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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.

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 - 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.

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.

10th Grade English - Unit 5: Reading as Resistance: Reading Lolita in Tehran - Lesson 1

Develop questions for a research topic, gather and evaluate the credibility of sources, and begin to take notes for research.

10th Grade English - Unit 5: Reading as Resistance: Reading Lolita in Tehran - Lesson 3

Design and build an information slideshow presentation, complete with clear bullet points images, and a written paragraph in the speaker notes.

10th Grade English - Unit 5: Reading as Resistance: Reading Lolita in Tehran - Lesson 11

Write a scene describing your journey from school to home using Nafisi's structure as well as descriptive details, figurative language, and other stylistic elements.

10th Grade English - Unit 2: Flowers of Freedom: Voice, Defiance, and Coming of Age in Purple Hibiscus - Lesson 12

Write a scene from Purple Hibiscus from a different character’s perspective.

10th Grade English - Unit 1: "If This Goes On..." Technology, Truth, and Happiness in Fahrenheit 451 - Lesson 22

Draft an argumentative essay using strong transitional words/phrases and evidence from nonfiction texts.

10th Grade English - Unit 5: Reading as Resistance: Reading Lolita in Tehran - Lesson 22

Write a short descriptive scene that establishes mood through diction and imagery.

10th Grade English - Unit 1: "If This Goes On..." Technology, Truth, and Happiness in Fahrenheit 451 - Lesson 23

Create a Works Cited page for an argumentative essay and engage in peer review to revise their essays.

9th Grade English - Unit 2: You Laugh But It’s True: Humor and Institutional Racism in Born a Crime - Lesson 26

Explore digital exhibits to synthesize learning on South African culture.

9th Grade English - Unit 4: ¡Viva Las Mariposas! Voice and Agency in In the Time of the Butterflies - Lesson 28

Draft and then create a postcard that highlights the woman or group of women fighting against injustice around the world.

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