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Middle School Language Arts
Language Arts 6
In the unit "Making Decisions that Make a Difference," s
tudents will read a variety of informational texts to learn information about making good decisions in various aspects of life. They will also examine life choices made by two different authors to understand the impact of these choices and also to determine what they can learn from the decisions made by others.
Language Arts 7
The unit "Examining our Consumer Culture" is designed to allow students to explore information about the effects of how we choose to spend our money. During this unit, they will examine several texts that reflect authors’ arguments on topics related to consumerism. They will analyze how author’s craft their arguments with relevant and sufficient information in order to support their ideas.
Language Arts 8
T
he unit
Approaching Adulthood: The Power of Responsibility
was designed to provide the opportunity for students in Grade 8 English Language Arts to explore how young people develop into adulthood. The unit also allows 8
th
graders the chance to examine informational articles, short stories and poetry that focus on the challenge of moving from childhood through the teen years into adulthood. This unit will engage students in a variety of reading activities to explore the concept of developing an argument based on non-fiction text. Students will analyze a variety of texts as part of their work in this unit. They will engage in careful analysis, including argument analysis and composition, of a variety of texts in order to regularly apply the concepts learned in class to many texts.
High School English
English 9
In the unit “Experience and Loss of Innocence” students build on their abilities to trace themes throughout the text as they study Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet as well as additional texts thematically connected to the play. First, students trace key literary elements of dramatic and tragic structure, examining how the author manipulates time and plot to achieve dramatic effects. Next, students examine the lasting cultural, artistic, and philosophical legacy of Shakespeare’s work by comparing multiple works of art influenced by the play. Following this unit, students will complete the Capstone Essay.
English 10
Throughout this unit, students will tackle the themes of power and the misuse of power. The unit will focus on the use of rhetoric, argument, and synthesis in writing. Students will have the opportunity to write analyses of characters as well as strengthen their ability to compose an argument. Students will spend significant time considering the context of the text. In
literature, students will analyze the cultural experience reflected in the text; in informational text, students will consider the author’s point of view and purpose and the use of rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.
English 11
This unit pairs foundational works with pieces of modern and mid-century poetry, prose, music and art. Students will determine how themes and central ideas develop and interact over of the course of the text by examining authors’ choices and rhetoric. Students will read a variety of shorter texts to draw conclusions regarding what it means to express the American Story.
English 12
This unit is structured with two different pathways; instruction for each pathway is designed to take approximately half a quarter. A teacher may choose to use one pathway, both pathways, or pieces from each one to fit into the time allotted for the unit and to fit the needs of his/her/their students.
Pathway A
, the narrative pathway, ends with a PBA that asks students to write a personal narrative that relates to “Living Like Weasels” and one other text in Collections or Collections, Close Reader. In addition, students will have opportunities to apply their knowledge of critical approaches to selected readings, and students are asked to read through the lens of cultural traditions. The unit also contains a lesson that exposes students to the structure and content of two modern pastoral poems that explore man’s relationships with nature.
Pathway B
, the argument pathway, ends with a PBA that requires close reading and annotation of outside sources, as well as careful planning and organization to meet the demands of the Grade 11-12 standard for argumentative writing. In addition, students will build on their research skills, their knowledge of the argument essay, and their use of text-based evidence to support and refute claims as they explore numerous articles that address scientific advancements in genetic engineering and the moral issues that arise as a result.