BHS ELA Instructional Guide

Literary Texts

Informational Texts

● “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicolas Carr ● “Rebel With a Cause: Rebellion in Adolescence” by Dr. Carl Pickhardt (CommonLit) ● “Adolescence and the Teenage Crush” by Dr. Carl Pickhardt (CommonLit) ● “Is Your Reality Real?: The Dual Existence of Hobbes in Calvin and Hobbes as an Example of Subjective Realities” by Kira Lyle ● “What is a bar mitzvah, and how has the Jewish rite of passage evolved?” by Jonathan D. Sarna (Newsela) ● “With proms canceled, this family held a festive prom for two” by Washington Post (Newsela)

Unit 1 in Mirrors and Windows Level V covers plot, point of view, and theme Novels ● Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury ● To Kill a Mockingbird byHarper Lee ● A Long Way Gone by Ishamel Beah ● I’m Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez Short Stories ● “The Scorpion and the Frog” Fable ● “First Confession” by Frank O’Connor ● “Love” by William Maxwell ● “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing ( Mirrors and Windows, p. 29-36) Poetry ● Gilgamesh ● Beowulf Chapters ● “ Eleven” The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

Theme

Essential Questions

● What is justice? ● What are the roles and responsibilities of citizens in a democracy? ● How does culture affect justice? ● Is what is just always fair? ● What are some obstacles to justice? ● Is freedom of expression an essential component of democracy? ● What limitations might a government place on freedom of expression? ● What responsibilities, if any, do schools have to teach students how to engage in informed, civic discourse?

Justice and Democracy

Literary Texts

Informational Texts

● “Justice and Fairness” by Claire Andre and Manuel Velasquez ● “Last of the Scottsboro Boys get justice long delayed: pardons” by Los Angeles Times ● “Universal Declaration of Human Rights” by the United Nations ● “Declaration of the Rights of the Child” by the United Nations

Unit 2 in Mirrors and Windows Level V covers non-fction texts about the Civil Rights Movement Unit 4 in Mirrors and Windows Level V includes Julius Caesar Poetry ● “A Dream Deferred” by Langston Hughes

Paired Text Julius Caesar

● “Understanding Shakespeare” (Mirrors and Windows p. 524-529) ● “Primary Sources: The Assassination of Julius Caesar” by C. Suetonius

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