The Tahoma School District uses the SpringBoard English Language Arts curriculum produced by the College Board to meet Common Core State Standards. As part of this curriculum, each student will receive their own copy of a textbook.
The 9th-grade curriculum is broken up into distinct units with 1-2 major assessments each:
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Key Texts:
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Key Assessments:
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Unit 1: Coming of Age in Changing Times
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To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
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Literary Analysis Essay
Editorial Commentary Speech
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Unit 2: Exploring Poetic Voices
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Poems by Pablo Neruda, Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes, and others
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Poetry Project
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Unit 3: Power and Propaganda
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Various visual, written, and audio texts
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Propaganda Project
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Unit 4: The Power of Language
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Animal Farm, by George Orwell
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Literary Analysis Essay
Russian Revolution Essay (w/ WS)
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Unit 5: Coming of Age on Stage
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Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare
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Performance
Actor / Director’s Notebook
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