English Teachers 9-12
9th Grade English
Unit 0: Foundations
English 9 started with foundational unit, going over class learning targets and structure as well as analyzing the poem "Where I'm From" by George Ella Lyon and writing their own version of the poem.
English 9 started with foundational unit, going over class learning targets and structure as well as analyzing the poem "Where I'm From" by George Ella Lyon and writing their own version of the poem.
Unit 1: Informational Text
English 9 is currently working on an informational text unit, where students will conduct a research project by reading and analyzing a variety of sources in order to write a cause and effect paper with an annotated bibliography. Students elected to study the topic of police brutality. We are currently reading and evaluating texts as a class. Students will later zoom in on a more specific aspect of this topic, such as a particular solution. Because of the complex nature of this unit, students will receive lessons from the school librarian on plagiarism, Boolean operators and other search techniques, and tips for evaluating the credibility of sources, especially webpages. Students will also go on a field trip to the National Library of Public Information in order to locate published print sources for their research project.
English 9 is currently working on an informational text unit, where students will conduct a research project by reading and analyzing a variety of sources in order to write a cause and effect paper with an annotated bibliography. Students elected to study the topic of police brutality. We are currently reading and evaluating texts as a class. Students will later zoom in on a more specific aspect of this topic, such as a particular solution. Because of the complex nature of this unit, students will receive lessons from the school librarian on plagiarism, Boolean operators and other search techniques, and tips for evaluating the credibility of sources, especially webpages. Students will also go on a field trip to the National Library of Public Information in order to locate published print sources for their research project.
10th Grade English
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11th Grade English
Unit 0: Foundations
English 11 started with foundational unit, going over class learning targets and structure as well as analyzing the poems "I Hear American Singing" by Walt Whitman and "I, Too" by Langston Hughes. Students then wrote their own version of a metaphorical singing poem.
English 11 started with foundational unit, going over class learning targets and structure as well as analyzing the poems "I Hear American Singing" by Walt Whitman and "I, Too" by Langston Hughes. Students then wrote their own version of a metaphorical singing poem.
Unit 1: Early American Traditions
English 11 just started their unit on Early American Traditions. The first class involved studying foundational myths related to Taiwanese and American culture, such as the Iroquois myth of the Woman who fell from the sky, chapters of Genesis from the King James Version of the Bible, background information about Haitian vodou, and Chinese flood myths. These myths will inform their understanding of Puritan values, the Iroquois Constitution, and the interaction of values in Arthur Miller's account of the Salem Witch Trials in The Crucible.
English 11 just started their unit on Early American Traditions. The first class involved studying foundational myths related to Taiwanese and American culture, such as the Iroquois myth of the Woman who fell from the sky, chapters of Genesis from the King James Version of the Bible, background information about Haitian vodou, and Chinese flood myths. These myths will inform their understanding of Puritan values, the Iroquois Constitution, and the interaction of values in Arthur Miller's account of the Salem Witch Trials in The Crucible.
12th Grade English
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Students collaborate, discuss, and debate, while learning about the rich tradition of British Literature, beginning with a unit on Anglo-Saxon poetry.
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