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Ellensburg School District

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Grades 9-12

9th -12th Grade Curriculum
in Ellensburg School District

  • Frosh Eng

    Raisen in the Sun

    The Most Dangerous Game

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    Soph Eng

    Persepolis

    Macbeth

    Jun Eng

    The Crucible

    The Things They Carried

    Sen Eng

    1984

    Othello

    Hawkeye

    AP Lang

    Rhetoric in America reader

    Scarlet Letter

    Walden

    Narrative in the Life of Frederick Douglas

    Call of the Wild

    Their Eyes were Watching God

    The Great Gatsby

    Catcher in the Rye

    Joy Luck Club

    Things They Carried

    Snow Falling on Cedars

    AP Lit  
  • Book Title Approved for Whole Class Instruction Grade Class
    The Outsiders yes 09 - Fresh Lit Circles
    A Raisin in the Sun Yes 09 - Fresh Core Text
    To Kill a Mockingbird Yes 09 - Fresh Core Text
    Romeo and Juliet yes 09 - Fresh Honors
    Speak yes 09 - Fresh Lit Circles
    The Pearl yes 09 - Fresh Lit Circles
    Anthem yes 09 - Fresh Lit Circles
    The Red Pony yes 09 - Fresh Lit Circles
    Writing and Grammar - 9th yes 09 - Fresh Text
    Elements of Literature - 9th yes 09 - Fresh Text
    Black Boy Unsure 09 - Fresh Honors (Lit Circles??)
    House on Mango Street   09 - Fresh Lit Circles
    Red Sky at Morning yes 09 - Fresh Lit Circles
    The Miracle Worker yes 09 - Fresh Lit Circles
    Watermelon Pickle yes 09 - Fresh Lit Circles
    When I Was Puerto Rican yes 09 - Fresh Lit Circles
    The Complete Maus yes 09- Fresh (Maus 1) (11-12 for Maus 2) Core Text
    The Book Thief   10 - Fresh Lit Circles
    Death of Ivan Ilych Yes 10 - Soph Core Text
    Lord of the Flies Yes 10 - Soph Core Text
    Macbeth Yes 10 - Soph Core Text
    Night Yes 10 - Soph Core Text
    Persepolis Yes 10 - Soph Core Text
    Cry, the Beloved Country yes 10 - Soph Honors
    Merchant of Venice yes 10 - Soph Honors
    Midsummer Night’s Dream yes 10 - Soph Honors
    Native Son yes 10 - Soph Honors
    Old Man and the Sea yes 10 - Soph Honors
    Othello yes 10 - Soph Honors
    Pygmalion yes 10 - Soph Honors
    Silas Marner yes 10 - Soph Honors
    The American Experience Drama yes 10 - Soph Honors
    The Bell Jar yes 10 - Soph Honors
    The Metamorphosis yes 10 - Soph Honors
    The Open Boat & other stories yes 10 - Soph Honors
    The Red Badge of Courage yes 10 - Soph Honors
    The Tempest yes 10 - Soph Honors
    Winesburg, Ohio yes 10 - Soph Honors
    Wuthering Heights yes 10 - Soph Honors
    Bless Me Ultima yes 10 - Soph Lit Circles
    The Bean Trees yes 10 - Soph Lit Circles
    The Tragedy of Julius Caesar yes 10 - Soph Lit Circles
    The Diary of a Young Girl yes 10 - Soph Lit Circles
    White Fang yes 10 - Soph Lit Circles
    Elements of Literature - 10th Yes 10 - Soph Text
    Elements of Literature - 10th Yes 10 - Soph Text
    NTC Vocab Builders Yes 10 - Soph Text
    Prentice Hall Writing and Grammar (purple): 62 Yes 10 - Soph Text
    Vocabulary for the College Bound: 71 Yes 10 - Soph Text
    Nectar in a Sieve Yes 10 - Soph Lit Circles
    Elements of Literature 4th Ed. yes 10 - Soph  
    A Long Way Gone   10 - Soph Lit Circles
    Cyrano de Bergerac   10 - Soph Lit Circles
    Allyn and Bacon Guide yes 11 - Jr AP Lang
    Everything is an Argument yes 11 - Jr AP Lang
    Snow Falling on Cedars yes 11 - Jr AP Lang
    The Scarlet Letter yes 11 - Jr AP Lang
    Walden and Civil Disobedience yes 11 - Jr AP Lang
    The Catcher in the Rye Yes 11 - Jr Core Text
    The Crucible Yes 11 - Jr Core Text
    The Great Gatsby Yes 11 - Jr Core Text
    Their Eyes Were Watching God yes 11 - Jr Core Text
    A Streetcar Named Desire yes 11 - Jr Lit Circles
    Fahrenheit 451 Yes 11 - Jr Lit Circles
    Of Mice and Men yes 11 - Jr Lit Circles
    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn yes 11 - Jr Lit Circles
    The Grapes of Wrath yes 11 - Jr Lit Circles
    The Joy Luck Club Yes 11 - Jr Lit Circles
    The Jungle yes 11 - Jr Lit Circles
    The Things They Carried yes 11 - Jr Lit Circles
    Uncle Tom's Cabin yes 11 - Jr Lit Circles
    Elements of Literature - 5th Level yes 11 - Jr Text
    Introduction to Fiction yes 11 - Jr Text
    Rhetoric in Thought and Writing yes 11 - Jr Text
    The American Experience yes 11 - Jr Text
    Writing and Grammar yes 11 - Jr Text
    Great Am. Stories yes 11 - Jr Lit Circles
    A Separate Peace   11 - Jr Lit Circles
    Into The Wild   11 - Jr Lit Circles
    October Sky   11 - Jr Lit Circles
    All the Pretty Horses yes 12 - Sr AP Lit
    Animal Dreams yes 12 - Sr AP LIt
    Ceremony yes 12 - Sr AP Lit
    Heart of Darkness yes 12 - Sr AP Lit
    King Lear yes 12 - Sr AP Lit
    Kite Runner yes 12 - Sr AP Lit
    Things Fall Apart yes 12 - Sr AP Lit
    1984 Yes 12 - Sr Core Text
    Hamlet Yes 12 - Sr Core Text
    Hamlet: No Fear Shakespeare Yes 12 - Sr Core Text
    The Shallows Yes 12 - Sr Core Text
    Adventures of Tom Sawyer yes 12 - Sr Lit Circles
    All Quiet on the Western Front yes 12 - Sr Lit Circles
    Animal Farm yes 12 - Sr Lit Circles
    Brave New World yes 12 - Sr Lit Circles
    Catch 22 yes 12 - Sr Lit Circles
    Demian yes 12 - Sr Lit Circles
    Lord Jim yes 12 - Sr Lit Circles
    Lost Horizon yes 12 - Sr Lit Circles
    They Called us Enemy   09/10  
    The Beet Queen   11 - 12 AP  
    Pride and Prejudice yes 12 - Sr Lit Circles
    Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead yes 12 - Sr Lit Circles
    Siddhartha yes 12 - Sr Lit Circles
    Song of Solomon yes 12 - Sr AP Lit
    Drowning of Stephan Jones, The yes 12 - Sr Lit Circles
    The Effect Gamma rays on Man-in the Moon Marigolds yes 12 - Sr Lit Circles
    The Lone Ranger and Tonto fistfight in Heaven yes 12 - Sr Lit Circles
    The Mayor of Casterbridge yes 12 - Sr Lit Circles
    Three Cups of Tea yes 12 - Sr Lit Circles
    Our Town yes 12 - Sr Lit Circles
    Tess of D'Urbervilles yes 12 - Sr Lit Circles
    The Fountainhead yes 12 - Sr Lit Circles
    Atlas Shrugged yes 12 - Sr Lit Circles
    A Book of Nonfiction 2 yes 12 - Sr Text
    Elements of Litearature - 12th yes 12 - Sr Text
    A Book of Nonfiction 2 yes 12 - Sr Text
    Multiple Choice and Free Response: 7 yes 12 - Sr Text
    Story and Structure yes 12 - Sr Text
    Elements of Literature 6th Ed. yes 12 - Sr  
    Odyssey - 21 yes Myth  
    Oedipus Rex: 53 yes Myth  
    Prometheus Bound yes Myth  
    Medieval Myths yes Myth  
    Beowulf yes Myth  
    Myths of the Norsemen yes Myth  
    Greek Tragedies yes Myth  
    Tales of Ancient Egypt yes Myth  
    Robin Hood yes Myth  
    Mythology yes Myth  
    Oedipus Rex yes Myth  
    Ancient Myths yes Myth  
    King Arthur yes Myth  
    The Iliad yes Myth  
    The Iliad New Translation yes Myth  
    Odyssey yes Myth  
    Hedda Gabler yes Myth  
    World Geo Textbook yes Myth  
    Economics Textbook yes Myth  
    Psychology Textbook yes Myth  
    No Fear Hamlet yes Myth  
    Robin Hood Graphic Novel yes Myth  
    Beowulf yes Myth  
  • Pre-Algebra

    Pre-Algebra, McGraw Hill

    Algebra I & II

    Reveal, McGraw Hill

    Geometry

    Reveal, McGraw Hill

    Algebra Trig

    Pre-Calculus with Limits A Graphing Approach

    Pre-Calc & Calc

    Calculs, Pearson

  • Chem

    Timberlake: Basic Chem

    AP Chem Chemistry: The Central Science
  • 1st Year Spanish Various novels and speciality units
    2nd Year Spanish Various novels and speciality units

    3rd Year Spanish

    Puntos de Partido

    4th Year Spanish

    Complete Spanish Grammar

    ELD National Geographic Edge

    Spanish for Spanish Speakers

    Various novels and speciality units
  • Health

    Essential Health Skills, 3rd Edition

    Strength & Conditioning

    One Eighty Athletics

 

High School English

9th - 11th (separate readings aligned to essential standards across grade levels)

AP Literature

Intro to Philosophy

AP Art History 

Sheltered English

Jennifer Kuntz

Titles: Assistant Superintendent for Student Learning

Email: jennifer.kuntz@esd401.org

Phone Numbers: School: (509) 925-8008

Gemma Wolfenbarger

Titles: Administrative Assistant of Student Services

Email: gemma.wolfenbarger@esd401.org

Phone Numbers: School: (509) 925-8447