ELA at ARMS - Curriculum Overview
March 20, 2005 - Draft

 8th Grade Overarching Understanding
No living being or collection of beings is static.  Managing this inevitable change requires knowledge, insight, intent and an understanding of essential characteristics that endure throughout these changes

   Y               Y                Y   

Self Change

*Personal Narratives*

Hello Shakespeare

Transformations
 

 
 

 

Community Change

*Speaking Out*

Immigration

Feature Articles

 
 

 

Societal change

*Of Mice and Men*
(to turn into American Dream Deferred- connecting OMM to Harlem Renaissance poetry)

History Speaks

Justice

 Y

 7th Grade Overarching Understanding
Literature and language help us explore and express our understanding of ourselves, our environment, and others.  We do this through reading, writing, speaking, and listening.

         Y               Y                  Y

 Who Am I?

Personal Identity Looking Within
 

 *Who am I as a 7th Grader?* (Exploring Adolescent Identity)

Choices & Identity in Writing & Literature

The Natural World (poetry & ecology)

 

 Who Are They?

Beyond the Personal: Looking Out

 Sense of Place

 

Oral Tradition & Folklore


Character & Culture
 

 

 Who Are We?

Synthesis: Making Sense of the World

 *World Mythology*

 

Understanding Similarities
 

Understanding Differences