1. Additions to IPS Digital Portfolio

2. College Board Interest Inventory

3. Holland Code Test

4. Research Question: What Do I Need to Know to Become a(n) ____?

5. Skills: Assertiveness, Job Applications, Resumes, Work/Life Balance, Overcoming Fear

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Nonfiction:

Killer's of the Flower Moon - David Grann

Fiction: 

Saints of the Household - Ari Tison

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Short Stories:

"The World on a Turtle's Back"

"Coyote Tales"

"The Way to Rainy Mountain"

"Marigolds" - Eugena W. Collier

"The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" - Rod Serling

"The Bone Tender" - Brenna Yovanoff

"Scheherazade" - Brenna Yovanoff

"The Vampire Box" - Tessa Gratton

"Date with a Dragon Slayer" - Tessa Gratton

"A Murder of Gods" - Maggie Stiefvater

"Super Human" - Nicola Yoon

"Never Have I Ever" - Karen M. McManus

Orpheus & Eurydice Story (Ovid) with "The Elysian Job" (Margaret Ronald) and "The Spirit of the Staircase" (Catherynne M. Valente)

Drama:

The Crucible - Arthur Miller

Poems:

"My Future"

"The Teenage Years"

"Choices"

"Seeking Adulthood""

“The Westing Game”

"The Outsiders"

"The Devil's Arithmetic"

1. Goal Setting

2. Begin Digital Portfolio

3. ONet Interest Profiler

4. Myers Briggs

5. Research Question: Which Career Interests Me and Why?

6. Skills: Answering "Tell me about yourself", Organization, Study Skills, Empathy

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Short Stories: 

"Harrison Bergeron" - Kurt Vonnegut

"The Landlady" - Roald Dahl

"Lamb to the Slaughter" - Roald Dahl

"Thank You Ma'am" - Langston Hughes

"Button, Button"  - Richard Matheson

"The Dinner Party" - Mona Gardner

"Eraser Tattoo" - Jason Reynolds

"The Monkey's Paw" - W. W. Jacobs

Non-Fiction/Informational:

Various texts throughout the units

Greek Mythology Unit

Various myths 

Novels: 

Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins  

Films:

The Hunger Games

Hercules (Greek Mythology Unit- 12 Labors of Hercules)

1. Additions to IPS Digital Portfolio

2. Truity Interest Inventory

3. Research Question: Which Career Interests Me and Why?

4. Skills: Emailing, Making Calls, Scheduling Appointments, Conflict Management, Self-Efficacy, Empathy

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Novels:

Fall text:

Long Way Down - Jason Reynolds

Zustiak:

Lord of the Flies - by William Golding 

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Available class sets:

Night - Elie Wiesel

Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck

Short Stories:

"The Veldt" - Ray Bradbury

"Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Click Clack the Rattlebag - Neil Gaiman

Wish You Were Here - Frank Jones

The Neighbors - Brenna Yovanoff

Girl Raised by Wolves - Brenna Yovanoff

Hey You Down There - Harold Rolseth

Films:

Freedom Writers (paired with Long Way Down)

A Little Match Girl

1. Additions to IPS Digital Portfolio

2. Career OneStop Interest Inventory

3. Myers Briggs

4. Research Questions: What Obstacles Might I Face as a(n) _____?

5. Skills: Mock Job Interview, Cover Letters, Letters of Recommendation, Coping, Drive/Motivation

6. Senior Showcase

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Nonfiction:

Educated - Tara Westover

Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom

The Happiness Advantage - Shawn Archer

The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch

Commencement Speech - Steve Jobs

The Key to Success: Grit - Angela Lee Duckworth

Growth Mindset - Carol Dweck

Fiction:
And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie

Frankenstein - Mary Shelley (Accompany with film ((1994 version))

Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck (Accompany with film)

Sarah's Key - Tatiana De'Rosnay (Accompany with film)

The Time Traveler - H.G. Wells (Accompany with "The Time Machine" film (2002 version))

Life of Pi - Yann Martel (Accompany with film)

The Martian - Andy Weir (Accompany with film)

Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes

Beowulf

Short Stories:

"Killings" - Andre Dubus

"Story of an Hour" - Kate Chopin
"Triangle" - Jeffrey Deaver
"Quitter's Inc." - Stephen King
"Gone Fishing" - Jeffrey Deaver

Drama:

Trifles - Susan Glaspell

Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller

Podcasts:

"Bear Brook - Season 1" - New Hampshire Public Radio

"Hysterical - Season 1" - Wondery and Pineapple Street

"Lime Town - Season 1" - Two Up Productions

Films:

"The Peanut Butter Falcon"

"Gleason"

"Awakenings"

Eng Comp II Nonfiction Topics and Accompanying Articles:

Alternative Medicine (2026)

Sleep (2025)

Online education (2024)

Modern society heroism (2023)

Number The Stars, Lois Lowry (All)

The Fall of the House of Usher, Edgar Allen Poe (All)

Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Patterson (High MTSS group only)