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Lake Orion High School 

Speical Note About LO ELA Curriculum:

 

All core ELA classes at Lake Orion High School follow a similar structure for units. 

All classes have:

1. Whole Class Novel Unit: Traditional unit where all students read and analyze the same text.

2. Leveled Book Unit: This unit is structured so that students can pick a book from a text set based on a common topic. These texts are a variety of levels to cater to varying student needs. 

3. Independent Book Unit: Students can choose a book on their own to read and analyze for this unit. 

4. Non-fiction: All students will study a unit of non-fiction and write a non-fiction piece. 

5. Grade Focus Unit: This unit changes depending on what class students are in. 

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Lake Orion's curriculum  is dedicated to offering students choice and instilling a love of reading. 

English Language Arts 9/Honors ELA 9 

Introduction to Genres 

  • This course covers a variety of material from fiction, to Shakespeare,  to non-fiction. 

  • Books: To Kill a Mockingbird, Fahrenheit 451, Unwind, and Romeo and Juliet.

English Language Arts 10 

Focus on American Literature 

  • This class covers several works of American literature including poetry, fiction novel and short stories, and non-fiction. 

  • Books: Catcher in the Rye, The Great Gatsby, Of Mice and Men, Ordinary People, and Perks of Being a Wallflower. 

English 12 Expository Reading and Writing

Non-fiction class

  • This class covers works of non-fiction from different sources including articles, books, podcasts, videos, and movies. 

Classes Taught: 

Other Involvement: 

P7 Club:  

  • P7 club is an after school club at Lake Orion. The club is student led and is a safe place for students to meet and talk about their faith. 

  • Role:  Lead Teacher 

  • Responsibilities: 

    • Attend weekly meetings​

    • Send out communication to students and parents about upcoming events 

    • Help students to organize outreach efforts

Cell Phone Committee:  ​

  • Role: Committee member

  • Responsibilities: 

    • Help develop a plan for new cell phone policy at a building level. 

    • Advocate for the committee and gather feedback 

Extended Period Committee:

  • Role: Committee member 

  • Responsibilities: 

    • Every month at Lake Orion, we have meetings with our students about topics that are not often covered in class. Previously these programs involved an online course. 

    • Helped committee to recognize problems with current extended period. 

    • Developed surveys for students and staff 

    • Made decisions to improve the extended periods moving forward. 

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