Grade 3

Unit Title / Number of Lessons / Recommended Time of Year
Cajun Folktales / 43 / Week 1 - Week 10
Louisiana Purchase / 44 / Week 11- Week 19
Treasure Island / 39 / Week 20- Week 28
Winn-Dixie (coming early 2017) / coming in early 2017 / Week 29- Week 36

Grade 4

Unit Title / Number of Lessons / Recommended Time of Year
Hurricanes / 40 / Week 1 - Week 10
American Revolution / 40 / Week 11- Week 19
The Lightning Thief / 39 / Week 20- Week 27
The Whipping Boy / 39 / Week 28- Week 36

Grade 5

Unit Title / Number of Lessons / Recommended Time of Year
Wonderstruck / 40 / Week 1 – Week 9
The Making of a Scientist / 40 / Week 10 – Week 18
TheBirchbarkHouse / 43 / Week 19 – Week 27
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe / 43 / Week 28 – Week 36

Grade 6

Unit Title / Number of Lessons / Recommended Time of Year
Steve Jobs / 36 / Week 1 – Week 9
Hatchet / 38 / Week 10 – Week 18
Out of the Dust / 41 / Week 19 – Week 27
The Witch of Blackbird Pond / 43 / Week 28 – Week 36

Grade 7

Recommended When to Teach / What to Teach / Where to Find Materials
Weeks 1-9 / The Giver / LearnZillion45 lessons
Weeks 10-17 / A Christmas Carol / LearnZillion40 lessons
Weeks 18-26 / Memoir / LearnZillion38 lessons
Weeks 27-36 / Behind the Scenes / LearnZillion(coming early 2017)
Bonus Unit / I Have a Dream / Modified-TPSS Blackboard- coming soon

Grade 8*

Recommended When to Teach / What to Teach / Where to Find Materials
Weeks 1-9 / Flowers for Algernon / LearnZillion41 lessons
Weeks 10-18 / The Tell-Tale Heart / LearnZillion40 lessons
Weeks 19-28 / Call of the Wild / LearnZillion43 lessons
Weeks 29-36 / Conservation as a National Duty / LearnZillion(coming early 2017)
Bonus Unit / The Diary of Anne Frank / TPSS Blackboard- coming soon

*See 9-12 folder for English I 8thgrade students

English I

Recommended When to Teach* / What to Teach / Where to Find Materials
First / Hope, Despair, and Memory / LearnZillion38 lesson
Second / The Odyssey (Required) / LearnZillion41 lessons
Third / Fahrenheit 451(Required) / LearnZillion36 lessons
Fourth / Romeo and Juliet / LearnZillion42 lessons
Bonus Unit / Laughter / Modified Unit- TPSS Blackboard

* Each unit will require approximately 8-9 weeks of instruction

English II

Recommended When to Teach* / What to Teach / Where to Find Materials
First / Metamorphosis / LearnZillion40 lessons
Second / Rhetoric (Required) / LearnZillion43 lessons
Third / Macbeth(Required) / LearnZillion(coming early 2017)
Fourth / Henrietta’s Dance / LearnZillion(coming early 2017)
Bonus Unit / Our Monsters, Ourselves / Teacher Created (coming soon)

*Each unit will require approximately 8-9 weeks of instruction

English III

Recommended When to Teach* / What to Teach / Where to Find Materials
First / Our Town (Required) / LearnZillion42 lessons
Second / An American Dream (Required) / ready as modified unit TPSS Blackboard; coming NovLearnZillion
Third / The Scarlet Letter / LearnZillion(coming in Nov)
Fourth / The Connecticut Yankee / LearnZillion(coming early 2017)
Bonus Unit / TBD

*Each unit will require approximately 8-9 weeks of instruction

English IV

Recommended When to Teach* / What to Teach / Where to Find Materials
First / The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Required) / Modified Guidebook TPSSBb
Second / The Canterbury Tales / Modified Guidebook TPSSBb
Third / Hamlet (Required) / LearnZillion
Fourth / “Conservation as a National Duty” Gulliver’s Travels / LearnZillion(coming in Nov)
Bonus Unit (if time permits) / Politics and the English Language from All Art is Propaganda / LearnZillion(coming early 2017)

* Each unit will require approximately 8-9 weeks of instruction