Units of Study
Projects, Writing Assignments, and Assessments
Note: This is just a "peek" at some of the main assessment components from the units.
Under the Homework Help page, you can find a link to the Homework Hotline,
an up-to-date weekly snapshot of all reading and writing activities.
Assignments will be adapted from year to year based on current students' needs.
1st Trimester:
- Symbolism Unit: Self Portrait; Bio Poem; Memoir; Bio Poem/Self-Portrait Presentation
- Literary Elements Unit: LTF Character Analysis and Analyzing a Visual; Post Mortem of a Character; Analysis Journal; Unit Test
- Author Study Unit: LTF 3 Levels of Reading; Graphic Short Story; Author Quiz
- Literary Devices Unit: Text to Video Compare/Contrast Journal; Literary Devices Quiz
- American Revolution Unit: Johnny Tremain Reading Response Journals; Colonial Trades Research Project; VFW Patriot's Pen Essay; Essay Final Test (open note/book)
- Literature Circles Unit: Book Club Final Presentation/Project; Greeting Card Poetry Project
- Research Unit: Science Fair Research Paper in MLA format (note cards, in-text citations, and Works Cited page)
- Human Spirit Unit: Text to Text Compare/Contrast journal; Reflections on Documentaries; Group Poster/Teaching on American Leaders; MLK Diamante Poem; Quilt Square; Essay Final Test (open note/book)
- Poetry Unit: Where Poetry Hides Partner Poem; Original Poem; Caleb's Lighthouse Tone Poster; Idiom Poster; Unit Test
- Holocaust Unit: Holocaust Child Paragraph Writing; LTF Analyzing a Visual--Photograph; Japanese American Journal; Holocaust Leaflet; the Butterfly Project; Reflections on Documentaries; The Children We Remember Journal; LTF 3 Levels of Reading; Essay Final Test (open note/book)
- Argumentation Unit: Group Advertisement; Partner Argumentative Researched Power Point; Argumentative Essay
- Civil War Unit: Across Five Aprils Journals; Nettie's Trip South Journal; Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers Journal; The Blue and the Gray flip book notes; Valley of the Shadow Research and Project; Civil War Music Reflection--written or visual; Across Five Aprils Comprehension/Vocabulary quizzes
- Mythology Unit: Final Individual Mythology Project; Science Myth; Text to Video Compare/Contrast Journal