English IV
Big Concepts this Year
SEMESTER ONE.
Beginning-of-year stuff: Getting-to-know-you activities, CommonLit assessment
Nonfiction narrative unit: Write a nonfiction personal narrative or college essay
Feed by M.T. Anderson: Synthesis essay
The Color of Water by James McBride: Photo essay and poetry booklet
SEMESTER TWO.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini: Literary analysis essay
Choice book unit: Projects of choice and theme analysis mini-essay
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang: Graphic organizer
James McBride
Khaled Hosseini
Gene Luen Yang
M.T. Anderson
Daily/Weekly Routines
Daily warm-ups: Grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, parts of speech, and vocabulary.
Class novels: Each novel or unit will take us about four to six weeks to complete. This cycle will include reading the book, completing smaller assignments along the way, and then ending with a final essay or project.
