Stories, Poems, Articles, and Other Shorter Works

Students will be given a choice in what they read as much as possible. The list below includes texts that will be read in class and possible choices for independent reading assignments. Other texts may be added as needed.

Possible Materials:

• "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst
• "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
• "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
• "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
• "Persues" by Edith Hamilton
• "Slam, Dunk, and Hook" by Yusef Komunyakaa
• "The Interlopers" by Saki
• "I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King Jr.
• "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth
• "Uphill" by Christina Rossetti
• "Summer" by Walter Dean Myers
• "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
• Myths, legends, fairy tales, fables, etc. from around the world