English I Distance Learning Summer School Units

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