Grade Ten Curriculum

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Grade Ten Curriculum

• Parkville High School
• English Department

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Mediums Of Expression

• Grade Ten will complete one of each of the
  following
• A play
• A novel
• A film
• A brief collection of short stories
• An autobiography

3
Drama Romeo And Juliet

• The unit will include
• Live reading of the play in class, with students
  taking parts
• Related vocabulary
• A study of the life of Shakespeare
• Historical background information
• Background information on the Globe Theater

4
Novel The Scarlet Letter

• The unit will include
• The novel itself
• Related vocabulary
• Historical background information
• Student debate three groups, each to take the
  part of one of the major characters

5
Lets Go To The Movies!

• The unit will include
• Viewing a film
• Study of the elements character, setting, plot,
  and theme are in all stories regardless of medium
• Student discussion how the elements of the story
  are represented differently in a play, novel, and
  film

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Short Stories Flannery OConnor

• The unit will include
• Four stories by Flannery OConnor
• Related vocabulary
• Study of the medium differences in form and
  function between short stories and longer works
• Study of the author relationships, similarities,
  and differences between the four stories

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Autobiography Benjamin Franklin

• The unit will include
• The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
• Background on Benjamin Franklins life from other
  sources
• Comparison of what Franklin had to say about
  himself vs. what others had to say
• Study of the medium