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Curriculum
Vocabulary/Grammar
Independent Reading
Literature
Writing
* Cumulative Mid-Term
Exams
Writing Assignments
Journals Literature Responses Poetry Informative (research) Narrative Persuasive Compare/Contrast
Units of StudyThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Peer pressure, conflicts, outcasts Greasers & Socs Spirit Day Film viewing
Units of StudyTales of the Strange & Mysterious
Short Stories Edgar Allan Poe Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Legends, Myths, Monsters, & Mutants research & presentation
Haunted Menu party
Units of StudyRevolutionary War
“Paul Revere’s Ride” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Literature Circles The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing,
Traitor to the Nation by M.T. Anderson Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln
Collier & Sam Collier
Units of StudyHolocaust
Survivor Testimonies Literature Circles
Night by Elie Wiesel The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank All But My Life by Gerda Weissman Klein The Cage by Ruth Minsky Sender
Units of StudyChoices & Consequences
Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare Literature Circles
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper Whirligig by Paul Fleischman Swallowing Stones by Joyce McDonald
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