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Genre Aligned Suggested Readings Literary Terms Writing: Use

with NCSOS RCS Writing
Resource Grammar, Usage, and
Notebook Vocabulary

Teachers MAY choose from the Teachers MUST Teachers MUST Teachers MUST complete
Throughout the following list of titles to supplement incorporate the incorporate the following units in order
90 days allotted each section. *Utilize literary study of the writing as he/she as this is how students will
to English I, benchmarks and online following literary feels be *Benchmarked by
teachers may assessments in the allotted 1 day terms in each unit appropriate. instructor:
choose to of benchmark testing per unit.
complete units
based on genre in
ANY ORDER that
they deem
appropriate.
Fiction: Suggested Readings Literary Terms Writing
Approximately Options
23 days (1 Day
Benchmark)
Short Short Stories: Setting Scarlet Ibis Throughout all units
Stories/Novels “A Sound of Thunder” Irony (Verbal, Seminar address the following
Objectives: “Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird” situational, items:
1.03 “Harrison Bergeron” dramatic) Short Story Vocabulary
“Poison” Conflict Power Point Context Clues
5.01 “Rules of the Game” (external, Project Inference
“Thank You, Ma’am” internal) Root Words
5.02 “The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant” Mood Reader Response Synonym
“The Birds” Characterization Journal Antonym
5.03 “The Cask of Amontillado” (direct and Main Idea/Supporting
“The Gift of the Magi” indirect) Short Story Details
“The Invalid’s Story” Character Types Writing

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“The Lady, Or The Tiger” (round, flat, static, Assignment Unit #1:
“The Lottery” dynamic)
“The Interlopers” Protagonist, Interlopers Parts of Speech,
“The Most Dangerous Game” Antagonist Newspaper Sentences, Fragments,
“The Necklace” Dialogue Article Run-ons, Subject/Verb
“The Open Window” Dialect Agreement,
“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” Diction Thank You M’am Pronoun/Antecedent
“The Sniper” Colloquialism Card Agreement, and Sentence
Fiction Cont. ”The Secret Ibis” Figurative Combining, Conciseness ,
Language Short Story Term Coherence and Clarity
Symbol Analysis
Novels: Plot (Exposition, Days: 44
Great Expectations, Dickens narrative hook,
To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee rising action,
Animal Farm, George Orwell climax, falling Unit # 2
Separate Peace, Knowles action, resolution)
Lord of the Flies, Golding Point of View Capitalization, Punctuation,
Old Man and the Sea, The , Ernest (1st, 2nd, and and Sentence Variety
Hemingway 3rd Omniscient,
Call of the Wild, The, Jack London 3rd Limited) Days: 22
Fallen Angles, Walter Dean Myers Flashback
Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck Foreshadowing Unit # 3
Outsiders, The, S. E. Hinton Imagery
Anthem, Ayn Rand Suspense Editing and EOC Review
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, Maya Theme
Angelou Tone Days: 22
Mythology, Edith Hamilton Allusion
Day No Pigs Would Die, A, Robert Peck Style 6.01
West Side Story, Arthur Laurents Epiphany
Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury Author’s 6.02
Lottery Rose, Irene Hunt Purpose
Touching Spirit Bear, Ben Micelson Paradox
The Uglies, Scott Westerfeld Adage
Stereotype
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Inference
Archetype
Satire
Motif
Idiom
Cliché
Author’s Craft
Fairy Tale
Proverb
Fable
Tall Tale
Legend

Nonfiction: Suggested Readings Nonfiction Writing

Approximately Literature Terms Options
11 Days (1 Day
Benchmark)
Objectives 1.03, Autobiographies and Biographies : Author’s Journal
2.01, 1.02, 1.03, “A White House Diary” Purpose Responses
3.01, 4.01 Excerpt from The Carolina Way Satire
“Only Daughter” Autobiography Editorial Writing
“Arthur Ash Remembered” Biography
“Lincoln Preface” Historical Invisible Children
“My English” Documents Editorial
Excerpt from Night Editorial
Excerpt from The Water Wide Bias I Have a Dream
Newspaper Articles Memoir Speech
Cultural Response
Novels Influence
Into the Wild Objective Childhood
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Thesis Memory
Black Boy Vignettes Snapshot
Rocket Boy Anecdotes
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Farewell to Manzanar Rhetorical Outside Reading

Question Response
Informative Texts: Rhetorical
Excerpt from Silent Spring Strategies
New Road Chicken Pies Paraphrase
NC Transportation Nostalgic
Space Shuttle Basics Essay
Safety Signs Chronological
Single Room, Earth View Order
Released Selections and exam Spatial Order
Questions from state and
newspaper articles

Reflective Texts:
“Field Trip”
Excerpt from “Angela’s Ashes”
Nonfiction Cont. “Go Deep to the Sewer”
Released NCDPI Selections

Argumentative Texts:
“I Have a Dream”
“Ain’t a Woman”
“First Inaugural Address”
“The Talk”
“Carry Your Own Skis”
“Gettysburg Address”
“Letters from a Birmingham Jail”
Newspaper Editorials
Poetry: 11 Days Suggested Poetry Poetry Terms: Poetry Writing
(1 Day Bold Terms used
Benchmark in EOC
testing)
Objectives: “The Bells” Ballad poetry Journal
5.01, 5.03 Responses
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“The Raven” Narrative poetry (Global

Introductions)
“Dream Deferred” Lyric poetry
Bio Poem: Life in
“Dreams” Sonnets
Poetry
Iambic Pentameter
“I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud” Touching Spirit
Free Verse poetry Bear Poem &
“Analysis of Baseball” Project
Concrete poems
“Casey at the Bat” Reader Response
Limerick poems
“15” Poetry Book
Haiku poetry
Project
“Blackberry Eating”
Simile
“Twister”
Idiom
“The Road Not Taken”
Poetry Cont. Meter
“7 Ages of Man” Foot
“Macavity: The Mystery Cat” Metaphor

“Ballad of Birmingham” Personification

“Siren Song” Hyperbole

Haiku Alliteration

Assonance
“Ancient Gesture”
Onomatopoeia
“What is Poetry?”-Elliot
“What is a Poet?”-Cummings Rhyme
“Tom Dooley”
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Internal Rhyme

End Rhyme

Slant Rhyme

Rhyme Scheme

Parallelism

Repetition

Imagery

Stanza

Speaker/Voice

Mood

Poetry Cont. Tone

Theme

Couplet

Symbol

Connotation

Denotation

Oxymoron

Paraphrase

Epic: Suggested Reading Epic Terms Writing

Approximately Options
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11 days (1 Day
Bench Mark)
5.01, 5.03 The Odyssey Allusion Odyssey Global
Simile Introductions
Novels: Metaphor (journal
Hamilton’s Mythology Personification response)
Archetype
Epic Hero Scrapbook
Epic Simile Journal
Extended
Metaphor Odyssey Puppet
Jargon and Script
Epithet Writing
Tragic Flaw
Accolades Odysseus’ New
Figurative Heroic Crew
Language
Dramatic Irony Research Report
Parallelism on Greek Gods
Epic Cont. Repetition
Imagery
Flashback
Symbolism
Drama: Suggested Reading Drama Literary Writing
Approximately Terms
23 Days (1 Day
Benchmark)
Objectives: Romeo and Juliet Dramatic R& J Global
5.01, 5.02, 5.03 Monologue Introductions
Additional Readings: Soliloquy (Journal)
A Raisin in the Sun Dramatic Irony
The Miracle Worker Foreshadowing R&J Essay
Raisin In The Sun, A, Lorraine Hansberry Pun Options
Metaphor
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Simile Perfect Mate

Personification
Oxymoron Relationship
Sonnet Prompt
Aside
Foil Loving Lyrics
Tragedy
Tragic Flaw R&J Projects and
Stage Directions Essays
Flashback
Archetype Script Writing
Allusion and Scene
Act, Scene Presentation
Comic Relief
Discussion
Questions

Character Study
Critical Analysis
Essay
Midterm (1 Day) Released Items and Benchmarks
and EOC Review
10 Days
Sample Questions for Literary/Textual Analysis Items

1. Which statement best illustrates the author’s argument…?

2. Which quotations best summarizes the main idea of the passage?
3. Which best describes the organization of the information?
Sample Questions for Composition Items
4. How is the author’s position supported by his use of…(chronological order, repetition, dialogue, etc.)?
5. 1. What
What effect is the author most likely trying to achieve in the ________ change
paragraph with should
the use be made to correct
of ___________ (literary
technique)? sentence ___?
6. What is the author’s main purpose for writing this selection? 2. Which of the following is a sentence
7. Which word best describes how the author feels…? fragment?
3. Which of the following is a run-on
8. The author most likely included ______ for which of the following reasons?
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4. How could sentences ___ and ___ be
combined to enhance conciseness and
sentence variety?
5. Which of the following improves the
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9. In paragraph ______, what does the word __________ mean?

10.Which word best describes the author’s tone at the end of the selection?
11.What makes ____an effective simile (or other literary technique)?
12.What does _____’s language suggest about him?
13.How does the author develop support for his point?
14.What does the speaker mean when he says…?
15.Which of the following best illustrates…?
16.What is the overall effect of the final paragraph?
17.What effect does the setting have on the selection as a whole?
18.Which word best describes _____?

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