Tomorrow's Education Today
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Tomorrow's Education Today
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| 1st grade Reading: Lost and Found stories Land and Sea stories Smile stories Long Ago stories Literature for broadening experience and increasing appreciation Comprehension for expanding understanding and evaluating ideas Thinking for deeper understanding and more dynamic expression Writing for effective communication and meaningful responses to literature Speaking for active, confident expression of thoughts, understandings, and insights Listening for learning to derive meaning from spoken language Decoding for early, confident word identification Vocabulary for word power to expand comprehension and refine expression Language for understanding uses of language and connecting related processes Study skills for using reading to learn |
2nd grade-Weather Vanes and Windmills
Winding Road stories, Mountaintop stories, Bridge stories, Pattern stories
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| 3rd grade- Reading Celebrations and Fanfares Passport stories, Porthole stories, Beauty stories, Milestone stories Voyage stories, Landscape stories, Applause stories, Window stories Literature for broadening experience and increasing appreciation Comprehension for expanding understanding and evaluating ideas Thinking for deeper understanding and more dynamic expression Writing for effective communication and meaningful responses to literature Speaking for active, confident expression of thoughts, understandings, and insights Listening for learning to derive meaning from spoken language Decoding for early, confident word identification Vocabulary for word power to expand comprehension and refine expression Language for understanding uses of language and connecting related processes Study skills for using reading to learn |
| 4th grade- Reading Crossroads Detour stories Skylight stories Symphony stories Memory stories Literature for broadening experience and increasing appreciation Comprehension for expanding understanding and evaluating ideas Thinking for deeper understanding and more dynamic expression Writing for effective communication and meaningful responses to literature Speaking for active, confident expression of thoughts, understandings, and insights Listening for learning to derive meaning from spoken language Decoding for early, confident word identification Vocabulary for word power to expand comprehension and refine expression Language for understanding uses of language and connecting related processes Study skills for using reading to learn |
| 5th grade-Skylines Destination stories, Turning Point stories, Dialogue stories, Heirloom stories Literature for broadening experience and increasing appreciation Comprehension for expanding understanding and evaluating ideas Thinking for deeper understanding and more dynamic expression Writing for effective communication and meaningful responses to literature Speaking for active, confident expression of thoughts, understandings, and insights Listening for learning to derive meaning from spoken language Decoding for early, confident word identification Vocabulary for word power to expand comprehension and refine expression Language for understanding uses of language and connecting related processes Study skills for using reading to learn |
| 6th grade Literature Your Writing Process: Narration, Creative Writing, Description, Exposition, Persuasion How to Read a Short Story, a Play/Drama, Nonfiction, a Poem How to Read Folk Literature, a Novel |
7th grade
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Eighth English Literature Literature is organized by genre to encourage comprehensive study of the types of literature. The following list shows the units and sections within each unit. The Short Story: Plot, Character, Point of View, Setting, and Theme Drama: One-act Plays, a full-length play Nonfiction: Biographies and Personal Accounts, Essays for Enjoyment, Essays in the Content Areas Poetry: Narrative Poetry, Lyric Poetry, Imagery and Figurative Language, Facets of Nature, Perceptions, and Choices American Myths, Legends, and Folktales The Novel: A Complete Novel Features at the end of the selection are designed to foster comprehension and encourage constructive response, either personal or literary. The study questions are built upon three levels of comprehension: the literal, the interpretive, and the applied. These features encourage the growth of skills needed by students to become independent readers. Each unit ends with a two-page lesson focusing on one reading skill appropriate to the type of literature students have read. Units also end with six additional writing activities: three creative writing activities and three analytical writing activities. Each activity is developed through the steps of the writing process. |
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Grade 9 : English Literature The Short Story: Plot, Character, Point of View, Setting, and Theme Drama: Two full-length plays, including a Shakespearean Play Nonfiction: Biographies and Personal Accounts, Types of Essays, and Essays in the Arts and Sciences Poetry: Narrative Poetry, Dramatic Poetry and the Speaker, Lyric Poetry, Word Choice and Tone, Imagery, Figurative Language, Musical Devices, and Structure The EpicThe Novel: Two Complete Novels Features at the end of the selection are designed to foster comprehension and encourage constructive response, either personal or literary. The study questions are built upon four levels of comprehension: the personal response, the literal, the interpretive, and the applied. These features encourage the growth of skills needed by students to become independent readers. Each unit ends with two complete writing lessons. Each lesson focuses on a form of writing and guides students through the writing process.
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Grade 10: English Literature Literature Platinum is organized by genre to encourage comprehensive study of the types of literature. The following list shows the units and sections within each unit. The Short Story: Plot, Characterization, Point of View, Setting, Symbol, Tone and Irony, and Theme Drama: Three full-length Plays Nonfiction: Biographies and Personal Accounts, Types of Essays, Essays in the Arts and Sciences Poetry: Narrative Poetry, Dramatic Poetry, Lyric Poetry, The Speaker and tone, Imagery and Figurative Language, Musical Devices, Forms, and Themes The Heroic Tradition The Novel: Two complete novels Features at the end of the selection are designed to foster comprehension and encourage constructive response, either personal or literary. The study questions are built upon four levels of comprehension: the personal response, the literal, the interpretive, and the applied. These features encourage the growth of skills needed by students to become independent readers. Each unit ends with two complete writing lessons. Each lesson focuses on a form of writing and guides students through the writing process.
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Grade 11: English Literature Literature is organized chronologically to present the literature of the United States in a historical context. The following list shows the units and sections within each unit. The New Land: Native American Voices, Living in the New Land The Revolutionary Period A Growing Nation New England Renaissance: The Transcendentalists, New England Poets Division, War and Reconciliation Realism and the Frontier: Prose, Poetry The Modern Age: Fiction , Nonfiction, Poetry, The Harlem Renaissance Contemporary Writers: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Drama Features at the end of the selection are designed to foster comprehension and encourage constructive response, either personal or literary. The study questions are built upon three levels of comprehension: the literal, the interpretive, and the applied. These features encourage the growth of skills needed by students to become independent readers. Each unit ends with two complete writing lessons. Each lesson focuses on a form of writing and guides students through the writing process. |