Distance Learning Summer School: A 30 Day Unit for English I (Ninth Grade)
Week 1: All About You
- Getting to Know You
- My Life Is a Song
Week 2: To Be Young
Close Reading
- Big Joe’s Funeral
- Research: Difficulty of being a Teen
- Writing: One Paragraph Summaries/Connections to reading
- "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber": Evidence-Based Claims
Week 3: Friendship
Seven Habits of an Effective Reader
- Of Mice and Men
- Research: Friendship
-
Writing: Multi-paragraph response to literature
- Effective Body Paragraph Writing (TEAL)
Week 4: Friendship
Seven Habits of an Effective Reader
- Of Mice and Men
- Research: Friendship
-
Writing: Multi-paragraph response to literature
- Effective Body Paragraph Writing (TEAL)
- Effective Conclusion Writing
-
Effective Introduction Writing
- Thesis Statement
Week 5: Individuals vs The Collective
Seven Habits of an Effective Reader (continued)
- Anthem by Ayn Rand
- Writing: Short Essay Responses
Week 6: Biography and Memoir
Effective Writing
- DL Unit One