HS ELA Guide

Sample Theme Sample Essential Questions Respect Diversity and Be the Change ●​ What is the value of respecting diversity in the world?

●​ How does labeling and stereotyping influence how we look at and understand the world? ●​ How do we fulfill our responsibility to learn about other cultures? ●​ How do we acknowledge diversity? ●​ What can you do to make the world a better place? ●​ Why do we care? What are the effects if we don’t care? ●​ What is a need in our community that we can help with? ●​ What is the best thing we can do to effect the most change with the time and resources we have? ●​ How can writing influence change or increase awareness? ●​ “What is activism?” by Gale, Cengage Learning (Newsela) ●​ “King's granddaughter, 10, is finding her own way as an activist” by Shayna Orens (Newsela) ●​ “For teens, big problems may lead to meaningful research” by Caolyn Wilke (Newsela) ●​ “Opinion: Diversity produces better results” by Katherine W. Phillips, Scientific American (Newsela) Media Texts ●​ “The Danger of a Single Story” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, TED Talk ●​ “Stories of Young Changemakers” Informational Texts

Literary Texts

Novels ●​ Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Patillo Beales ●​ Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe ●​ American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang ●​ Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

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Jun 4, 2026

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