Marking Period 1

  • Module 1: The Power of Poetics and Storytelling

    Essential Question - What is the power of storytelling?

    Focus Question 1 - What shapes Josh Bell’s sense of himself and his world?

    Focus Question 2 - How does form shape a story’s meaning?

    Focus Question 3 - What is the role of expression in storytelling?

    Focus Question 4 - How do stories help us make sense of ourselves and the world?

    Focus Question 5 - What does it mean to be a storyteller?

Marking Period 2

  • Module 2: The Great War

    Essential Question - How do literature and art illuminate the effects of World War I?

    Focus Question 1 - Why did countries and individuals join World War I?

    Focus Question 2 - How did the conditions on the front affect soldiers?

    Focus Question 3 - How do texts inspired by World War I illuminate attitudes toward the war?

    Focus Question 4 - What are the psychological effects of war?

    Focus Question 5 - How does All Quiet on the Western Front illuminate the effects of World War I?

Marking Period 3

  • Module 3: What is Love?

    Essential Question - What is love?

    Focus Question 1 - How do the characters in A Midsummer Night’s Dream understand love?

    Focus Question 2 - What defines the experience of love?

    Focus Question 3 - What makes love complicated?

    Focus Question 4 - Is love real in A Midsummer Night’s Dream?

    Focus Question 5 - Is love in A Midsummer Night's Dream a result of agency or fate?

Marking Period 4

  • Module 4: Teens as Change Agents

    Essential Question - How do people effect social change?

    Focus Question 1 - What motivated Claudette Colvin?

    Focus Question 2 - What role did Claudette Colvin and others play in the Civil Rights Movement?

    Focus Question 3 - What strategies do people use to effect social change?

    Focus Question 4 - How do teens effect social change?