Curriculum Guide
9th Grade Literature The Reading Edge High School is a comprehensive, cohesive literacy program that arms students with the skills and strategies they need to read, understand, and learn from content-area texts. Students read a variety of texts including primary sources, informational texts in science, technology, math, history, art, and social sciences, as well as essays, poetry, speeches and short stories. These readings are typical of complex text encountered in high school content area classes, textbooks, and on college entrance exams. Students receive explicit instruction in the metacognitive strategies they need for critical reading of these texts, stating and supporting an opinion, and connecting ideas across texts.
10th Grade Literature Complete coverage of state standards have been incorporated into an effective and manageable teaching plan for teachers. Highly engaging visuals and contemporary lesson designs have been carefully crafted into the program to ensure students will be easily engaged and stay highly motivated as they experience outstanding literature, poetry, and contemporary media.
Science 9th Grade-Physics Conceptual physics offers Exploration that ignites the interest of the student with meaningful examples and hands-on activities. This book displays Concept Development - Expand understanding with engaging narrative and visuals, multimedia presentations, and a wide range of concept-development questions and exercises. The book also offers Application - Reinforce and apply key concepts with hands-on laboratory work, critical thinking, and problem solving.
10th Grade-Modern Biology Modern Biology offers a comprehensive phylogenetic approach to biology and presents key concepts within a historical framework to ensure students understand that scientific theories are developed over time and are dynamic. 2