10th Grade ELA Course Summary
Please Note: The Fishtank team has completed their revision of 10th Grade ELA. The five units below are the new sequence for the 2024-25 school year. If you wish you access old 10th Grade ELA units, you can find them in the archives.
In 10th Grade English Language Arts, students explore the tension between being an individual and being part of a community through diverse, rigorous, and relevant texts from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries: Fahrenheit 451, Purple Hibiscus, Antigone, magical realism short stories and Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Reading Lolita in Tehran, and thematically aligned texts: short stories, articles, poems, and digital media. Students will examine the reciprocal relationship between individuals and the society in which they live, considering how an individual's values impact its relationship with a community and vice versa.
Building upon the knowledge and English Language Arts skills they’ve developed in previous years, students deeply engage with complex texts through both independent reading and guided Close Reading, prepare for and engage in longform whole class discussions including Socratic Seminars, and write multi-paragraph responses to Essential Questions by gathering evidence and effectively communicating their thoughts.