English 10
Our semester includes a multitude of units as we explore our class theme: Chasing the American Dream
Our guiding questions will help us navigate through fiction, nonfiction, podcasts, videos, and other pieces of media.
Guiding questions for our semester:
How does the concept of the American Dream differ based on culture, religion, and ethnicity?
What is a microaggression? How can we be mindful of how our words affect others?
How do people struggle due to their socioeconomic status, gender, race, or disabilities?
How do people express their biases towards each other? What can we do to recognize our unconscious biases?
How can history change as we hear different perspectives; especially voices that were stifled?
How can we develop understanding for other culture? How can we demonstrate our respect for other cultures?
What factors shape identity? What parts of identity can people choose for themselves? What parts of identity are determined by other people or as a society?
(2023-2024) English 10 Syllabus
ENGLISH 10 2023-2024 Syllabus (4).pdf
Current Unit:
3A: A Raisin in the Sun
(Hansberry, 1959)
After receiving the large sum of money a family must decide how to spend it. Will their chance at middle class benefit every family member and lead them away from the cycle of financial struggles?
Past Unit
Reminder: Late assignments, projects, and assessments from this unit will only be accepted until the Of Mice and Men unit.
Unit 1A: I Was Their American Dream
(Gharib, 2019)
A young girl navigates her identity and code switches between her cultures while struggling with her parents’ only wish: to give her the dream they were never able to achieve.
Unit 1B: My Family Divided
(Guerrero & Moroz, 2018)
A young girl's life is turned upside down when she returns home one day to find her family deported.
Unit 2: Of Mice and Men
(Steinbeck, 1937)
Two displaced migrant ranch workers search for new jobs and opportunities during the Great Depression in the United States.
Upcoming Units and Novels/Texts
Unit 3B: The Harlem Renaissance.pdf
Unit 3A: "A Raisin in the Sun"
(Hansberry, 1959)
After receiving the large sum of money a family must decide how to spend it. Will their chance at middle class benefit every family member and lead them away from the cycle of financial struggles?
Unit 3B: Mini Poetry Unit - The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was the development of the Harlem neighborhood in New York City as a Black cultural mecca in the early 20th Century and the subsequent social and artistic explosion that resulted. Lasting roughly from the 1910s through the mid-1930s, the period is considered a golden age in African American culture, manifesting in literature, music, stage performance and art.
This mini unit is used to analyze historic poems from Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, and Georgia Douglas Johnson.
Unit 4: A Different Mirror
(Takaki, 2005)
Which voices are heard throughout history in the United States? Which have been stifled?
Unit 5: Student Choice
(Various authors - dependent on choice of text)
