Credits: 5 Grade: 9
This course develops students’ critical reading and writing skills through the workshop model. Students will explore the study of literary genres such as the short story, dystopian novels, drama, flash fiction, fan-fiction, and nonfiction, as they sharpen their recognition of various literary elements and devices. Students will analyze literature from diverse authors. Students will explore narrative, literary analysis, expository, and argumentative writing. There will be opportunities to study a variety of independent reading choices, as well as participate in book clubs and whole-class novels.
Current unit: Reading Literature
Syllabus
Essential Question(s):
- Why is it important to recall our past, even if it is difficult?
- To what extent does historical context shape a text?
- How does a critical reader analyze and read a text?
- What attributes of literature are important for readers to analyze?
- How does a reader engage in discussion about a text with other readers?
Work(s) of study:
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Personal Financial Literacy
Block: 2A, 1B, 2B, & 4B (Semester 2)
Room: A-11 & A-9
Credits: 2.5
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
This course fulfills financial, economic, business & entrepreneurial literacy NJ State graduation requirements.
In this course, students learn how to manage their personal finances now and in the future. Areas to be covered will include work-related forms and laws, taxes, budgeting, banking services, and investment.
*All information for this class can be found on our Google Classroom Page!*
College Prep Math
This course is designed to help students in grade 12 develop and strengthen basic mathematical skills, problem-solving techniques, and the application of such skills. This course is intended to further develop the mathematical skills necessary for the college entrance exam.
Units of study:
- Arithmetic operations with real numbers
- Converting between fractions, decimals, and percents
- Simplify fractions
- Simplify ratios, rates, and unit rates
- Solve proportions
- Order of operation
- Evaluate expressions
- Translate words into algebraic expressions
- Solve multi-step equations
- Simplify expressions using the properties of exponents
- Simplify radicals without a calculator
