Curricula

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Reading
Shorts & Shorter Shorts

At times, reading a novel feels like a challenge. A marathon. Train and work toward reading longer texts by finishing a few classic and contemporary shorts.

Short stories

Ex: “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe


Flash Fiction

Ex: “Sticks” by George Saunders

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Reading
Award Winning Books: 2023

1. Newbery 2023 + Coretta Scott King 2023

– Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson

ATOS 4.6; Word count; 77,047; Interest level MG 4-8 

2. YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction

Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice
by Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes

ATOS 5.9; Word count; 15,711; Interest level UG 9-12 

3. Michael Printz Award

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

ATOS 4.2; Word count; 86,856; Interest level UG 9-12 

4. The Sydney Taylor Book Award

When the Angels Left the Old Country
by Sacha Lamb

ATOS 6.8; Word count; 91,081; Interest level UG 9-12 

 

Advanced

1. Pulitzer 2023 

2. Booker 2023

Reading, Writing
Classics: Old & New

Older classics enrich the mind, providing context and experiences of the past. Newer texts allow us to process the present. Both enable us to envision our futures. With these novels, students can apply their readings of classics and compare them to contemporary texts.

1. The Eyes & the Impossible by Dave Eggers

2. Nigeria Jones by Ibi Zoboi

3. Accountable by Dashka Slater

4. The Collectors: Stories edited by A.S. King

5. Rez Ball by Byron Graves

Writing

Writing for self. Writing for others.

 

Students choose publications and competitions of writing genres according to their interests and passions.

 

See publication and competition opportunities on the home page calendar.

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