Gossett’s Curriculum Map 2015 – 2016
Unit 1a: Speeches and Arguments
Unit 1b: Short Fiction
Area of Study (August)
Unit 1a: Speeches and Argument’s (The Hero’s Journey)
Unit 1b: Short Fiction (The Hero’s Journey)
Summative Activity 1: Short Story: Posing as Poe (3 pages)
Summative Activity 2: Short Story: Your Hero’s Journey, Physical and Psychological (3 pages)
Summative Activity 3: Test: Posing as Poe
Major Texts
“The Tell-Tale Heart” (1843) by Edgar Allan Poe
“The Raven” (1845) by Edgar Allan Poe
“The Most Dangerous Game” (1924) by Richard Connell
Supporting Texts
Fiction:
“Annabel Lee” (1849) by Edgar Allan Poe
“The Conqueror Worm” (1843) by Edgar Allan Poe
“The Bells” (1849) by Edgar Allan Poe
“The Cask of Amontillado” (1846) by Edgar Allan Poe (choice)
“The Pit and the Pendulum” (1842) by Edgar Allan Poe (choice)
“The Fall of the House of Usher” (1839) by Edgar Allan Poe (choice)
“The Gold Bug” (1843) by Edgar Allan Poe (choice)
“The Black Cat” (1843) by Edgar Allan Poe (choice)
“William Wilson” (1839) by Edgar Allan Poe (choice)
“I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud” (1807) by William Wordsworth
Bringing the Boy Home (2008) by N.A. Nelson (excerpts)
“The Monkey’s Paw” (1902) by W.W. Jacobs (excerpts)
Zoo (2012) by James Patterson (excerpts)
“All the King’s Horses” (1951) by Kurt Vonnegut
“Harrison Bergeron” (1961) by Kurt Vonnegut
“Survivor Type” (1982) by Stephen King
Non-Fiction:
“The Poetic Principle” (1850) by Edgar Allan Poe (excerpts)
“The Philosophy of Composition” (1846) by Edgar Allan Poe (excerpts)
On Writing (2000) by Stephen King (excerpts)
Myths to Live By (1972) by Joseph Campbell (excerpts)
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949) by Joseph Campbell (excerpts)
The Power of Myth (1988) by Joseph Campbell (excerpts)
A Class Divided (1972) by William Peters (excerpts)
“Stanford Prison Experiment: A Simulation Study of the Psychology of Imprisonment” (1972) by Paul Zimbrano (excerpts)
The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil (2008) by Paul Zambrano (excerpts)
Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View (1974) by Stanley Milgram
“Opinions and Social Pressure” (1955) by Solomon Asch
Blink “Chapter 2: The Secret Life of Snap Decisions: Speed Dating” (2005) by Malcolm Gladwell (excerpts)
Blink “Chapter 3: The Warren Harding Error” (2005) by Malcolm Gladwell (excerpts)
Blink “Chapter 3: The Warren Harding Error: Why Do We Love Tall Men?” (2005) by Malcolm Gladwell (excerpts)
Blink “Chapter 7: Listening With Your Eyes” (2005) by Malcolm Gladwell (excerpts)
“You Know Exactly What These 6 Country Songs Have in Common” (19 Jan. 2015) by Staff of All Things Considered NPR
“How To Win that Music Competition? Send a Video” (20 Aug. 2013) by Shankar Vedantam of Morning Edition NPR
The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things (2000) by Barry Glassner (excerpts)
Fantastic Mistakes: Make Good Art (2013) by Neil Gaiman
“Back to School Speech” (2009) by President Barack Obama
Bossypants (2013) by Tina Fey (excerpts)
Non-Fiction News Articles:
“Controversy Surrounds Obama’s School Speech” (2009) by David Brody
“Local Schools Refuse to Air Obama’s Speech” (2009) by Teresa Masterson
Supporting Video Media
Fiction:
The Simpsons: The Tree House of Horror: The Raven (1990) (NR, FOX, Writ. Matt Groening, 6 minutes)
Epic Rap Battles of History: Edgar Allan Poe vs. Stephen King (2 June 2014) (NR, Self-published, 2 minutes)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) (APP, MGM, Star. Frank Sinatra, 126 minutes) (excerpts)
The Manchurian Candidate (2004) (R, Paramount, Star. Denzel Washington, 129 minutes) (excerpts)
Whiplash (2014) (R, Dir. Damien Chazelle, Sony Pictures Classics, 107 minutes) (excerpts)
Non-Fiction:
Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth (1988) (NR, PBS, 360 minutes) (excerpts)
The Human Behavior Experiments (2006) (NR, Dir. Alex Gibney, 58 minutes) (excerpts)
The Prison Experiments (2002) (NR, BBC, 300 minutes) (excerpts)
Eye of the Storm (1970) (NR, Star. Jane Elliot, ABC, 25 minutes)
A Class Divided (1985) (NR, Frontline PBS, 55 minutes) (excerpts)
Primetime: What Would You Do? (2008 – present) (NR, Star. John Quinones, ABC, 60 minutes) (excerpts)
“Fantastic Mistakes: Make Good Art” at the University of the Arts” (17 May 2012) by Neil Gaiman (NR, Self-published, 20 minutes) (excerpts)
“Sugar: Hiding in Plain Sight” (2014) by Robert Lustig (NR, Ted Ed, 4:03 minutes)
“How Sugar Affects the Brain” (2014) by Nicole Avena (NR, Ted Ed, 5:02 minutes)
“Sugar” (2014) by John Oliver (Mature, HBO, 11:35 minutes) (excerpts)
Fed Up (2014) (PG, Dir. Stephanie Soechtig, Nar. Katie Couric, Atlas Films, 92 minutes) (excerpts)
Interview about “The White Shoes” by Wale (Breakfast Club, 46:38) (excerpts)
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“E5: The Genius Experiment” This is Life with Lisa Ling (2015) (NR, Netflix, 43 minutes) (excerpts)
Readings from the Textbook
Prentice Hall
9th Grade Literature
Fiction
“The Cask of Amontillado” (1846) by Edgar Allan Poe (59-70)
“The Raven” (1845) by Edgar Allan Poe (710 – 714)
“The Most Dangerous Game” (1924) by Richard Connell (212—238)
“I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud” (1807) by William Wordsworth (627 – 628)
“The Bells” (1849) by Edgar Allan Poe (655 – 659)
“Macavity” (726 – 727)
Non-Fiction:
Informational Text: Fiction Overview (2-20)
Informational Text: Protagonist and Antagonist (1145)
Informational Text: Short Story Analysis (195-208)
Story Insert: Characterization of Zaroff (762)
Writers Workshop: Narratives (94-99)
Suggestions from
Fulton County Curriculum
“The Most Dangerous Game” (1924) by Richard Connell
Options for Outside Reading
Theme #1: Individuals Fighting Dystopias
1984 (1948) by George Orwell (266 pgs.) (choice)
Brave New World (1932) by Aldous Huxley (288 pgs.) (choice)
Cat’s Cradle (1963) by Kurt Vonnegut (304 pgs.) (choice)
Catch 22 (1961) by Joseph Heller (453 pgs.) (choice)
The Circle (2013) by Dave Eggers (504 pgs.) (choice)
Divergent (2011) by Veronica Roth (487 pgs.) (choice)
The Double (1846) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (135 pgs.) (choice)
Fahrenheit 451 (1953) by Ray Bradbury (249 pgs.) (choice)
The Hunger Games (2008) by Suzanne Collins (374 pgs.) (choice)
The Maze Runner (2009) by James Dashner (375 pgs.) (choice)
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2011) by Ransom Riggs (352 pgs.) (choice)
World War Z (2006) by Max Brooks (342 pages) (choice)
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