Our Year at a Glance
TERM ONE
READING
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The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros
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The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton
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SKILLS COVERED
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Active reading
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Figurative language
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Sound devices
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Beginnings and conclusions
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Citing evidence
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STEAL character analysis
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Literary analysis
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Socratic seminar
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Grammar & sentence structure
TERM TWO
READING
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​"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
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Night, by Elie Wiesel
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SKILLS COVERED
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Purpose & audience
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Tone & voice
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Persuasive writing
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Credible source evaluation
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MLA formatting
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Discussion techniques
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Critical analysis of historical documents
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Slam Poetry
TERM THREE
READING
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Romeo & Juliet, by Shakespeare
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Nothing But the Truth, by Avi
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SKILLS COVERED
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Annotation
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Vocabulary acquisition
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SMART Revision
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Peer editing
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Publication
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Performance
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Elements of Drama
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Multigenre project
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Torch speech