Students can get more information about their classes through Google Classroom. All students receive an invitation to join via email at the beginning of the school year and can get join codes in class.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
How do authors use literary techniques to convey meaning and make social commentary?
How can we—both collectively and as individuals—act as agents of positive change in the face of prejudice, discrimination, disenfranchisement, and dehumanization?
TEXTS UNDER EXAMINATION:
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
1984 by George Orwell
Night by Elie Wiesel
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
What is your role as a student journalist?
How has journalism changed through the years?
How does the media affect our daily lives and choices?
What career options are available to those trained in journalism?
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