Overview of ELA Curriculum
Over the course of three years, students will participate in the following curricula. Curriculum may change due to students' interests or needs when possible. For 2022/23, 6th & 7th students will study Curriculum B, while 8th grade students complete Curriculum C.
ELA & Social Science Curriculum A
1st Quarter Identity & Community Short Stories & Fiction Signposts Book Clubs 2nd Quarter National History Day Project Bearing Witness: Japanese Internment Camps They Called Us Enemy 3rd Quarter Stolen Lives: Indigenous People A Long to Walk, The Night Diary 4th Quarter Human Migration: Enrique's Journey |
ELA & Social Science Curriculum B
1st Quarter American Identity & Dreams Informational Texts & Nonfiction Signposts When I was Puerto Rican 2nd Quarter National History Day Project Fighting Injustice: Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Uprising & Flesh and Blood 3rd Quarter Claiming our Place: LGBTQ+ Experiences in the US 4th Quarter Chinese Cultural Revolution: Red Scarf Girl |
ELA & Civics Curriculum C
1st Quarter Introduction to Rhetoric Project Soapbox 2nd Quarter Stamped Understanding Apartheid: Born a Crime Writing Portfolio Constitution 3rd Quarter Choices in Little Rock Warriors Don't Cry 4th Quarter Issues to Action Reparations Won |