Language Arts (Bartlett)

8th Grade: Module 1: The Poetics and Power of Storytelling: Students will study how we build community, understand ourselves, and explain the world around us suing stories and poems. They will read the novel The Crossover by Kwame Alexander and poetry and ask the question: What is the power of storytelling? Students are finishing this unit by creating a Poetry Portfolio. 

7th Grade: Module 1: Identity in the Middle Ages: Students are introduced to the daily lives of medieval Europeans. Immersed in the Middle Ages (500-1500 AD), students focus on identity and character and the impact of society on both. Students will be reading Castle Diary by Richard Platt and The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman. Students are finishing this unit by creating an end of module narrative story.