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English Language Arts Resource List 2014

Table of Contents

LANGUAGE ARTS 300 ........................................................................ 1

UNIT 2: SPELLING, GRAMMAR, AND READING ..................... 1 UNIT 3: WORDS AND MEANING ................................................... 1 UNIT 4: GRAMMAR PRACTICE AND BIOGRAPHY ............... 1 UNIT 5: SHORT STORIES AND GRAMMAR REVIEW ............ 2 UNIT 6: FORMS OF LITERATURE ................................................... 2 UNIT 7: NOUNS AND FRIENDLY LETTERS ................................ 2 UNIT 8: CLOSE READING AND ADJECTIVES ........................... 2 UNIT 9: READING AND WRITING ................................................. 2 UNIT 10: REVIEW .................................................................................. 3

LANGUAGE ARTS 400 ........................................................................ 4

UNIT 2: READING FOR MEANING ................................................ 4 UNIT 3: WORD PLAY ........................................................................... 4 UNIT 4: WORDS IN SEASON ............................................................ 4 UNIT 6: RHYMES AND REPORTS ................................................... 5 UNIT 7: FORMS OF LITERATURE ................................................... 5 UNIT 9: READING AND RESEARCHING ..................................... 6 UNIT 10: REVIEW .................................................................................. 6

LANGUAGE ARTS 500 ........................................................................ 7

UNIT 1: LANGUAGE SKILLS .............................................................. 7 UNIT 3: THE STORY OF OUR LANGUAGE ................................. 7 UNIT 4: EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION ................................... 7 UNIT 5: READING AND WRITING STORIES.............................. 7 UNIT 6: POETRY ..................................................................................... 8 UNIT 7: READING COMPREHENSION ........................................ 8 UNIT 9: READING AND STUDY SKILLS ....................................... 8 UNIT 10: REVIEW .................................................................................. 9

LANGUAGE ARTS 600 ..................................................................... 10

UNIT 3: READING SKILLS ............................................................... 10 UNIT 4: WRITING SKILLS ................................................................ 10 UNIT 5: NEWSPAPERS AND PROPAGANDA ........................ 10 UNIT 7: READING FOR A PURPOSE .......................................... 10 UNIT 8: POETRY .................................................................................. 11 UNIT 9: ELEMENTS OF DRAMA AND LISTENING .............. 11

LANGUAGE ARTS 700 ..................................................................... 12

UNIT 4: INFORMATIONAL TEXTS: LETTERS AND

DIRECTIONS ......................................................................................... 12 UNIT 6: COMMUNICATION .......................................................... 12 UNIT 8: ALL ABOUT NONFICTION ............................................ 12 UNIT 9: TYPES OF LITERATURE .................................................. 12 UNIT 10: HARRIET TUBMAN: A STUDY GUIDE ................... 13

LANGUAGE ARTS 700 CCSS ......................................................... 13

UNIT 3: COURAGE IN EVERYDAY JOURNEYS ..................... 13 UNIT 4: SEA JOURNEYS .................................................................. 13

LANGUAGE ARTS 800 ..................................................................... 14

UNIT 3: HISTORY OF LANGUAGE AND MODERN

GRAMMAR ............................................................................................ 14 UNIT 4: EXPOSITION: THE FORMAL ESSAY .......................... 14 UNIT 5: PERSUASION ....................................................................... 14 UNIT 6: THE POWER OF WORDS ............................................... 14 UNIT 9: FUNCTIONAL TEXTS AND READING STRATEGIES ..................................................................................................................... 15 UNIT 10: SAMPLING LITERATURE ............................................. 15

LANGUAGE ARTS 800 CCSS ......................................................... 15

UNIT 3: FINE ART GALLERY........................................................... 15

ENGLISH I ............................................................................................. 16

UNIT 4: RESEARCHING A COMPLEX PROCESS .................. 16 UNIT 5: PRACTICAL PERSUASION ............................................ 16 UNIT 7: MASS MEDIA ....................................................................... 16 UNIT 8: POETRY AND SHORT STORIES .................................. 16 UNIT 9: THE ODYSSEY ..................................................................... 17 UNIT 11: STUDIES IN THE NOVEL .............................................. 17

ENGLISH I CCSS ................................................................................. 18

UNIT 1: SHORT STORY .................................................................... 18 UNIT 3: EPIC POETRY ....................................................................... 18 UNIT 5: DRAMA ................................................................................... 18 UNIT 6: NOVEL .................................................................................... 18 UNIT 7: POETRY .................................................................................. 18

ENGLISH II ........................................................................................... 19

UNIT 1: READING, WRITING, AND SPEAKING .................... 19 UNIT 4: EXPOSITION ........................................................................ 19 UNIT 5: GET A JOB ............................................................................. 19 UNIT 7: MEDIA AND YOU .............................................................. 19 UNIT 8: SHORT STORIES ................................................................. 20 UNIT 9: REVIEWING LITERATURE ............................................. 20 UNIT 10: POETRY ............................................................................... 20

ENGLISH II CCSS ................................................................................ 21

UNIT 1: COMING OF AGE ............................................................... 21 UNIT 2: THE STRUGGLE AGAINST INJUSTICE ..................... 21 UNIT 4: PERSPECTIVES IN WORLD LITERATURE .............. 21 UNIT 5: TRADITION VS. CHANGE .............................................. 21

ENGLISH III .......................................................................................... 22

UNIT 1: THE USES AND VARIETIES OF ENGLISH ................ 22 UNIT 5: POETRY .................................................................................. 22 UNIT 7: NONFICTION ...................................................................... 22 UNIT 8: AMERICAN DRAMA ......................................................... 22 UNIT 9: STUDIES IN THE AMERICAN NOVEL ....................... 24 UNIT 10: RESEARCH ......................................................................... 24 UNIT 11: REVIEWING COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND

LITERATURE ......................................................................................... 24

ENGLISH III CCSS .............................................................................. 24

UNIT 1: INTERSECTION IN THE NEW WORLD .................... 24 UNIT 6: MODERNISM IN AMERICA ........................................... 24

ENGLISH IV .......................................................................................... 25

UNIT 3: READING, RESEARCHING, AND LISTENING

SKILLS ...................................................................................................... 25 UNIT 4: STUDYING LANGUAGE .................................................. 25 UNIT 5: MEDIEVAL ENGLISH LITERATURE ........................... 25 UNIT 7: ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE ....................................... 25 UNIT 9: ROMANTIC AND VICTORIAN POETRY.................. 25 UNIT 10: CREATIVE WRITING ..................................................... 26 UNIT 11: REVIEW ............................................................................... 26

ENGLISH IV CCSS .............................................................................. 26

UNIT 7: THE SEARCH FOR MEANING ...................................... 26

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LANGUAGE ARTS 300

UNIT 2: SPELLING, GRAMMAR, AND READING

Book Report -- Poetry Required Resource? – Yes (choose one)

• A Child's Garden of Verses, by Robert Louis Stevenson, Grosset & Dunlap, 1957.

• The Christopher Robin Verses, by A. A. Milne, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1967.

• The Llama Who had No Pajama, by Mary Ann Hoberman, Browndeer Press, a division of Harcourt Brace & Co., 1998.

• Pizza the Size of the Sun, by Jack Pretutsky, Greenwillow Books, 1996.

UNIT 3: WORDS AND MEANING

Book Report -- Folktales Required Resource? – Yes (choose one)

General Folktales:

• Llama and the Great Flood; a Folktale from Peru, by Ellen Alexander, Crowell, 1989.

Fairy Tales And Fantasy:

• Fairy Tales and Stories, by H. C. Andersen. A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys, by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

• Rapunzel, by Brothers Grimm, retold and illustrated by Bernadette Watts, Thomas Y. Crowell Co, 1975.

• The Nutcracker Ballet, retold by Deborah Hautig, Random House, 1992.

• The Snow Queen, by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Noami Lewis, Henry Holt and Co. 1979.

Tall Tales:

• Johnny Appleseed, retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg, Morrow Junior Books, 1988.

• Mr. Yowder and the Train Robbers, by Glen Rounds, Holiday House, 1981.

• Pecos Bill, retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg, Morrow Junior Books, 1986.

• Paul Bunyan, retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg, Morrow Junior Books, 1984.

Fables:

• Aesop's Fables, by Aesop, illustrated by A. J. McClaskey, retold by Ann Mc Govern, Scholastic, 1963.

• Fables, by Arnold Lobel, Harper & Row, 1980. Caldecott Medal Winner.

• The Fisherman and His Wife, by Jacob Grimm, Farrar, 1980.

UNIT 4: GRAMMAR PRACTICE AND BIOGRAPHY

Book Report -- Biography Required Resource? – Yes (choose one)

Biography:

• Diego Rivera, by Mike Venezia, from the "Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists" series, Children's Press, 1994.

• Isaac Newton; Scientific Genius, by Pearle and Harry Schultz, Garrard Publ., 1972.

• Thomas Edison, by Haydn Middleton, from the "What's Their Story?" series, Oxford University Press, 1997.

• The True Story of Pocahontas, by Lucille Recht Penner, Random House, 1994.

Biographical Fiction:

• The Trailblazers Heroes series, by Dave and Neta Jackson, Bethany House Publishers.

The Chimney Sweep's Ransom, about John Wesley (1992) Defeat of the Ghost Riders, about Mary McLeoad Bethune (1997)

Escape from the Slave Traders, about David Livingston (1992)

Flight of the Fugitives, about Gladys Aylward (1994)

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The Forty-Acre Swindle, about George Washington Carver (2000)

The Hidden Jewel, about Amy Carmichael (1992)

Hostage on the Nighthawk, about William Penn (2000)

Listen for the Whippoorwill, about Harriet Tubman (1993)

UNIT 5: SHORT STORIES AND GRAMMAR REVIEW

Book Report -- Animal Stories Required Resource? – Yes (choose one)

• Chester the Worldly Pig, by Bill Peet, Houghton Mifflin, 1965.

• Fantastic Mr. Fox, by Roald Dahl (author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Alfred A. Knopf, 1970.

• Frog and Toad All Year, by Arnold Lobel, Harper & Row, 1976.

• Only One Woof, by James Herriot, St. Martin's Press, 1985.

• Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, by Aardema, Dillion, 1976. Caldecott Medal Award book.

UNIT 6: FORMS OF LITERATURE

Project: Book Report Required Resource? – Yes

• a book of student’s choice

Book Report -- Haiku Poetry Required Resource? – Yes (choose one)

• Cricket Never Does; a Collection of Haiku and Tanka Poetry, by Myra Livingston Cohn, published by Margaret McElderry, 1997.

• Haiku: the Mood of Earth, by Ann Atwood, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971.

UNIT 7: NOUNS AND FRIENDLY LETTERS

Project: Advertisements and Forms Required Resource? – Yes (choose one)

• newspaper

• magazine

UNIT 8: CLOSE READING AND ADJECTIVES

Project: Cinderella Comparison and Contrast Required Resource? – Yes

• Cinderella (book and movie)

UNIT 9: READING AND WRITING

Book Report -- Nonfiction Required Resource? – Yes (Choose one)

• Abe Lincoln Grows Up, by Carl Sandberg, Harcourt, 1985.

• Buffalo Hunt, by Russell Freedman, Holiday House, 1988.

• The Plymouth Thanksgiving, by Leonard Weisgard, Doubleday, 1967.

• Promise of a New Spring; the Holocaust and Renewal, by Gerda Weissman Klein, Rossel Books, 1981.

• Young Frederick Douglass, Fight for Freedom, by Laurence Santrey, Troll, 1983.

Book Report -- Biography



Required Resource? – Yes (Choose one)

• The True Story of Pocahontas, by Lucille Recht Penner, Random House, 1994.

• Thomas Edison, by Haydn Middleton, from the "What's Their Story?" series, Oxford University Press, 1997.

• Diego Rivera, by Mike Venezia, from the "Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists" series, Children's Press, 1994.

• Isaac Newton; Scientific Genius, by Pearle and Harry Schultz, Garrard Publ., 1972.

Project: Informational Report Required Resource? – Yes

• DVDs, magazines, informational books, interviews, and the Internet

Project: Writing a Book Report Required Resource? – Yes

• a book of student’s choice

UNIT 10: REVIEW

Book Report -- Historical Fiction Required Resource? – Yes (Choose one)

• Abigail Takes the Wheel, by Avi, HarperCollins, 1999.

• The American Girl series: a collection of historical fiction stories of five American girls, each living in a different time period in American history. The three titles given below are suggested for book report projects.

Addy Saves the Day, by Connie Porter, Pleasant Company, 1994.

Felicity Learns a Lesson, by Valerie Tripp, Pleasant Company, 1991.

Josefina's Surprise, by Valerie Tripp, Pleasant Company, 1997.

• Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin By His Good Mouse Amos, discovered, edited, and illustrated by Robert Lawson, Little, Brown, and Company, 1988.

• The Drinking Gourd, by F. N. Monjo, Harper, 1969.

• Kia, a Mission to her Village, Africa 1440, from "Girlhood Journey's" series, by Dawn C. Gill Thomas, Simon & Schuster, 1996.

• Paddle-to-the-Sea, by Clancy Holling, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961. A Caldecott Honor book.

• An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, by Louisa May Alcott, Holiday House, 1989.

• The Very First Thanksgiving: Pioneers on the Rio Grande, by Bea Bragg, Harbinger House, 1989.

• Song of the Trees, by Mildred D. Taylor, Dial Press, 1975. Winner of the 1973 Council of Interracial Books Award: First Place Prize African American Book.

• The Wall, by Eve Bunting, Clarion Books, 1990.

• Whispering Cloth; a Refugee's Story, by Pegi Deitz Shea, Boyd Mills Publ., 1996.



LANGUAGE ARTS 400

UNIT 2: READING FOR MEANING

Project: Book Report -- Haiku Poetry Required Resource? – Yes (Choose one)

• Cricket Never Does; a Collection of Haiku and Tanka Poetry, by Myra Livingston Cohn, published by Margaret McElderry, 1997.

• Haiku: the Mood of Earth , by Ann Atwood, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971.

UNIT 3: WORD PLAY

Project: Book Report – Poetry Required Resource? – Yes (Choose one)

• Book Poems; Poems from National Children's Book Week 1959-1998, with an introduction by Lee Bennett Hopkins, The Children's Book Council, 1998.

• Hand in Hand; An American History Through Poetry, collected by Lee Bennett Hopkins, Simon & Schuster, 1993 (reprinted in hardcover 2000).

• Poems for Youth, by E. Dickinson. Little, Brown, and Co., 1996.

• Poem Stew, poems selected by William Cole, HarperCollins Publishers, 1981. A Reading Rainbow Book.

UNIT 4: WORDS IN SEASON

Project: Book Report – Fiction Required Resource? – Yes (Choose one)

• Charlotte's Web , by E. B. White, Harper & Row, 1952.

• The Door in the Wall , by Marguerite de Angeli, Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 1949.

• The Enormous Egg, by Oliver Butterworth, Dell, 1978.

• Fantastic Mr. Fox, by Roald Dahl, Alfred A. Knopf, 1970.

• Gentle Ben, by Walt Morey, Avon, 1976.

• Hang Tough, Paul Mathier , by Alfred Slote, Harper, 1985.

• Indian in the Cupboard , by Lynn Reid Banks, Doubleday, 1981.

• It's a Mile From Glory , by Robert C. Lee. Little, Brown, and Co., 1972.

• James and the Giant Peach , by Roald Dahl, Bantam, 1978.

• The Mandie Books by Lois Gladys Leppard, published by Bethany House Publishers.

Mandie and the Abandoned Mine, by Lois Gladys Leppard, Bethany House Publishers, 1987.

Mandie and Fiery Rescue, by Lois Gladys Leppard, Bethany House Publishers, 1993.

Mandie and the Ghost Bandits, by Lois Gladys Leppard, Bethany House Publishers, 1988.

Mandie and the Forbidden Attic, by Lois Gladys Leppard, Bethany House Publishers, 1999.

Mandie and the Schoolhouse Secret, by Lois Gladys Leppard, Bethany House Publishers, 1996.

Mandie and the Cherokee Legend, by Lois Gladys Leppard, Bethany House Publishers, 1988.

• Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh, by Robert O'Brien, Atheneum, 1971.

• Mr. Popper's Penguins , by Richard and Florence Atwater, Dell, 1978.

• The Paint Brush Kid , by Clyde Robert Bulla, Random House, 1999.

• The Song of the Trees , by Mildred D. Taylor, Dial Press, 1975.

• Stone Fox , by John Reynolds Gardner, Harper Collins Publishers, 1979.

• Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, E. P. Dutton, 1954.



UNIT 6: RHYMES AND REPORTS

Project: Book Report -- Nonfiction Required Resource? – Yes (Choose one)

• The Astronomy Book , by Dr. Jonathan Henry, Master Books, 1999.

• From Sea to Shining Sea for Children , by Peter Marshall & David Manuel, Fleming H. Revell Co., 1999.

• The Light and the Glory for Children , by Peter Marshall & David Manuel, Fleming H. Revell Co., 1995.

• Sounding Forth the Trumpet , by Peter Marshall & David Manuel, Fleming H. Revell Co., 1999.

• The Weather Book , by Michael Oard, Master Books, 1997.

UNIT 7: FORMS OF LITERATURE

Project: Book Report – Biography Required Resource? – Yes (Choose one)

• Corrie Ten Boom, Keeper of the Angel's Den , by Janet & Geoff Benge

• Nate Saint; on a Wing and a Prayer , by Janet & Geoff Benge

• Daniel Boone , by James Daugherty, Viking Press, 1967. Newbery Award Winner.

• Historical American Biographies series, published by Enslow Publishers:

Alexander Graham Bell: Inventor and Teacher , by Michael A. Schuman, Enslow Publishers, 1999.

Clara Barton, Civil War Nurse , by Nancy Whitelaw, Enslow Publishers, 1997.

Mark Twain: Legendary Writer and Humorist , by Lynda Pflueger, Enslow Publishers, 1999.

Martha Washington, First Lady , by Stephanie McPherson, Enslow publishers, 1998.

Other titles in Historical American Biographies series include:

o Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father and Inventor

o Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy

o John Wesley Powell, Explorer of the Grand Canyon

o Lewis and Clark, Explorers of the Northwest

o Paul Revere, Rider for the Revolution

o Robert E. Lee, Southern Hero of the Civil War

• Joni, the autobiography of Joni Earickson Tada , published by Zondervan, 1979.

Project: Book Report – Folk Tales Required Resource? – Yes (Choose one)

General Folktales:

• Llama and the Great Flood; a Folktale from Peru , by Ellen Alexander, Crowell, 1989.

• The Tale of Three Trees , retold by Anglea Elwell Hunt, Lion Publishing Company, 1989.

Fairy Tales and Fantasy:

• Fairy Tales and Stories , by H. C. Andersen. A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys, by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

• The Nutcracker Ballet , retold by Deborah Hautig, Random House, 1992.

• Rapunzel , by Brothers Grimm, retold and illustrated by Bernadette Watts, Thomas Y. Crowell Co, 1975.

• The Snow Queen , by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Noami Lewis, Henry Holt and Co. 1979.

Tall Tales:

• Johnny Appleseed , retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg, Morrow Junior Books, 1988.

• Mr. Yowder and the Train Robbers , by Glen Rounds, 1981, Holiday House.

• Pecos Bill , retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg, Morrow Junior Books, 1986.

• Paul Bunyan , retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg, Morrow Junior Books, 1984.



Fables:

• Aesop's Fables , by Aesop, illustrated by A. J. McClaskey, retold by Ann Mc Govern, Scholastic, 1963.

• Fables , by Arnold Lobel, Harper & Row, 1980. Caldecott Medal Winner.

• The Fisherman and His Wife , by Jacob Grimm, Farrar, 1980.

UNIT 9: READING AND RESEARCHING

Report: Native American Culture Required Resource? – Yes (Choose one)

• research resources (internet, encyclopedia, books, audio books)

Project: Book Report -- Historical Fiction Required Resource? – Yes (Choose one)

• American Girl -History Mystery series

Hoofbeats of Danger , by Holly Hughes, American Girl, 1999.

The Night Flyers , by Elizabeth McDavid Jones, American Girl, 1999.

Smuggler's Treasure , by Sarah Masters Buckey, American Girl, 1999.

Voices at Whisper Bend , by Katherine Ayers, American Girl, 1999.

• Farmer Boy , by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Harper & Row, 1953.

• The Fighting Ground , by Avi, Lippincott, 1984.

• Journey to Freedom, a Story of the Underground Railroad , by Courni C. Wright, Holiday House, 1995.

• Night Journeys , by Avi, Pantheon, 1979.

• The Orphans' Journey series by Arleta Richardson, Chariot Victor Publ.

Looking for Home - Book one

Whistle-stop West - Book two

Prairie Homestead - Book three

Across the Border - Book four

• Sara Plain and Tall , by Patricia MacLachlan, Harper & Row, 1985 . Newbery Medal Winner.

• The Whispering Cloth: a Refugee's Story , by Pegi Deitz Shea, Boyd Mills, 1996.

Project: Report Project -- Part 1 Required Resource? – Yes (Choose one)

• library research materials

UNIT 10: REVIEW

Project: Book Report Required Resource? – Yes (Choose one)

• a book of student’s choice (classic or contemporary work)

Report: Writing a Report Required Resource? – Yes (Choose one)

• research resources (internet, encyclopedia, books, audio books)



LANGUAGE ARTS 500

UNIT 1: LANGUAGE SKILLS

Project: Finding the Topic Required Resource? – Yes

• newspaper

UNIT 3: THE STORY OF OUR LANGUAGE

Project: Book Report - Nonfiction Required Resource? – Yes (choose one)

• Buffalo Hunt, by Russell Freedman, Holiday House, 1988.

• Growing Up Amish, by Richard Ammon, Atheneum, 1989.

• Linnea's Windowsill Garden, by Christine Bjork, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1988.

• Maggie by My Side, by Beverly Butler, by Dodd & Mead, 1987.

• The Story of Football, by Dave Anderson, published by Morrow, 1985.

UNIT 4: EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION

Project: Taking Notes Required Resource? – Yes

• research resources

Report: Advertisements and Persuasion Required Resource? – Yes

• newspaper

• magazine

UNIT 5: READING AND WRITING STORIES

Project: Book Report -- Historical Fiction Required Resource? – Yes (choose one)

• Across Five Aprils , by Irene Hunt, Berkeley, 1964.

• The American Adventure series by Norma Jean Lutz, Barbour and Co., 1998.

Adventure in the Wilderness

Boston Revolts

Chicago World's Fair

Clash with the Newsboys

Escape from Slavery

Great Depression

The Great Mill Explosion

The Great War

Maggie's Choice

Mayflower Adventure

Plymouth Pioneers

Prelude to War

Queen Anne's War

Streetcar Riots



Trouble on the Ohio River

Women Win the Vote

• Anne of Green Gables , by Lucy Maud Montgomery, Buccaneer Books, 1908.

Anne of Avonlea , originally published by Buccaneer, republished by Scholastic in 1998.

Anne of the Island , originally published by Buccaneer, republished by Scholastic in 1998.

• Dragonwings , by Laurence Yep, HarperCollins, 1975.

• Farmer Boy , by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Harper & Row, 1953.

• The Friendship , by Mildred Taylor, Dial, 1989.

• Number the Stars , by Lois Lowry, Houghton Mifflin, 1989.

• Sarah, Plain, and Tall , by Patricia MacLachlan, Harper & Row, 1985.

• Sign of the Beaver , by Elizabeth Speare, Houghton Mifflin, 1983.

• Where the Lilies Bloom by Vera & Bill Cleaver, Harper & Row, 1969.

Project: Seed Ideas Required Resource? – Yes

• newspapers or magazines (you will also need construction paper or manila envelopes for this project)

Report: Story Comparison Required Resource? – Yes

• a modern short story

UNIT 6: POETRY

Project: Book Report – Poetry Required Resource? – Yes (choose one)

• American Ballads and Folk Songs, by John A. and Alan Lomax, Dover Publications, 1994.

• Casey at Bat by Ernest Thayer, Peppercorn, 1982.

• The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein, HarperCollins, 1986.

• Hiawatha, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, illustrated by Susan Jeffers, Puffin, 1996.

• New Kid on the Block, by Jack Prelutsky, Greenwillow, 1984.

• Now We Are Six, by A. A. Milne, Puffin, 1992.

• When we were Very Young, A. A. Milne, E. P. Dutton, 1988.

UNIT 7: READING COMPREHENSION

Essay: Personal Reaction to Lilliput Required Resource? – Yes

• Gulliver’s Travel (movie)

UNIT 9: READING AND STUDY SKILLS

Project: Book Report -- Biography Required Resource? – Yes (choose one)

• China Homecoming , by Jean Fritz, published by Putnam, 1985, and Homesick, by Jean Fritz, also published by Putnam.

• Christopher Columbus: Voyager to the Unknown , by Nancy Smiler Levinson, published by Lodestar, 1990.

• Daniel Boone , by Laurie Lawlor, published by Whitman, 1988.

• Historical American Biographies series, published by Enslow Publishers:

Martha Washington, First Lady , by Stephanie McPherson, Enslow publishers, 1998.

Clara Barton, Civil War Nurse , written by Nancy Whitelaw, published by Enslow Publishers, 1997.



Mark Twain: Legendary Writer and Humorist , written by Lynda Pflueger, published by Enslow Publishers, 1999.

Alexander Graham Bell: Inventor and Teacher , written by Michael A. Schuman, published by Enslow Publishers, 1999.

Other titles in Historical American Biographies series include:

o Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father and Inventor

o Lewis and Clark, Explorers of the Northwest

o Paul Revere, Rider for the Revolution

o Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy

o John Wesley Powell, Explorer of the Grand Canyon

o Robert E. Lee, Southern Hero of the Civil War

• Indian Chiefs , by Russell Freedman, published by Holiday House, 1987.

• Lincoln: a photobiography , by Russell Freedman, published by Clarion, 1987.

Project: Preparing a Fact and Opinion Report Required Resource? – Yes


UNIT 10: REVIEW

Project: Book Report – Fiction Required Resource? – Yes (choose one)

• Fight for Freedom , by Norma Jean Lutz, Barbour & Co., 1967.

• The Grandma's Attic novels, by Arleta Richardson, Chariot Victor, 1995-1999.

In Grandma's Attic , (Chariot Victor,1999)

More Stories From Grandma's Attic , (Chariot Victor,1999)

Away From Home , (Chariot Victor,1995)

A School of Her Own m (Chariot Victor,1995)

Wedding Bells Ahead , (Chariot Victor,1995)

At Home in North Branch , (Chariot Victor,1995)

New Faces, New Friends , (Chariot Victor,1995)

• The Narnia Chronicles , by C. S. Lewis, Harper Collins, 1994.

The Magician's Nephew

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Prince Caspian

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

The Silver Chair

The Horse and His Boy

The Last Battle

Project: Composition Folder Required Resource? – Yes (choose one)

• a 12" x 18" piece of construction paper

• paper fasteners or yarn

• writing paper (optional: poster paints, potato half)



LANGUAGE ARTS 600

UNIT 3: READING SKILLS

Project: Book Report -- Short Story Required Resource? – Yes (choose one)

• Farmer Giles of Ham, by J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine Books, 1949.

• "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving, from The Sketch Book (1819-20).

• "The Reluctant Dragon" by Kenneth Graham, from Dream Stories (1898). Multiple editions available, including e-texts. Optionally: "The Reluctant Dragon" by Kenneth Graham, retold by Graeme, Kent, published in A Collection of Animal Stories, Bimax, 1984.

• "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling, from The Jungle Book (1894). Multiple editions available, including e-texts.

UNIT 4: WRITING SKILLS

Project: Note Taking Required Resource? – Yes (choose one)

• three-by-five-inch cards

UNIT 5: NEWSPAPERS AND PROPAGANDA

Report: Newspapers Today Required Resource? – Yes (choose one)

• encyclopedia

Report: News Story Required Resource? – Yes (choose one)

• newspaper

Project: Propaganda Required Resource? – Yes (choose one)

• an advertisement about some product or an editorial about some issue

UNIT 7: READING FOR A PURPOSE

Report: Sheepherding Required Resource? – Yes




UNIT 8: POETRY

Project: Youthfulness Required Resource? – Yes

• someone over 60 years old to interview

Essay: Invented Words Required Resource? – Yes

• a Dr. Seuss book of your choice

Report: Lullabies Required Resource? – Yes

• a lullaby of your choice from a music book or a children’s book

UNIT 9: ELEMENTS OF DRAMA AND LISTENING

Project: Youthfulness Required Resource? – Yes

• a political speech, news commentary, public service announcement, or a commercial.

Project: Newspaper Required Resource? – Yes

• blank paper • stapler



LANGUAGE ARTS 700

UNIT 4: INFORMATIONAL TEXTS: LETTERS AND DIRECTIONS

Project: Writing a Letter of Application Required Resource? – Yes

• newspaper (job listing)

Project: Analyzing Technical Directions Required Resource? – Yes

• an instructional manual or how-to list

UNIT 6: COMMUNICATION

Essay: Listening Required Resource? – Yes

• a political speech, news commentary, or public service announcement

UNIT 8: ALL ABOUT NONFICTION

Project: Descriptive Paragraph Required Resource? – Yes

• magazine

Project: Newspaper Articles Required Resource? – Yes

• 10 add from newspapers and magazines that use statistics to sell a product.

UNIT 9: TYPES OF LITERATURE

Essay: Short Story Required Resource? – Yes (choose one)

• "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry

• "The Open Window" by Saki

Report: Poet Biography Required Resource? – Yes


Essay: Limericks Required Resource? – Yes

• a book of poetry

Report: Drama Required Resource? – Yes




UNIT 10: HARRIET TUBMAN: A STUDY GUIDE

Unit Reading Required Resource? – Yes

• Harriet Tubman: the Moses of Her People, by Sarah Bradford

Essay: Slavery Required Resource? – Yes


Essay: Responding to a Documentary Required Resource? – Yes

• a video documentary that explores slavery, prisoners of war, or the Underground Railroad.

LANGUAGE ARTS 700 CCSS

UNIT 3: COURAGE IN EVERYDAY JOURNEYS


• The Diary of Anne Frank (the play), Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett; ISBN 978-0822203070 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

UNIT 4: SEA JOURNEYS


• The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Avi; ISBN 978-0-545-47711-6 Scholastic



LANGUAGE ARTS 800

UNIT 3: HISTORY OF LANGUAGE AND MODERN GRAMMAR

Essay: Tracing Language Changes Required Resource? – Yes

• a Anglo-Saxon version of Beowulf

Report: Geoffrey Chaucer Required Resource? – Yes


UNIT 4: EXPOSITION: THE FORMAL ESSAY

Essay: Summarizing a Formal Essay Required Resource? – Yes

• a formal essay

Report: Analyzing a Formal Magazine Essay Required Resource? – Yes

• a short, formal essay in a magazine

UNIT 5: PERSUASION

Project: Truth and Propaganda Required Resource? – Yes

• an account of slavery before the Civil War from a Southerner's point of view

• an account of slavery before the Civil War from a Northerner’s point of view

• 10 people to ask two questions

Project: Researching to Persuade Required Resource? – Yes


UNIT 6: THE POWER OF WORDS

Project: Active Listening Required Resource? – Yes

• an audio of a presidential speech

Project: Identifying Nonverbal Cues Required Resource? – Yes

• an video of a presidential speech



UNIT 9: FUNCTIONAL TEXTS AND READING STRATEGIES

Project: Paraphrasing Required Resource? – Yes

• an article from an online encyclopedia

Report: Summarizing Required Resource? – Yes

• an article from an online encyclopedia from the previous project

UNIT 10: SAMPLING LITERATURE

Project: Summarizing and Paraphrasing Required Resource? – Yes

• a poem of your choice

Essay: Short Story Response Required Resource? – Yes


Report: History of the Novel Required Resource? – Yes


Essay: Play Review Required Resource? – Yes

• a live performance or a video of a play

LANGUAGE ARTS 800 CCSS

UNIT 3: FINE ART GALLERY


• Vincent Van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist (biography), Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan; ISBN 978-0440419174 Yearling Books.



ENGLISH I

UNIT 4: RESEARCHING A COMPLEX PROCESS

Writing Note cards Required Resource? – Yes

• index cards

UNIT 5: PRACTICAL PERSUASION

Project: Researching Your Argument Required Resource? – Yes


Project: Conducting an Interview Required Resource? – Yes

• a person to interview

UNIT 7: MASS MEDIA

Project: Researching Your Argument Required Resource? – Yes (select one from each group)

• visual: a poster, billboard, etc.

• auditory: a recorded speech or broadcast

• textual: an article, editorial, etc.

Project: Create, Present, and Evaluate a Poster Required Resource? – Yes

• poster board

• materials of students choice to build their advertisement

Project: Evaluating an Advertisement Required Resource? – Yes

• advertisements from a magazine or newspaper

Project: Comparing and Contrasting Media Coverage Required Resource? – Yes

• a current event or news story

UNIT 8: POETRY AND SHORT STORIES

Essay: Poetry Required Resource? – Yes

• a poem



UNIT 9: THE ODYSSEY


• The Odyssey , by Homer. Recommend text: Penguin Classics edition, Homer, The Odyssey, translated by Robert Fagles, introduction and notes by Bernard Knox. ISBN: 0140268863

UNIT 11: STUDIES IN THE NOVEL


• Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne.



ENGLISH I CCSS

UNIT 1: SHORT STORY

Project: Research on Chinese American Life in the Mid-20th Century Required Resource? – No (suggested)

• note cards,

• visual aids

• recordings

• computer

• overhead projector

Essay: Author Research Required Resource? – Yes


UNIT 3: EPIC POETRY

Project: Research Paper: The Hero’s Journey Required Resource? – Yes



• The Odyssey, Homer. Recommend text: Penguin Classics edition, Homer, The Odyssey, translated by Robert Fagles, introduction and notes by Bernard Knox. ISBN: 0140268863

UNIT 5: DRAMA

Project: Two Versions of Romeo and Juliet Required Resource? – Yes

• Romeo and Juliet, movie version

Project: Inspiration PowerPoint Required Resource? – Yes

• Microsoft® PowerPoint®

UNIT 6: NOVEL

Project: Research Paper: The Hero’s Journey Required Resource? – Yes

• To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee. Recommended text: Warner Books (1982) ISBN: 0446310786 or ISBN: 0060935464

UNIT 7: POETRY

Project: Poetry Explication Required Resource? – Yes

• a poem written by Edgar Allen Poe

Project: Poetry Research Required Resource? – Yes

• Microsoft® PowerPoint®



ENGLISH II

UNIT 1: READING, WRITING, AND SPEAKING

Report: Names Required Resource? – Yes


Project: Taking Notes Required Resource? – Yes (choose one)

• a speech, lecture, or a program on public television

• an audio copy of a famous historical speech such as, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream."

UNIT 4: EXPOSITION

Logic and Relationships Required Resource? – Yes

• at least two examples of cause/effect in a newspaper, magazine or book

Project: Catalog Systems Required Resource? – Yes

• a trip to the library

Project: Reference Materials Required Resource? – Yes

• a trip to the library

Essay: Language and Culture Required Resource? – No (depends on topic chosen)


UNIT 5: GET A JOB

Project: Getting a Job Required Resource? – Yes


Project: Resume and Cover Letter Required Resource? – No


UNIT 7: MEDIA AND YOU

Report: Media and Public Opinion Required Resource? – Yes


Report: Print Media Analysis Required Resource? –Yes

• a piece of print media



Report: Broadcast Media Analysis Required Resource? –Yes

• a piece of broadcast media

Report: Internet Media Analysis Required Resource? –Yes

• an Internet media sample

UNIT 8: SHORT STORIES

Project: Preparing a Critique Required Resource? – Yes

• a story of your choice


UNIT 9: REVIEWING LITERATURE


• Silas Marner by George Eliot

Project: Comparing Media Required Resource? –Yes

• Silas Marner by George Eliot (previously read)

• Silas Marner (video)

UNIT 10: POETRY

Essay: Poem Analysis Required Resource? – Yes

• a poem in this unit or in a poetry anthology



ENGLISH II CCSS

UNIT 1: COMING OF AGE

The first three lessons Required Resource? – Yes

• Through the Tunnel, Doris Lessing

UNIT 2: THE STRUGGLE AGAINST INJUSTICE


• Animal Farm, George Orwell. Recommend text: Published by Houghton Mifflin,

ISBN: 0151072558

UNIT 4: PERSPECTIVES IN WORLD LITERATURE


• Nectar in a Sieve, Kamala Markandaya. ISBN: 0-451-16836-4 Signet (1995)

UNIT 5: TRADITION VS. CHANGE

The first half of the unit Required Resource? – Yes

• Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe. First Anchor Books Edition (1994) ISBN: 0-385-47454-7

Second half of the unit Required Resource? – Yes

• “Master Harold”...and the Boys, Athol Fugard. Vintage (2009) ISBN: 978-0307475206



ENGLISH III

UNIT 1: THE USES AND VARIETIES OF ENGLISH

Project: Analyzing a Magazine Article Required Resource? – Yes

• National Geographic or other scientific magazine

Project: Working with Legal English Required Resource? – This project has two options, below is required for option 2.

• public documents

Project: Using a Dictionary Required Resource? – Yes

• a dictionary

Project: Etymology Required Resource? – Yes

• a dictionary

UNIT 5: POETRY

Project: The Meter of a Poem Required Resource? – Yes

• a poem in any anthology or textbook

Essay: Narrative and Lyric Poetry Required Resource? – Yes

• an narrative poem

• a lyric poem

UNIT 7: NONFICTION

Project: Survey Required Resource? – Yes

• visit the library to find out the number of periodicals to which it subscribes (newspapers & magazines).

Project: Journal Required Resource? – Yes

• a journal

Project: Analyzing an Editorial Required Resource? – Yes

• an editorial depicting some form of the democratic process (e.g. exerting influence on elections, creating images of leaders, shaping attitudes) at the local, state and national levels.

UNIT 8: AMERICAN DRAMA


• Our Town, by Thornton Wilder.



UNIT 9: STUDIES IN THE AMERICAN NOVEL


• The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway. Page numbers refer to the Scribner edition, ISBN: 0684801221.

UNIT 10: RESEARCH

The Investigative Process Required Resource? – Yes

• an article on Desert Storm from the Encyclopedia Britannica, the Encyclopedia Americana, or the World Book

All of unit 10 Required Resource? – Yes


UNIT 11: REVIEWING COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND LITERATURE

Dictionary Skills Required Resource? – Yes

• a dictionary

The Novel (2), Essay: The Old Man and the Sea Required Resource? – Yes

• The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway. Page numbers refer to the Scribner edition, ISBN: 0684801221.

ENGLISH III CCSS

UNIT 1: INTERSECTION IN THE NEW WORLD


• The Crucible, Arthur Miller. Recommended Text: Penguin (2003), ISBN: 978-0142437339

UNIT 6: MODERNISM IN AMERICA


• Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neal Hurston. Recommended Text: HarperCollins, ISBN 978-0-06-083867-6

• Our Town, Thornton Wilder. Any version.



ENGLISH IV

UNIT 3: READING, RESEARCHING, AND LISTENING SKILLS

Project: Web Searches Required Resource? – Yes

• internet

Project: Writing a Paper from Notes Required Resource? – Yes


UNIT 4: STUDYING LANGUAGE

Project: Semantics and Advertising Required Resource? – Yes (choose one)

• television commercials

• the evening or nightly news on television and TV news magazines

UNIT 5: MEDIEVAL ENGLISH LITERATURE

Essay: Early Britain Required Resource? – Yes


Report: Beowulf And Anglo-Saxon Culture Required Resource? – Yes (choose one)


• a good translation of Beowulf

Report: Thirteenth-Century Literature Required Resource? – Yes


Essay: Character Study Required Resource? – Yes

• a copy of the Canterbury Tales in a modern translation or access it using the Internet

UNIT 7: ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE

Report: Elizabethan Poetry Required Resource? – Yes


UNIT 9: ROMANTIC AND VICTORIAN POETRY

Report: John Constable Required Resource? – Yes




UNIT 10: CREATIVE WRITING

Project: Keeping a Journal Required Resource? – Yes

• a journal

Project: Character Sketch Required Resource? – Yes

• an older person other than a friend or a relative • a notebook

Project: Writing Free Verse Required Resource? – Yes

• free verse poetry such as "All in green went my love riding" by E.E. Cummings and "The River Merchant's Wife: A Letter" by Ezra Pound

UNIT 11: REVIEW

Project: Short Story Characteristics Required Resource? – Yes

• a short story from an anthology

Project: Poem Analysis Required Resource? – Yes

• one rhyming poem

• one free verse poem

Essay: Expository Essay Required Resource? – Optional


ENGLISH IV CCSS

UNIT 7: THE SEARCH FOR MEANING

Project: Essay: "Eveline" by James Joyce Required Resource? – Yes

• Eveline, by James Joyce


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