This is also my first year teaching 9th with the CCSS; however, it is not my first year teaching freshman English. I have been pooling my resources. I highly admire Jim Burke and anything he publishes. I ordered his CCSS books.
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In Israel, the tenth grade is the first year of high school (pronounced in Hebrew as Tichon) in most formal places, which lasts three years. As mentioned, in some cities (such as Ramat Gan and Giv'atayim), elementary school ends at 8th grade and high School starts at 9th grade.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenth_grade
In the U.S. curriculum for social studies, tenth grade students are taught recent World History. In some districts, Advanced Placement coursework, such as geography, European history, World Studies, or United States History is first made available to students in this grade.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenth_grade
About the Course. While you may not find all of the works addressed in your 10th grade English class listed here, this resource can provide you with a representation of the topics you might need to be familiar with as a sophomore in high school.
http://study.com/academy/course/10th-grade-english.html
In New Zealand, Year 11 is the equivalent of tenth grade, with students aged 15–16. It is the third year of secondary school (High School) and the eleventh year of compulsory education.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenth_grade
Amanda, It will be my 2nd year teaching 10th grade this year, and I'd love to hear some of your units that really worked for your students--the dystopia one sounds great, as we are covering 1984 and Harrison Bergeron.
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In Finland tenth grade is usually known as the first year of High School (Lukio in Finnish and Gymnasiet in Swedish). The tenth grade may also refer to an extra year of primary school (kymppiluokka in Finnish which literally translates to tenth grade).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenth_grade
I am using the Common Core for the first year and the Gradual Release Model and all the 10th grade English teachers must teach the same articles from the core at the same time. We also have the same assessments at the end of each unit. I could use some examples of formative assessments to determine what to plan next.
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Hi Jenn! If you'd like to email me, I'd be happy to help out :) I've been exclusively teaching 10th grade for the last five years and we've got some pretty solid units! Our year is based in inquiry-based/genre units and we cycle through the standards several times.
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Tenth grade (called Grade 10 in some regions) is the tenth year of school post-kindergarten in many parts of the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenth_grade
what is taught in tenth grade
In some districts, Advanced Placement coursework, such as geography, European history, World Studies, or United States History is first made available to students in tenth grade.