Course Syllabus
Yearlong Overview
| Unit | Assessment | Date |
| Literature Circles |
5 x Weekly Role Sheet |
August-April |
| Poetry | Various | Yearlong |
| Narrative Elements: Short Stories |
Various by Story Unit TEST |
August-October |
|
Anthem by Ayn Rand |
TEST Project (Student Choice) |
October-November |
| "Much Ado about Nothing" by Shakespeare |
TEST Essay Project |
November-December |
| Informational: Argument, Persuasion and Propaganda |
Article Speech Project |
January- March |
| The Wave by Todd Strasser | TEST | March |
| The Lord of the Flies by William Golding |
TEST Project (Student Choice) PBL |
April-May |
Literature Circle Books Choices
| Their Story | Teen Reads | Non-Historical | Big Books | Library Collection |
| Enclave | All Good Children | 7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens | Annexed | Carpe Diem |
| Revolver | Peak | The Notorious Benedict Arnold | Great and Terrible | Faceless |
| Shattering Glass | Rock and River | Alexander Hamilton: Revolutionary | Life As We Knew It | Fat Boy Swim |
| Skeleton Creek | Ship Breaker | I Will Always Write Back | Matched | Shabanu |
| The Compound | Unwind | I am Malala | Peregrine's Home | The City of Ember |
| You Don't Know Me | Boy | Outliers | The Uglies |
The Last Cherry Blossom
|
| Strong Inside |
The Impossible Rescue
|
No Summit out of Sight |