10th Grade English Language Arts Reading
The Individual and the Collective
Ascension challenges scholars to rise into higher levels of critical thought regarding power dynamics and global perspectives. Students analyze how cultural bias and narrative perspective shape "truth," ascending beyond basic comprehension to question the systemic influences that govern our world.
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Curriculum Highlights
This course emphasizes comparative literature, asking scholars to analyze how different cultures treat the archetype of the "rebel" versus the "citizen." Scholars refine their rhetorical analysis skills, studying how language is used to either enforce communal conformity or spark individual liberation. Frequent "Check for Understanding" assessments ensure mastery of sophisticated, high-level analytical writing and the ability to synthesize complex global perspectives.
This course emphasizes comparative literature, asking scholars to analyze how different cultures treat the archetype of the "rebel" versus the "citizen." Scholars refine their rhetorical analysis skills, studying how language is used to either enforce communal conformity or spark individual liberation. Frequent "Check for Understanding" assessments ensure mastery of sophisticated, high-level analytical writing and the ability to synthesize complex global perspectives.
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Core Literature
This course features a diverse range of powerful anchor texts. Key literary works include:
Antigone by Sophocles
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
These are supplemented by contemporary poetry, speeches, and informational texts that explore the cost of belonging and the courage required for individual dissent, providing a rich framework for academic and personal ascension.
This course features a diverse range of powerful anchor texts. Key literary works include:
Antigone by Sophocles
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
These are supplemented by contemporary poetry, speeches, and informational texts that explore the cost of belonging and the courage required for individual dissent, providing a rich framework for academic and personal ascension.
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Standards & Alignment
Fully aligned with CCSS Grade 9-10 standards. Key focus areas include analyzing how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text create effects such as tension or surprise (RL.9.5) and participating effectively in collaborative discussions where scholars build on others' ideas and express their own clearly and persuasively (SL.9.1). This prepares scholars for the high-level synthesis required in the "Summit" years.
Fully aligned with CCSS Grade 9-10 standards. Key focus areas include analyzing how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text create effects such as tension or surprise (RL.9.5) and participating effectively in collaborative discussions where scholars build on others' ideas and express their own clearly and persuasively (SL.9.1). This prepares scholars for the high-level synthesis required in the "Summit" years.
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