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9th Grade English

Students read a plethora of contemporary, traditional, and multimedia texts about underlying themes of invisibility, marginalization, and otherness, and examine the structures and institutions that show how race, class, nationality, gender, sexuality, and community shape the extent to which someone is visible.

10th Grade English

In this 10th grade course, students explore core texts from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, while considering what, if any, responsibility we have for others and examining the things, people, and places that motivate people to act in the best interests of others.

10th Grade - "If This Goes On..." Technology, Truth, and Happiness in Fahrenheit 451

Students will explore the effects of technology and censorship in Ray Bradbury's dystopian novel and make connections between his futuristic society and their own.

9th Grade - Me, Myself, and I: Examining Personal Identity in Short Texts

Students explore the factors that contribute to and impact one’s personal identity through their reading of short stories, poems, and nonfiction.

9th Grade - You Laugh But It’s True: Humor and Institutional Racism in Born a Crime

Students explore how Trevor Noah leverages elements of fiction, such as characterization, figurative language, and tone, to develop his complex argument about institutional racism and its impact on identity development.

10th Grade - Making the Ordinary Extraordinary: Magical Realism in Latin American Literature

Students will explore the literary genre of magical realism through a selection of short stories and the novella Chronicle of a Death Foretold, analyzing how writers blend realism with fantastical elements to reveal truths about human nature.

9th Grade - Power, Justice, and Culpability: Of Mice and Men and The Central Park Five

Students will read Of Mice and Men, examining elements of Steinbeck's craft—setting, characterization, and structure—and connecting his thematic exploration of racism and classism to the 2011 nonfiction text The Central Park Five by Sarah Burns.

10th Grade - "I was born to join in love, not hate—that is my nature": Civil Disobedience in Antigone

Students will examine the central conflict in Antigone between loyalty to one's family and religion and loyalty to society and the law, exploring how characters use rhetorical appeals and devices to convey their stance about their allegiance.

9th Grade - Gender and Power in The Taming of the Shrew

Through their reading of Shakespeare's play and supplemental texts, students examine the thematic ideas of gender and power, making connections between the play and contemporary societal messages.

10th Grade - Reading as Resistance: Reading Lolita in Tehran

In Reading Lolita in Tehran, students will examine the central conflict between citizens and their oppressive government, considering how fiction, as well as the reading and discussion of it, can be a powerful form of resistance.

9th Grade English - Unit 3: Power, Justice, and Culpability: Of Mice and Men and The Central Park Five - Lesson 1

Compare depictions of migrant workers in a video from Reading Through History and various photographs by Dorothea Lange, noting the similarities in their representations.

9th Grade English - Unit 5: Gender and Power in The Taming of the Shrew - Lesson 3

Examine the structure and meaning of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's Declaration of Sentiments.

9th Grade English - Unit 2: You Laugh But It’s True: Humor and Institutional Racism in Born a Crime - Lesson 3

Analyze how Noah develops the setting, establishes the tone, and introduces the characters in the first chapter of Born a Crime.

10th Grade English - Unit 5: Reading as Resistance: Reading Lolita in Tehran - Lesson 5

Analyze how Nafisi opens her memoir and what events led her to create a reading group.

9th Grade English - Unit 2: You Laugh But It’s True: Humor and Institutional Racism in Born a Crime - Lesson 6

Brainstorm and plan a mini-memoir that uses an informal and conversational tone as well as description and dialogue.

10th Grade English - Unit 5: Reading as Resistance: Reading Lolita in Tehran - Lesson 6

Analyze how certain events and anecdotes further develop Nafiisi's ideas about life in Tehran.

10th Grade English - Unit 3: "I was born to join in love, not hate—that is my nature": Civil Disobedience in Antigone - Lesson 6

Analyze Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s reasoning for breaking unjust laws and make connections back to Antigone

10th Grade English - Unit 5: Reading as Resistance: Reading Lolita in Tehran - Lesson 7

Analyze how the reading group develops Nafisi's ideas about insubordination.

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