1. The Holocaust

Text-The play Diary of Anne Frank

2. Speech on Teen Topics

3. Irony

Texts-

"A Retrieved Reformation"

"Bargain"

Song-"Irony" by Alanis Morissette

4. Career Report

5. Heroes

Texts

"Shane"

"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"

"The Gettysburg Address"

"O Captain, My Captain"

"They Called Her Moses"

"The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere"

"The Man Without a Country"

"Elizabeth Blackwell"

6. Mystery and Suspense

Texts

"The Tell-Tale Heart"

"The Raven"

"The Fall of the House of Usher"

"The Speckled Band"-Sherlock Holmes

7. Tall Tales and Legends

Texts

"Paul Bunyan"

"Pecos Bill"

"The Wooden Horse"

"Antigone"

"The Emperor's New Clothes"

"The Jumping Frogs of Calaveras County"

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

8. Debates

9. Writing Mechanics

The students will also be learning and reviewing the basics such as spelling, punctuation, capitalization, usage, and writing revision. There will be many opportunities for the students to write during this school year.

10. Reading

The students will be expected to read thirty minutes a day, six days a week during this

school year. They must read at least three books per quarter unless it is the third

quarter when the student will be writing a booklet with a topic of his/her choice.

We also have an in-class individualized reading program where the student is placed

in a certain reading level "color" and tries to progress to harder levels as the school

year continues.