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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 - 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.

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.

9th Grade - ¡Viva Las Mariposas! Voice and Agency in In the Time of the Butterflies

Students will examine how Julia Alvarez structures her historical fiction novel and gives voice to the four Mirabal sisters as they come of age under Trujillo's dictatorship in the Dominican Republic.

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.

10th Grade English - Unit 1: "If This Goes On..." Technology, Truth, and Happiness in Fahrenheit 451 - Lesson 1

Introduce themes of technology in Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451 and reflect on one's personal technology habits. 

9th Grade English - Unit 4: ¡Viva Las Mariposas! Voice and Agency in In the Time of the Butterflies - Lesson 2

Gain background knowledge on Trujillo's dictatorship in the Dominican Republic through a webquest exploration.

10th Grade English - Unit 1: "If This Goes On..." Technology, Truth, and Happiness in Fahrenheit 451 - Lesson 7

Explore a text set on book banning to determine one's own views of censorship in public schools.

9th Grade English - Unit 2: You Laugh But It’s True: Humor and Institutional Racism in Born a Crime - Lesson 12

Identify similarities and differences in the portrayal of South Africa’s colored community in Born a Crime Chapter 9 and a news report.

9th Grade English - Unit 2: You Laugh But It’s True: Humor and Institutional Racism in Born a Crime - Lesson 13

Analyze how a nonfiction article develops the idea that race is a social construct.

9th Grade English - Unit 3: Power, Justice, and Culpability: Of Mice and Men and The Central Park Five - Lesson 27

Analyze the choices director Ava DuVernay made in When They See Us and compare her portrayal of characters and events with Sarah Burns's text, The Central Park Five.

9th Grade English - Unit 3: Power, Justice, and Culpability: Of Mice and Men and The Central Park Five - Lesson 29

Analyze the choices director Ava DuVerney made in When They See Us and compare her portrayal of characters and events with Sarah Burns's text, The Central Park Five.

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