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VT-COMPASS-Math Scope and Sequence
Unit Topic Lesson Lesson Objective
Numerical Skills/Pre-Algebra
Operations with Integers
Real Number Operations
Perform operations with rational numbers
Simplify numerical expressions by using the order of operations
Find absolute values of rational numbers
Integers and Absolute Value
Represent, graph, and order integers.
Find opposites and absolute values.
Adding Integers
Use models to add integers.
Use rules to add integers.
Subtracting Integers
Use models to subtract integers.
Use rules to subtract integers.
Multiplying and Dividing Integers
Multiply integers using repeated addition, patterns, and rules.
Divide integers using rules.
Operations with Fractions
Adding and Subtracting Rational Numbers
Add and subtract decimals and rational numbers with like denominators.
Multiplying Rational Numbers
Multiply fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals.
Dividing Rational Numbers
Divide fractions.
Adding and Subtracting with Unlike Denominators
Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators.
Operations with Decimals
Adding and Subtracting Decimals
Add and subtract decimals.
Multiplying Decimals
Multiply decimals.
Dividing Decimals by Integers
Divide decimals by integers.
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VT-COMPASS-Math Scope and Sequence
Unit Topic Lesson Lesson Objective
Dividing Decimals and Integers by Decimals
Divide decimals and integers by decimals.
Positive Integer Exponents, Square Roots, and Scientific Notation
Exponents and Multiplication
Multiply powers with the same base.
Find a power of a power.
Exponents and Division
Divide expressions containing exponents.
Simplifying expressions with integer exponents.
Introduction to Radicals
Use the inverse operation to evaluate perfect squares
Express roots using fractions as exponents
Approximate roots of nonperfect squares
Simplify Radicals
Express radicals in simplest form
Add and Subtract Radicals
Simplify sums and differences involving radicals
Multiply Radicals
Simplify products involving radicals
Scientific Notation
Write and evaluate numbers in scientific notation.
Calculate with scientific notation.
Ratios and Proportions
Ratios and Rates
Write ratios as fractions in simplest form.
Determine unit rates.
Using Proportions
Solve proportions.
Use proportions to solve real-world problems.
Identifying and Writing Proportions
Find equivalent ratios and identify proportions.
Algebra: Solving Proportions
Solve proportions.
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Unit Topic Lesson Lesson Objective
Percentages
Using the Percent Proportion
Use the percent proportion to solve problems.
Using Percent Equations
Solve percent problems using percent equations.
Solve real-life problems involving discount and interest.
Percent of Change
Find percent of increase.
Find percent of decrease.
Markup and Discount
Find mark-ups.
Find discounts.
Averages (Means, Medians, and Modes)
Measures of Central Tendency
Calculate measures of central tendency
Determine the effects of variability on measures of central tendency
Algebra
Substituting Values into Algebraic Expressions
Use Variables to Represent Numbers
Translate written phrases into algebraic expressions.
Evaluate algebraic expressions by using the order of operations.
Setting Up Equations for Given Situations
Equations as Mathematical Models
Represent and solve real-world situations with equations
Judge the reasonableness of a solution
Basic Operations with Polynomials
Add and Subtract Polynomials
Classify polynomials
Add and subtract polynomials
Multiply and Divide by a Monomial
Multiply and divide polynomials by monomials
Multiply Polynomials
Multiply polynomials
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Unit Topic Lesson Lesson Objective
Special Products
Identify special products of binomials
Divide Polynomials
Divide polynomials
Simplify Polynomial Expressions
Simplify polynomial expressions
Factoring Polynomials
The Greatest Common Factor
Determine the greatest common factor
Use the greatest common factor to factor polynomials
Factor by Grouping
Factor polynomials by grouping
Factor Trinomials with Leading Coefficient of One
Factor trinomials with a leading coefficient of one
Factor Trinomials with a Leading Coefficient Other than One
Factor trinomials with a leading coefficient other than one
Special Cases
Factor perfect square trinomials
Factor the difference of two squares
Factoring Polynomials
Apply various factoring methods to completely factor a polynomial
Linear Equations in One Variable
Addition and Multiplication Properties of Equality
Justify steps used to solve an equation
Solve equations by using the addition property of equality
Solve equations by using the multiplication property of equality
Two-Step Equations
Apply properties to solve two-step equations
Verify a solution for an equation
Equations with Like Terms
Apply properties to solve equations with like terms
Verify a solution for an equation
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Unit Topic Lesson Lesson Objective
Equations with Variables on Both Sides
Apply properties to solve equations with the variable on both sides
Verify a solution for an equation
Exponents and Radicals
Apply Laws of Exponents
Simplify expressions using laws of exponents
Solve real-world problems with laws of exponents
Divide Radicals
Simplify quotients involving radicals
Rational Expressions
Simplify Rational Expressions
Determine the values for which a rational expression is undefined
Simplify rational expressions by dividing out the greatest common factor
Use factoring methods to simplify rational expressions
Multiply and Divide Rational Expressions
Multiply and divide rational expressions
Add and Subtract Rational Expressions with Like Denominators
Add and subtract rational expressions with like denominators
Add and Subtract Rational Expressions with Unlike Denominators
Determine the lowest common denominator of two or more rational expressions.
Add and subtract rational expressions with unlike denominators
Linear Equations in Two Variables
Point-Slope Form
Write the equation of a line given its slope and a point on the line.
Parallel Lines
Determine if lines are parallel from their given equations
Write the equation of a line given the equation of another line to which it is parallel and a point on that line
Perpendicular Lines
Determine if lines are perpendicular from their given equations
Write the equation of a line given the equation of another line to which it is perpendicular and a point on that
line
Equations of Lines
Write linear equations in various forms and from a variety of given information
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VT-COMPASS-Math Scope and Sequence
Unit Topic Lesson Lesson Objective
College Algebra
Functions
Relations and Functions
To graph relations.
To identify functions.
Operations with Functions
Perform operations with functions to write new functions.
Find the composition of two functions.
Exponents
Rational Exponents
Simplify expressions with rational exponents
Complex Numbers
Quadratic Equations and Complex Numbers
Classify and find all roots of a quadratic equation.
Graph and perform operations of complex numbers.
Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences and Series
Arithmetic Sequences
Recognize arithmetic sequences
Extend and find the nth
term of an arithmetic sequence
Write formulas for arithmetic sequences
Geometric Sequences
Recognize geometric sequences
Extend and find the nth
term of a geometric sequence
Write formulas for geometric sequences
Arithmetic Series
Find sums of arithmetic series.
Using sigma notation.
Geometric Series
Find sums of geometric series.
Find specific terms of geometric series.
Matrices (Basic Operations, Equations, and Determinants)
Adding and Subtracting Matrices
Add and subtract matrices.
Solve certain matrix equations.
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Multiplication Matrix
Multiply a matrix by a scalar.
Multiply two matrices.
Determinants
Evaluate the determinant of a 2 X 2 matrix.
Evaluate the determinant of a 3 X 3 matrix.
Geometry
Triangles (Perimeter, Area, Pythagorean Theorem, Etcetera)
Properties of Triangles
Classify triangles according to the measures of their sides and angles
Apply triangle angle theorems to calculate angle measures
Similar Triangles
Identify and apply the AA similarity postulate and the SSS and SAS similarity theorems
Calculate angle measures and side lengths of similar triangles
Area: Triangles and Trapezoids
Find areas of triangles.
Find areas of trapezoids.
The Pythagorean Theorem
Use the Pythagorean Theorem.
Identify right triangles.
Circles (Perimeter, Area, Arcs, Etcetera)
Introduction to Circles
Identify terms related to circles
Calculate the circumference and area of a circle
Solve problems related to circles in modeling situations
Arcs, Chords, and Central Angles
Identify relationships between arcs and central angles and apply them to solve problems
Identify theorems about arcs and chords and apply them to solve problems
Complete proofs involving the relationships between arcs and chords of a circle
Angles (Supplementary, Complementary, Adjacent, Vertical, Etcetera)
Special Angle Pairs
Define and identify special angle pairs
Calculate angle measures by using definitions and theorems about special angle pairs
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Parallel Lines and Angles
Identify angle pairs formed by lines cut by a transversal
Apply theorems about angles formed by parallel lines cut by a transversal to calculate angle measures
Rectangles (Perimeter, Area, Etcetera)
Area: Parallelograms
Find areas of rectangles.
Find areas of parallelograms.
Perimeter and Area
Identify and use the Area of a Rectangle and the Sum of Areas Postulates.
Solve problems involving fixed perimeters and fixed areas.
Three-Dimensional Concepts
Surface Area of Solid Figures
Calculate the surface area of prisms, cylinders, pyramids, and cones
Describe the effect on surface area when the dimensions of a solid figure are changed
Calculate the surface area of composite solids
Volume
Calculate the volume of prisms, cylinders, pyramids, and cones
Describe the effect on volume when the dimensions of a solid figure are changed
Solve problems involving the volume of prisms, cylinders, pyramids, and cones
Hybrid (Composite) Shapes
Perimeter of Composite Figures
Calculate perimeters of many-sided plane figures using combinations of formulas
Use unit analysis to solve problems involving perimeters
Trigonometry
Trigonometric Functions and Identities
Trigonometric Identities
Use identities to find trigonometric values.
Use trigonometric identities to simplify expressions.
Right-Triangle Trigonometry
Right -Triangle Trigonometry
Find the trigonometric functions of acute angles.
Solve a right triangle by using trigonometric functions.
Applying Trigonometric Functions
Use trigonometry to find the measures of the sides of right triangles
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Unit Topic Lesson Lesson Objective
Trigonometric Equations and Inequalities
Solving Trigonometric Equations
Solve trigonometric equations algebraically and graphically.
Solve real-world problems by using trigonometric equations.
Graphs of Trigonometric Functions
The Sine Function
Identify properties of the sine function.
Graph sine curves.
The Cosine Function
Graph and write cosine functions.
Solve trigonometric equations.
The Tangent Function
Graph the tangent function.
Special Angles (Multiples of 30 and 45 Degrees)
Special Right Triangles
Use properties of 45°-45°-90° and 30°-60°-90° triangles to find side lengths
Solve problems involving special right triangles in modeling situations
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VT-COMPASS Reading Scope and Sequence
Unit Topic Lesson Lesson Objective
Vocabulary Skills
The Role of Vocabulary
The Role of Vocabulary
Define the term vocabulary as it relates to text.
Apply vocabulary strategies to understand text.
Understand the difference between connotation and denotation.
Word Analysis
Word Analysis
Define word analysis and why it is important when reading.
Use context clues to help determine the meaning of unknown words.
Understand how to use parts of speech to determine word meaning.
Use connotation and denotation in word analysis.
Word Structure
Word Structure
Utilize the strategy of identifying the root of words to determine meaning.
Identify common prefixes and suffixes.
Use the Word Attack Strategy to determine the meaning on unknown words.
Worldly Words
Grammar: Worldly Words: English as a Multicultural Language
Describe the origins and meanings of foreign words and phrases commonly used in English.Explore and explain trends in what types of words are borrowed from which languages (e.g., Spanish words for
cowboy culture and Southwestern U.S. features, French for Southeastern U.S. cultural and geographical
features, Greek in politics and philosophy, Latin for medicine and government, etc.).
Analyze how word origins can affect aspects of words such as spelling and the formation of plurals.
Reading Comprehension: Practical Reading
Practical Reading Strategies: Visualizing: Functional Text
The Strategy Focus: Visualizing
Identify the strategy of visualizing.
Define the strategies used in visualizing.
Create your own visuals.
Apply visualizing strategies to different types of text.
Practical Reading Strategies: Questioning: Expository Text
The Strategy Focus: Questioning
Identify the strategy of Questioning.
Define the strategies used in questioning.
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Unit Topic Lesson Lesson Objective
Identify the different types of questions.
Apply questioning strategies to different types of text.
Practical Reading Strategies: Summarizing: Persuasive Text
The Strategy Focus: Summarizing
Identify the strategy of Summarizing.
Define the strategies used in summarizing.
Apply summarizing strategies to different types of text.
Practical Reading Strategies: Inferencing: Expository Text and Functional Text
The Strategy Focus: Inferencing
Identify the strategy of Inferencing.
Define the strategies used in Inferencing.
Informational Text Structure
Skills Lesson: Informational Texts
Literary Skill: Analyze the structure and format of informational text documents, including graphics, headers,
and web pages
Exploring Procedural Text
21st-Century Skills: Exploring Procedural Texts
Examine the structure, format, and logic of procedural texts
Critically read and interpret instructions
Write procedural texts that follow an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, and context
Narrate a sequence of events and communicate their significance to the audience
Evaluate the clarity, quality, effectiveness, and general coherence of a speaker`s important points, arguments,
evidence, organization of ideas, delivery, diction, and syntax
The Elements of Argument
Skills Lesson: The Elements of Argument
Examine the structure of an argument
Analyze the validity and soundness of an argument
Differentiate between inductive and deductive reasoning
Identify how to address and rebut counterclaims properly in persuasive writing
Types of Evidence
Skills Lesson: Types of Evidence and Logical Fallacies
Distinguish facts from opinions
Distinguish among different kinds of evidence used to support conclusions in arguments
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Unit Topic Lesson Lesson Objective
Identify common logical fallacies and explain why they do not prove the point being argued
Organization Patterns
Reading Strategy Lesson: Organizational Patterns
Identify various organizational patterns used in rhetoric and persuasive text and presentations.
Differentiate the components of cause/effect versus problem/solution.
Compare the organizational patterns of compare/contrast, fact/opinion, and theory/evidence.
Defining and Comparing Media
Media Literacy: Defining and Comparing Media
Define media and its different forms such as television, radio, film, print, and electronic.
Describe media strategies and techniques and analyze their effect on society and culture; evaluate the
importance of media literacy, especially the media’s ethical obligation to society.
Identify the aesthetic effects of media presentation (i.e., layout, lighting, color, camera angles, background,
editing, reaction shots, sequencing and background music) as communicated by visual vs. nonvisual texts.
To enhance media literacy, compare and contrast how different media genres cover the same event and their
effectiveness.
Medium Matters
Media Literacy: Medium Matters
Compare and contrast coverage of the same event in various media (e.g., newspapers, television,
documentaries, blogs, Internet) and between genres (e.g., televised news, news talk shows, satirical news
shows, or comic strips).
Evaluate changes in formality and tone within the same medium for specific audiences and purposes.
Assess the ways language and delivery affect the mood and tone of oral communication and impact the
audience.
Bias in Media
Media Literacy: Bias in Media
Identify types of media biases (e.g., distorted representations of society, gender roles, stereotypes)
Recognize how perceptions of fact and opinion are affected by the use of language
Reading Comprehension: Prose Fiction
Plot Structures
Skills Lesson: Plot Structures
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Unit Topic Lesson Lesson Objective
Recognize a variety of plot structures.
Describe and analyze the development of plot structures in specific literary works and their impacts on the
reader.
Identify subplots and explore their significance.
Setting
Skills Lesson: Setting - Mystery and Suspense
Recognize the characteristics of the mystery and suspense genres.
Analyze the setting and examine how the setting --and changes in setting-- impact the plot, characters, and
mood.
Examine the importance of setting and sequence in creating an effective mood for a mystery or thriller.
Characterization
Skills Lesson: Characterization
Identify and describe various direct and indirect methods authors use to develop characters.
Analyze texts to determine method of characterization.
Assess characters and infer traits, using a graphic organizer to complete a character evaluation.
Perspective and Narration
Skills Lesson: Perspective and Narration
Explain how voice and the choice of a narrator, persona, or speaker affect characterization and the tone, plot,
and credibility of a text
Evaluate the credibility of literature based on voice and the choice of a narrator, speaker, or persona
Figurative Language
Skills Lesson: Figurative Language and Imagery
Recognize and understand the significance of various literary devices, including figurative language and imagery
Analyze how an author`s choice of language impacts mood and theme
Imagery
Skills Lesson: Sensory Imagery
Literary Skill: Analyze the use of sensory imagery in poetry and its function
Theme
Skills Lesson: Theme
Determine the central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development
Evaluate how word choice advances an author`s theme
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Unit Topic Lesson Lesson Objective
Stated and Implied Themes
Skills Lesson: Stated vs. Implied Themes
Literary Skill: Analyze and understand the differences between stated and implied themes in literary text.
Theories of Literary Interpretation
Skills Lesson: Theories of Literary Interpretation
Examine differing and diverse interpretations of literary and expository works and explain how and why
interpretations may vary from reader to reader
Draw on a variety of critical perspectives to respond to and analyze works of literature
Satire
Novel: from Don Quixote
Literary Skill: Identify elements parody, irony, satire, and humor in the novel. Identify different themes in the
novel.
Reading Skill: Identify characteristics of tragicomic hero in a modern chivalric medieval novel. Identify motifs
and symbols in the text.
Vocabulary Skill: Analyze important characteristics of the novel as an influential novel of its time. Identify word
origins.
Reading Comprehension: Humanities: Literary Nonfiction and Poetry
Expository Text
Skills Lesson: Evaluate and Clarify Expository Text
Literary Skill: Evaluate, define and clarify expository texts. Understand their purpose and components.
Analyzing Literature: Literary Nonfiction
Skills Lesson: Analyzing Literature
Literary Skill: Be able to analyze literature from various perspectives.
The Art of Rhetoric
Skills Lesson: The Art of Rhetoric
Identify and analyze the stylistic and rhetorical devices that are used to persuade in written and oral
communication.
Analyze the elements of deductive and inductive arguments, including how premises support conclusions for
both types of arguments.
Evaluating Arguments
Skills Lesson: Evaluating Arguments
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Unit Topic Lesson Lesson Objective
Describe how to evaluate the relevance and quality of evidence given to support or oppose an argument.
Explain why common logical fallacies such as the appeal to pity, the personal attack, the appeal to common
opinion, and the false dilemma do not prove the point being argued.
Identify false statements and explain the role they play in certain kinds of persuasive arguments.
Tone in Literary Nonfiction
Skills Lesson: Expository: Nonfiction
Compare and contrast the characteristics and purpose of different types of nonfiction: autobiographies,
biographies, memoirs, articles, essays, and personal accounts.
Explore the use, purpose, and significance of nonfiction in our world.
Examine how authors use language to establish mood and tone in nonfiction texts.
Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions
Skills Lesson: Make Inferences and Draw Conclusions
Reading Skill: Identify techniques to make inferences and draw conclusions in text.
Universal Theme
Skills Lesson: Universal Theme
Literary Skill: Understand the components of universal theme.
Reading Comprehension: Natural Science
Inferencing in Science Texts
The Strategy Focus: Inferencing
Learn how to use inferencing in reading text.
Use evidence and reasoning to reach a conclusion.
Use prior knowledge to go Beyond the Text.
Learn to use inferencing to make predictions in text.
Visualizing in Science Texts
The Strategy Focus: Visualizing
Preview text to determine text structure.
Use visualization strategies to form mental images, draw conclusions, and analyze sequence of steps.
Learn to use a graphic organizer to outline information in the text.
Summarizing Science Texts
The Strategy Focus: Summarizing
Learn to ask questions to create summaries of text.
Define summary and the components used in a summary.
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Unit Topic Lesson Lesson Objective
Learn to organize note-taking in order to summarize text.
Learn to write summaries of text using section headings.
Text Structure
The Strategy Focus: Text Structure
Use previewing to identify text structure.
Recognize different types of text structure.
Recognize different text formats and purposes.
Tone
Science - Bikes as Serious Business
Reading Comprehension: Students will monitor understanding while reading (asking questions to relate
pictures to text, summarizing while reading).
Science Comprehension: Use diagrams to understand the structure and application of simple machines.
Vocabulary: Understand applied technical vocabulary; recognize and understand vocab words in context.
Fluency: Use textual clues to identify tone; reflect tone in expression.
Reading Comprehension: Social Science
Previewing and Predicting in Social Science Texts
The Strategy Focus: Previewing and Predicting
Identify the strategy of previewing.
Define the strategies used in previewing.
Identify the different types of text.
Apply previewing strategies to different types of text.
Questioning In Social Science Texts
The Strategy Focus: Questioning
Learn to preview text to develop goal-setting questions.
Learn to use question words when reading.
Learn to ask the following types of questions: Between the lines; Beyond the text; and Evaluative.
Take notes while reading to identify the main idea and details of text.
Metacognition in Social Science Texts
The Strategy Focus: Metacognition
Define metacognition and how it is used in reading.
Learn to use metacognition in order to choose the appropriate strategy for comprehending text.
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Test Structure
Social Studies - Economics: What is Green Economics?
Reading Skill: Understand cause-and-effect text structure and identify clue words for cause and effect in text.
Social Studies Skill: Use clues and signal words to identify cause and effect in a text.
Vocabulary: Demonstrate understanding of 10 vocabulary words.
Fluency: Preview text to identify unfamiliar words and practice reading them.
Examining Supreme Court Decisions
Supreme Court Decisions
Trace how cases make it to the Supreme Court
Describe landmark cases heard by the Supreme Court
Analyze the outcome of landmark cases and how they changed society
Revolutionary Documents
Revolutionary Documents
Describe the significance of the Declaration of Independence on the creation of the Constitution
Identify the importance of early state constitutions
Outline the Articles of Confederation
Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
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VT-COMPASS-Writing Scope and Sequence
Unit Topic Lesson Lesson Objective
Writing: Usage and Mechanics
What is Grammar? Parts of Speech
Grammar: Parts of Speech
Identify and describe the purpose of the eight parts of speech.
Use a graphic organizer to demonstrate that a word's part of speech can change with usage.
Parts of Speech: Nouns
Grammar: Nouns
Identify different noun classifications (common, proper, countable, uncountable, collective, compound,
concrete, and abstract) and describe their characteristics.
Sort and classify nouns using graphic organizers.
Evaluate the use of collective nouns in sentences and correct as necessary.
Parts of Speech: Pronouns
Grammar: Pronouns
Recognize the different pronoun types and describe their uses.
Correctly apply rules for pronoun/antecedent agreement.
Evaluate sentences for correct use of subject and object pronouns; correct for misuse and hypercorrection.
Parts of Speech: Personal Pronoun Usage
Grammar: Personal Pronoun Usage
Differentiate between personal pronouns in the nominative, objective, and possessive cases
Correctly use personal pronouns to add clarity and meaning to writing
Evaluate sentences for correct personal pronoun usage; revise as necessary
Parts of Speech: Types of Verbs
Grammar: Verbs Types - Action, Linking, and Auxiliary
Define verb types (action, helping, and linking) and describe their uses.
Analyze sentences and use a graphic organizer to help distinguish between verb types.
Parts of Speech: Subject/Verb Agreement
Grammar: Subject/Verb Agreement
Identify and apply the rules of subject-verb agreement.
Recognize singular and plural subjects and verbs.
Evaluate sentences for subject-verb agreement, correcting sentences when necessary.
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Parts of Speech: Consistent Verb Tenses
Grammar: Consistent Verb Tenses
Summarize the guidelines for and provide examples of verb tense consistency.
Recognize the connection between consistent verb tense and clarity in writing.
Compare and correct verb tenses for consistency.
Parts of Speech: Prepositional Phrases
Grammar: Prepositional Phrases
Recognize prepositional phrases and analyze their components.
Describe the relationship of a prepositional phrase to the rest of the sentence; classify it as an adjective or
adverb phrase.
Parts of Speech: Phrases and Clauses
Grammar: Phrases and Clauses
Define "phrase" and "clause" and describe their purposes.
Recognize types of phrases and clauses (verb, noun, adjective, adverb) and their specific functions.
Classify phrases as essential or nonessential and correctly punctuate them.
Evaluate the impact of phrase/clause inclusion and placement on sentence meaning.
Grammar: The Sentence and Its Parts
Grammar: The Sentence and Its Parts
Define a sentence.
Identify the parts of a sentence, including the subject, predicate, object, and complement.
Demonstrate an understanding of the sentence and its parts by using a graphic organizer to diagram sentences.
Grammar: Sentence Variety
Grammar: Sentence Variety
Use phrases and subordinate clauses to vary sentence beginnings in writing
Use compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to vary sentence structure in writing
Grammar: Writing Effective Sentences
Grammar: Writing Effective Sentences
Summarize the characteristics of an effective sentence.
Identify and describe the strategies for developing effective sentences, including varying sentence length,
structure, and order.
Examine sentences and determine ways to increase their effectiveness.
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Grammar: Revising Sentences Fragments, Run-ons, and Comma Splices
Grammar: Fragments, Run-ons, and Comma Splices
Define and recognize fragments, run-ons, and comma splices.
Identify and apply a variety of methods to correct run-ons, fragments, and comma splices, including utilizing
commas and semicolons correctly.
Grammar: Revising Sentence Faults
Grammar: Sentence Faults
Recognize and revise sentence fragments, comma splices, and fused sentences
Evaluate sentences for dangling and misplaced modifiers; revise as necessary
Punctuation
Grammar: Punctuation
Review end mark punctuation and its uses.
Differentiate between and correctly use hyphens, dashes, parentheses, and brackets.
Punctuation: The Apostrophe and Colon
Grammar: The Apostrophe and Colon
Demonstrate the proper use of a colon to introduce lists, appositives, and long quotations; punctuate letters,
time, and references
Demonstrate the proper use of an apostrophe to indicate possession, omit letters, and pluralize certain
elements
Evaluate sentences for apostrophe and colon usage errors; correct as necessary
Punctuation: The Comma
Grammar: The Comma
Demonstrate proper use of the comma to separate grammatical elements and clarify meaning for the reader
Evaluate sentences for comma usage errors; correct as necessary
Spelling Strategies
Grammar: Spelling Strategies
Grammar Skill: Spell frequently used words correctly, and use effective strategies for spelling unfamiliar words
Writing: Rhetorical Skills
The Writing Process
The Writing Process
Identify and describe the steps of the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing.
Use prewriting to generate a specific, focused thesis statement.
Recall and explain how to develop paragraphs of an essay that fit into a logical, cohesive order in a first draft.
Summarize strategies that can be used to evaluate and refine a draft for ideas, clarity, and style.
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Unit Topic Lesson Lesson Objective
Research for Persuasive Writing
Skills Lesson: Planning for Research
Identify and describe the initial steps of the research process, including brainstorming, selecting a topic, and
composing a writing plan
Describe the importance and process of developing, adhering to, and revising research plans
Develop a research plan that includes a focused, manageable topic; an identified audience; and a research
question
The Elements of Argument
Skills Lesson: The Elements of Argument
Examine the structure of an argument
Analyze the validity and soundness of an argument
Differentiate between inductive and deductive reasoning
Identify how to address and rebut counterclaims properly in persuasive writing
Evaluating Arguments
Skills Lesson: Evaluating Arguments
Describe how to evaluate the relevance and quality of evidence given to support or oppose an argument.
Explain why common logical fallacies such as the appeal to pity, the personal attack, the appeal to common
opinion, and the false dilemma do not prove the point being argued.
Identify false statements and explain the role they play in certain kinds of persuasive arguments.
Types of Evidence
Skills Lesson: Types of Evidence and Logical Fallacies
Distinguish facts from opinions
Distinguish among different kinds of evidence used to support conclusions in arguments
Identify common logical fallacies and explain why they do not prove the point being argued
Evaluating Rhetoric
Skills Lesson: The Art of Rhetoric
Identify and analyze the stylistic and rhetorical devices that are used to persuade in written and oral
communication.
Analyze the elements of deductive and inductive arguments, including how premises support conclusions for
both types of arguments.
Gathering Information and Evidence
Skills Lesson: Gathering Information
Identify different systems for organizing and tracking information and sources
Differentiate between a quotation, a paraphrase, and a summary
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VT-COMPASS-Writing Scope and Sequence
Unit Topic Lesson Lesson Objective
Using Evidence
Skills Lesson: Using and Citing Evidence
Accurately paraphrase, summarize, and quote researched information
Using the MLA style, correctly and effectively integrate direct and indirect quotations and citations into text to
avoid plagiarism
Create a list of works cited using correct MLA format
Word Choice, Voice, and Tone
Skills Lesson: Word Choice, Voice, and Tone
Identify and describe the role of specific word choice in establishing a narrative voice and tone.
Distinguish tone from mood.
Analyze the effect of tone in writing.
The Writer's Voice
Skills Lesson: Writer's Voice
Literary Skill: Identify the components of writer's voice; tone, mood, diction, and style
Usage and Style: Voice
Grammar: Usage and Style - Voice
Grammar Skill: Identify different types of sentence usage and style, including dialect.
Using Word Choice to Connect Writing
Grammar: Paragraphs - Word Choice, Phrases, Transitions
Grammar Skill: Explain how repetitions of words, phrases, structural features, and ideas affect the meaning
and/or tone of a text.
Transitional Expressions
Grammar: Transitional Expressions
Grammar Skill: Understand and apply transitional words to make writing more coherent and logical. Use
graphical organizer to recognize transitional words and phrases.
Persuasive Paragraphs
Grammar: Paragraphs- Persuasive
Understand the purpose of persuasive writing.
Examine the different ways to persuade.
Analyze the structure and components of a persuasive argument.
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VT-COMPASS-Writing Scope and Sequence
Unit Topic Lesson Lesson Objective
Writing: Persuasive Essays
Persuasive Writing: Responding to a Quotation
Writing: Persuasive Essay: Our Changing Society
Compose a persuasive essay that clarifies and defends an expressed opinion with precise and relevant evidence
Anticipate and address readers` concerns, opposing viewpoints, or counterarguments
Identify and use language appropriate for audience and purpose
Using the Six Traits, evaluate and revise your essay with particular attention to ideas and content, organization,
and voice
Persuasive Writing: Defending a Position
Writing: Persuasive - A Global Language
Analyze the pros and cons of a focused and debatable topic, and build a position on the topic that addresses
counterarguments.
Collect, evaluate, and select compelling data (including facts, statistics, testimony, and examples) on different
sides of the debate; correctly cite data using the Modern Language Association style guide.
Write a persuasive essay that defends a clear position, avoids logical fallacies, and employs appropriate voice.
Using the Six Traits, develop and apply tools to evaluate and revise an essay for powerful ideas and content.
Persuasive Writing: Defining a Position
Writing: Persuasive - Advertising on School Grounds
Analyze the pros and cons of a focused and debatable topic, and build a position on the topic that addresses
counterarguments.
Collect, evaluate, and select compelling data (including facts, statistics, testimony, and examples) on different
sides of the debate; correctly cite data using the Modern Language Association style guide.
Write a persuasive essay that defends a clear position, avoids logical fallacies, and employs appropriate voice.
Using the Six Traits, develop and apply tools to evaluate and revise an essay for sentence fluency.
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