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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 - 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.

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 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 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.

9th Grade English - Unit 1: Me, Myself, and I: Examining Personal Identity in Short Texts - Lesson 10

Engage in a small group hexagonal discussion to make connections between texts read so far in the unit. 

10th Grade English - Unit 3: "I was born to join in love, not hate—that is my nature": Civil Disobedience in Antigone - Lesson 12

Analyze how Emma Watson persuades her audience using delivery techniques, as well as rhetorical appeals and devices.

10th Grade English - Unit 1: "If This Goes On..." Technology, Truth, and Happiness in Fahrenheit 451 - Lesson 12

Unpack a writing prompt and use a graphic organizer to gather evidence in preparation for a two-paragraph response.

10th Grade English - Unit 1: "If This Goes On..." Technology, Truth, and Happiness in Fahrenheit 451 - Lesson 13

Outline a two-paragraph response, including a strong topic sentence, evidence, analysis, and a concluding statement.

10th Grade English - Unit 1: "If This Goes On..." Technology, Truth, and Happiness in Fahrenheit 451 - Lesson 14

Draft and revise a two-paragraph response analyzing Montag's transformation in "The Sieve and the Sand."

9th Grade English - Unit 3: Power, Justice, and Culpability: Of Mice and Men and The Central Park Five - Lesson 14

Take a position on one of three analytical prompts and gather textual evidence in preparation for a Socratic Seminar.

9th Grade English - Unit 1: Me, Myself, and I: Examining Personal Identity in Short Texts - Lesson 16

Prepare for a Socratic Seminar on overarching questions about Unit 1.

9th Grade English - Unit 3: Power, Justice, and Culpability: Of Mice and Men and The Central Park Five - Lesson 18

Review the parts of an introduction, and write a strong introduction to an analytical essay using the acronym H-I-T (hook, introductory information, thesis statement).

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