Report new books on paper wall ledger in class
New spring 2012 Independent Reading rules
New spring 2012 online book reviews
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2011-2012 School Calendar
THREE YEAR-LONG PROJECTS:
- Read independently from a list of 170+ titles 1,000 pages minimum, 500 per semester
- Maintain a writing journal and coursework portfolio
- Assimilate and master the use of 210 classroom vocabulary words through projects, writings, quizzes, and tests throughout the school year. Vocabulary will be incorporated into core writings and play a significant role in both semester final exams
FALL SEMESTER READING
Heroes, Gods and Monsters by Bernard Evslin
Elements of Style by William Strunk and E. B. White
Medea by Euripides
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Night by Elie Wiesel
FALL SEMESTER WRITING
Vocabulary building with contextual sentences
Sentence combining activities; paragraph construction
Journal writing – various topics and techniques
Formal expository analytic essays on literature
SPRING SEMESTER READING
Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
Jack or the Submission by Eugene Ionesco
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Jay Presson Allen
SPRING SEMESTER WRITING
Business letters
Show Not Tell creative sensory writing; writing narrative with dialogue
Script writing; screen writing; journalistic writing; collaborative writing
Poetry; Stream of Consciousness
Formal expository analytic essays on literature
Additional Titles in Freshman Library encouraged for Independent Reading
Anthem by Ayn Rand
Candide by Voltaire
Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston
Hiroshima by John Hersey
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Inferno by Dante Alighieri
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
Extended 170+ Independent Reading List
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