English 10: Choices, Conscience & Consequences — Parent teaching plan · 36 weeks
Students study the chapter and unit lessons. Parents use this 36-week timetable to assign units, sustained reading, writing, and assessments. Adjust pacing after checking understanding.
Open chapter and unit lessonsWeek 1 · Establish evidence and a reading/writing baseline
Chapter 1 · Close Reading & Literary Analysis
Reading and assignments
Read A Line on the Water and From Records to Reasons. Begin sustained reading for 20–30 minutes most days.
Week 2 · Motivation, pressure and qualified characterization
Chapter 1 · Close Reading & Literary Analysis
Reading and assignments
Reread the cleanup story and perform Caption aloud in two voices.
Week 3 · Imagery, poetic form and the limits of accounting
Chapter 1 · Close Reading & Literary Analysis
- Unit 1.1 · Theme & Central Ideas
- Unit 1.3 · Author's Craft & Figurative Language
- Unit 1.4 · Comparative Analysis
Reading and assignments
Read Ledger and Inventory. Compare their lists with the cleanup story’s counting.
Week 4 · First analytical essay and Chapter 1 assessment
Chapter 1 · Close Reading & Literary Analysis
- Unit 1.1 · Theme & Central Ideas
- Unit 1.2 · Characterization & Structure
- Unit 1.3 · Author's Craft & Figurative Language
- Unit 1.4 · Comparative Analysis
Reading and assignments
Complete Chapter 1 workshop, review, and quiz; submit a revised 700–900-word literary analysis.
Week 5 · Jekyll and Hyde: witnesses, doors and reputation
Chapter 2 · Poetry, Drama & Longer Reading
Reading and assignments
Read Story of the Door and Search for Mr. Hyde; use the ten named chapters in the local edition.
Week 6 · Jekyll and Hyde: comfort, violence and documents
Chapter 2 · Poetry, Drama & Longer Reading
Reading and assignments
Read Dr. Jekyll Was Quite at Ease, The Carew Murder Case, and Incident of the Letter. Read Before the Vote.
Week 7 · Jekyll and Hyde: refusal, distance and crisis
Chapter 2 · Poetry, Drama & Longer Reading
Reading and assignments
Read Incident of Dr. Lanyon, Incident at the Window, and The Last Night.
Week 8 · Jekyll and Hyde: retrospective explanation and responsibility
Chapter 2 · Poetry, Drama & Longer Reading
Reading and assignments
Read Dr. Lanyon’s Narrative and Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case; complete the entire novella.
Week 9 · Poetry, performance and whole-work interpretation
Chapter 2 · Poetry, Drama & Longer Reading
- Unit 2.1 · Reading Poetry: Image, Sound & Form
- Unit 2.2 · Drama, Performance & Subtext
- Unit 2.3 · Reading a Complete Book
Reading and assignments
Read A Rehearsal and After the Photograph. Reread Caption and selected novella passages.
Week 10 · Comparative essay and Chapter 2 assessment
Chapter 2 · Poetry, Drama & Longer Reading
- Unit 2.1 · Reading Poetry: Image, Sound & Form
- Unit 2.2 · Drama, Performance & Subtext
- Unit 2.3 · Reading a Complete Book
Reading and assignments
Submit the 900–1,100-word comparative essay and complete Chapter 2 workshop, review, and quiz.
Week 11 · Information, historical argument and Macbeth’s opening
Chapter 3 · Informational Reading & Media
Reading and assignments
Read Wollstonecraft Chapter 2 paragraphs 1–19; read Macbeth I.1–I.3.
Week 12 · Evidence, audience and competing measures of success
Chapter 3 · Informational Reading & Media
Reading and assignments
Read Wollstonecraft paragraphs 20–38; read Macbeth I.4–I.7 and the cleanup source packet.
Week 13 · Mediation, changing knowledge and consequences
Chapter 3 · Informational Reading & Media
Reading and assignments
Read Wollstonecraft paragraphs 39–57; read Macbeth Act II; reread After the Photograph.
Week 14 · Nonfiction synthesis and Chapter 3 assessment
Chapter 3 · Informational Reading & Media
Reading and assignments
Finish Wollstonecraft Chapter 2 paragraphs 58–76; read Macbeth III.1–III.3. Complete Chapter 3 assessments.
Week 15 · Claims, rhetoric and a public/private crisis
Chapter 4 · Argument, Rhetoric & Tragic Choices
Reading and assignments
Read Macbeth III.4–III.6; begin a 900–1,100-word argument about how the cleanup should be reported and funded.
Week 16 · Equivocation, vulnerable voices and rhetorical structure
Chapter 4 · Argument, Rhetoric & Tragic Choices
- Unit 4.2 · Rhetorical Appeals
- Unit 4.3 · Analyzing Arguments
- Unit 4.5 · Tragic Choices, Soliloquy & Equivocation
Reading and assignments
Read Macbeth Act IV. Study the Tragic Choices unit and revisit one education argument.
Week 17 · Endings, responsibility and tragic interpretation
Chapter 4 · Argument, Rhetoric & Tragic Choices
Reading and assignments
Read Macbeth Act V and finish the complete play; plan a 900–1,100-word whole-play interpretation.
Week 18 · Argument portfolio and Chapter 4 assessment
Chapter 4 · Argument, Rhetoric & Tragic Choices
- Unit 4.1 · Claims & Counterclaims
- Unit 4.2 · Rhetorical Appeals
- Unit 4.3 · Analyzing Arguments
- Unit 4.4 · Logical Fallacies
- Unit 4.5 · Tragic Choices, Soliloquy & Equivocation
Reading and assignments
Submit revised policy argument and Macbeth essay. Complete Chapter 4 workshop, review, and quiz.
Week 19 · Midterm, corrections and a second-semester question
Chapter 4 · Argument, Rhetoric & Tragic Choices
- Unit 4.1 · Claims & Counterclaims
- Unit 4.4 · Logical Fallacies
- Unit 4.5 · Tragic Choices, Soliloquy & Equivocation
Reading and assignments
Take the Midterm Exam covering Chapters 1–4. Keep the sample and final papers unseen.
Week 20 · Research proposal and A Doll’s House Act I
Chapter 5 · Research & Source-Based Writing
Reading and assignments
Read the first half of A Doll’s House Act I, ending before Krogstad’s first substantial conversation with Nora. Begin a research notebook.
Week 21 · Source credibility and the end of Act I
Chapter 5 · Research & Source-Based Writing
Reading and assignments
Finish A Doll’s House Act I. Locate two accessible contextual sources relevant to your approved research question.
Week 22 · Citation, paraphrase and constrained performance
Chapter 5 · Research & Source-Based Writing
Reading and assignments
Read the first half of Act II, through the rehearsal discussion; retain scene order in the supplied edition.
Week 23 · Synthesis and a complete research draft
Chapter 5 · Research & Source-Based Writing
Reading and assignments
Finish Act II. Draft a 1,200–1,500-word research-supported interpretation using the play and at least two verifiable sources.
Week 24 · Act III, turning points and narrative craft
Chapter 6 · Narrative, Memoir & Revision
Reading and assignments
Read Act III through Torvald’s response to the first letter, pausing before the second letter resolves the immediate threat.
Week 25 · The complete play, endings and substantive revision
Chapter 6 · Narrative, Memoir & Revision
Reading and assignments
Finish all of Act III and the complete play. Continue narrative drafting and research revision.
Week 26 · Research submission and Chapter 5 assessment
Chapter 5 · Research & Source-Based Writing
- Unit 5.1 · Research Questions & Inquiry
- Unit 5.2 · Evaluating Sources
- Unit 5.3 · Integrating Evidence & Citation
- Unit 5.4 · Synthesis Writing
Reading and assignments
Submit the revised research interpretation, source notebook, and Works Cited. Complete Chapter 5 assessments.
Week 27 · Narrative portfolio and Chapter 6 assessment
Chapter 6 · Narrative, Memoir & Revision
Reading and assignments
Finish and revise the 900–1,200-word narrative or memoir; complete Chapter 6 workshop, review, and quiz.
Week 28 · Syntax, emphasis and an editing portfolio
Chapter 7 · Language, Style & Conventions
Reading and assignments
Select two research/narrative paragraphs and revisit one dialogue passage from A Doll’s House.
Week 29 · Punctuation, parallelism and clear argument
Chapter 7 · Language, Style & Conventions
Reading and assignments
Revisit the funding packet and continue the editing log from your own writing.
Week 30 · Diction, register and fair representation
Chapter 7 · Language, Style & Conventions
Reading and assignments
Reread a historical argument passage and a poem, then adapt a research paragraph for a younger audience.
Week 31 · Vocabulary in context and Chapter 7 assessment
Chapter 7 · Language, Style & Conventions
- Unit 7.4 · Vocabulary in Context
- Unit 7.1 · Syntax & Rhetorical Style
- Unit 7.2 · Diction & Tone
- Unit 7.3 · Conventions of Standard English
Reading and assignments
Review whole-work vocabulary and submit the twelve-entry editing portfolio. Complete Chapter 7 assessments.
Week 32 · Whole-work comparison and seminar preparation
Chapter 8 · Comparative Interpretation, Discussion & Presentation
Reading and assignments
Study Comparative Interpretation & Context. Prepare a seminar on responsibility across two complete works.
Week 33 · Seminar, comparative drafting and presentation design
Chapter 8 · Comparative Interpretation, Discussion & Presentation
- Unit 8.1 · Evidence-Based Discussion & Listening
- Unit 8.2 · Speaking, Presenting & Responding
- Unit 8.3 · Comparative Interpretation & Context
Reading and assignments
Hold the evidence-based seminar; draft a 1,200–1,500-word comparison and prepare a five-minute presentation.
Week 34 · Final comparative portfolio and Chapter 8 assessment
Chapter 8 · Comparative Interpretation, Discussion & Presentation
- Unit 8.1 · Evidence-Based Discussion & Listening
- Unit 8.2 · Speaking, Presenting & Responding
- Unit 8.3 · Comparative Interpretation & Context
Reading and assignments
Submit the revised comparison, deliver the presentation, and complete Chapter 8 workshop, review, and quiz.
Week 35 · Sample exam and targeted re-teaching
Chapter 8 · Comparative Interpretation, Discussion & Presentation
- Unit 8.1 · Evidence-Based Discussion & Listening
- Unit 8.2 · Speaking, Presenting & Responding
- Unit 8.3 · Comparative Interpretation & Context
Reading and assignments
Use the distinct Sample Exam as rehearsal. Keep the Final Exam unseen until the last week.
Week 36 · Final exam and year-end conference
Chapter 8 · Comparative Interpretation, Discussion & Presentation
- Unit 8.1 · Evidence-Based Discussion & Listening
- Unit 8.2 · Speaking, Presenting & Responding
- Unit 8.3 · Comparative Interpretation & Context
Reading and assignments
Take the Final Exam, then complete the reading, writing, speaking, and next-course conference.