READING
Short stories: A selection of short stories
Poetry: A selection of poetry
Drama: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Memoir: Night by Elie Wiesel
Novel: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Independent Reading: choices each quarter
SPEAKING and LISTENING
Participation in class discussion
Oral presentations
Listening to short stories and poetry read aloud
Dramatic presentations
MEDIA LITERACY IN FILM
Romeo and Juliet directed by Franco Zeffirelli
Scenes from William Shakespeare's Romeo+Juliet directed by Baz Luhrman
Scenes from To Kill a Mockingbird adapted by Horton Foote and directed by Robert Mulligan
GRAMMAR
Parts of speech; Sentence structure; Punctuation; Common Mistakes
WRITING
Formal Expository Essays and Literary Analysis
*Introduction with thesis
*Body paragraphs with topic sentences
*Use of textual support
*Concluding Paragraph
Creative Writing: Nonfiction Creative Writing; Poetry; Memoir writing
Reader Response Journals
Research Report
*research and note taking
*works cited
Peer Editing
VOCABULARY
Vocabulary Workshop level D - Sadlier-Oxford
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