Subject: English Dates: September 4 – December 18, 2020

Language Arts 9 Teacher: Mr. Michael Schmidt

Topic Inquiry Question Dates Major Objectives Materials and Evaluation Plan
Resources
Grammar and How can we September 4- GLO 2 - Students will … Everything You Need Introductory Letter to
Punctuation: Students ensure that our 23/24, 2020 comprehend and respond to Ace English be formatively
will be asked to enhance writing personally and critically Language Arts in One assessed to gauge
their knowledge of communicates to oral, print and other Big Fat Notebook by student ability
various grammatical, our intended media texts. Jen Haberling
punctuation, and writing message with as Various worksheets
conventions in order to few errors as 2.3 - Understand forms, Liars Don’t Qualify by that will be
establish a baseline of possible? elements and techniques Junius Edwards formatively assessed
their knowledge and
skills to serve them GLO 4 – Students will… Charles by Shirley Grammar and
throughout the year. enhance the clarity and Jackson Punctuation Test to
artistry of communication be summatively
assessed
4.2 – Attend to
conventions
Sharing Our Stories Thematic: How September 25 GLO 1 – Students will … The Leaving by Budge Conflict Type
(Short Stories): Students does sharing our – October 23, explore thoughts, ideas, Wilson Assignment graded on
will be asked to write a stories with one 2020 feelings and experiences a rubric.
letter asking for a change another improve (Approximatel The Hiding Chair
after reading two stories our y 10 periods) 1.2 – Clarify and Extend (from Sit) by Deborah Various Workbooks
in which characters work understanding of Ellis associated with each
to achieve a change other’s world GLO 2 - Students will … short story that will
through peaceful and views? comprehend and respond One Story, One Song be formatively
non-peaceful means. personally and critically by Richard Wagamese assessed for
Operational: to oral, print and other completion and
What are the media texts. A Blurry Image on the understanding.
conventions and 6 O’ Clock News by
 components that 2.2 – Respond to texts Drew Hayden Taylor Environment
make up a Description
successful short 2.4 - Create original text Method and Assignment graded on
story? Madness: The Making a rubric with
GLO 4 – Students will… of a Story by Alice formative assessment
enhance the clarity and LaPlante during the writing
artistry of communication process

4.1 – Enhance and Short Story

improve Assignment graded on
a rubric with
GLO 5 – Students will … formative assessment
respect, support and during the writing
collaborate with others process.

5.1 – Respect others and

strengthen community

The Book Thief Novel Thematic: What October 26 – GLO 1 - Students will … The Book Thief (novel) Small Group
Study: Students will is a call to action December 4, explore thoughts, by Markus Zusak Discussions
explore themes of and what is our 2020 ideas, feelings and surrounding various
censorship, injustice, and moral obligation (Approximatel experiences. chapters of the novel
compassion by reading when asked help y 25 periods)
the novel, The Book someone else? 1.1 Discover and explore Chapter Questions to
Thief by Markus Zusak. work through that
Students will read Operational: GLO 2 - Students will … mould themselves
How can we comprehend and respond around the various
construct and personally and critically question types
deconstruct to oral, print and other according to Bloom’s
meaning from a media texts. Taxonomy. Students
novel? will be assessed on
 2.2 - Respond to texts their understanding of
the novel through
GLO 3 – Students will … these questions
manage ideas and rather than a
information. cumulative exam.

3.1 - Plan and focus Burnable Books

assignment in which
GLO 5 - Students will … students will research
respect, support a book that has been
and collaborate with banned in the past,
others. why it was banned,
and provide a brief
5.2 – Work within a group reflection on whether
or not they think it
should have been
banned or if it should
still be banned. This
assignment will help
students understand
the themes of
censorship and the
power of words found
within the novel.

Essay Writing: Students Thematic: What December 7- GLO 2 - Students will … The various texts that Essay Assignment
will examine the benefits is empathy and 18, 2020 comprehend and respond have been studied up graded on a rubric
of seeing things from how do our (Approximatel personally and critically until this point will be with formative
many different stories influence y 10 periods) to oral, print and other used as reference assessment during the
perspectives. the ways in media texts. texts for student’s writing process.
which we essays. Students will work on
understand one 2.3 - Understand forms, the various
another? elements and techniques Write Like This by components (thesis
Kelly Gallagher statement, intro
Operational: 2.4 - Create original text paragraph, body
What are the paragraph, and
conventions that GLO 3 – Students will … conclusion) during the
we must manage ideas and classes leading up to
conform to in information. the due date.
order to write a
successful essay? 3.1 - Plan and focus

3.2 - Select and process

3.3 – organize, record and

evaluate

GLO 4 – Students will…

enhance the clarity and
artistry of communication

4.1 – Enhance and

improve
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
September 4
Introductions
Grammar Unit Starts
7 8 9 10 11

14 15 16 17 18

21 22 23 24 25
Descriptive Self-
Introduction Due

Sharing Our Stories Unit

Starts

28 29 30 October 1 2

Start on The Leaving Opening Mass

5 6 7 8 9
Conflict Type
Presentation Due PD Day
Start on The Hiding Chair
12 13 14 15 16
Environment Description
Thanksgiving PD Day Due
(No School) Start on Blurry Image

19 20 21 22 23
Short Story Due

26 27 28 29 30
The Book Thief Novel
Study Starts:
Chapter Questions and
Vocabulary Assignment
will be formatively
assessed throughout the
unit and cumulatively
assessed at the end of
the unit.

November 2 3 4 5 6
9 10 11 12 13
Remembrance
Day (No School)
16 17 18 19 20

PD Day

23 24 25 26 27

30 December 1 2 3 4
Advent Mass (will likely Burnable Books
take up part of class) Assignment Due

7 8 9 10 11

14 15 16 17 18
Essay Due Last Day of Class
(Christmas Movie
Day?)