English 1, English 1 Honors, and Early College 9th grade students
- Text: The Freedom Writers Diary
- Assignment: Dialectical Journal
- Text: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Assignment: Create a visual representation that conveys one or more of the core themes.
- Text: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
- Assignment: Presented first day of class.
- Text: The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri
- Assignment: Dialectical Journal
- Text 1) “How to Mark a Book” by Mortimer Adler http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/adler.html
- Text 2) Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion by Jay Heinrichs (Chapters 1-4)
- Assignment: Columnist Assignment
- Text: 1984, by George Orwell
- Assignment: Dialectical Journal
- Text: Choose ONE from the following…
- The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
- Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
- Assignment: Discussion and a written assignment upon your return to school