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1 Supply List ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS RESOURCE LIST 2014 GLYNLYON, INC.

2 Table of Contents LANGUAGE ARTS 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 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 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 UNIT 3: READING SKILLS UNIT 4: WRITING SKILLS UNIT 5: NEWSPAPERS AND PROPAGANDA UNIT 7: READING FOR A PURPOSE UNIT 8: POETRY UNIT 9: ELEMENTS OF DRAMA AND LISTENING LANGUAGE ARTS UNIT 4: INFORMATIONAL TEXTS: LETTERS AND DIRECTIONS UNIT 6: COMMUNICATION UNIT 8: ALL ABOUT NONFICTION UNIT 9: TYPES OF LITERATURE UNIT 10: HARRIET TUBMAN: A STUDY GUIDE LANGUAGE ARTS 700 CCSS UNIT 3: COURAGE IN EVERYDAY JOURNEYS UNIT 4: SEA JOURNEYS LANGUAGE ARTS UNIT 3: HISTORY OF LANGUAGE AND MODERN GRAMMAR UNIT 4: EXPOSITION: THE FORMAL ESSAY UNIT 5: PERSUASION UNIT 6: THE POWER OF WORDS UNIT 9: FUNCTIONAL TEXTS AND READING STRATEGIES UNIT 10: SAMPLING LITERATURE LANGUAGE ARTS 800 CCSS UNIT 3: FINE ART GALLERY ENGLISH I UNIT 4: RESEARCHING A COMPLEX PROCESS UNIT 5: PRACTICAL PERSUASION UNIT 7: MASS MEDIA UNIT 8: POETRY AND SHORT STORIES UNIT 9: THE ODYSSEY UNIT 11: STUDIES IN THE NOVEL ENGLISH I CCSS UNIT 1: SHORT STORY UNIT 3: EPIC POETRY UNIT 5: DRAMA UNIT 6: NOVEL UNIT 7: POETRY ENGLISH II UNIT 1: READING, WRITING, AND SPEAKING UNIT 4: EXPOSITION UNIT 5: GET A JOB UNIT 7: MEDIA AND YOU UNIT 8: SHORT STORIES UNIT 9: REVIEWING LITERATURE UNIT 10: POETRY ENGLISH II CCSS UNIT 1: COMING OF AGE UNIT 2: THE STRUGGLE AGAINST INJUSTICE UNIT 4: PERSPECTIVES IN WORLD LITERATURE UNIT 5: TRADITION VS. CHANGE ENGLISH III UNIT 1: THE USES AND VARIETIES OF ENGLISH UNIT 5: POETRY UNIT 7: NONFICTION UNIT 8: AMERICAN DRAMA UNIT 9: STUDIES IN THE AMERICAN NOVEL UNIT 10: RESEARCH UNIT 11: REVIEWING COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND LITERATURE ENGLISH III CCSS UNIT 1: INTERSECTION IN THE NEW WORLD UNIT 6: MODERNISM IN AMERICA ENGLISH IV UNIT 3: READING, RESEARCHING, AND LISTENING SKILLS UNIT 4: STUDYING LANGUAGE UNIT 5: MEDIEVAL ENGLISH LITERATURE UNIT 7: ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE UNIT 9: ROMANTIC AND VICTORIAN POETRY UNIT 10: CREATIVE WRITING UNIT 11: REVIEW ENGLISH IV CCSS UNIT 7: THE SEARCH FOR MEANING i 2014 GLYNLYON, INC.

3 LANGUAGE ARTS 300 UNIT 2: SPELLING, GRAMMAR, AND READING Book Report -- Poetry (choose one) A Child's Garden of Verses, by Robert Louis Stevenson, Grosset & Dunlap, The Christopher Robin Verses, by A. A. Milne, E. P. Dutton & Co., The Llama Who had No Pajama, by Mary Ann Hoberman, Browndeer Press, a division of Harcourt Brace & Co., Pizza the Size of the Sun, by Jack Pretutsky, Greenwillow Books, UNIT 3: WORDS AND MEANING Book Report -- Folktales (choose one) General Folktales: Llama and the Great Flood; a Folktale from Peru, by Ellen Alexander, Crowell, 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, The Nutcracker Ballet, retold by Deborah Hautig, Random House, The Snow Queen, by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Noami Lewis, Henry Holt and Co Tall Tales: Fables: Johnny Appleseed, retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg, Morrow Junior Books, Mr. Yowder and the Train Robbers, by Glen Rounds, Holiday House, Pecos Bill, retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg, Morrow Junior Books, Paul Bunyan, retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg, Morrow Junior Books, Aesop's Fables, by Aesop, illustrated by A. J. McClaskey, retold by Ann Mc Govern, Scholastic, Fables, by Arnold Lobel, Harper & Row, Caldecott Medal Winner. The Fisherman and His Wife, by Jacob Grimm, Farrar, UNIT 4: GRAMMAR PRACTICE AND BIOGRAPHY Book Report -- Biography (choose one) Biography: Diego Rivera, by Mike Venezia, from the "Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists" series, Children's Press, Isaac Newton; Scientific Genius, by Pearle and Harry Schultz, Garrard Publ., Thomas Edison, by Haydn Middleton, from the "What's Their Story?" series, Oxford University Press, The True Story of Pocahontas, by Lucille Recht Penner, Random House, 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) Glynlyon, Inc.

4 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 (choose one) Chester the Worldly Pig, by Bill Peet, Houghton Mifflin, Fantastic Mr. Fox, by Roald Dahl (author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Alfred A. Knopf, Frog and Toad All Year, by Arnold Lobel, Harper & Row, Only One Woof, by James Herriot, St. Martin's Press, Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, by Aardema, Dillion, Caldecott Medal Award book. UNIT 6: FORMS OF LITERATURE Project: Book Report a book of student s choice Book Report -- Haiku Poetry (choose one) Cricket Never Does; a Collection of Haiku and Tanka Poetry, by Myra Livingston Cohn, published by Margaret McElderry, Haiku: the Mood of Earth, by Ann Atwood, Charles Scribner's Sons, UNIT 7: NOUNS AND FRIENDLY LETTERS Project: Advertisements and Forms (choose one) newspaper magazine UNIT 8: CLOSE READING AND ADJECTIVES Project: Cinderella Comparison and Contrast Cinderella (book and movie) UNIT 9: READING AND WRITING Book Report -- Nonfiction (Choose one) Abe Lincoln Grows Up, by Carl Sandberg, Harcourt, Buffalo Hunt, by Russell Freedman, Holiday House, The Plymouth Thanksgiving, by Leonard Weisgard, Doubleday, Promise of a New Spring; the Holocaust and Renewal, by Gerda Weissman Klein, Rossel Books, Young Frederick Douglass, Fight for Freedom, by Laurence Santrey, Troll, Book Report -- Biography Glynlyon, Inc.

5 (Choose one) The True Story of Pocahontas, by Lucille Recht Penner, Random House, Thomas Edison, by Haydn Middleton, from the "What's Their Story?" series, Oxford University Press, Diego Rivera, by Mike Venezia, from the "Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists" series, Children's Press, Isaac Newton; Scientific Genius, by Pearle and Harry Schultz, Garrard Publ., Project: Informational Report DVDs, magazines, informational books, interviews, and the Internet Project: Writing a Book Report a book of student s choice UNIT 10: REVIEW Book Report -- Historical Fiction (Choose one) Abigail Takes the Wheel, by Avi, HarperCollins, 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, Felicity Learns a Lesson, by Valerie Tripp, Pleasant Company, Josefina's Surprise, by Valerie Tripp, Pleasant Company, 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, The Drinking Gourd, by F. N. Monjo, Harper, Kia, a Mission to her Village, Africa 1440, from "Girlhood Journey's" series, by Dawn C. Gill Thomas, Simon & Schuster, Paddle-to-the-Sea, by Clancy Holling, Houghton Mifflin Company, A Caldecott Honor book. An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, by Louisa May Alcott, Holiday House, The Very First Thanksgiving: Pioneers on the Rio Grande, by Bea Bragg, Harbinger House, Song of the Trees, by Mildred D. Taylor, Dial Press, Winner of the 1973 Council of Interracial Books Award: First Place Prize African American Book. The Wall, by Eve Bunting, Clarion Books, Whispering Cloth; a Refugee's Story, by Pegi Deitz Shea, Boyd Mills Publ., Glynlyon, Inc.

6 LANGUAGE ARTS 400 UNIT 2: READING FOR MEANING Project: Book Report -- Haiku Poetry (Choose one) Cricket Never Does; a Collection of Haiku and Tanka Poetry, by Myra Livingston Cohn, published by Margaret McElderry, Haiku: the Mood of Earth, by Ann Atwood, Charles Scribner's Sons, UNIT 3: WORD PLAY Project: Book Report Poetry (Choose one) Book Poems; Poems from National Children's Book Week , with an introduction by Lee Bennett Hopkins, The Children's Book Council, 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., Poem Stew, poems selected by William Cole, HarperCollins Publishers, A Reading Rainbow Book. UNIT 4: WORDS IN SEASON Project: Book Report Fiction (Choose one) Charlotte's Web, by E. B. White, Harper & Row, The Door in the Wall, by Marguerite de Angeli, Doubleday Books for Young Readers, The Enormous Egg, by Oliver Butterworth, Dell, Fantastic Mr. Fox, by Roald Dahl, Alfred A. Knopf, Gentle Ben, by Walt Morey, Avon, Hang Tough, Paul Mathier, by Alfred Slote, Harper, Indian in the Cupboard, by Lynn Reid Banks, Doubleday, It's a Mile From Glory, by Robert C. Lee. Little, Brown, and Co., James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl, Bantam, The Mandie Books by Lois Gladys Leppard, published by Bethany House Publishers. Mandie and the Abandoned Mine, by Lois Gladys Leppard, Bethany House Publishers, Mandie and Fiery Rescue, by Lois Gladys Leppard, Bethany House Publishers, Mandie and the Ghost Bandits, by Lois Gladys Leppard, Bethany House Publishers, Mandie and the Forbidden Attic, by Lois Gladys Leppard, Bethany House Publishers, Mandie and the Schoolhouse Secret, by Lois Gladys Leppard, Bethany House Publishers, Mandie and the Cherokee Legend, by Lois Gladys Leppard, Bethany House Publishers, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh, by Robert O'Brien, Atheneum, Mr. Popper's Penguins, by Richard and Florence Atwater, Dell, The Paint Brush Kid, by Clyde Robert Bulla, Random House, The Song of the Trees, by Mildred D. Taylor, Dial Press, Stone Fox, by John Reynolds Gardner, Harper Collins Publishers, Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, E. P. Dutton, Glynlyon, Inc.

7 UNIT 6: RHYMES AND REPORTS Project: Book Report -- Nonfiction (Choose one) The Astronomy Book, by Dr. Jonathan Henry, Master Books, From Sea to Shining Sea for Children, by Peter Marshall & David Manuel, Fleming H. Revell Co., The Light and the Glory for Children, by Peter Marshall & David Manuel, Fleming H. Revell Co., Sounding Forth the Trumpet, by Peter Marshall & David Manuel, Fleming H. Revell Co., The Weather Book, by Michael Oard, Master Books, UNIT 7: FORMS OF LITERATURE Project: Book Report Biography (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, Newbery Award Winner. Historical American Biographies series, published by Enslow Publishers: Alexander Graham Bell: Inventor and Teacher, by Michael A. Schuman, Enslow Publishers, Clara Barton, Civil War Nurse, by Nancy Whitelaw, Enslow Publishers, Mark Twain: Legendary Writer and Humorist, by Lynda Pflueger, Enslow Publishers, Martha Washington, First Lady, by Stephanie McPherson, Enslow publishers, Other titles in Historical American Biographies series include: o o o o o o Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father and Inventor Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy John Wesley Powell, Explorer of the Grand Canyon Lewis and Clark, Explorers of the Northwest Paul Revere, Rider for the Revolution Robert E. Lee, Southern Hero of the Civil War Joni, the autobiography of Joni Earickson Tada, published by Zondervan, Project: Book Report Folk Tales (Choose one) General Folktales: Llama and the Great Flood; a Folktale from Peru, by Ellen Alexander, Crowell, The Tale of Three Trees, retold by Anglea Elwell Hunt, Lion Publishing Company, 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, Rapunzel, by Brothers Grimm, retold and illustrated by Bernadette Watts, Thomas Y. Crowell Co, The Snow Queen, by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Noami Lewis, Henry Holt and Co Tall Tales: Johnny Appleseed, retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg, Morrow Junior Books, Mr. Yowder and the Train Robbers, by Glen Rounds, 1981, Holiday House. Pecos Bill, retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg, Morrow Junior Books, Paul Bunyan, retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg, Morrow Junior Books, Glynlyon, Inc.

8 Fables: Aesop's Fables, by Aesop, illustrated by A. J. McClaskey, retold by Ann Mc Govern, Scholastic, Fables, by Arnold Lobel, Harper & Row, Caldecott Medal Winner. The Fisherman and His Wife, by Jacob Grimm, Farrar, UNIT 9: READING AND RESEARCHING Report: Native American Culture (Choose one) (internet, encyclopedia, books, audio books) Project: Book Report -- Historical Fiction (Choose one) American Girl -History Mystery series Hoofbeats of Danger, by Holly Hughes, American Girl, The Night Flyers, by Elizabeth McDavid Jones, American Girl, Smuggler's Treasure, by Sarah Masters Buckey, American Girl, Voices at Whisper Bend, by Katherine Ayers, American Girl, Farmer Boy, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Harper & Row, The Fighting Ground, by Avi, Lippincott, Journey to Freedom, a Story of the Underground Railroad, by Courni C. Wright, Holiday House, Night Journeys, by Avi, Pantheon, 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, Newbery Medal Winner. The Whispering Cloth: a Refugee's Story, by Pegi Deitz Shea, Boyd Mills, Project: Report Project -- Part 1 (Choose one) library research materials UNIT 10: REVIEW Project: Book Report (Choose one) a book of student s choice (classic or contemporary work) Report: Writing a Report (Choose one) (internet, encyclopedia, books, audio books) Glynlyon, Inc.

9 LANGUAGE ARTS 500 UNIT 1: LANGUAGE SKILLS Project: Finding the Topic newspaper UNIT 3: THE STORY OF OUR LANGUAGE Project: Book Report - Nonfiction (choose one) Buffalo Hunt, by Russell Freedman, Holiday House, Growing Up Amish, by Richard Ammon, Atheneum, Linnea's Windowsill Garden, by Christine Bjork, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Maggie by My Side, by Beverly Butler, by Dodd & Mead, The Story of Football, by Dave Anderson, published by Morrow, UNIT 4: EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION Project: Taking Notes Report: Advertisements and Persuasion newspaper magazine UNIT 5: READING AND WRITING STORIES Project: Book Report -- Historical Fiction (choose one) Across Five Aprils, by Irene Hunt, Berkeley, The American Adventure series by Norma Jean Lutz, Barbour and Co., 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 Glynlyon, Inc.

10 Trouble on the Ohio River Women Win the Vote Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery, Buccaneer Books, Anne of Avonlea, originally published by Buccaneer, republished by Scholastic in Anne of the Island, originally published by Buccaneer, republished by Scholastic in Dragonwings, by Laurence Yep, HarperCollins, Farmer Boy, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Harper & Row, The Friendship, by Mildred Taylor, Dial, Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry, Houghton Mifflin, Sarah, Plain, and Tall, by Patricia MacLachlan, Harper & Row, Sign of the Beaver, by Elizabeth Speare, Houghton Mifflin, Where the Lilies Bloom by Vera & Bill Cleaver, Harper & Row, Project: Seed Ideas newspapers or magazines (you will also need construction paper or manila envelopes for this project) Report: Story Comparison a modern short story UNIT 6: POETRY Project: Book Report Poetry (choose one) American Ballads and Folk Songs, by John A. and Alan Lomax, Dover Publications, Casey at Bat by Ernest Thayer, Peppercorn, The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein, HarperCollins, Hiawatha, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, illustrated by Susan Jeffers, Puffin, New Kid on the Block, by Jack Prelutsky, Greenwillow, Now We Are Six, by A. A. Milne, Puffin, When we were Very Young, A. A. Milne, E. P. Dutton, UNIT 7: READING COMPREHENSION Essay: Personal Reaction to Lilliput Gulliver s Travel (movie) UNIT 9: READING AND STUDY SKILLS Project: Book Report -- Biography (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, Daniel Boone, by Laurie Lawlor, published by Whitman, Historical American Biographies series, published by Enslow Publishers: Martha Washington, First Lady, by Stephanie McPherson, Enslow publishers, Clara Barton, Civil War Nurse, written by Nancy Whitelaw, published by Enslow Publishers, Glynlyon, Inc.

11 Mark Twain: Legendary Writer and Humorist, written by Lynda Pflueger, published by Enslow Publishers, Alexander Graham Bell: Inventor and Teacher, written by Michael A. Schuman, published by Enslow Publishers, Other titles in Historical American Biographies series include: o o o o o o Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father and Inventor Lewis and Clark, Explorers of the Northwest Paul Revere, Rider for the Revolution Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy John Wesley Powell, Explorer of the Grand Canyon Robert E. Lee, Southern Hero of the Civil War Indian Chiefs, by Russell Freedman, published by Holiday House, Lincoln: a photobiography, by Russell Freedman, published by Clarion, Project: Preparing a Fact and Opinion Report UNIT 10: REVIEW Project: Book Report Fiction (choose one) Fight for Freedom, by Norma Jean Lutz, Barbour & Co., The Grandma's Attic novels, by Arleta Richardson, Chariot Victor, 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, 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 (choose one) a 12" x 18" piece of construction paper paper fasteners or yarn writing paper (optional: poster paints, potato half) Glynlyon, Inc.

12 LANGUAGE ARTS 600 UNIT 3: READING SKILLS Project: Book Report -- Short Story (choose one) Farmer Giles of Ham, by J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine Books, "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving, from The Sketch Book ( ). "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, "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling, from The Jungle Book (1894). Multiple editions available, including e-texts. UNIT 4: WRITING SKILLS Project: Note Taking (choose one) three-by-five-inch cards UNIT 5: NEWSPAPERS AND PROPAGANDA Report: Newspapers Today (choose one) encyclopedia Report: News Story (choose one) newspaper Project: Propaganda (choose one) an advertisement about some product or an editorial about some issue UNIT 7: READING FOR A PURPOSE Report: Sheepherding Glynlyon, Inc.

13 UNIT 8: POETRY Project: Youthfulness someone over 60 years old to interview Essay: Invented Words a Dr. Seuss book of your choice Report: Lullabies a lullaby of your choice from a music book or a children s book UNIT 9: ELEMENTS OF DRAMA AND LISTENING Project: Youthfulness a political speech, news commentary, public service announcement, or a commercial. Project: Newspaper blank paper stapler Glynlyon, Inc.

14 LANGUAGE ARTS 700 UNIT 4: INFORMATIONAL TEXTS: LETTERS AND DIRECTIONS Project: Writing a Letter of Application newspaper (job listing) Project: Analyzing Technical Directions an instructional manual or how-to list UNIT 6: COMMUNICATION Essay: Listening a political speech, news commentary, or public service announcement UNIT 8: ALL ABOUT NONFICTION Project: Descriptive Paragraph magazine Project: Newspaper Articles 10 add from newspapers and magazines that use statistics to sell a product. UNIT 9: TYPES OF LITERATURE Essay: Short Story (choose one) "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry "The Open Window" by Saki Report: Poet Biography Essay: Limericks a book of poetry Report: Drama Glynlyon, Inc.

15 UNIT 10: HARRIET TUBMAN: A STUDY GUIDE Unit Reading Harriet Tubman: the Moses of Her People, by Sarah Bradford Essay: Slavery Essay: Responding to a Documentary a video documentary that explores slavery, prisoners of war, or the Underground Railroad. LANGUAGE ARTS 700 CCSS UNIT 3: COURAGE IN EVERYDAY JOURNEYS Unit Reading The Diary of Anne Frank (the play), Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett; ISBN Dramatists Play Service, Inc. UNIT 4: SEA JOURNEYS Unit Reading The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Avi; ISBN Scholastic Glynlyon, Inc.

16 LANGUAGE ARTS 800 UNIT 3: HISTORY OF LANGUAGE AND MODERN GRAMMAR Essay: Tracing Language Changes a Anglo-Saxon version of Beowulf Report: Geoffrey Chaucer UNIT 4: EXPOSITION: THE FORMAL ESSAY Essay: Summarizing a Formal Essay a formal essay Report: Analyzing a Formal Magazine Essay a short, formal essay in a magazine UNIT 5: PERSUASION Project: Truth and Propaganda 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 UNIT 6: THE POWER OF WORDS Project: Active Listening an audio of a presidential speech Project: Identifying Nonverbal Cues an video of a presidential speech Glynlyon, Inc.

17 UNIT 9: FUNCTIONAL TEXTS AND READING STRATEGIES Project: Paraphrasing an article from an online encyclopedia Report: Summarizing an article from an online encyclopedia from the previous project UNIT 10: SAMPLING LITERATURE Project: Summarizing and Paraphrasing a poem of your choice Essay: Short Story Response Report: History of the Novel Essay: Play Review a live performance or a video of a play LANGUAGE ARTS 800 CCSS UNIT 3: FINE ART GALLERY Unit Reading Vincent Van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist (biography), Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan; ISBN Yearling Books Glynlyon, Inc.

18 ENGLISH I UNIT 4: RESEARCHING A COMPLEX PROCESS Writing Note cards index cards UNIT 5: PRACTICAL PERSUASION Project: Researching Your Argument Project: Conducting an Interview a person to interview UNIT 7: MASS MEDIA Project: Researching Your Argument (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 poster board materials of students choice to build their advertisement Project: Evaluating an Advertisement advertisements from a magazine or newspaper Project: Comparing and Contrasting Media Coverage a current event or news story UNIT 8: POETRY AND SHORT STORIES Essay: Poetry a poem Glynlyon, Inc.

19 UNIT 9: THE ODYSSEY Unit Reading The Odyssey, by Homer. Recommend text: Penguin Classics edition, Homer, The Odyssey, translated by Robert Fagles, introduction and notes by Bernard Knox. ISBN: UNIT 11: STUDIES IN THE NOVEL Unit Reading Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne Glynlyon, Inc.

20 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 UNIT 3: EPIC POETRY Project: Research Paper: The Hero s Journey Unit Reading The Odyssey, Homer. Recommend text: Penguin Classics edition, Homer, The Odyssey, translated by Robert Fagles, introduction and notes by Bernard Knox. ISBN: UNIT 5: DRAMA Project: Two Versions of Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet, movie version Project: Inspiration PowerPoint Microsoft PowerPoint UNIT 6: NOVEL Project: Research Paper: The Hero s Journey To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee. Recommended text: Warner Books (1982) ISBN: or ISBN: UNIT 7: POETRY Project: Poetry Explication a poem written by Edgar Allen Poe Project: Poetry Research Microsoft PowerPoint Glynlyon, Inc.

21 ENGLISH II UNIT 1: READING, WRITING, AND SPEAKING Report: Names Project: Taking Notes (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 at least two examples of cause/effect in a newspaper, magazine or book Project: Catalog Systems a trip to the library Project: Reference Materials 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 Project: Resume and Cover Letter Required Resource? No UNIT 7: MEDIA AND YOU Report: Media and Public Opinion Report: Print Media Analysis Required Resource? Yes a piece of print media Glynlyon, Inc.

22 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 a story of your choice UNIT 9: REVIEWING LITERATURE Unit Reading 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 a poem in this unit or in a poetry anthology Glynlyon, Inc.

23 ENGLISH II CCSS UNIT 1: COMING OF AGE The first three lessons Through the Tunnel, Doris Lessing UNIT 2: THE STRUGGLE AGAINST INJUSTICE Unit Reading Animal Farm, George Orwell. Recommend text: Published by Houghton Mifflin, ISBN: UNIT 4: PERSPECTIVES IN WORLD LITERATURE Unit Reading Nectar in a Sieve, Kamala Markandaya. ISBN: Signet (1995) UNIT 5: TRADITION VS. CHANGE The first half of the unit Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe. First Anchor Books Edition (1994) ISBN: Second half of the unit Master Harold...and the Boys, Athol Fugard. Vintage (2009) ISBN: Glynlyon, Inc.

24 ENGLISH III UNIT 1: THE USES AND VARIETIES OF ENGLISH Project: Analyzing a Magazine Article 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 a dictionary Project: Etymology a dictionary UNIT 5: POETRY Project: The Meter of a Poem a poem in any anthology or textbook Essay: Narrative and Lyric Poetry an narrative poem a lyric poem UNIT 7: NONFICTION Project: Survey visit the library to find out the number of periodicals to which it subscribes (newspapers & magazines). Project: Journal a journal Project: Analyzing an Editorial 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 Unit Reading Our Town, by Thornton Wilder Glynlyon, Inc.

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26 UNIT 9: STUDIES IN THE AMERICAN NOVEL Unit Reading The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway. Page numbers refer to the Scribner edition, ISBN: UNIT 10: RESEARCH The Investigative Process an article on Desert Storm from the Encyclopedia Britannica, the Encyclopedia Americana, or the World Book All of unit 10 UNIT 11: REVIEWING COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND LITERATURE Dictionary Skills a dictionary The Novel (2), Essay: The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway. Page numbers refer to the Scribner edition, ISBN: ENGLISH III CCSS UNIT 1: INTERSECTION IN THE NEW WORLD Unit Reading The Crucible, Arthur Miller. Recommended Text: Penguin (2003), ISBN: UNIT 6: MODERNISM IN AMERICA Unit Reading Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neal Hurston. Recommended Text: HarperCollins, ISBN Our Town, Thornton Wilder. Any version Glynlyon, Inc.

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