Menu of Choices: 2021–2022

All Units: 2021–2022

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Final update: 5/26/22


Final Unit: Q4C (6/1–6/10)

UNIT: FINAL PROJECTS — SENIOR TALKS & FINAL REFLECTIONS

READING WORKWRITING WORK
Senior Projects OverviewSenior Talks: Full Packet
Senior TalksLetter to Your Younger/Older Self
Addressing an AudienceFinal Reflections & Guided Self-Analysis
Late Work: READ Poster

Previous Unit: Q4B (5/2–5/31)

UNIT: FINAL PROJECTS — SENIOR TALKS & LITERATURE PROJECTS

READING WORKWRITING WORK
Senior Projects OverviewResearch-Driven Essay
Senior TalksSenior Talks: Full Packet
Replacement Literature Project: Summer Reading
Optional: Self-Prescribed Literature ProjectOptional: Addressing an Audience

Previous Unit: Q3C–Q4A (4/1–4/29)

UNIT: FINAL PROJECTS — RESEARCH-DRIVEN ESSAY

READING WORKWRITING WORK
Extended Time: The Bean Trees by Barbara KingsolverExtended Time: Reader's Response: Full Guide
April 1, 2022Research-Driven Essay
Senior Projects Overview

Previous Unit: Q3B–Q3C (3/1–3/31)

UNIT: EMPATHY AND ISOLATION — THE BEAN TREES

READING WORKWRITING WORK
The Bean Trees by Barbara KingsolverReader's Response: Full Guide
Resource Page: The Bean TreesReader's Response: Simplified Chart
Chad Fowler, "Your Most Important Skill"Empathy Exercises: Revised
Instructional Post: The Practice of EmpathyPractical Empathy: Schoolwide
Pareto Projects: Getting StartedPareto Project: Blueprint Submissions
Pareto Projects: Simple Guide

Previous Unit: Q3A (2/1–2/28)

UNIT: EMPATHY AND ISOLATION — MINI-UNIT ON SHORT FICTION

READING WORKWRITING WORK
Short Fiction from "The Decameron Project"Comparative Literary Analysis (Revisions)
Instructional Post: Reader's Response WritingReader's Response: Full Guide
Reader's Response: Simplified Chart
Pareto Projects: Getting StartedPareto Project: Blueprint Draft
Pareto Projects: Simple Guide

Previous Unit: Q2C (1/3–1/31)

UNIT: MORALITY AND THE INVISIBLE MAN

READING WORKWRITING WORK
The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells, 1897)Essential Questions
The Invisible Man (James Whale, 1933)Character Analysis
Resource Page: The Invisible ManRhetorical Analysis
Take-Home Test | Google Form
Comparative Literary Analysis
Pareto Projects: Full GuidePareto Project: Step #1 (Form)
Pareto Projects: Simple GuidePareto Project: Step #1 (Padlet)

Previous Unit: Q1C–Q2B (11/3–12/23)

UNIT: TRUTH, LIES, AND MEMORY — WITH 1984

READING WORKWRITING WORK
Truth, Lies, and Memory (All Texts)Truth, Lies, and Memory (All Tasks)
George Orwell's 1984• Required: Literary Analysis (1984)
Learning to Lie• Optional: Short Personal Narrative
Learning to Lie: Paginated Copy• Required: Learning to Lie: ¶ Responses
The Ways We Lie• Optional: Rhetorical Analysis for Emulation
• Required: Classification and Division Essay
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus• Optional: Responsive Analysis and Discussion
Pareto Projects: Overview

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