Moving Beyond the Page Nonfiction High School Semester 1 by Epiphany Curriculum is perfect for grades 9-10. This secular, student-directed spiral-bound worktext (285 pages) explores memoirs, letters, essays, and speeches on overcoming adversity for freedom, peace, and rights—including civil war accounts, civil rights messages, abolitionist writings, Holocaust testimonies, and girls' education narratives. Students develop expository/informative essay writing, culminating in a personal-topic essay, while building vocabulary, critical thinking, and composition via worksheets, graphic organizers, and journal activities. Low teacher involvement supports 1.5-2 hour daily lessons in a multi-sensory format—excellent for earning high school English credit with meaningful, real-world social justice themes.
Nonfiction Language Arts Unit (High School Semester 1)
Description
In this unit, you will read a variety of nonfiction writing, especially memoirs. The texts are all by authors who overcame challenging personal experiences to advocate for freedom, peace, and human rights. The works studied include the account of a teenager forced to become a soldier in his country's civil war, a letter composed by a legendary civil rights leader, an essay written by an American abolitionist, a speech given by a Holocaust survivor, and the narrative of a young woman fighting to ensure that girls have the right to be educated. For the unit's final project, you will write an informative essay about a topic that is important to you.
A challenging language arts program with user-friendly manuals (written directly to the student), Moving Beyond the Page continues to provide detailed and involved book studies, step-by-step exercises, thought-provoking writing assignments, and broad-based literature selections. The nine units collectively provide a one-year English/Language Arts credit. Each unit as well as each semester concludes with a final exam. The pace is one lesson per day, with the expectation of spending 1 1/2 - 2 hours per lesson (includes reading and writing work). Although each unit includes parent overview with answers/talking points (could be easily removable), each Unit Worktext is consumable, providing background information, literary instruction, discussion questions, vocabulary exercises, worksheets, and graphic organizers as well as detailed lessons and assignments. Students are expected to keep a journal as they progress through the course. Books vary from 130 to 295 pgs, spiral-bound. ~ Janice
| Product Format: | Paperback |
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| Grades: | 9-10 |
| Brand: | Epiphany Curriculum |
| ISBN: | 9781638511748 |
| Length in Inches: | 11.125 |
| Width in Inches: | 8.875 |
| Height in Inches: | 1 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 1.5 |