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Course Description:
This rigorous semester-long language arts course does not have any live meetings. The course is aligned to national standards. The course will focus on the areas of reading literature, reading informational, writing and speaking and listening. During this course, students will work on the standards that focus around citing text evidence, theme, summarizing, plot, character change, figurative language, point of view, main idea, argument writing, informational writing, narrative writing, and collaboration and discussion.

Preview Week 1: https://watch.screencastify.com/v/2973aM4fFGKmGwKRUdqX

National Standards:
-RL.10.1 - Citing Text Evidence Literature
-RL.10.1 - Theme
-RL.10.2 - Summarizing
-RL.10.3 - Plot
-RL.10.3 - Character Change
-RL.10.4 - Figurative Language
-RL.10.6 - Point of View 
-RI.10.1 - Citing Text Evidence
-RI.10.2 - Main Idea
-RI.10.2 - Summarizing
-W.10.1 - Argument Writing
-W.10.2 - Informational Writing
-W.10.3 - Narrative Writing
-SL.10.1 - Collaboration and Discussion

Course Format:
At the beginning of the week, a “List of Learning” Google Doc will be posted on the Outschool classroom page. Each “List of Learning” will have steps students need to complete for the week. These steps will include a lesson video to watch when a new standard is being introduced, reading assignments, discussion questions to respond to and give feedback to other classmates, assessments to complete, writing assignments, and other assignments or extension opportunities to share with other students. Any work that will be turned in for grades/scores, will be in the form of a Google Doc. Students will need to share the document with the teacher and other students will not have access to the document. A Google Spreadsheet will be shared with each student in order to track progress when an assignment is graded/scored.

It is encouraged to have the readings and assignments done by each due date so students can participate in discussions together. To give each student a more meaningful learning experience, all students need to participate in the discussion questions by responding to the questions and giving feedback to other students.

The novel “The Sun Is Also a Star” by Nicola Yoon will be read during this course. Please research the novel to make sure it is appropriate for your child.

Students will interact with one another through written discussion questions and activities posted on the Outschool classroom page. Some examples of activities where students will interact are Kahoot games and sharing of projects. Google Docs will be used for assessments that are given a grade/score to obtain privacy. The teacher will interact with students through asynchronous lessons, discussion questions and providing feedback on the assignments.

Course Schedule (Subject to Change):
Weeks 1, 2, & 3: Ourselves and Others Unit 
Weeks 4, 5, 6, & 7: The Natural World Unit
Weeks 8, 9, & 10: Response to Change Unit
Weeks 11, 12, 13, & 14: “The Sun Is Also a Star” Novel Study

Week 1: Ourselves and Others Unit
-Lesson: Point of View
-Lesson: Citing Text Evidence
-Reading: “What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish?” (6 pages)
-Reading: “The Wife’s Story” (6 pages) 
-Reading: from “Texas v. Johnson Majority Opinion” (2 pages)
-Reading: “American Flag Stands for Tolerance” (3 pages)

Week 2: Ourselves and Others Unit
-Lesson: Plot
-Lesson: Character Change
-Reading: from the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights” (2 pages)
-Reading: from “Towards a True Refuge” (4 pages) 
-Reading: “The Lottery” (10 pages)
-Reading: “Without Title” (1 page)

Week 3: Ourselves and Others Unit
-Lesson: Informational Writing
-Informational Writing Piece

Week 4: The Natural World Unit
-Lesson: Main Idea
-Lesson: Summarizing
-Reading: “Called Out” (4 pages)
-Reading: “Starfish” (1 page)
-Reading: “Sea Stars” (3 pages)
-Reading: “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” (1 page)

Week 5: The Natural World Unit
-Lesson: Figurative Language
-Reading: from “Hope for Animals and Their World” (6 pages) 
-Reading: “Emma Marris: In Defense of Everglades Pythons” (4 pages)
-Reading: “My Life as a Bat” (4 pages) 

Week 6: The Natural World Unit
-Lesson: Theme 
-Reading: “The Seventh Man” (18 pages) 
-Reading: “Carry” (2 pages)

Week 7: The Natural World Unit
-Lesson: Narrative Writing
-Narrative Writing Piece

Week 8: Response to Change 
-Lesson: Theme
-Reading: from “The Metamorphosis” (13 pages)
-Reading: from “The Metamorphosis” Graphic Novel (19 pages)

Week 9: Response to Change 
-Reading: “The Starry Night” (2 pages) 
-Reading: from “Simplexity” (4 pages) 
-Reading: “Magic Island” (2 pages)
-Reading: “Life After People” (4 pages)

Week 10: Response to Change 
-Lesson: Argument Writing
-Argument Writing Piece

Week 11: “The Sun Is Also a Star” Novel Study

Week 12: “The Sun Is Also a Star” Novel Study

Week 13: “The Sun Is Also a Star” Novel Study

Week 14: “The Sun Is Also a Star” Novel Study