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Collection One
Independent Reading Requirement for 1st Quarter
Greek and Latin Lists for 1st Quarter
"My Favorite Chaperone" by Jean Davies- Okimoto
Objective(s): Students will be able to identify and analyze the elements of a story's plot.
Students will be able to write a summary of "My Favorite Chaperone" by retelling the plot in their own words.
Objective(s): Students will be able to identify and analyze the elements of a story's plot.
Students will be able to write a summary of "My Favorite Chaperone" by retelling the plot in their own words.
"Bonne Annee" a personal essay by Jean-Pierre Benoit
Objective(s): Students will be able to analyze the parts of a personal essay and determine the author's purpose of varying texts.
Students will be able to determine a text's structure, identify the central idea, and investigate supporting details to describe how they contribute to the text.
Objective(s): Students will be able to analyze the parts of a personal essay and determine the author's purpose of varying texts.
Students will be able to determine a text's structure, identify the central idea, and investigate supporting details to describe how they contribute to the text.
"A Place to Call Home" a research study by Scott Bittle and Jonathan Rochkind
Objective (s): Students will be able to analyze text features and graphic aids in non-fiction texts.
Objective (s): Students will be able to analyze text features and graphic aids in non-fiction texts.
Collection Two
Greek and Latin Second Quarter
"Scary Tales" Essay by Jackie Lawrence
Objective(s): Students will be able to analyze an essay to determine the author's viewpoint, counterarguments, and elements of language that contribute to the author's style.
Objective(s): Students will be able to analyze an essay to determine the author's viewpoint, counterarguments, and elements of language that contribute to the author's style.
"The Monkey's Paw" Short story by WW Jacobs
Objective(s): Students will be able to determine and analyze a universal theme and analyze foreshadowing in a short story.
Objective(s): Students will be able to determine and analyze a universal theme and analyze foreshadowing in a short story.
"The Monkey's Paw" Film by Ricky Lewis Jr.
Objective(s): Students will be able analyze the choices a filmmaker makes when he or she decides to adapt a written story to movie.
Objective(s): Students will be able analyze the choices a filmmaker makes when he or she decides to adapt a written story to movie.
"The Tell-Tale Heart" Short story by Edgar Allan Poe
Objective(s): The student will be able to determine the point of view from which a story is told, evaluate the credibility of a narrator, and identify techniques used to create suspense in a fictional account.
Objective(s): The student will be able to determine the point of view from which a story is told, evaluate the credibility of a narrator, and identify techniques used to create suspense in a fictional account.
"What is the Horror Genre?" A literary criticism by Sharon A. Russell
Objective: Students will be able to analyze a literary criticism to gain insight into literature.
Objective: Students will be able to analyze a literary criticism to gain insight into literature.
Semester Exam
Collection Four
Greek & Latin Vocabulary Quarter 3
"When Do Kids Become Adults?" Arguments from “Room for Debate” in the New York Times
Objective(s): Students will be able to trace and evaluate arguments and evaluate supporting evidence to determine whether the evidence is relevant or irrelevant.
Objective(s): Students will be able to trace and evaluate arguments and evaluate supporting evidence to determine whether the evidence is relevant or irrelevant.
"Teens Need Jobs, Not Just Cash" by Anne Michaud & "Teens at Work" from The Record-Journal
Objective: Students will be able to analyze an argument and determine whether its claims are sufficiently supported.
Objective: Students will be able to analyze an argument and determine whether its claims are sufficiently supported.
"Is 16 Too Young to Drive?" article by Robert Davis and "Fatal Car Crashes Drop for 16-Year-Olds, Rise for Older Teens" article by Allison Aubrey
Objective: Students will be able to determine central ideas and details while analyzing relationships between ideas.
Objective: Students will be able to determine central ideas and details while analyzing relationships between ideas.
Argumentation Class Essay
Objective(s): LAFS.8.W.1.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
a. Introduce claim(s), acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence.
b. Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
c. Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.
d. Establish and maintain a formal style.
e. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows form and supports the argument presented
Objective(s): LAFS.8.W.1.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
a. Introduce claim(s), acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence.
b. Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
c. Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.
d. Establish and maintain a formal style.
e. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows form and supports the argument presented
Hero Unit
Why do people act heroically?
Objective(s): Students will be able to analyze the development of themes, central ideas, and perspectives across poetry, mythology, and non-fiction.
Objective(s): Students will be able to analyze the development of themes, central ideas, and perspectives across poetry, mythology, and non-fiction.
Fourth Quarter
from the Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Objective: Students will be able to recognize how an omniscient, third-person point of view creates dramatic irony and how elements of a writer’s style contribute to a humorous tone.
Objective: Students will be able to recognize how an omniscient, third-person point of view creates dramatic irony and how elements of a writer’s style contribute to a humorous tone.
The Masters Unit- Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math 4/5 - 4/8
Poetry
Two Sides of the American Dream
Figurative Language Music Poster Project
Anne Frank Unit
- In this unit, students will be able to:
- understand how events in Europe during the Nazi's rise to power and the subsequent Holocaust impacted the lives of real people.
- develop empathy for people, Jewish and non-Jewish, who were directly affected by the Holocaust.
- become familiar with terms and places associated with the Holocaust.
- improve content-area reading skills.