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Grades 3-5

🔢 Math · Grade 3

Grade 3 · 22 lessons · 5 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: Multiplication and division

  1. Multiplication is equal groups
  2. Division is fair sharing
  3. Arrays and word problems
  4. Find the unknown number
  5. Properties and fact strategies

Unit 2: Patterns, problem solving and place value

  1. Two-step word problems
  2. Patterns in math
  3. Round to the nearest 10 or 100
  4. Add and subtract within 1,000
  5. Multiply by multiples of 10

Unit 3: Fractions

  1. Unit fractions and equal parts
  2. Fractions on a number line
  3. Equivalent fractions and wholes
  4. Compare fractions

Unit 4: Measurement and data

  1. Time to the minute
  2. Mass and liquid volume
  3. Scaled picture and bar graphs
  4. Line plots with halves and fourths of an inch

Unit 5: Area, perimeter and shapes

  1. Area: count square units
  2. Area: multiply and break apart
  3. Perimeter and the unknown side
  4. Shapes and quadrilaterals

📖 ELA · Grade 3

Grade 3 · 18 lessons · 5 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: Reading literature

  1. Ask and answer questions with the text
  2. Central message of fables and folktales
  3. Characters: traits, feelings, actions
  4. Your view and the narrator's view
  5. Chapters, scenes, stanzas and pictures

Unit 2: Reading informational text

  1. Main idea and key details
  2. Text features and search tools
  3. Time order and cause and effect
  4. Reasons, evidence and two texts

Unit 3: Word study and fluency

  1. Prefixes and suffixes
  2. Read long words and read smoothly
  3. Context clues and multiple-meaning words
  4. Real meaning, fun meaning, shades of meaning

Unit 4: Writing

  1. Opinion writing
  2. Informative and narrative writing
  3. Short research: ask, find, sort

Unit 5: Speaking, listening and grammar

  1. Talk, listen and share
  2. Grammar: nouns, verbs, adjectives, sentences

🔬 Science · Grade 3

Grade 3 · 16 lessons · 4 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: Forces and interactions

  1. Balanced and unbalanced forces
  2. Patterns of motion
  3. Magnets and static electricity
  4. Solve a problem with magnets

Unit 2: Life cycles, groups and traits

  1. Life cycles
  2. Living in groups
  3. Inherited traits
  4. The environment changes traits

Unit 3: Fossils, survival and change

  1. Fossils tell about the past
  2. Variation helps survival
  3. Habitats: some survive well
  4. When the environment changes

Unit 4: Weather, climate and design

  1. Weather data
  2. Climates of the world
  3. Weather hazards and solutions
  4. Engineering design: define, design, test

🌎 Social Studies · Grade 3

Grade 3 · 13 lessons · 4 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: Geography of world communities

  1. Continents, oceans and map tools
  2. Special lines on the globe
  3. Geography shapes where people live
  4. People change and protect the environment

Unit 2: Culture and history

  1. Every community has a history
  2. Cultures: alike and different
  3. Sharing ideas: cultural diffusion

Unit 3: Government, citizens and rights

  1. Governments make and enforce laws
  2. Citizens around the world
  3. Human rights and fairness

Unit 4: Economics

  1. Needs, wants and resources
  2. Goods, services and three big questions
  3. Trade connects communities

🔢 Math · Grade 4

Grade 4 · 22 lessons · 5 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: Operations and algebraic thinking

  1. Multiplicative comparison
  2. Multi-step word problems
  3. Factors, multiples, primes
  4. Number and shape patterns

Unit 2: Whole numbers and place value

  1. Place value to one million
  2. Add and subtract big numbers
  3. Multiply multi-digit numbers
  4. Divide with remainders

Unit 3: Fractions and decimals

  1. Equivalent fractions
  2. Compare fractions
  3. Add and subtract fractions
  4. Mixed numbers
  5. Multiply a fraction by a whole number
  6. Decimals: tenths and hundredths

Unit 4: Measurement and data

  1. Measurement conversions
  2. Measurement word problems
  3. Area and perimeter formulas
  4. Line plots with fractions

Unit 5: Angles and geometry

  1. Angles and the protractor
  2. Adding angles
  3. Lines and classifying shapes
  4. Lines of symmetry

📖 ELA · Grade 4

Grade 4 · 19 lessons · 5 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: Reading literature

  1. Inferences with details
  2. Theme and summary
  3. Characters, setting and events in depth
  4. First-person and third-person narrators
  5. Poetry, drama and prose

Unit 2: Reading informational text

  1. Text structure
  2. Explain what happened and why
  3. Firsthand vs secondhand accounts
  4. How authors use reasons and evidence

Unit 3: Word study and fluency

  1. Decode big words and read fluently
  2. Context clues and reference tools
  3. Greek and Latin roots and affixes
  4. Similes, metaphors, idioms and adages

Unit 4: Writing

  1. Opinion with reasons and evidence
  2. Informative writing
  3. Narrative writing
  4. Research and paraphrasing

Unit 5: Speaking, listening and grammar

  1. Discussions and presentations
  2. Grammar: pronouns, modals, commas

🔬 Science · Grade 4

Grade 4 · 14 lessons · 4 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: Energy

  1. Speed and energy
  2. Energy moves from place to place
  3. Collisions
  4. Design: convert energy

Unit 2: Waves and information

  1. Wave patterns
  2. Light and seeing
  3. Sending information with patterns

Unit 3: Structures and senses

  1. Plant and animal structures
  2. Senses and the brain

Unit 4: Earth's surface

  1. Rock layers and fossils
  2. Weathering and erosion
  3. Maps of Earth's features
  4. Energy resources
  5. Natural hazards: reduce the damage

🌎 Social Studies · Grade 4

Grade 4 · 15 lessons · 5 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: Land and first peoples

  1. New York's land and water
  2. Capital, cities, counties and neighbors
  3. The Haudenosaunee
  4. Algonquian-speaking peoples and Long Island

Unit 2: Exploration, colony and revolution

  1. Explorers on New York's waters
  2. Colonial New York
  3. The French and Indian War
  4. New York in the American Revolution

Unit 3: Government

  1. Government: local, state, federal
  2. Local government, rights and responsibilities

Unit 4: Freedom and a call for change

  1. Ending slavery and the Civil War
  2. Women's rights: Seneca Falls and beyond

Unit 5: Growth and change

  1. Westward movement and the Erie Canal
  2. Inventors, industry and new jobs
  3. Immigration and migration

🔢 Math · Grade 5

Grade 5 · 22 lessons · 5 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: Expressions and place value

  1. Order of operations
  2. Write and read expressions
  3. Powers of 10 and place value
  4. Read, compare and round decimals

Unit 2: Whole numbers and decimals

  1. Multiply multi-digit whole numbers
  2. Divide with 2-digit divisors
  3. Add and subtract decimals
  4. Multiply and divide decimals

Unit 3: Add, subtract and share fractions

  1. Add and subtract unlike fractions
  2. Fraction word problems and estimates
  3. Fractions are division

Unit 4: Multiply and divide fractions

  1. Multiply fractions and area
  2. Multiplication as scaling
  3. Fraction word problems: multiply
  4. Divide with unit fractions

Unit 5: Measurement, data and geometry

  1. Convert measurements
  2. Line plots with fractions
  3. Volume with unit cubes
  4. Volume formulas and combined solids
  5. Coordinate plane
  6. Patterns and ordered pairs
  7. Classify shapes

📖 ELA · Grade 5

Grade 5 · 17 lessons · 5 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: Reading literature

  1. Quote accurately to support answers
  2. Theme and how characters meet challenges
  3. Compare characters, settings and events
  4. How chapters, scenes and stanzas fit together
  5. Figurative language and point of view

Unit 2: Reading informational text

  1. Two or more central ideas and summary
  2. Relationships between ideas
  3. Multiple accounts and author's evidence
  4. Visuals, media and several texts

Unit 3: Word study and fluency

  1. Read multisyllable words fluently
  2. Greek and Latin roots and affixes
  3. Context clues and word relationships

Unit 4: Writing

  1. Opinion writing with logically ordered reasons
  2. Informative and narrative craft
  3. Research with several sources

Unit 5: Speaking, listening and grammar

  1. Discuss, evaluate and present
  2. Grammar: conjunctions, verb tenses, commas

🔬 Science · Grade 5

Grade 5 · 15 lessons · 4 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: Matter

  1. Matter is made of particles
  2. Conservation of mass
  3. Properties identify materials
  4. Mixing can make new substances
  5. Gravity pulls down

Unit 2: Energy and ecosystems

  1. Energy in food comes from the Sun
  2. Plants get matter from air and water
  3. Food webs
  4. Decomposers recycle matter

Unit 3: Earth's systems

  1. Earth's four spheres
  2. Water on Earth
  3. Protect Earth's resources

Unit 4: Space and design

  1. The Sun and other stars
  2. Shadows, day and night, seasonal stars
  3. Engineering design: define, design, test

🌎 Social Studies · Grade 5

Grade 5 · 15 lessons · 5 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: First peoples and civilizations

  1. The first people in the Americas
  2. Adapting to many environments
  3. Maya, Aztec and Inca
  4. Farming, building and ruling

Unit 2: Exploration and its effects

  1. European explorers
  2. Conquest and contact
  3. The Columbian Exchange
  4. Colonies and the transatlantic slave trade

Unit 3: Geography and cultures today

  1. Geography of the Western Hemisphere
  2. Many countries, many cultures

Unit 4: Government and rights

  1. Governments: U.S., Canada, Mexico
  2. Founding documents
  3. Fighting for rights, working together

Unit 5: Economics

  1. Traditional, market and command economies
  2. Resources and trade in the hemisphere

Grade 7

➗ Math · Grade 7

Grade 7 · 16 lessons · 5 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: Ratios and proportional relationships

  1. Unit rates with fractions
  2. Proportional relationships: tables, graphs, y = kx
  3. Percent problems: tax, tip, discount, interest, error

Unit 2: The number system

  1. Add and subtract rational numbers
  2. Multiply and divide rational numbers
  3. Real-world problems with rational numbers

Unit 3: Expressions, equations, inequalities

  1. Equivalent expressions
  2. Two-step equations
  3. Inequalities

Unit 4: Geometry

  1. Scale drawings
  2. Circles: circumference and area
  3. Angle relationships
  4. Area, surface area and volume

Unit 5: Statistics and probability

  1. Random samples and comparing populations
  2. Probability and compound events
  3. NYS Grade 7 Math Test strategies

📚 ELA · Grade 7

Grade 7 · 12 lessons · 4 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: Reading literature

  1. How setting shapes character and plot
  2. Theme development
  3. Point of view and text vs. film

Unit 2: Reading informational texts

  1. Central ideas and how they develop
  2. Trace and evaluate an argument

Unit 3: Writing

  1. Argument writing
  2. Narrative writing
  3. Short and extended responses

Unit 4: Language

  1. Phrases, clauses and sentence types
  2. Misplaced modifiers and coordinate adjectives
  3. Roots, figurative language and connotation
  4. NYS Grade 7 ELA Test strategies

🏛️ Social Studies · Grade 7

Grade 7 · 10 lessons · 3 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: First peoples and colonies

  1. Native American nations of New York
  2. Colonial New York and the 13 colonies

Unit 2: Revolution and Constitution

  1. Causes of the American Revolution
  2. The war and New York's role
  3. From Articles to Constitution
  4. The Constitution in practice

Unit 3: A growing, changing nation

  1. Westward expansion and its costs
  2. Reform movements
  3. A nation divided: the Civil War
  4. Historian skills: sourcing and argument

Grade 8

➗ Math · Grade 8

Grade 8 · 19 lessons · 5 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: Numbers and exponents

  1. Rational and irrational numbers
  2. Estimate square roots on a number line
  3. Exponent rules
  4. Square roots and cube roots
  5. Scientific notation

Unit 2: Linear equations

  1. Solve multi-step equations
  2. Slope and proportional relationships
  3. Systems of equations

Unit 3: Functions

  1. What is a function?
  2. Rate of change and initial value
  3. Read and sketch graphs

Unit 4: Geometry

  1. Transformations and congruence
  2. Dilations and similar figures
  3. Angles: parallel lines and triangles
  4. The Pythagorean Theorem
  5. Volume: cylinders, cones, spheres

Unit 5: Statistics and test day

  1. Scatter plots and lines of fit
  2. Two-way tables
  3. NYS Grade 8 Math Test strategies

📚 ELA · Grade 8

Grade 8 · 15 lessons · 5 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: Reading literature

  1. Theme and objective summary
  2. How dialogue and incidents reveal character
  3. Point of view and dramatic irony
  4. Figurative language, connotation and allusion

Unit 2: Reading informational texts

  1. Central idea and summary
  2. Evaluate an argument: claim, evidence, reasoning
  3. Author's purpose and conflicting information

Unit 3: Writing

  1. Argument essay with a counterclaim
  2. Short response (2 credits)
  3. Extended response (4 credits)

Unit 4: Language

  1. Verbals: gerunds, participles, infinitives
  2. Active and passive voice; verb moods
  3. Commas, ellipses and dashes
  4. Greek and Latin roots, context clues

Unit 5: Test day

  1. NYS Grade 8 ELA Test strategies

🔬 Science · Grades 7-8

Grade 8 · 17 lessons · 4 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: Physical science

  1. Atoms, molecules and states of matter
  2. Chemical reactions and conservation of mass
  3. Forces and motion
  4. Kinetic and potential energy
  5. Thermal energy transfer
  6. Waves: light and sound

Unit 2: Life science

  1. Cells and body systems
  2. Photosynthesis and cellular respiration
  3. Ecosystems and food webs
  4. Genetics: inheritance and mutations
  5. Natural selection and evidence of evolution

Unit 3: Earth and space science

  1. Seasons, Moon phases and eclipses
  2. Plate tectonics and the rock cycle
  3. Water cycle, weather and climate
  4. Human impact and climate change

Unit 4: Engineering and test day

  1. Engineering design process
  2. NYS Grade 8 Science Test strategies

🗽 Social Studies · Grade 8

Grade 8 · 13 lessons · 4 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: Rebuilding and a changing society

  1. Reconstruction (1865-1877)
  2. Industry, immigration and cities
  3. The Progressive Era

Unit 2: The U.S. and the world

  1. Expansion and imperialism
  2. World War I and the Roaring Twenties
  3. The Great Depression and the New Deal
  4. World War II
  5. The Cold War and U.S. foreign policy

Unit 3: A changing nation

  1. The civil rights movement
  2. More movements for equal rights
  3. A changing population and today's America

Unit 4: Historian skills

  1. Source, context and document-based writing
  2. Civics today: rights and participation

High school

📈 Algebra I

High school · 27 lessons · 7 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: Numbers and quantities

  1. Units, quantities and accuracy
  2. Real numbers and radicals

Unit 2: Equations and inequalities

  1. Solve linear equations and inequalities
  2. Literal equations
  3. Compound inequalities and writing equations

Unit 3: Systems

  1. Systems of equations
  2. Systems of inequalities
  3. Linear-quadratic systems

Unit 4: Functions

  1. Function notation, domain and range
  2. Key features of graphs
  3. Transformations of functions
  4. Piecewise and absolute value functions
  5. Sequences as functions

Unit 5: Linear and exponential models

  1. Slope and linear functions
  2. Exponential growth and decay
  3. Compare linear and exponential models

Unit 6: Polynomials and quadratics

  1. Add, subtract and multiply polynomials
  2. Factoring
  3. Factoring by grouping and when a ≠ 1
  4. Solve quadratics
  5. Completing the square and vertex form
  6. Graphs of quadratics
  7. Quadratic modeling

Unit 7: Statistics

  1. Box plots and spread
  2. Two-way frequency tables
  3. Correlation and regression
  4. Residuals and fit

📐 Geometry

High school · 24 lessons · 6 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: Constructions and transformations

  1. Definitions and basic constructions
  2. Bisectors, parallels and inscribed polygons
  3. Transformations and congruence
  4. Symmetry and rotations of polygons
  5. Sequences of transformations

Unit 2: Congruence and proof

  1. Lines, angles and parallel lines
  2. Triangle congruence and proofs
  3. Midsegments and medians
  4. Triangle centers
  5. Parallelogram proofs

Unit 3: Similarity and trigonometry

  1. Dilations
  2. Similar triangles
  3. Similarity proofs and proportions
  4. Right-triangle trigonometry
  5. Angles of elevation and inverse trig

Unit 4: Coordinate geometry

  1. Coordinate geometry
  2. Coordinate proofs
  3. Partitions, perimeter and area on the grid

Unit 5: Circles

  1. Circle equations and angles
  2. Chords, secants and tangents
  3. Arc length, sectors and radians

Unit 6: Volume and modeling

  1. Volume and density
  2. Cross sections and Cavalieri's principle
  3. Geometric modeling and design

∑ Algebra II

High school · 24 lessons · 6 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: Complex numbers and polynomials

  1. Complex numbers
  2. Complex solutions of quadratics
  3. Polynomial identities
  4. Polynomial division
  5. Polynomial graphs and the remainder theorem

Unit 2: Rational and radical equations

  1. Rational expressions
  2. Rational equations
  3. Radical equations and rational exponents

Unit 3: Functions and systems

  1. Systems of three equations
  2. Function transformations
  3. Inverse functions

Unit 4: Exponentials, logs and series

  1. Logarithms
  2. Solve exponential equations with logs
  3. Exponential models and compound interest
  4. Sequences and series
  5. Geometric series and finance

Unit 5: Trigonometric functions

  1. Radians and the unit circle
  2. Trig graphs and modeling
  3. The Pythagorean identity

Unit 6: Probability and statistics

  1. Probability rules
  2. Independence and conditional probability
  3. The normal distribution
  4. Sampling, studies and simulation
  5. Margin of error and inference

🧬 Life Science: Biology

High school · 18 lessons · 4 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: Cells and molecules

  1. Cells, organelles and homeostasis
  2. Body systems work together
  3. Biomolecules and enzymes
  4. Photosynthesis and cellular respiration
  5. Mitosis and cell differentiation

Unit 2: Ecosystems

  1. Energy pyramids and carbon cycle
  2. Populations and carrying capacity
  3. Aerobic and anaerobic processes
  4. Ecosystem stability and change
  5. Group behavior and survival
  6. Human impact and biodiversity

Unit 3: Heredity

  1. DNA to protein
  2. Meiosis and genetic variation
  3. Inheritance and Punnett squares

Unit 4: Evolution

  1. Evidence for common ancestry
  2. Natural selection
  3. Adaptation and changing trait frequency
  4. Speciation and extinction

🌍 Earth and Space Sciences

High school · 17 lessons · 4 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: Space

  1. Stars and the Big Bang
  2. The Sun's life cycle
  3. How stars make elements
  4. Kepler's laws and orbits
  5. Seasons and orbits
  6. Earth's early history

Unit 2: The solid Earth

  1. Plate tectonics and Earth's history
  2. Earthquakes and Earth's interior
  3. Rocks and the rock cycle
  4. Water, ice and the shaping of Long Island

Unit 3: Air, water, climate and life

  1. Energy and water in the atmosphere
  2. Weather, climate and the water cycle
  3. The carbon cycle across Earth's spheres
  4. Life and Earth change together
  5. Climate models and forecasts

Unit 4: People and the planet

  1. Resources, hazards and sustainability
  2. Sustainability: modeling resource use

⚗️ Chemistry

High school · 18 lessons · 3 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: Atoms and the periodic table

  1. Models of the atom
  2. Atomic structure and the periodic table
  3. Electrons, energy levels and spectra
  4. Periodic trends

Unit 2: Bonds and matter

  1. Bonding and properties
  2. Formulas and naming compounds
  3. Phases, heat and energy
  4. Gases and the gas laws
  5. Solutions and concentration
  6. Materials and molecular structure

Unit 3: Reactions

  1. Types of reactions and predicting products
  2. Balancing equations and the mole
  3. Stoichiometry: using mole ratios
  4. Energy in reactions: bonds
  5. Rates, energy and equilibrium
  6. Acids, bases and pH
  7. Redox and batteries
  8. Nuclear chemistry

🧲 Physics

High school · 18 lessons · 4 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: Motion and forces

  1. Describing motion with graphs
  2. Velocity, acceleration and Newton's laws
  3. Free fall
  4. Forces and free-body diagrams
  5. Projectile motion
  6. Circular motion
  7. Universal gravitation
  8. Momentum and collisions

Unit 2: Energy

  1. Energy conservation and power
  2. Energy transformations and efficiency
  3. Thermal energy and heat flow

Unit 3: Electricity and magnetism

  1. Electric circuits
  2. Electricity, Coulomb and magnetism

Unit 4: Waves and the nucleus

  1. Waves and electromagnetic radiation
  2. Wave behavior and sound
  3. Light as photons
  4. Waves carry information
  5. Nuclear processes and half-life

🌐 Global History and Geography

High school · 22 lessons · 4 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: Global I: early civilizations to 500 CE

  1. Development of civilization
  2. Belief systems: rise and impact
  3. Classical civilizations

Unit 2: Global I: 500 to 1600

  1. Rise of trade networks
  2. Political powers and achievements
  3. Social and cultural growth and conflict
  4. The Ottoman Empire and the Ming dynasty
  5. Africa and the Americas before 1600
  6. Renaissance and Reformation
  7. Interactions and disruptions

Unit 3: Global II: 1750 to 1914

  1. The world in 1750
  2. Enlightenment and revolutions
  3. Nationalism and unification
  4. The Industrial Revolution
  5. Imperialism

Unit 4: Global II: 1914 to today

  1. World War I and the years between the wars
  2. World War II and the Holocaust
  3. The Cold War
  4. Decolonization and nationalism
  5. Tradition and modernization
  6. Globalization and a changing environment
  7. Human rights violations

🇺🇸 U.S. History and Government

High school · 16 lessons · 4 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: Foundations (1607-1824)

  1. Colonial foundations
  2. The road to revolution
  3. Constitution and federalism

Unit 2: Growth and division (1800-1900)

  1. Expansion and sectionalism
  2. Civil War and Reconstruction
  3. The West and Native nations

Unit 3: Industry and world power (1870-1945)

  1. Industrialization and immigration
  2. The Progressive Era
  3. The rise of American power
  4. Prosperity and Depression
  5. World War II

Unit 4: Modern America (1945-today)

  1. The Cold War at home and abroad
  2. The civil rights movement
  3. Expanding rights and the Great Society
  4. The U.S. in a changing world
  5. Supreme Court cases and civic literacy

🏛️ Government and Economics

High school · 14 lessons · 2 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: Government

  1. Foundations of American democracy
  2. How a bill becomes a law
  3. Rights, due process and courts
  4. Civil liberties and student rights
  5. Duties of citizenship
  6. Voting, elections and civic action
  7. Parties, media and interest groups
  8. Public policy

Unit 2: Economics

  1. Budgeting and financial goals
  2. Credit, interest and investing
  3. Supply, demand and markets
  4. Factor markets and businesses
  5. Capitalism in a global economy
  6. Money, GDP and policy

📚 English 9-12

High school · 16 lessons · 4 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: Reading literature

  1. Close reading and inference
  2. Theme and character development
  3. Point of view and the narrator
  4. Figurative language and connotation
  5. Poetry: sound, form and structure
  6. Drama and Shakespeare

Unit 2: Reading for information and argument

  1. Central idea and text structure
  2. Author's craft and rhetoric
  3. Evaluating arguments and fallacies
  4. Comparing texts across time

Unit 3: Writing

  1. Argument essays with sources
  2. Text-analysis response
  3. Narrative writing techniques
  4. Research and avoiding plagiarism

Unit 4: Language

  1. Grammar and usage that counts
  2. Vocabulary: roots and affixes

🌙 ELA + ENL: The Midnight Library (example unit)

High school · 28 lessons · 6 units

Units and lessons

Unit 1: Before reading: regret, choice and big questions

  1. Regret and “what if?”
  2. Academic words for choices and change
  3. Paired poem: “The Road Not Taken”

Unit 2: Reading the novel in four sections

  1. Section 1: The root life and the crisis
  2. Section 2: The library and the Book of Regrets
  3. Section 3: Trying on other lives
  4. Section 4: The choice and the ending

Unit 3: Nora's Lives: one life at a time

  1. The root life: Bedford
  2. The pub life: married to Dan
  3. Keeping Voltaire safe
  4. Australia: Izzy
  5. The Olympic swimmer
  6. The glaciologist in Svalbard
  7. The rock star: The Labyrinths
  8. The animal shelter: Dylan
  9. The vineyard: Eduardo
  10. Ash and Molly: the life she loves
  11. The return: “I am alive”

Unit 4: Character and theme

  1. Character development: tracking change
  2. Theme: from topic to theme statement
  3. Evidence: quote, paraphrase, cite your copy

Unit 5: Author's craft

  1. Structure: a story that holds other stories
  2. Motif and symbol
  3. Point of view and narration

Unit 6: Writing and Regents-style practice

  1. Text-analysis response (Part 3 style)
  2. Argument essay from sources (Part 2 style)
  3. Reading comprehension and time plan (Part 1 style)
  4. Final project: My Library of Possibilities

Grade 6 Math, ELA, Science and Social Studies use a different book format; their substitute plans are coming next. The other courses (arts, health, PE, extras) will follow.