Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
Unit & Focus Essential Questions Featured Text Summative
Assessments
Reviews (mini-unit) How do writers create authentic reviews? Assorted reviews-formal and blogs Review
What is “style”? (tone, audience, diction) Annotations and
responses
Fiction with a focus What keeps a society or community together? Book club novels including: S hip Breaker, Literary Analysis
on Dystopian How is science fiction cautionary? Across The Universe, Scythe, The Hunger Annotated
Literature (Science How free are we to make our own decisions? Games, Ready Player One, The Uglies, 1984, Bibliography
Fiction) How important is it for people to have choices? “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson Speaking and
In a perfect world, is fair equal? “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury Listening
“Examination Day” By Henry Sleser
Non-Fiction, Does our justice system serve all people fairly? Serial podcast Note-taking
Argument & How does our justice use evidence? Related materials Mock Trial
Research focusing What does power have to do with fairness and justice? Research
on Social Justice Vocabulary
Speaking and
Listening
Grammar
Assessment
Poetry How does poetry contribute to personal Louder than a Bomb - Documentary Literary Analysis
expression? Young Chicago Authors - in house teaching (Poetry Portfolio)
How does an author create voice? artists (3-day workshop) Writing of poetry
How does reading poetry teach us about myself and others? Assorted modern and classic poems Figurative Language
In communicating with others, how do we use literal and Speaking and
figurative language to write, speak, and present effectively? Listening
How does the use of voice empower an individual?
Memoir, fiction, Am I my brother’s keeper? Various novel studies including: Research
historical How can I recognize human integrity? Berlin Boxing Club Collaborative digital
fiction-Genocide What are my responsibilities to understanding history and The Book Thief writing and
making connections to the past? Between Shades of Gray publishing
What is community? How are decisions made about who A Long Way Gone Speaking and
belongs and who is excluded? What is the What Listening
What choices do people make in the face of injustice? Broken Memory
(These questions kind of come back to our first unit!) Forgotten Fire
What is the purpose of remembering? What are the Never Fall Down
consequences of forgetting?
What can we, as individuals, groups and nations, do to
prevent massive acts of violence in the future?
Fiction & Research - What can I learn about myself and others from the books I Various novel studies including: Literary Analysis
Culture and Identity read? Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel Research
Do I see myself in the books I read? Piecing Me Together PSA Project
Am I accurately portrayed? Far From the Tree Vocabulary
Do I see people who are different from me in the books I All American Boys Reading Rubrics
read? Are they accurately portrayed? The Hate U Give Speaking and
How can we make connections to other cultures in order to I’ll Give You the Sun Listening
better understand our own identity? The Sun Is Also a Star
How have some people and groups had to struggle to All We Have Left
maintain their identities? The First Rule of Punk
Fiction in the form of Why do authors adapt traditional tales? “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Literary Analysis
short stories, myths, What do traditional tales teach us about a culture’s beliefs? Been” by Joyce Carol Oates Narrative Writing -
and traditional tales In what ways do stories illustrate the belief systems and Various stories by The Brothers Grimm, genre study
customs of the cultures that create them? Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault, Speaking and
What influence do “traditional stories” have on our literature and others. Listening
today? Grammar
How and why have “traditional” stories changed and been Assessment
adapted?