9R: Select at least one of the following texts and read it/them, and be prepared for a discussion in English class on the first day of school in September. Teacher guided discussion will take place before a subsequent writing assignment is given in class.
9H: Select two texts from the list.
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Home on the Field by Paul Cuadros
The engaging tale of the team's climb to the top also provides a lens
through which to view the challenges of assimilation. The Jets encounter
well-funded white teams, racist rednecks, and a few teams that look just
like them.
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Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
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Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
A poignant tale of childhood and the ties of family, "A Tree Grows
in Brooklyn" will transport the reader to the early 1900s where a little
girl named Francie dreamily looks out her window at a tree struggling to
reach the sky.
Falling Through the Earth: A Memoir by Danielle Trussoni
The Iliad by Homer
Curious
Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher,
a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate
the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his
mother.
Odd
Girl Speaks Out: Girls Write About Bullies, Cliques, Popularity, and Jealousy.
Ed. Rachel Simmons
Simmons draws from her workshops with teens, offering anecdotes, poems,
and letters written by teens as well as her own insightful commentary.
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Speak
by Laurie Halse Anderson
A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect
on Melinda's freshman year in high school.
The
Red Necklace: A Story of the French Revolution by Sally Gardner
In the late eighteenth-century, Sido, the twelve-year-old daughter
of a self-indulgent marquis, and Yann, a fourteen-year-old Gypsy orphan
raised to perform in a magic show, face a common enemy at the start of
the French Revolution.
This I Believe Jay Allison and Dan Gediman, eds.
Tuesdays
With Morrie by Mitch Albom
A true story about the love between a spiritual mentor and his pupil.
Upstate by Kalisha Buckhanon
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