texts
Informed Persuasion (20 days)
Reading: literary/nonfiction, informative/expository
(including culture & history, procedural, persuasive), media
literacy
Writing: persuasive, expository & procedural texts
Literary Analysis (23 days)
Reading: literary – poetry/nonfiction
informational - expository, culture & history
Writing: expository & procedural texts
Literary Analysis (23 days)
Reading: mentor texts from previous nine week periods
Writing: reflective texts
State Assessment Windows
EOC Retest: 12/7 English I
12/9 English II
EOC: 3/29 English I
3/31 English II
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February 2016
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29
March 2016
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[28
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April 2016
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May 2016
June 2016
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*Subject to change due to pacing adjustments
Revised June 2015
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1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.
Es norma del distrito de San Antonio no discriminar por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo o impedimento, en sus programas, servicios o actividades vocacionales, tal como lo requieren el Título VI de la
Ley de Deprechos Civiles de 1964, según enmienda; el Título IX de las Emmiendas en la Educación, de 1972, y la Sección 504 de la Ley de Rehabilitación de 1973, según enmienda.