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UNIT 1: The Secret Life of Bees
NONFICTION
POEMS
FICTION
"Tolerance" by E.M. Forster
audio version
"The Summer of Our Discontent "
"How Resilience Works"
"McDonald's: It's the Glue That Holds Communities Together" by Arnade (nonfiction article)
"Missing Your People: Why Belonging Is So Important and How To Create It" by Brower (nonfiction article)
PERSONAL ESSAYS & MEMOIRS
"The Teacher Who Changed My Life"
"Caramelo" by Sandra Cisneros
"'Hope' is the thing with feathers"
"Let America Be America Again"
SHORT FILMS
If the video won't load, search for "youtube short film piper" and click on the 6 min Disney Pixar video with the little bird thumnail
"The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe
"The Bass, The River, and Sheila Mant" by J.D. Wetherell (audio link above)
The Secret Life of Bees
by Sue Monk Kidd
Chapter 4-- pp. 67-81 audio (3 min)
Chapter 5-- pp. 82-94 audio (20 min)
Chapter 5 -- pp. 94-101 audio (11 min)
Chapter 6 -- pp. 102-114 audio (20 min)
Chapter 7 -- pp. 115-123 (14 min)
Chapter 7 -- pp. 124-129 (8 min)
Chapter 7 -- pp. 129-135 (10 min)
Chapter 8 -- pp. 136-146 (17 min)
Chapter 8 -- pp. 146-164 (28 min)
Chapter 9 -- pp. 165-176 (21 min)
Chapter 9 -- pp. 177-188 (20 min)
Chapter 10 -- pp. 189-204 (26 min)
Chapter 10 -- pp. 204-213 (12 min)
Chapter 11 -- pp. 214-224 (17 min)
Chapter 11 -- pp. 224-231 (12 min)
Chapter 12 -- pp. 232-243 (19 min)
Chapter 12 -- pp. 243-256 (21 min)
Chapter 13 -- pp. 271-276 (8.5 min)
UNIT 2: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol
UNIT 3: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
NOVEL STUDY: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
**If you are absent and miss the Socratic Seminar, you need to go to the Discussion Group on Google Classroom (CLICK HERE) and respond to the question.
Socratic Seminar Topics:
Thursday August 20th: Socratic Seminar Fahrenheit 451 pp. 1-8
Seminar Focus: The introduction of the "Hearth." Why does Montag find his job "a pleasure to burn"? Compare his grin to Leonard Mead’s silence.
Thursday September 3rd: Socratic Seminar Fahrenheit 451 pp. 9-15
Seminar Focus: Clarisse McLellan. Is curiosity a personality trait or a social danger? Discuss how she uses "Inference" to understand Montag.
Thursday September 17th: Socratic Seminar Fahrenheit 451 pp. 16-23
Seminar Focus: The Mechanical Hound. Analyze how technology reflects the "Cause & Effect" of a society that has stopped feeling.
Thursday September 23rd: Socratic Seminar Fahrenheit 451 pp. 24-31
Seminar Focus: Mildred vs. The Unknown Citizen. Does being "statistically perfect" mean you are happy? Discuss the theme of "The Average."
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