Sample taken from 10th Grade ELA Each unit has a Focus Question that asks students to think deeply about literature and the world around them. Each Focus Question is connected to a Common Core State Standards. The Standards identify the skills that students should master at each grade level. These Standards may also be taught during the unit. They provide support for the Focus Standards listed above. Animal Farm is the target text. Elie Wiesel’s Night is YA, or companion, text. LIST OF ADOPTED MIDDLE SCHOOL TEXTS 6th Grade Curriculum Texts Texts are listed alphabetically. 6th Grade CRS Texts 6th Grade On-level Texts 6th Grade Honors Texts A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine “All Summer in a Day,” Ray A Tale Dark & Grimm, Adam ​ ​ L’Engle (L 740) Bradbury (L 950) Gidwitz (L 690) Earth’s Water Cycle, Diane A Long Walk to Water, Linda Brown Girl Dreaming, ​ ​ ​ Dakers (L 980) Sue Park (L 720) Jaqueline Woodson (L 990) “Harlem,” Langston Hughes “El Dorado,” Edgar Allan Poe Fever 1793, Laurie Halse (poem) Anderson (L 580) Kids Discover Ancient Greece “Eleven,” Sandra Cisneros (L Hound of the Baskervilles, Sir ​ 1090) Conan Doyle (L 1010) Kids Discover Mummies Freak the Mighty, Rodman Island of the Blue Dolphins, ​ ​ Kids Discover Rocks Philbrick (L 930) Scott O’Dell (L 1000) Life As We Knew It, Susan Flush, Carl Hiaasen (L 860) Julius Caesar, William ​ ​ ​ Beth Pfeffer (L 770) Shakespeare “Ghost of the Lagoon,” Mesopotamia, Sunita Apte (L Armstrong Sperry (L 770) Monster, Walter Dean Myers ​ ​ 890) (L 670) “Harlem,” Langston Hughes “Mother to Son,” Langston (poetry) Red Kayak, Priscilla ​ Hughes Cummings (L 830) Hatchet, Gary Paulsen (L ​ Pyramids and Mummies, 1020) Rules, Cynthia Lord (L 670) ​ Seymour Simon (L 890) Holes, Louis Sachar (L 660) Schooled, Gordon Korman (L ​ ​ “The April Rain Song,” 740) Langston Hughes “How to Eat a Poem,” E. Merriam (poetry) The Cay, Theodore Taylor (L ​ The Mighty Miss Malone, 860) ​ Christopher Paul Curtis (L “If,” Rudyard Kipling (poem) 750) The City of Ember, Jeanne ​ I Have Lived A Thousand DuPrau (L 680) “The Rusty Spigot,” Eve Years, Livia Bitton-Jackson (L ​ Merriam 720) The Dark is Rising, Susan ​ Cooper (L 920) “The Sky is Low,” Emily “Lawmakers Blast Trump Dickinson Budget Cut that would Blast The Egypt Game, Zilpha ​ Chesapeake Bay Cleanup,” Keatley Snyder (L 1010) The Story of My Life, Helen Briana Thomas, Cecil Whig ​ Keller (L 1150) Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer, “Lob’s Girl,” Joan Aiken (L John Grisham (L 790) Tornadoes, Seymour Simon 960) ​ (L 1020) Woodsong, Gary Paulsen (L ​ Love That Dog, Sharon 1030) ​ Touching Spirit Bear, Ben Creech (L 1010) ​ Wonder, R.J. Palacio (L 790) Mikaelsen (L 670) ​ No Fear Julius Caesar, ​ ​ William Shakespeare (SparkNotes) Number the Stars, Lois Lowry ​ (L 670) Roll of Thunder Hear my Cry, ​ Mildred D. Taylor (L 920) Save the Bay, the ​ Chesapeake Bay Foundation (Video) So Far From the Bamboo Grove, Yoko Kawashima ​ Watkins (L 730) Teacher selected sonnets, William Shakespeare “The Cremation of Sam McGee,” Robert W. Service (poem) “The Eagle,” Lord Alfred Tennyson (poem) “The Fish Story,” Mary Lou Brooks (L 910) “The Jacket,” Gary Soto (L 1030) The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Avi (L 740) ​ “The War Over the Chesapeake Bay,” T.J. Kirkpatrick, Politico, May 25, 2016 The Wave,Todd Strasser (L ​ 790) Two Old Women, Velma ​ Wallis (L 1030) Witch of Blackbird Pond, ​ Elizabeth George Speare (L 850) World Without Fish, Mark ​ Kurlansky and Frank Stockton (illustrator) (L 1180) 7th Grade Curriculum Texts Texts are listed alphabetically. 7th Grade On-level Texts 7th Grade Honors Texts A Long Walk to Water, Linda Sue Park, (L Berlin Boxing Club, Robert Sharenow (L 880) ​ ​ 720) Boys in the Boat, Daniel James Brown (L ​ “Annabel Lee,” Edgar Allan Poe (poem) 1260) “Avoiding Armageddon: Learn the Facts,” Boy on the Wooden Box, Leon Leyson (L ​ PBS,http://www.pbs.org/avoidingarmageddon 1000) /learnTheFacts/learn_00.html Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank (L 1020) ​ Blizzard of Glass, Sally M. Walker (L 1100) ​ Esperanza Rising, Pam Munoz Ryan (L 750) ​ Boy, James Hanley, (L 1020) ​ Out of the Dust, Karen Hesse (L 1040) ​ “Charles,” Shirley Jackson (L 760) The Book Thief, Markus Zusak (L 730) ​ Dirk the Protector, Gary Paulsen (L 940) ​ The Contender, Robert Lipstye (L 690) ​ Drowned City, Don Brown (L 920) ​ The Giver, Lois Lowry (L 760) ​ Endangered, Eliot Schefer (L 900) ​ The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien (L 1000) ​ Flashfire, Richard Stark (L 820) ​ Time Machine, H.G. Wells (L 1010) ​ Flight 116 is Down, Caroline B. Cooney (L ​ 710) Uglies, Scott Westerfeld (L 770) ​ Growing Up Digital, Matt Richtel (L 1660) Unlikely Warrior, Georg Rauch (L 1040) ​ ​ Guest Opinion: Step Away from the Screen, Unwind, Neal Shusterman (L 740) ​ ​ Margaret Desler, M.D. (L 1310) Warrior’s Heart, Eric Greitens (L 910) ​ Hidden Figures: Young Readers’ Edition, Margot Lee Shetterly (L 1120) Hoot, Carl Hiaasen (L 760) ​ I Am Malala, Christina Lamb, Malala ​ Yousafzai, and Patricia McCormick (L 1000) Clips from La Perla (The Pearl), Emilio ​ ​ Fernández “Let America Be American Again,” Langston Hughes (poem) Matched, Allie Condie (L 680) ​ “Retrieved Reformation,” O. Henry (L 900) “Riki-Tiki-Tavi,” Rudyard Kipling (L 970) Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi, (L 690) ​ TedTalk: “My Daughter Malala” The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, John Boyne ​ (L 1080) Clips from The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, ​ ​ Mark Herman The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Bryan ​ Mealer and William Kamkwamba (L 850) The Girl from Felony Bay,J.E. Thompson (L ​ 970) “The Highwayman,” Alfred Noyes (poem) “The Jabberwocky,” Lewis Carroll (poem) The Killing Sea, Richard Lewis (L 760) ​ “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street,” Rod Serling (poem) “The Names,” Billy Collins (poem) The Pearl, John Steinbeck (L 1000) ​ “There Will Come Soft Rains,” Ray Bradbury (L 910) “There will Come Soft Rains,” Sara Teasdale (poem) The Role of Folktales Today, Dr. Hae-ri Kim ​ Video Games Benefits Children Study Finds, ​ Queensland University of Technology (L 1580) Weedflower, Cynthia Kadohata (L 750) ​ When the Emperor was Divine, Julie Otsuka ​ (L 810) Why Facebook Could Actually Be Good for Your Mental Health, Sy Mukherjee (L 1470) ​ Wonder, R.J. Palacio (L 790) ​ 8th Grade Curriculum Texts Texts are listed alphabetically. 8th Grade On-level Texts 8th Grade Honors Texts An American Plague, Jim Murphy (L 1130) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis ​ ​ Stevenson (L 970) "A Winning Mindset." Randy Borum, Black Belt Magazine. April 2008 (L 1000-1100) Harriet Tubman: Secret Agent, Thomas B. ​ Allen (L 1120) Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon, Steve “Hop-Frog,” Edgar Allan Poe (L 1180) ​ Sheinkin (L 920) In My Father’s House Call of the Wild, Jack London (L 1080) ​ Manhunt, James Swanson (L 720) ​ "Change Your Mind." Michelle Manafy, Econtent Magazine 16 Mar. 2007 Much Ado About Nothing, William ​ (L1100-1200) Shakespeare Chasing Lincoln's Killer, James L. Swanson Nothing But the Truth, Avi ​ ​ (L 980) Phineas Gage, Steve Twomey (with Intro the ​ ​ “Don’t Worry, Be Happy,” Fred Tasker (SIRS) Unknown Douglas Mawson) (L 1030) ​ Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card (L 780) Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane (L ​ ​ 550) “Fever Dream,” Ray Bradbury Sarny, Gary Paulsen (L 840) ​ Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes (L 910) ​ Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi (L 690) ​ "How Positive Thinking Sets You Up To Fail." Heidi Grant Halvorson, Fast Company 25 Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson (L 690) ​ July 2011 (L 1400-1500) “The Black Cat,” Edgar Allan Poe (L 800) “I hear America singing,” Walt Whitman (poem) The Fault in Our Stars, John Green (L 850) ​ “I, too sing America,” Langston Hughes The Wave, Todd Strasser (L790) ​ (poem) Witch of Blackbird Pond, Elizabeth George ​ Legend, Marie Lu (L 710) Speare (L 850) ​ “Mother to Son,” Langston Hughes (poem) Touching Spirit Bear, Ben MIkaelsen (730) ​ Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, ​ Frederick Douglass (L 1080) “Poison Tree,” William Blake (poem) “Sad Brain, Happy Brain,” Michael Craig Miller, MD (SIRS) “Speech to the Young & Speech to the Progress Toward,” Gwendolyn Brooks (poem) “Study: Happy Friends Can Help Teenagers Beat Depression,” Meera Senthilingham (SIRS) TED Talk: Happiness & Work, Shawn Achor TED Talks: The Mysterious Workings of the Adolescent Brain, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore “The Cask of Amontillado,” Edgar Allan Poe (L 700) The Diary of Anne Frank, Francis Goodrich ​ and Albert Hackett (drama) The Hitchhiker, Lucille Fletcher (drama) ​ “The Lady or the Tiger?” Frank Stockton (L 1010) “The Lottery,” Shirley Jackson (L 560) The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton (L 750) ​ The Pact, Jason Starr (L 940) ​ "The Power of Positive Thinking." Jenna Welsh, Teen Scene. Gettysburg Times, 12 Jan. 2011. (1000-1100) This I Believe, NPR (first edition) (L 1060) ​ “To Build a Fire,” Jack London (l 970) "Training in Positive Thinking May Help Anxious Teens." Randy Dotinga, HealthDay News 14 July 2011: Web. (L1200-1300) “What Makes People Happy - Psychologists Now Know,” Marilyn Elias (SIRS) "Why You Must Have A Growth Mindset." Matt Anderson, The Referral Authority. 05 July 2011. (L 800-900) LIST OF ADOPTED HIGH SCHOOL TEXTS 9th Grade Curriculum Texts Texts are listed alphabetically. Target Texts Young Adult Texts and Other Supplements Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian, ​ Autism to Decode Animal Behavior, Temple John Green (L 600) ​ Grandin (L 1130) "Call Me but Love": Romeo & Juliet Speak,” A Separate Peace, John Knowles (L1110) Alan Lenhoff (SIRS) ​ ​ ​ Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores Dracula, Bram Stoker (L 1070) ​ the Hidden Side of Everything, Steven D. ​ Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner “Grocers, Burger Makers Prod Food Industry to Kinder Animal Killings”By Elizabeth Weise, Go Ask Alice, Anonymous (L 1010) USA Today (SIRS) ​ Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck (L 630) Long Way Down, Jason Reynolds (L 720) ​ ​ Short Story Collection: Looking for Alaska, John Green (L 850) ​ “The Pedestrian,” Ray Bradbury (L 1100) “The Gift of the Magi,” O.