GOAL: to connect our lives, and that of the larger "WE," to a variety of texts.
SHORT STORIES
The Clown, Patrick F. McManus
Charles, Shirley Jackson
The Chaser John Collier [a Twilight Zone adaptation titled The Chaser]
A Conversation with My Dogs, Merrill Markoe
The Collecting Team, Robert Silverberg
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type, Doreen Cronin (author) & Betsy Lewin (illustrator)
Two Were Left, Hugh B. Cave
Thank You, M'am, Langston Hughes
The Dinner Party, Mona Gardner
Poison, Roald Dahl
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, [Twilight Zone TV Episode, Rod Serling ---&--- 1960s episode ---&--- 2003 episode]
The Most Dangerous Game, Richard Connell
A Letter from the Fringe, Joan Bauer
How It Feels to Be Colored Me, Zora Neale Hurston
The Scarlet Ibis,PAGE ONE James Hurst ---&--- The Scarlet Ibis REST OF STORY James Hurst
The Scarlatti Tilt, Richard Brautigan
Dark They Were and Golden-Eyed, Ray Bradbury
What's in a Name, Sandra Cisneros
Playing for Keeps, Jack C. Haldeman II
The Bridge, Nicolai Chukovski
All Summer in a Day, Ray Bradbury ----&---- a short movie version
INFORMATIONAL TEXT
The Captcha Arms Race (captcha code), Erica Naone
Losing is Good for You, Ashley Merryman or web article
Teaching Kids to Learn from Failure, Deborah Skolnik or web article
Boycotting the Bottle, Janet Larsen or web article
Indian Education, Sherman Alexie
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE LONGER STORIES, NOVELLAS, and NOVELS, HERE THEY ARE > > >
Of Mice and Men, (novel) John Steinbeck
Animal Farm, a novella, George Orewell
Speak Laurie Halse Anderson
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (play), William Shakespeare
The Odyssey, Homer (the attach differs from the abridged version we use in our 9th grade text, but story is the same)
SHORT STORIES
The Clown, Patrick F. McManus
Charles, Shirley Jackson
The Chaser John Collier [a Twilight Zone adaptation titled The Chaser]
A Conversation with My Dogs, Merrill Markoe
The Collecting Team, Robert Silverberg
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type, Doreen Cronin (author) & Betsy Lewin (illustrator)
Two Were Left, Hugh B. Cave
Thank You, M'am, Langston Hughes
The Dinner Party, Mona Gardner
Poison, Roald Dahl
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, [Twilight Zone TV Episode, Rod Serling ---&--- 1960s episode ---&--- 2003 episode]
The Most Dangerous Game, Richard Connell
A Letter from the Fringe, Joan Bauer
How It Feels to Be Colored Me, Zora Neale Hurston
The Scarlet Ibis,PAGE ONE James Hurst ---&--- The Scarlet Ibis REST OF STORY James Hurst
The Scarlatti Tilt, Richard Brautigan
Dark They Were and Golden-Eyed, Ray Bradbury
What's in a Name, Sandra Cisneros
Playing for Keeps, Jack C. Haldeman II
The Bridge, Nicolai Chukovski
All Summer in a Day, Ray Bradbury ----&---- a short movie version
INFORMATIONAL TEXT
The Captcha Arms Race (captcha code), Erica Naone
Losing is Good for You, Ashley Merryman or web article
Teaching Kids to Learn from Failure, Deborah Skolnik or web article
Boycotting the Bottle, Janet Larsen or web article
Indian Education, Sherman Alexie
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE LONGER STORIES, NOVELLAS, and NOVELS, HERE THEY ARE > > >
Of Mice and Men, (novel) John Steinbeck
Animal Farm, a novella, George Orewell
Speak Laurie Halse Anderson
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (play), William Shakespeare
The Odyssey, Homer (the attach differs from the abridged version we use in our 9th grade text, but story is the same)
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