Narrative Unit: Have you left childhood behind? Will you miss it? In this unit, students will become familiar with the elements of a story and write their own memoir.
Eric Morse Unit: How much is life worth? In 1994, two boys, 10 and 11 years-old, dropped 5 year-old Eric Morse out of a 14 story window because he refused to candy for them. Who is at fault? The boys or society?
Editorial Unit: Do you have an issue that you are passionate about? Get involved as students choose a topic to research through articles, cartoons and videos. Students will take a stand and form a well-articulated argument through an editorial.
Poetry Unit: Come find out how to create an emotion poem and a social issue poem!
Advertising Unit: Can you tell if you are being advertised to? Most people think they are immune to advertising, but this is not so. Market a product with your friends in an ad agency, and find out the tricks of the trade.
Holocaust Unit: Adolf Hitler was in power from 1933-1945. During this time frame, many Jews, as well as other groups of individuals were mass executed. In this unit, we will learn the history of the Holocaust, read the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, create a MEL-Con using a theme from the book, and devise an artistic representation of the theme.
Spring Mel-con Assessment
Prompt and template:Print
Sleep Article 1 of 6 Print all 6 pages
Sleep Article 2 of 6 Print all 6 pages
Sleep Article 3 of 6 Print all 6 pages
Sleep Article 4 of 6 Print all 6 pages
Sleep Article 5 of 5 Print all 6 pages
Irony Unit: What's the difference between irony and Murphy's Law? We will learn about situational, dramatic and verbal irony as well as read some plot-twisting short stories that demonstrate irony.
Careers Unit
Eric Morse Unit: How much is life worth? In 1994, two boys, 10 and 11 years-old, dropped 5 year-old Eric Morse out of a 14 story window because he refused to candy for them. Who is at fault? The boys or society?
Editorial Unit: Do you have an issue that you are passionate about? Get involved as students choose a topic to research through articles, cartoons and videos. Students will take a stand and form a well-articulated argument through an editorial.
Poetry Unit: Come find out how to create an emotion poem and a social issue poem!
Advertising Unit: Can you tell if you are being advertised to? Most people think they are immune to advertising, but this is not so. Market a product with your friends in an ad agency, and find out the tricks of the trade.
Holocaust Unit: Adolf Hitler was in power from 1933-1945. During this time frame, many Jews, as well as other groups of individuals were mass executed. In this unit, we will learn the history of the Holocaust, read the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, create a MEL-Con using a theme from the book, and devise an artistic representation of the theme.
Spring Mel-con Assessment
Prompt and template:Print
Sleep Article 1 of 6 Print all 6 pages
Sleep Article 2 of 6 Print all 6 pages
Sleep Article 3 of 6 Print all 6 pages
Sleep Article 4 of 6 Print all 6 pages
Sleep Article 5 of 5 Print all 6 pages
Irony Unit: What's the difference between irony and Murphy's Law? We will learn about situational, dramatic and verbal irony as well as read some plot-twisting short stories that demonstrate irony.
Careers Unit