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Please note: NOT ALL ASSIGNMENTS are posted to the Google Classroom. This course is rooted in active discussion and collaboration, and daily attendance is critical. Resources and assignments are a mix of paper and digital, and the Google Classroom is used as a supplemental resource.
COURSE OVERVIEW
COURSE OVERVIEW
Freshman English uses the HMH Intro to Literature curriculum. Students will access the materials both digitally, using Bremerton School Distrct's technology hub Clever, and with their consumable (paper) textbook. In a global online world, it is important for students to learn to navigate digital media in responsible and meaningful ways. That said, we acknowledge that we want to be intentional about how and how much screen time students experience. Therefore, students are expected to bring their spiral notebook and their charged Chromebook to class with them each day where there will be a balance of assignments due digitally as well as on paper.
In this class, collaboration and learning are not only expected, they are required!
Freshman Into Literature focuses on reading, text analysis, grammar and writing skills through a gradual release model - students work in whole class large groups, small groups, and independently to learn, practice, and apply skills on both digital and traditional paper activities, assignments, assessments, and projects. The curriculum is built to be flexible, allowing for individual need and choice, when appropriate.
Units are arranged thematically with reading standards taught, practiced, and assessed through multiple genres of reading and writing in each unit.
NOTE: The HMH Into Literature curriculum is designed to allow teachers and students choice and flexibility as needed to address learning skills and standards. Therefore, we will not cover all units, but will select units and texts that most effectively help students access, practice, and improve reading and writing standards. Texts and assessments may change and may be covered out of order. Additional texts used for student choice may be accessed through the HMH Ed online site.
UNIT OVERVIEW
UNIT OVERVIEW
This year is our implementation year for our new ELA Curriculum, HMH Into Literature. With that in mind, we will be focused on accessing the units aligned with our Essential Reading and Writing Standards. If there is time at the end of the year, we will explore areas of the remaining units.
Freshman students will have two novel studies: Lord of the Flies and Romeo and Juliet.
UNIT 1: CRIME SCENES (HMH Unit 3)
Texts:
Entwined, Brian Tobin (Short Story)
Excerpt from The 57 Bus, Dashka Slater (Literary Nonfiction)
Why Are We Obsessed with True Crime?, Laura Hensley (Informational Text)
Gift-Wrapped Fathers, Eduardo (Echo) Martinez (Poem)
Bully, Radiotopia/PRX (Podcast)
Unsolved "Vigilante" Murder in the Heartland, C.M. Frankie (News Article)
Possible novels include: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote; Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie, or We'll Fly Away by Bryan Bliss
Assessments:
Write an informative essay
Reflect and extend: sketchnote or argumentative essay
Grammar assignments
Create a podcast
Unit test
UNIT 2: LORD OF THE FLIES (Novel study)
UNIT 3: LOVE AND LOSS (HMH Unit 4)
Texts:
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare (Drama)
My Shakespeare, Kate Tempest (Video and Poem)
More than Reckless Teenagers, Caitlin Smith (Literary Analysis)
Romeo is a Dirtbag, Lois Leveen (Literary Analysis)
Pyramus and Thisbe from Metamorphoses, Ovid (Myth)
Possible novels include: Romiette and Julio by Sharon Draper, The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, or Solo by Kwame Alexander
Assessments:
Write a literary analysis
Reflect and extend: create a comic strip OR write a short story
Grammar assignments
Unit test
UNIT 4: EPIC JOURNEYS (HMH Unit 6)
Texts:
Excerpt from The Odyssey, Homer, translated by Robert Fitzgerald (Epic Poem)
Archeology's Tech Revolution, Jeremy Hsu (Informational Text)
Excerpt from The Cruelest Journey: 600 Miles to Timbuktu, Kira Salak (Travel Writing)
The Journey, Mary Oliver (Poem)
Possible novels include: The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner, Finding Miracles by Julia Alvarez, or The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
Assessments:
Write an expository essay
Reflect and extend: create a movie trailer OR write a play
Grammar assignments
Unit test
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