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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.

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.

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.

10th Grade - Flowers of Freedom: Voice, Defiance, and Coming of Age in Purple Hibiscus

Students will explore how Adichie uses characterization, structure, point of view, and motifs to develop themes connected to freedom, tyranny, and coming of age.

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 - 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 - ¡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.

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.

9th Grade English - Unit 5: Gender and Power in The Taming of the Shrew - Lesson 1

Analyze what the list story reveals about the relationship between the mother and the daughter, as well as gender roles and power in their society.

9th Grade English - Unit 5: Gender and Power in The Taming of the Shrew - Lesson 2

Analyze how Singh uses imagery and shifts in point of view to convey his message about societal expectations for men.

10th Grade English - Unit 2: Flowers of Freedom: Voice, Defiance, and Coming of Age in Purple Hibiscus - Lesson 3

Analyze how Adichie uses characterization and structure to introduce the Achike family.

9th Grade English - Unit 4: ¡Viva Las Mariposas! Voice and Agency in In the Time of the Butterflies - Lesson 3

Analyze how Alvarez structures her novel and characterizes Dedé and the Mirabal family in the first chapter.

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

Analyze how Minerva's experiences at school change her understanding and view of Trujillo’s regime.

9th Grade English - Unit 3: Power, Justice, and Culpability: Of Mice and Men and The Central Park Five - Lesson 4

Analyze how Steinbeck develops social hierarchies on the ranch that foreshadow conflict in the story.

10th Grade English - Unit 4: Making the Ordinary Extraordinary: Magical Realism in Latin American Literature - Lesson 5

Analyze how Cortázer uses diction and narrative perspective to establish an eerie mood.

10th Grade English - Unit 2: Flowers of Freedom: Voice, Defiance, and Coming of Age in Purple Hibiscus - Lesson 5

Analyze how Audre Lorde uses structural elements to develop the speaker's perspective.

9th Grade English - Unit 1: Me, Myself, and I: Examining Personal Identity in Short Texts - Lesson 5

Plan and write a free verse poem that explores your personal identity.

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