Littleton Public Schools places a high value on maintaining strong partnerships with parents in the use of challenging materials in the classroom. The district also places a high value on providing students with a rigorous educational experience. District administration and the Board of Education believe it is appropriate for schools to offer opportunities for students to address controversial topics in an intellectual manner. Therefore, as students mature, so does the content they study in schools. Following you will find a list of materials frequently used in my courses along with the district opt in/opt out procedural safeguards.
7th Grade Language Arts
short stories may include
"In Our Own Hands" by Bruce Coville
"The Great Rat Hunt" by Lawrence Yep
"The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs
"Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents" by Kwame Alexander
"Your Question For Author Here" by DiCamillo and Scieszka
"Waters of Gold" by Lawrence Yep
book club options include
Fiction
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Historical Fiction
Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Septys
Fountains of Silence by Ruta Septys
How to Hang a Witch by Adriana Mather
I Must Betray You by Ruta Septys
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Septys
The Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley
Nonfiction
We Should Hang Out Sometime by Josh Sundquist
Additionally, students will participate in self-selected independent reading with novels.