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FALL Semester 1
1984 - George Orwell
Brave New World -Aldous Huxley
Anthem - Ayn Rand
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
Of Mice & Men - John Steinbeck
9th Grade Literature Text Language of Literature

SPRING Semester 2
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare
Nonfiction: Biography or Autobiography of your choice
Poetry binder
Non Fiction

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DUE Dates UNIT & Homework AUTHOR / LITERATURE

 

 

Submit online 12/2 or 3

 

11/24-24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Homework 11/24-25:

Work on your BIOME project!

If you want to pursue the Anthem EXTRA CREDIT, go to www.aynrand.org/contests and select an essay. Brainstorm a response to one of the prompts and begin writing. EMAIL me a copy by YOUR DUE DATE and FORWARD your confrimation to me.

 

BRING $4.00 FOR Romeo & Juliet AND Frankenstein.

 

 

 

Brave New World

You will be expected to read each of the following assignments on the READING SCHEDULE at home during the next unit. If you are absent, you will be required to come prepared on the day of your return!

 

BRAVE NEW WORLD WIKIPOETRY

Choose ONE of the following options:

1) Write several Haiku (3 line poem with alternating lines of 5 syllables, seven syllables and five syllables) about the characters, world, conflict or the motifs. Must have a minimum of 3 Haiku. POST TO THE WIKI ON MY PAGE.
2) Write ONE free verse poem about anything that directly relates to the novel. Must include references to the text. Minimum of 15 lines
3) Limericks about the novel (2 limericks)
Regular Rhyming Poem: minimum of 10 lines. Limerick:

There was a mean clown in the circus.
For fun he would push us and jerk us.
He would hit us with pies
That left cream in our eyes.
His act never once failed to irk us.


*NOTE: You will need the following materials for this class. It is a good idea to purchase them ahead of time in order to be prepared:

Tale of Two Cities by Dickens – Bantam Classic 2003

1984 by Orwell – Centennial edition, Plume, Harcourt Brace 2003 ISBN 0452284236

Brave New World by Huxley – Perennial Classics 1998 ISBN 0060929871

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Brave New World by Huxley – HarperPerennial Classics 1998 ISBN 13: 978-0-06-085052-4 OR 10: 0-06-085052-3

Anthem by Ayn Rand – Centennial edition, Signet ISBN 0451191137

Of Mice & Men by Steinbeck - Penguin Books ISBN 0140177396

To Kill a Mockingbird by Lee – Warner Books 1986 ISBN 0446310786

The Odyssey by Homer – in our literature anthology DO NOT PURCHASE

We will also read Frankenstein by Shelley and Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, but we will be able to buy those as a class for about $2 each. Romeo and Juliet is also in our literature anthology, so you may use that version if you prefer.

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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