Grade 12 Semester 1 [NEW]

Daily / On Going

• SVVSD Routine Writing Handbook

• • The Four-Choice Journal

  • Reader’s Notebook

  • Daybook

  • Interactive Notebook

On-Demand: Personal Narrative (doc) (Writable)

On-Demand: Informative/Explanatory (doc) (Writable)

On-Demand: Argument: Text Analysis (doc) (Writable)

Summative Assessment: Personal Narrative (doc) (Writable)

Summative Assessment: Informative/Explanatory (doc) (Writable)

Summative Assessment: Argument: Text Analysis (doc) (Writable)

at least 2

• A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson 

• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 

• Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

• Hamlet by William Shakespeare

• Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez by Richard Rodriguez 

• King Lear by William Shakespeare 

• Lord of the Flies by William Golding

• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass 

• Siddhartha: An Indian Tale by Herman Hesse 

• Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver 

• The Alchemist by Paul Coelho 

• The Warrior's Heart: Becoming a Man of Compassion and Courage by Eric Greitens 

• Warriors Don't Cry: The Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High by Melba Patillo 

• You Asked for Perfect by Laura Silverman

at least 4-6

• “I Felt a Funeral in My Brain” by Emily Dickinson 

• “On the Cultivation of Virtue, Woman’s Work, and Politeness” by Zhao Ban (Pair w/ "...Benjamin Franklin")

• “Serving in Florida: Excerpt from Nickel and Dimed” by Barbara Ehrenreich 

• “The Guilty Party” by O. Henry

• “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot (Pair w/"Why Do We Hate Love?")

• “The Terror” by Junot Diaz (Pair w/ “What Fear Can Teach Us”) *Must login to CommonLit to view text.

• “The Thief and His Mother” by Aesop 

• "To Be or Not to Be Soliloquy" by William Shakespeare

• “‘Three Types of Friendship’ - Excerpt from The Nichomachean Ethics "by Aristotle

at least 2-4

• “How Resilience Works” by Diane Coutu 

• “Making College Matter” by Leo M. Lambert and Peter Felten (Pair w/"Mentors Play Critical Role...") (Pair w/"Want to Get Into College?...")

• “Mentors Play Critical Role in Quality of College Experience, New Poll Suggests” by Leo M. Lambert, Jason Husser, and Peter Felten (Pair w/“Making College Matter”)

• “More Facebook Friends, Fewer Real Ones, Says Cornell Study” by ABC News

• “Self-Concept” by Saul McLeod (Pair w/"Excerpt from Honky")

• “The Kohlberg Dilemmas” by Lawrence Kohlberg 

• “Want to Get Into College? Learn to Fail” by Angel B. Pérez (Pair with “Making College Matter”)

• “What Fear Can Teach Us” by Karen Thompson Walker (Pair w/“The Terror”)

• “What Your Most Vivid Memories Say About You” by Susan Knauss Whitbourne

• “Why Do We Hate Love?” by Robert Firestone (Pair w/ “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”)

at least 8-12

• TK

at least 2-4

• TK

at least 2

• TK

• Simple Weekly Planner

• ELA Lesson Plan Template

• Extended Text Planner

• Writing Task Planner

• Grades 6-8 ELA Language Expectations 

• Grades 9-12 ELA Language Expectations