9th Grade Literature
Emergency Sub Plans
Thank you so much for being my sub in this emergency!
Below are five days of emergency plans in case nothing more specific was left you. Please write
all the instructions below on the board. If my absence is for more than a day, please update the
emergency plan each day. Basically, the students will be responsible for reading a story each
day of my absence.
As students read, they should complete the work associated with the short story on notebook
paper. They have all of the class period to finish, but they must turn in their work at the end of
class, whether or not they are complete. They must use their class time productively, so no
additional student should be given additional time unless directed by our department head.
There might be exceptions for a student or two, but our department head will communicate
any exceptions to you.
Thank you again for being a sub, and please make use of the behavior log form, bathroom pass
form, and comments section of the sub binder as necessary!
Day 1: Emergency Sub Plans
Textbook: Prentice Hall Literature Grade 9
Pages: 314-330
1. Read “Rules of the Game” by Amy Tan (315 -330)
2. Answer Literary Analysis, Reading Skill, Reading Check, and Spiral Review Questions on
the side on the following pages as you read. Please label each question by page number
instead of “1” or “2” (318, 319, 320, 321, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328).
3. Answer Critical Thinking questions 1 – 4 and remember to cite textual evidence (328).
4. Answer Literary Analysis: Characterization and Reading Skill: Cause and Effect questions
1 – 4 (329).
5. Answer Vocabulary 1 – 6 and Word Study 1 – 2 (329).
Day 2: Emergency Sub Plans
Textbook: Prentice Hall Literature Grade 9
Pages: 331-345
1. Read “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant (331 -343)
2. Answer Literary Analysis, Reading Skill, Reading Check, Critical Viewing, and Spiral
Review Questions on the side on the following pages as you read. Please label each
question by page number instead of “1” or “2” (333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340,
341).
3. Answer Critical Thinking questions 1 – 4 and remember to cite textual evidence (342).
4. Answer Literary Analysis: Characterization and Reading Skill: Cause and Effect questions
1 – 4 (343).
5. Answer Vocabulary 1 – 6 and Word Study 1 – 2 (329).
Day 3: Emergency Sub Plans
Textbook: Prentice Hall Literature Grade 9
Pages: 1147-1164
1. Read “Three Skeleton Key” by George G. Toudouze (1147 -1162)
2. Answer Literary Analysis, Reading Skill, Reading Check, Critical Viewing, and Spiral
Review Questions on the side on the following pages as you read. Please label each
question by page number instead of “1” or “2” (1149, 1150, 1151, 1152, 1153, 1154,
1155, 1156, 1157, 1158, 1159, 1160, 1161, 1162).
3. Answer Critical Thinking questions 1 – 4 and remember to cite textual evidence (1162).
4. Answer Literary Analysis: Protagonist and Antagonist and Reading Skill: Comparing and
Contrasting Characters questions 1 – 4 (1163).
5. Answer Vocabulary 1 – 6 and Word Study 1 – 2 (1163).
Day 4: Emergency Sub Plans
Textbook: Prentice Hall Literature Grade 9
Pages: 383-395
1. Read “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst (383 -1162)
2. Answer Literary Analysis, Reading Skill, Reading Check, Critical Viewing, and Spiral
Review Questions on the side on the following pages as you read. Please label each
question by page number instead of “1” or “2” (384, 385, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392,
393, 394, 395).
3. Answer Critical Thinking questions 1 – 4 and remember to cite textual evidence (395).
Day 5: Emergency Sub Plans
Textbook: Prentice Hall Literature Grade 9
Pages: 443-454
1. Read “A Celebration of Grandfathers” by Rudolfo A. Anaya (444 -452)
2. Answer Literary Analysis, Reading Skill, Reading Check, Critical Viewing, and Spiral
Review Questions on the side on the following pages as you read. Please label each
question by page number instead of “1” or “2” (444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 451).
3. Answer Critical Thinking questions 1 – 4 and remember to cite textual evidence (452).
4. Answer Literary Analysis: Author’s Style and Reading Skill: Main Idea questions 1 – 4
(453).
5. Answer Vocabulary 1 – 6 and Word Study 1 – 2 (453).
Other Possible Texts for Emergency Sub Days:
There is a Longing (1196 - 1198)
Glory and Hope (1201 – 1204)
Carry Your Own Skis (521 – 526)
The Red-Headed League (1165 – 1189)