Novels:
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Montana, 1948 by Larry Watson
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Roots by Alex Haley
Short Stories:
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving
"The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe
"The Oval Portrait" by Edgar Allan Poe
Excerpt from "Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau
"The Minister's Black Veil" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Non/Fiction-Speeches:
Speech in the Virginia Convention by Patrick Henry
1895 Atlanta Compromise by Booker T. Washington
Seneca Falls Address by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Poetry:
Various poems
Written Work:
Students will focus on the expository writing that is required for the NYS Common Core regents test. This form of writing is explaining how an author uses literary devices to develop the passage(s). This is graded on a 0-4 scaled rubric from NYS.
Students will also focus on the argumentative essay which is required for the NYS Common Core regents test. This form of writing requires students to use three pieces of writing to form an argument. This essay requires a strong thesis statement that has a counterclaim embedded within it as well as supporting details from the texts while making insightful connections that support the claim. This is based on a 0-6 scaled rubric from NYS.
Please understand that the content may change, as time allows.
