Unit # 

Lesson # 

Text Title(s) 

Spotlighted Benchmarks 

1 

1 

"Eleven"

6.R.1.3, 6.V.1.3

1 

2 

"Scout's Honor"

6.R.1.1, 6.V.1.3

1 

3 

"How Malcolm Learned to Read"

6.R.1.3

1

4

"The Magic Marker Mystery"

6.R.3.4

1 

5

Red Scarf Girl and Hatchet

6.R.1.2, 6.R.3.2

1 

6

"Jabberwocky" and A Wrinkle in Time

6.R.3.3

1 

7

Extended Writing Project - Narrative

6.C.1.2, 6.C.1.5

3

1

"Bronx Masquerade" and The Lightning Thief

6.R.1.3

3

2

Heroes Every Child Should Know and The Lightning Thief

6.R.3.3, 6.V.1.3

3

3

Brave and The Lightning Thief

6.R.1.1

3

4

"The Treasure of Lemon Brown" and The Lightning Thief

6.R.1.1

Unit # 

Lesson # 

Text Title(s) 

Spotlighted Benchmarks 

3

5

"Life Doesn't Frighten Me" and The Lightning Thief

6.R.3.1

3

6

"All Summer in a Day" and The Lightning Thief

6.R.1.2

3

7

"I, Too"

6.R.1.2

3

8

"Hatshepsut: His Majesty, Herself"

6.R.2.2, 6.V.1.2, 6.V.1.3

3

9

Extended Writing Project - Expository

6.C.1.4, 6.C.1.5

2

1

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

6.R.1.1, 6.R.1.2, 6.V.1.3

2

2

"A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long" and "That Day"

6.R.1.2

2

3

"The House on Haunted Hill"

6.R.1.4

2

4

"Yet Do I Marvel"

6.R.1.4

2

5

"Everybody Jump"

6.R.2.1, 6.R.3.1

2

6

"We're on the Same Team" and "The Voice in My Head"

6.R.2.3, 6.R.3.4

2

7

"Eulogy of the Dog"

6.R.2.4

Unit #

Lesson #

Text Title(s)

Spotlighted Benchmarks

1

1

"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"

7.R.3.1, 7.V.1.3

1

2

“The Wise Old Woman”

7.R.1.2, 7.R.3.2

1

3

“Woodsong"

7.R.2.3, 7.V.1.3

1

4

"Seventh Grade" and Excerpt from "Stargirl"

7.R.1.1, 7.R.3.3

1

5

"The Eyes Have It"

7.R.1.3, 7.V.1.3

1

6

"Thank You M'am"

7.R.1.2

1

7

Extended Writing Project - Narrative

7.C.1.2, 7.C.1.5

3

1

“Letter to President Theodore Roosevelt, July 17, 1903” and We Beat the Street Introduction – Chapter 2

7.R.2.3

3

2

“The New Colossus” and We Beat the Street Chapters 3-4

7.R.3.2

3

3

“The First Americans” and We Beat the Street Chapters 5-6

7.R.2.2

3

4

“No Dream Too High Simone Biles” and We Beat the Street Chapters 7-9

7.R.2.1

3

5

The Words We Live By: Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution and We Beat the Street Chapters 10-13

7.R.2.1, 7.V.1.3

Unit #

Lesson #

Text Title(s)

Spotlighted Benchmarks

3

6

 “The Rights of the Colonists: The Report of the Committee of Correspondence to the Boston Town Meeting” and We Beat the Street Chapters 14-16

7.R.2.3

3

7

“The Cruel Tribute” and We Beat the Street Chapters 17-Conclusion

7.R.3.1

3

8

Responses to “Machines, not people, should be exploring stars for now”

7.R.2.4

3

9

 Extended Writing Project—Argumentative

7.C.1.3, 7.C.1.5

2

1

 Literary Focus: The Romantic Period “Annabel Lee”

7.R.1.3, 7.V.1.3

2

2

“Sonnet 18”

7.R.1.4, 7.R.3.4

2

3

“The Walking Dance”

7.R.1.1, 7.R.1.3

2

4

“Do not go gentle into the night”

7.R.1.4

2

5

Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy

7.R.2.1, 7.R.3.2

2

6

“My Father is a Simple Man”, excerpt Tangerine and “My Mother Really Knew”

7.R.3.3

2

7

Extended Writing Project – Expository

7.C.1.4, 7.C.1.5

Unit # 

Lesson # 

Text Title(s) 

Spotlighted Benchmarks 

1 

1 

"The Tell-Tale Heart"

8.V.1.3

1 

2 

Excerpt from Monster

8.R.1.1

1 

3 

"Let 'Em Play God"

8.R.2.3 

1

4

Excerpt from Ten Days in a Mad House

8.R.2.3, 8.R.3.3

1 

5

"The Lottery"

8.R.1.1; 8.R.3.1 

1 

 6

"The Monkey's Paw"

8.R.1.1, 8.R.1.2 

1 

7

Excerpt from Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science

 8.R.2.2 

1 

8

Extended Writing Project 

8.C.1.2, 8.C.1.5, 8.C.5.2 

2

1 

“Abuela Invents the Zero” and The Outsiders Chapter 1

 8.R.1.1, 8.R.1.2

2

2

“So where are you from?” and The Outsiders Chapter 2

8.R.3.1, 8.V.1.3

2

3

“Slam, Dunk, & Hook” and The Outsiders Chapters 3-4

8.R.3.1, 8.V.1.3

2

4

“I’m Nobody! Who are you?” and The Outsiders Chapters 5-6

8.R.1.4

Unit # 

Lesson # 

Text Title(s) 

Spotlighted Benchmarks 

2

5 

“Manuel and the Magic Fox" and The Outsiders Chapters 7-9

8.R.1.1

2

6

 Excerpt from Children of Blood and Bone and The Outsiders Chapters 10-12

8.R.1.2; 8.R.1.3

2

7 

“The Road Not Taken”

8.R.1.4; 8.R.3.1

2

8

Excerpt from The House on Mango Street

8.R.3.1, 8.R.3.4; 8.R.3.2

2

9

Extended Writing Project – Argumentative

8.C.1.3; 8.C.1.5; 8.C.5.2 

3

1

“The Vanishing Island”

8.V.1.2, 8.R.2.1 

3

2

“Address to the Nation on the Explosion of the Space Shuttle ‘Challenger’” 

8.R.3.2; 8.R.2.1

3

3

“A Kenyan Teen’s Discovery: Let There Be Lights to Save Lions” 

8.R.2.1, 8.V.1.3

3

4

Excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

 8.R.2.1, 8.R.1.3

3

5

Excerpt from The Call of the Wild

8.R.1.2, 8.R.1.3

3

6

“The Invisible One”

8.R.3.2, 8.R.3.3

Unit #

Lesson #

Text Title(s)

Spotlighted Benchmarks

1

1

“Marigolds”

9.R.1.1

1

2

“The Necklace”

9.R.1.2; 9.R.1.3; 9.R.3.2

1

3

“St. Lucy’s School for Girls Raised by Wolves”

9.R.1.1

1

4

“Metamorphoses”

9.R.1.4; 9.R.3.3

1

5

“Angela’s Ashes”

9.R.1.1

1

6

“I Have a Dream”

9.R.2.3; 9.R.3.4

1

7

Extended Writing Project

9.C.1.2; 9.C.1.5

Unit #

Lesson #

Text Title(s)

Spotlighted Benchmarks

3

1

“An Indian Father’s Plea” and Animal Farm chapters 1 & 2

9.V.1.3; 9.R.2.4

3

2

"Georgia O'Keeffe" and Animal Farm chapters 3-4

9.V.1.3; 9.R.2.3

3

3

"The Most Dangerous Game" and Animal Farm chapters 5-6

9.R.1.1

3

4

"The Odyssey" and Animal Farm chapters 7-8

9.R.1.4L 9.R.3.3; 9.R.3.4

3

5

"Outliers of Success & Origins of Intelligence" and Animal Farm chapters 9-10

9.R.2.1; 9.R.2.2; 9.R.2.4

3

6

Extended Writing Project - Argumentative

9.C.1.3; 9.C.1.5

Unit #

Lesson #

Text Title(s)

Spotlighted Benchmarks

2

1

"The Journey"

9.R.3.1; 9.V.1.3

2

2

"Volar"

9.R.1.2; 9.V.1.3

2

3

Excerpt from: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

9.R.2.1

2

4

"The Art of Choosing" and "Restless Genes"

9.V.1.3; 9.R.2.1; 9.R.2.4

2

5

"Winning: Is It Everything?"

9.R.2.1; 9.R.2.2; 9.R.2.4

2

6

Extended Writing Project - Expository

9.C.1.4; 9.C.1.5

4

1

"Remarks to The Senate in Support of a Declaration of Conscience"

9.R.2.3; 9.R.3.4

4

2

"Romiette and Julio" and The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet II.ii

9.R.1.1; 9.R.3.1; 9.R.3.2; 9.V.1.3

4

3

"Blues Ain't No Mockin' Bird"

9.R.1.1

Unit #

Lesson #

Text Title(s)

Spotlighted Benchmarks

1

1

"The Refusal"

10.R.1.1

1

2

"She Unnames Them"

10.R.1.1, 10.R.1.2, 10.R.3.3

1

3

"B. Wordsworth"

10.R.1.3, 10.R.1.2

1

4

Letter from Birmingham Jail

10.R.2.2, 10.R.2.3, 10.R.3.4

1

5

Speech to the Second Virginia Convention

10.R.2.2, 10.R.2.3, 10.R.3.4

1

6

Extended Writing Project - Argumentative

10.C.1.3, 10.C.1.5

Unit #

Lesson #

Text Title(s)

Spotlighted Benchmarks

2

1

"Perils of Indifference" and Night chapter 1

10.R.2.1, 10.R.3.4, 10.V.1.1

2

2

Excerpt from Ramayana and Night chapters 2&3

10.R.1.4, 10.R.3.3

2

3

"Methods of Motivation" and Night chapter 4

10.R.2.4

2

4

"The Power of the Hero's Journey" and Night chapters 5&6

10.R.2.1, 10.R.3.2

2

5

Excerpt from The Republic and Night chapters 7-9

10.R.3.3; 10.R.3.4

2

6

Extended Writing Project - Expository

10.C.1.4, 10.C.1.5

Unit #

Lesson #

Text Title(s)

Spotlighted Benchmarks

1

1

"The Story of an Hour"

11.R.1.1, 11.V.1.3

1

2

"Life After High School (Point and Counterpoint)"

11.R.2.1, 11.R.2.4

1

3

Excerpt from I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem and Excerpt from The Crucible

11.R.1.2, 11.V.1.3

1

4

The Declaration of Independence

11.R.3.2, 11.R.3.4

1

5

"The Anti-Federalist Papers: John DeWitt II" and "The Federalist Papers: No. 84"

11.R.2.4, 11.R.3.3

1

6

Project-Based Learning: Community Forum

11.C.2.1

1

7

Extended Writing Project--Narrative

11.C.1.2, 11.C.1.5

2

1

Excerpt from Walden and "Society and Solitude"

11.R.2.4, 11.R.3.3

Unit #

Lesson #

Text Title(s)

Spotlighted Benchmarks

2

2

"Depart! (from The Anabasis of Alexander)"

11.R.2.2, 11.R.2.3, 11.R.3.4

2

3

"The Negro Motorist Green Book"

11.R.2.1, 11.V.1.3

2

4

"Night Before Christmas"

11.R.1.3, 11.V.1.2

2

5

Inquiry-Based Learning - Socratic Seminar

11.C.2.1

3

1

"Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy" and Their Eyes Were Watching God chapters 1-2

11.R.3.1, 11.V.1.3

3

2

"Barracoon: The Story of the Last 'Black Cargo'" and Their Eyes Were Watching God chapters 3-5

11.R.3.2, 11.R.2.1

3

3

"Letter from Chief John Ross" and Their Eyes Were Watching God chapters 6-9

11.R.3.4, 11.V.1.3

Unit #

Lesson #

Text Title(s)

Spotlighted Benchmarks

3

4

"One Today" and Their Eyes Were Watching God chapters 10-15

11.R.1.4, 11.R.3.1, 11.V.1.3

3

5

"The Midnight Job" and Their Eyes Were Watching God chapters 16-20

11.R.1.1, 11.R.1.2, 11.R.3.1

3

6

Extended Writing Project - Literary Analysis

11.C.1.3, 11.C.1.5

4

1

"How it Feels to Be Colored Me"

11.R.2.1, 11.R.3.1

4

2

"The Fall of the House of Usher"; "In Our Neighborhood", and "Without  Soul"

11.R.1.2, 11.R.1.3, 11.R.3.1

4

3

"Dream House"

11.R.2.1, 11.R.2.4

4

4

Excerpt from A Raisin in the Sun and "We Wear the Mask"

11.R.1.1, 11.R.1.2, 11.R.3.1

4

5

"The Negro Speaks of Rivers"

11.R.1.4

Unit #

Lesson #

Text Title(s)

Spotlighted Benchmarks

1

1

"Are the New 'Golden Age' TV Shows the New Novels?"

12.R.2.4

1

2

"Overcoming Imposter Syndrome"

12.R.2.1, 12.R.3.2, 12.C.4.1

1

3

Excerpt from The Metamorphosis

12.R.1.1, 12.V.1.3

1

4

"We Choose to Go to the Moon"

12.R.2.3, 12.R.2.4, 12.R.3.4

1

5

"Plessy v. Ferguson"

12.R.2.4, 12.R.3.4

1

6

Extended Writing Project - Expository

12.C.1.4, 12.C.1.5, 12.C.3.1

Unit #

Lesson #

Text Title(s)

Spotlighted Benchmarks

2

1

"Shakespeare: The World as a Stage" and Beowulf Lines 1-161

12.R.2.1, 12.R.2.2, 12.V.1.3

2

2

Excerpt from Beowulf (A Graphic Novel) and Beowulf Lines 662-1250

12.R.3.3, 12.V.1.3

2

3

"The Pardoner's Prologue (from The Canterbury Tales)" and Beowulf Lines 1251-1904

12.R.1.3, 12.R.3.4

2

4

"The Postmasters" and Beowulf Lines 1677-2590

12.R.1.2, 12.R.1.3, 12.R.3.2

2

5

Excerpts from Hamlet and Beowulf Lines 2510-3182

12.R.1.1, 12.R.3.4

2

6

Extended Writing Project - Narrative

12.C.1.2, 12.C.1.5