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Throughout each semester, students will provide evidence of reading which is ongoing and continuous. This will be reflected in authentic, original, and thoughtful reader's responses which will be recorded in a separate Google Doc for each book you read. (Keep this Google Doc in your course folder. ) These responses are an essential component of every summative assessment - providing evidence of the authenticity and originality of your work.
Fall Semester Essential Question:
Spring Semester Essential Question:
What is the American Dream?
To answer the fall semester's essential question, we'll explore the following texts as a whole class:
Selected works from the literary periods and movements identified here.
Independent Reading
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Tears of a Tiger by Draper
To answer the spring semester's essential question, we'll explore the following texts as a whole class:
Selected works from the literary periods and movements identified here.
Independent Reading
42: The Jackie Robinson Story by Aaron Rosenberg
The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald (Graphic Novel Adaptation)
Book Groups:
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Independent reading titles may be selected from our classroom library, our school library, or from home. The titles listed below, from our curriculum library, are also available.
American Contemporary- 20th Century
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Dance Hall of the Dead by Tony Hillerman
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
American Contemporary- 21st Century
Ellen Foster by Gibbons
The Fault in Our Stars by Green
October Sky by Hickam
Monster by Myers
The Things They Carried by O'Brien