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"What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?"

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"What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?"

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The Declaration of Independence
The Crucible
"Song of Myself"

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Romeo & Juliet
Night
The Odyssey

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My dept lit guide has the following texts for ninth graders:

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My dept lit guide has the following texts for ninth graders:

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TKAM
OM&M
R&J
Bless Me Ultima
The Odyssey

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A different novel snippet read every Friday to help build interest in different topics.

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The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Studysync

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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An AMerican Slave

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The Diary of a Young Girl
Night
Interviews from survivors
A friend recorded a screening of a suspense movie they were working on and walked students through the process of making a suspenseful story.
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Short articles with current events or issues relating to young adults.

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Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza
Studysync

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Graphic Novel: Frankenstein

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Touching Spirit Bear
My favorite Chaperone
The Tell-Tale Heart
Monkey's Paw
Personal short stories
Poems for various topics
Connecting books to movies/cartoons

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Of Mice and Men; When the Emperor Was Divine; Julius Caesar; King Lear; The Devil and Miss Prym; Oedipus Rex; Lord of the Flies; selected short stories

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Of Mice and Men; When the Emperor Was Divine; Julius Caesar; King Lear; The Devil and Miss Prym; Oedipus Rex; Lord of the Flies; selected short stories

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Shame excerpt; Salvation; From the Life of Frederick Douglass; Letter From Birmingham Jail;

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Shame excerpt; Salvation; From the Life of Frederick Douglass; Letter From Birmingham Jail;

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The Boys in the Boat
by Daniel James Brown

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X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills
SHAZAM: New 52
Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow
Mouse

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This was easily the most powerful learning experience of the year for our PLC. Kids really were able to access this book.

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Connecting it with Naruto, Bleach, One piece, Sailor Moon, Jujustu Kaisen, and FGo

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We used the first six episodes of Adnan Syed's murder trial to do argument essays.

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Lord of the Flies

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NIght

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Night
Diary of a Young Girl
No No Boy
The Called Us Enemy
Farewell to Manzanar

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Boy In The Striped Pajamas

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The Outsiders
The Giver
Edgar Allan Poe
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

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The Diary of Anne Frank

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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Boy in The Striped Pajamas
The Odyssey
Fahrenheit 451

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The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

Shorter Works: The Crisis, Declaration of Independence, Civil Disobedience, excerpts of Between the World and Me, Gettysburg Address, etc.

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an excerpt from "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jaqueline Woodson

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an excerpt from "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jaqueline Woodson

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- 7th Grade
- Thank you Ma'm
- Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel

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The Giver

Freak the Mighty

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The Alchemist, Night, TKAM, Oedipus Rex, TheTempest.

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The Alchemist, Night, TKAM, Oedipus Rex, TheTempest.

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Lord of the Flies
To Kill a Mockingbird
Refugee
and much more

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The Slave Acts
Camp Harmony
The Diary of Anne Frank
Tons of articles, pod casts and related material

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The Outsiders
The Tell Tale Heart
The Black Cat

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"I did not stop for death"
I rise
various poems

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Outsiders

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Romeo and Juliet

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Sadly, there isn't any nonfiction in my dept's lit guide for ninth graders, so I supplement with speeches/articles/essays that connect to whatever fiction we might be reading at the moment. 

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Sadly, there isn't any nonfiction in my dept's lit guide for ninth graders, so I supplement with speeches/articles/essays that connect to whatever fiction we might be reading at the moment. 

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Hitler Youth
Gettysburg Address
House Divided Speech

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All Summer in a Day- Bradbury
The Veldt- Bradbury
The Wretched Stone
Uma Madu in the Good Ol' Days

Greek Myths
Narcissus
Icarus and Daedalus

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Reading different perspectives
Connecting to today

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Speeches (lots by founding fathers, older presidents, I supplement w/Obama & other recent people of influence)

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Various accounts of The Holocaust. Poetry. Theatrical performance.

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Various accounts of The Holocaust. Poetry. Theatrical performance.

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Articles and Short Clips

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Love to add in some Ted Talks. We do a juvenile justice unit and the Bryan Stevenson one is awesome.

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Love to add in some Ted Talks. We do a juvenile justice unit and the Bryan Stevenson one is awesome.

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Critical Reading

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critical reading; annotation; comprehension; recognition of literary devices and purpose; vocab; writing transference; expression of understanding

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critical reading; annotation; comprehension; recognition of literary devices and purpose; vocab; writing transference; expression of understanding

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 Decoding, inference, empathy point of view

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 Decoding, inference, empathy point of view

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Connecting to text/ real life
understanding author's purpose and meaning
developing an understanding of how different writing skills are used for different purposes
Vocabulary development
the importance of using detail/explanation to increase understanding and relationship to the text
Learning via literature a personal style and sense of writing that allows personality and meaning to shine.

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We make inferences when we don't have content specific vocabulary

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Discerning author's purpose, comprehending the author's message, building background knowledge/vocabulary.

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Annotations
Making inferences
Discovering theme

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Visualization
Metacognition
Inferring meaning from context clues

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vocabulary development, annotating, making connections, inferences, etc. 

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vocabulary development, annotating, making connections, inferences, etc. 

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making connections
explaining the implicit and explicit meaning
themes

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Recall
comprehension
vocabulary
symbolism
time lines
character analysis

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Summarizing, inferring, identifying different POVs, vocab development, noticing stylistic choices

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Summarizing, inferring, identifying different POVs, vocab development, noticing stylistic choices

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Vocabulary and connecting allusions into the novel and vice versa

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critical thinking, making connections, challenging "truths"