Grade

MyPerspectives

ERWC

Novels

9^th

Fall:

Unit 2

Theme: Survival

Essential Question: What does it take to Survive?

Unit 3

Theme: The Literature of Civil Rights

Essential Question: How can words inspire change?

Spring:

Unit 4

Theme: Star-Crossed Romances (R & J)

Essential Question: Do we determine our own destinies?

Unit 5

Theme: World’s End

Essential Question: Why do we try to imagine the future?

Hip Hop

Regular: 1 per semester

Honors: 2 per semester

10^th

Fall:

Unit 1

Theme: Inside the Nightmare

Essential Question: What is the allure of fear?

Unit 2

Theme: Outsiders and Outcasts

Essential Question: Do people need to belong?

Spring:

Unit 4

Theme: -All That Glitters

Essential Question: What do our possessions reveal about us?

Unit 5

Theme: Virtue and Vengeance

Essential Question:  What motivates us to forgive?

Age of Responsibility

Regular: 1 per semester

Honors: 2 per semester

11^th

Fall:

Unit 1

Theme: Words That Shaped a Nation

Essential Question: What is the meaning of Freedom?

Unit 2

Theme: Individual and Society

Essential Question: What role does individualism play in American society

Spring:

Unit 5

Theme: Facing our Fears

Essential Question: How do we respond when challenged by fear?

Unit 6

Theme: Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Tales

Essential Question: What do stories reveal about eh human condition?

Cloning

Regular: 1 per semester

Honors/AP: 2 per semester