Course Syllabus
Yearlong Overview
| Unit | Assessment | Dates |
|
Literature Circles (Various Titles) |
5 x Weekly Role Sheet | Yearlong |
| STEMS | Bi-Weekly Quizzes | August-April |
| Grammar |
Level I TEST Level I-IV TEST |
August- March |
| Narrative Elements |
TEST In-Class Essay |
August-October |
|
Animal Farm by George Orwell |
TEST | October-November |
| Anthem by Ayn Rand | Group Project | November |
| The Odyssey by Homer |
In-Class Essay TEST |
November-December |
| Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare |
In-Class Essay TEST |
December-January |
| To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee |
TEST |
January-February |
| Lord of the Flies by William Golding |
In-Class Essay TEST |
March-April |
| Selected Poetry | Will vary | Yearlong |
Literature Circle Books Choices
| Their Story | Teen Reads | Non-Historical | Big Books |
| Enclave | All Good Children | 7 Habits of Highly Successful Teens | Annexed |
| Revolver | Peak | The Notorious Benedict Arnold | Great and Terrible |
| Shattering Glass | Rock and River | Alexander Hamilton: Revolutionary | Life As We Knew It |
| Skeleton Creek | Ship Breaker | I Will Always Write Back | Matched |
| The Compound | Unwind | I am Malala | Peregrine's Home |
| You Don't Know Me | Boy | Outliers | The Uglies |
| Strong Inside |
The Impossible Rescue
|
No Summit out of Sight |