English Textual Power - Level 1
Poetry
Novel Excerpt
Personal Narrative
Article
Folk Tale
Short Story
Poetry
Expository Essay
Film Clips
Short Storyy
Fiction
Novel Excerpt
Novel Excerpt
Short Story
Folk Tale
Informational Text
Interview
Myth
Article
Novel Excerpt
Film Clips
Film Clips
Unit 1: Changes in Me
“Who’s Who,” by Judith Viorst
from Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
“My Superpowers,” by Dan Greenburg
"The Oldest Living Atlanta Gorilla Tells All," by Scott Freeman
“How Fire Came to the Six Nations,” an Iroquois Tale
“The Jacket,” by Gary Soto
“…And Although the Little Mermaid Sacrificed Everything to Win the Love
of the Prince, the Prince (Alas) Decided to Wed Another,” by Judith Viorst
“He Might Have Liked Me Better with My Tail,” by Ima Mermaid
Ancillary Materials
The Lion King directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, 1994
Unit 2: Changes in My World
“Eleven,” by Sandra Cisneros
“The Southpaw,” by Judith Viorst
from Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery
from Flipped , by Wendelin Van Draanen
“Thank You, M’am,” by Langston Hughes
“The Gathering of the Wild Animals”
“A Conversation with Wendelin Van Draanen," by Claire E. White
"Persephone," by Alice Low
“Can It Really Rain Frogs?” by Spencer Christian and Antonia Felix
from The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis
Ancillary Materials
Toy Story directed by John Lasseter, 1995
The Lion King directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, 1994
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English Textual Power - Level 1
Memoir Excerpt
Unit 3: Changes in Self-Perception
from Bad Boy by Walter Dean Myers
Central Text: Novel
Film Clips
Film Clips
Ancillary Materials
Holes by Louis Sachar
Holes directed by Andrew Davis, 2003
The Mighty directed by Peter Chelsom, 1998
Essay
Unit 4: Measuring Changes in Me
" Thank You, Mrs. Abruzzi" by Ray Romano
Short Story
Fable
Drama
Limerick Poems
Poem
Central Text: Drama
Poem
Poem
Film Clips
Film Clips
Unit 5: Changing Times and Places
"The Fun They Had," by Isaac Asimov
"The Millionaire Miser," told by Aaron Shepherd
"The Millionaire Miser"
"Book of Nonsense,"
, byy Edward Lear
“Footwear Follies,” by Chip Westington
Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving, dramatized by Adele Thane
“Worth Hearing,” by Kristine O’Connell George
“Fireflies,” by Paul Fleischman
Ancillary Materials
Back to the Future directed by Robert Zemeckis, 1985
Big directed by Penny Marshall, 1988
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English Textual Power - Level 2
Poetry Excerpt
Poetry
Novel Excerpt
Autobiography
Short Story
Personal Narrative
Novel Excerpt
Myth
Myth
Myth
Myth
Informational Text
Online Article
Informational Text
Persuasive Essay
Article
Article
Editorial
Article
Letter to the Editor
Editorial
Article Excerpt
Article
Poetry
Central Text: Novel
Film Clips
Unit 1: The Choices We Make
from “You,” by Edgar A. Guest
“The Road Not Taken,” by Robert Frost
from Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher
from Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neale Hurston
“A Hundred Bucks of Happy,” by Susan Beth Pfeffer
“Ditching,” from "The Classroom of Life", by Alan Lawrence Sitomer
from A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
“Daedalus and Icarus,” by Geraldine McCaughrean
“Phaethon,” by Bernard Evslin
“Arachne,” by Olivia Coolidge
“Raven and the Sources of Light,” by Donna Rosenberg
Unit 2: What Influences My Choices?
"Today's Youth Look to Advertising as Much as Their Friends When Making
Purchasing Decisions," from Harris Interactive
"From Ramp
p to Riches," by
y Lea Goldman
“Facts About Marketing To Children,” from The Center for a New American
Dream
"America the Not-So-Beautiful," from Not That You Asked , by Andrew
Rooney
"Buying Into the Green Movement," by Alex Williams
"City Schools Cut Parent's Lifeline (the Cellphone)," by Elissa Gootman
"Hang It Up," by Jesse Scaccia
"Ironing out Policies on School Uniforms," by Carol Motsinger
"Cellphones in School"
"Balancing Act on Cell Phones"
Unit 3: Our Choices and Life Lessons
from "Bullying in Schools," by Hilda Clarice
“Taming Wild Girls,” by Jeffrey Kluger/Hummelstown
“To an Athlete Dying Young,” by A. E. Housman
Ancillary Materials
Tangerine by Edward Bloor
The Sandlot directed by David Mickey Evans (1993)
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English Textual Power - Level 2
Unit 4: Reflecting on My Choices
None
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Monologue
Monologue
Monologue
Monologue
Monologue
Monologue
g
Monologue
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Short Story
Interview
Poetry
Narrative and Poem
Film Clip
Film Clip
Unit 5: How We Choose to Act
“Choices,” by Nikki Giovanni
“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” by Robert Frost
"To Satch," by Samuel Allen
“Driving to Town Late to Mail a Letter,” by Robert Bly
“Mother to Son,” by Langston Hughes
“It Happened in Montgomery,” by Phil W. Petrie
“Casey at the Bat,” by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
“Eye Contact,” by Deborah Karczewski
“Snob,” by Deborah Karczewski
“Roommate, “by Deborah Karczewski
“Mr. Perfect,” by Deborah Karczewski
“Family Addition,” by Deborah Karczewski
, byy Deborah Karczewski
“Too Youngg for…,”
“Party,” by Deborah Karczewski
“Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf,” by Roald Dahl
“Fifth Grade Autobiography,” by Rita Dove
“The Highwayman,” by Alfred Noyes
“Oranges,” by Gary Soto
“Seventh Grade,” by Gary Soto
“Questions and Answers about Poetry” from A Fire In My Hands by Gary
Soto
“Learning to Bargain,” by Gary Soto
Student Example: “Disease, Dis-Ease,” by Kelsey Frost
Ancillary Materials
Hook by Steven Spielberg
Fiddler on the Roof by Norman Jewison
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English Textual Power - Level 3
Poetry
Poetry
Nonfiction Article
Poetry
Poetry
Epic
Article
Novel Excerpt
Postcard
Speech
Graphic Novel
Excerpt
Central Text: Novel
p
Film Clips
Film Clips
Film Clips
Film Clips
Film Clips
Online Article
Nonfiction Excerpt
Informational Text
Online Article
Informational Text
Editorial
Article
Poetry
Letter
Article
Unit 1: The Challenge of Heroism
“A Man,” by Nina Cassian
“Moco Limping,” by David Nava Monreal
“Love Triumphs: 6-year-old Becomes a Hero to a Band of Toddlers,
Rescuers,” by Ellen Barry, Los Angeles Times , September, 2005
“O Captain! My Captain!” by Walt Whitman
“Frederick Douglass,” by Robert Hayden
from The Odyssey by Homer
“Woman Warrior,” by Corie Brown and Laura Shapiro
from Utopia by Thomas More
“The Heartiest of Season’s Greetings,” by Carl Nelson, December 1969
“Newbery Acceptance Speech,” by Lois Lowry
from Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Ancillary Materials
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Batman Begins
g
directed by
y Christopher
p
Nolan, 2005
October Sky directed by Joe Johnston, 1999
Star Wars 1: The Phantom Menace directed by George Lucas, 1999
Mulan directed by Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook, 1999
E.T.The Extra-Terrestrial directed by Steven Spielberg, 1982
Unit 2: Real-Life Challenges
“Just the Facts about Advertising and Marketing to Children,” by Betsy
Taylor
from Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenager s by Alissa Quart
"How Advertisers Persuade"
“The Price of Happiness: Advertising and Image,” The Center for the Study
of Commercialism
“How do tweens feel about brands?” by Patricia Seybold from Brandchild
by Martin Lindstrom
“Uniform Opinion,” Dallas Morning News
“Student Dress Codes,” by Lynne A. Isaacson
“Uniformity,” Anonymous
“A Blessing in Disguise”, Anonymous
"Jeter: Put Your Money Where Your Fans Are,” by Michael Lupinacci
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English Textual Power - Level 3
Unit 3: Reflecting on Challenges
None
Poetry
Press Release
Article
Article
Article
Article
Picture Book
Children's Book
Film Clips
p
Film Clips
Press Releases
Novel
Novel
Novel
Novel
Novel
Novel
Novel
Novel
Novel
Novel
Novel
Novel
Novel
Novel
Unit 4: Voices and Challenges
“First They Came for the Jews,” by Pastor Martin Niemöller
“More Than 850 Students from 46 States Urge Congress to End Genocide in
Darfur, Sudan,” by Genocide Intervention Network.
“When Stars Align: Behind the latest barrage of celebrity activism to end
poverty in Africa,” by Brian Braiker with Traci E. Carpenter
“For some, it’s food for thought,” by Monica Everett-Haynes
"Making a Difference, One Child at a Time" by Annie Wignall
“Science Hero: Beth Rickard Environmentalist,” by Wendy Jewell
Ancillary Materials
Children's Books Relating to the Holocaust
Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust
The Diaryy off Anne Frank directed by
y George
g Stevens,, 1959
Life Is Beautiful directed by Roberto Benigni, 1997
Nobel Peace Prize Winners
Suggested Novels for Independent Reading:
Along the Tracks by Bergman, Tamar
Daniel, Half Human: And the Good Nazi by David Chotjewitz
Daniel's Story by Carol Matas
The Devil in Vienna by Doris Orgel
The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
The Diary of Pelly D. by L.J. Adlington
Escape to the Forest: Based on a True Story of the Holocaust by Ruth Yaffe
Radin
The Garden by Carol Matas
Good Night, Maman by Norma Fox Mazer
The Island on Bird Street by Uri Orlev
Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Run, Boy, Run by Uri Orlev
Shadow of the Wall by Christa Laird
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English Textual Power - Level 3
Unit 4: Voices and Challenges - Suggested Novels (cont.)
Novel Stones in Water by Donna Jo Napoli
Novel Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
Novel Torn Thread by Anne Isaacs
Novel Waiting for Anya by Michael Morpurgo
Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction
Suggested Non-Fiction for Independent Reading:
The Cage by Ruth Minsky
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story by Lila Perl and Marion Blumenthal
Lazan
I Am a Star: Child of the Holocaust by Inge Auerbacher
I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust by Livia BittonJackson
In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer by Irene Gut Opdyke
The Lost Childhood by Yehuda Nir
Maus: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History and Here My Troubles
Began
g byy Art Spiegelman
p g
Night by Elie Wiesel
No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War by Anita Lobel
Rescue: The Story of How Gentiles Saved Jews in the Holocaust by Milton
Meltzer
Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary 1939-1944 by Aranka
Seigal
The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss
We Are Witnesses: Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died in the Holocaust by
Jacob Boas
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English Textual Power - Level 3
Essay
Essay
Essay
Poetry
Poetry
Short Story
Drama
Film Clips
Film Clips
Film Clips
Stand-Up Comedy
TV Show Clip
Unit 5: The Challenge of Comedy
“Made You Laugh,” by Marc Tyler Nobleman
From “Brothers,” by Jon Scieszka
“A Couple of Really Neat Guys,” by Dave Barry
“Is a Traffic Jam Delectable?” by Jack Prelutsky
“A Trip To Morrow,” Author Unknown
“Priscilla and the Wimps,” by Richard Peck
excerpts from A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Ancillary Materials
Pleasantville directed by Gary Ross, 1998
Monsters, Inc . directed by Pete Docter, David Silverman, 2001
from any two different versions(s) of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
“I’m Telling You for the Last Time” from Jerry Seinfeld
The Simpsons (Opening Clip)
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English Textual Power - Level 4
Novel Excerpt
Personal Narrative
Short Story
Poetry
Novel Excerpt
Nonfiction
Memoir
Poetry
Personal Narrative
Article
Article
Poetryy
Short Story
Short Story
Short Story
Article
Novel Excerpt
Film Clips
Central Text: Film
Film Clips
Unit 1: Coming of Age
"My Name" from The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
"Why Couldn’t I Have Been Named Ashley?" by Imma Achilike
“Eleven,” by Sandra Cisneros
“Oranges” By Gary Soto
“Spotlight”, from Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
“Cut,” by Bob Greene
"Always Running," by Luis J. Rodriguez
“‘Race’ Politics” by Luis J. Rodriguez
“First Love” from Silent Dancing by Judith Ortiz Cofer
“Bethany Only Looking Ahead,” by Jan TenBruggencate
“As If! Marketing to Older Teens,” by Judith Rosen
Unit 2: Defining Style
“A Poison Tree,” by
y William Blake
“The Cask of Amontillado,” by Edgar Allen Poe
“The Stolen Party,” by Liliana Heker (Translated by Alberto Manguel)
“Marigolds” by Eugenia W. Collier
“Hollywood Outsider Tim Burton,” from cbsnews.com
from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Ancillary Materials
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) by Tim Burton
Edward Scissorhands (1990) by Tim Burton
Big Fish (2004) and/or Corpse Bride (2005) by Tim Burton
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English Textual Power - Level 4
Poetry
Unit 3: Exploring Poetic Voices
“Poetry,” by Pablo Neruda
Essays
from Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words by Susan Wooldridge
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Sonnet
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Poetryy
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
“Nikki-Rosa,” by Nikki Giovanni
"We Real Cool," by Gwendolyn Brooks
"Fast Break," by Edward Hirsch
“Identity,” by Julio Noboa Polanco
“Ego Tripping,” by Nikki Giovanni
“Hanging Fire,” by Audre Lorde
“Ode to my Socks,” by Pablo Neruda
“Abuelito Who,” by Sandra Cisneros
“Sonnet 18,” by William Shakespeare
"In Response to Executive Order 9066,” by Dwight Okita
“Young,” by Anne Sexton
“Combing,” by Gladys Cardiff
"I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud,” by William Wordsworth
“Harlem,”
Hughes
, by
y Langston
g
g
“Hope is a Thing with Feathers,” by Emily Dickinson
“Scars,” by Daniel Halpern
“American Hero,” by Essex Hemphill
“The Beep Beep Poem,” by Nikki Giovanni
“kidnap poem,” by Nikki Giovanni
Song
Ancillary Materials
"Smells Like Teen Spirit,” by Nirvana
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English Textual Power - Level 4
Poetry
Sonnet
Drama Excerpts
Central Text: Drama
Film Clips
Film Clips
Art
Picture Books
Informational Text
Informational Text
Novel Excerpt
Essay
Central Text: Novel
Film Clips
Photographs
Unit 4: Interpreting Drama Through Performance
“We Wear the Mask,” by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Prologue from The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
from The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Ancillary Materials
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet by Franco Zeffirelli (1968)
Romeo and Juliet by Baz Luhrmann (1996/2007)
any painting of a scene from Romeo and Juliet
Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare by Diane Stanley or
William Shakespeare & the Globe by Aliki
Unit 5: Coming of Age in the Midst of Controversy
Jim Crow: Shorthand for Separation by Rick Edmonds
Jim Crow Laws,, Created by
y the Interpretive
p
Staff of the Martin Luther Kingg
Jr. Historical Site.
from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
"In Defense of To Kill a Mockingbird ,” by Nicholas J. Karolides, et al.
Ancillary Materials
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird by Robert Mulligan, 1962
Photos of Southern life during the 1930s
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English Textual Power - Level 5
Poetry
Memoir Excerpt
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Song Lyrics
Monologues
Poetry
Film Clip
Unit 1: Voices of Modern Culture
“My Mother Pieced Quilts” by Teresa Palomo Acosta
from Funny in Farsi by Farooz Dumas
"Theme for English B” by Langston Hughes
“ Where I'm From…” by George Ella Lyons
“Legal Alien,” by Pat Mora
“Imagine,” by John Lennon
“Brace Yourself,” “The Crush,” “The Job Interview,” ”The Date,” “Off the
Court,” “Dinner Guest” by Debbie Lamedman
“Sure You Can Ask Me A Personal Question,” by Diane Burns
Ancillary Materials
Grease by Randal Keisler, (1978)
Essay
Satire
Article
Poetry
Essay
Memoir
Essay
Satire
Essay
Short Story
Unit 2: Cultural Conversations
“Thanksgiving: A Personal History,” by Jennifer New
“Us and Them,” by
y David Sedaris
“Matrimony with a Proper Stranger,” by Miguel Helft
“Father and Son,” by Tomasz Jastrun
“Where Worlds Collide,” by Pico Iyer
from Hunger of Memory by Richard Rodriguez
“An Indian Father’s Plea,” by Robert Lake
from Dave Barry Does Japan by Dave Barry
"Going to Japan" from Small Wonder, by Barbara Kingsolver
“Everyday Use,“ by Alice Walker
Art
Art
Film Clip
Ancillary Materials
The Builders, The Family (1974) by Jacob Lawrence
This is a Family Living in Harlem, (1943) by Jacob Lawrence
Bend It Like Beckham (2003) by Gurinder Chadha
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English Textual Power - Level 5
Novel Excerpt
Poetry
Poetry
Interview
Central Novel
Drama Excerpt
Editorial
Article
Proclamation
Speech
Essay
Drama Excerpt
p
Article
Editorial
Article
Article
Testimony
Speech Excerpt
Letter Excerpt
Informational Text
Speech Excerpt
Article
Central Text: Drama
Nonfiction Excerpt
Art
Photo Essay
Unit 3: Community
from Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
“Prayer to the Masks,” Leopold Sedar Senghor
“The Second Coming,” William Butler Yeats
"An African Voice," by Katie Bacon
Ancillary Materials
Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe
Unit 4: Justice
from The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
"Time to Assert American Values"
"Rough Justice," by Alejandro Reyes
United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child
President Mandela’s Statement on International Children’s Day
"School’s Out for Summer," by Anna Quindlen
from The Tragedy
g y off Julius Caesar byy William Shakespeare
p
"An Immodest Idea," by Anna Mulrine
"Comment," by Pat Lancaster
"Germany Divided Over Hijab," by Andreas Tzortzis
"An Unfair Dress Code?" (news article)
"Religious Expression," by Nashala Hearn
from “On Civil Disobedience”, by Mohandas K. Gandhi
from “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Kohlberg’s Six Stages of Moral Reasoning”
from “One Word of Truth Outweighs the World,” by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
"Guernica: Testimony of War"
Antigone by Sophocles
from Making Comics by Scott McCloud (expository comic)
Ancillary Materials
Guernica , Pablo Picasso
"Children Behind Bars," by Steve Liss
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English Textual Power - Level 5
Interview
Article
Article
Article
Declaration
Magazine Article
Website Article
Music Video
Film Clip
Online Video
Documentary
y Film
Clip
Documentary Film
Clip
Central Text:
Documentary Film
Unit 5: Building Cultural Bridges
"DiCaprio sheds Light on 11th Hour," by Scott Roxborough
"Inhofe slams DiCaprio and Laurie David for scaring kids in two-hour Senate
speech debunking climate fears," posted by Marc Morano
"Global Warming: No Urgent Danger; No Quick Fix," by Patrick Michaels
"Jeremy Clarkson and Michael O'Leary Won't Listen to Green Clichés and
Complaints about Polar Bears," by George Marshall
United Nations Millennium Declaration (2000)
“A Roaring Battle over Sea Lions,” (2008) by Bill Hewitt
“A Stay of Execution for Sea Lions at Bonneville Dam,” (2008) by the
Humane Society of the United States
Ancillary Materials
I Need to Wake Up , by Melissa Etheridge
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) by Roland Emmerich
Global Warming 101 , (2006) by National Geographic
Life in the Freezer: The Big Freeze (1993) by Alastair Fothergill
March of the Penguins (2005) by Luc Jacquet
The 11th Hour by Nadia Connors and Lelia Connors Petersen
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English Textual Power - Level 6
Poetry
Poetry
Essay
Essay
Aphorisms
Essay
Memoir
Song Lyrics
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Essayy
Article
Poetry
Drama Excerpt
Short Story
Song Lyrics
Song Lyrics
Poetry
Nonfiction Excerpt
Nonfiction Excerpt
Speech Excerpt
Essay
Unit 1: The American Dream
“Ellis Island,” by Joseph Bruchac
“Europe and America,” by David Ignatow
“The Trial of Martha Carrier,” by Cotton Mather
“Moral Perfection,” by Benjamin Franklin
“Sayings of Poor Richard,” from Poor Richard’s Almanac , by Ben Franklin
Excerpt from “Self-Reliance,” by Ralph Waldo Emerson
excerpt “Where I Lived and What I Lived For,” from Walden by Henry David
Thoreau
“America, the Beautiful,” by Katharine Lee Bates
“America,” by Claude McKay
“Shine, Perishing Republic,” by Robinson Jeffers
“I Hear America Singing,” by Walt Whitman
“I, Too, Sing America,” by Langston Hughes
“Indian Singing in Twentieth Century America,” by Gail Tremblay
“next to of course god america i” by e.e. cummings
“Theyy Live the Dream,” by
y Dan Rather
“Lifelong Dreamer—Vietnam Boat Person,” by Mary-Beth McLaughlin
“Money,” by Dana Gioia
from A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
"Mammon and the Archer,” by O. Henry
“Harlan Man,” by Steve Earle
“The Mountain,” by Steve Earle
“Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper,” by Martin Espada
“Roberto Acuna Talks About Farm Workers,” from Working by Studs
Terkel
from Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara
Ehrenreich
Keynote Address, 2004 Democratic National Convention by Barack Obama
“The Right to Fail,” by William Zinsser
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English Textual Power - Level 6
Editorial
Informational Text
Article
Editorial
Newspaper Article
Newspaper Article
Editorial
Editorial
Editorial
Editorial
Editorial
Informational Text
Satire
Satire
Satire
Satire
Parody
Satire
Satire
Satire
Unit 2: American Forums - The Marketplace of Ideas
"Oh my! New Definitions of News,” by Jeremy Wagstaff
“A Day in the Life of the Media: Intro,” by The Project for Excellence in
Journalism (excerpt)
“How the Rise of the Daily Me Threatens Democracy,” by Cass Sunstein
“The Newspaper Is Dying—Hooray for Democracy,” by Andrew Potter
“Facebook Photos Sting Minn. High School Students”
“Federal Way Schools Restrict Gore Film” by Robert McClure and Lisa
Stiffler
“Abolish High School Football!” by Raymond Schroth
“Facing Consequences at Eden Prairie High”
“Time to Raise the Bar in High Schools,” by Jack O'Connell,
“New Michigan Graduation Requirements Shortchange Many Students,” by
Nick Thomas
“Why I Hate Cell Phones” by Sara Reihani
“An Inside Look at Editorial Cartoons,” by Bill Brennen
“Let’s Hear It for the Cheerleaders,” by David Bouchier
“How to Poison the Earth,”
, byy Linnea Saukko
“Gambling in the Schools,” by Howard Mohr
“Maintaining the Crime Supply,” by Barbara Ehrenreich
“In Depth but Shallowly,” by Dave Barry
“Advice to Youth,” by Mark Twain
“The War Prayer,” by Mark Twain
“Girl Moved to Tears by Of Mice and Men Cliff Notes,” from The Onion
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English Textual Power - Level 6
Speech
Sermon
Speech
Article
Fable
Speech Excerpt
Essay
Central Text: Drama
Memoir
Short story
Poetry
News article
News article
News article
Central Text: Novel
Teleplay Clips
Film Clips
Unit 3: The Power of Persuasion
“Inaugural Address,” by John F. Kennedy
“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” by Jonathan Edwards
“Speech to the Virginia Convention,” by Patrick Henry
"The Lessons of Salem," by Laura Shapiro
“The Very Proper Gander,” by James Thurber
from "Declaration of Conscience” by Margaret Chase Smith
“Why I Wrote The Crucible, ” by Arthur Miller
Ancillary Materials
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Unit 4: An American Journey
"How It Feels to Be Colored Me" by Zora Neale Hurston
“Sweat,” by Zora Neale Hurston
“Mother to Son,” by Langston Hughes
“Narcissism on the Internet isn’t Risk-Free,”
, by
y Eric Gwinn
“Web of Risks,” by Brad Stone with Robbie Brown
"Potential Employers monitoring student social networking Web Sites," by
Matt McGowan
Ancillary Materials
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Is My Name (1989) directed by Neema Barnette
Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005) directed by Darnell Martin
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English Textual Power - Level 6
Essay
Essay
Poem
Nonfiction
Biography
Essay
Essay
Essay
Student Sample
Biographical sketch
Biography
Unit 5: The Pursuit of Happiness
from Walden by Henry David Thoreau
from "Self-Reliance," by Ralph Waldo Emerson
“In the Depths of Solitude,” by Tupac
Credo from All I Really Need to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert
Fulghum
“Author’s Note,” from Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer
“Turning Straw into Gold: The Metamorphosis of the Everyday,” by Sandra
Cisneros
“The Chase,” by Annie Dillard
“A View from Mount Ritter,” by Joseph T. O’Connor
A Multi-Genre Research Project
“Sparky,” by Earl Nightingale
“Charles Schultz Biography” from Notable Biographies
Ancillary Materials
Central Text:
Biography
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Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
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English Textual Power - Senior English
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Novel Excerpt
Unit 1: Perception is Everything!
“My Papa’s Waltz,” by Theodore Roethke
“In Just,” by E.E. Cummings
“The Last Word,” Peter Davidson
“Mushrooms,” by Sylvia Plath
“I Remember,” by Edward Montez
from Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Novel Excerpt
“Four Skinny Trees,” from The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Essay
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
Song
Reflective Essay
Novel Excerpt
Reflective Essay
Film Clip
"On Seeing England for the First Time,” by Jamaica Kincaid
“Speaking With Hands,” by Luis Rodriguez
“The White Man’s Burden,” by Rudyard Kipling
“The Brown Man’s Burden,” by Henry Labouchere
"Rule Britannia!" by James Thomson and Thomas Augustine Arne
“Shooting an Elephant,” by George Orwell
“Lindo-Jong Double-Face,” from The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
“Stranger In the Village,” by James Baldwin
Ancillary Materials
Edward Scissorhands by Tim Burton
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English Textual Power - Senior English
Myth
Nonfiction
Folk Tale
Short Story
Short Story
Central Text: Drama
Central Text: Film
Film Clip
Film Clip
Film Clip
Film Clips
Song
Children’s Story
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Unit 2: The Collective Perspective
“Orpheus Sings: Pygmalion and the Statue,” from The Metamorphoses by
Ovid (Translated by Mary N. Innes)
excerpt from “Cinderella, the Legend,” from Kiss Sleeping Beauty Goodbye
by Madonna Kolbenschlag
“Why Women Always Take Advantage of Men,” from Men and Mules, by
Zora Neale Hurston
“A Rose for Emily,” by William Faulkner
"The Story of an Hour,” by Kate Chopin
Ancillary Materials
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
Rear Window Alfred Hitchcock, Director (1954)
The Manchurian Candidate John Frankenhiemer, Director (1962)
Nine to Five Colin Higgins, Director (1980)
The Legend of Bagger Vance Robert Redford, Director (2000)
My Fair Lady George Cukor, Director (1964)
“Talkin’ ‘Bout a Revolution,” by Tracy Chapman and two others songs
concerning money
g Tree byy Shel Silverstein
The Giving
Unit 3: Evolving Perspectives
Literary Criticism
Essay
excerpt from The Moor in English Renaissance Drama by Jack D’Amico
“Othello on Stage and Screen,” by Sylvan Barnet
Ancillary Materials
Central Text: Drama
Song
Film Clips
The Tragedy of Othello by William Shakespeare
“The Right to Love,” by Gene Lees and Lalo Schifrin
Any two of the following film versions:
Othello by Burge (1965)
Othello by Milam (2007)
Othello by Miller (1981)
Othello by Nunn (1990)
Othello by Parker(1995)
Othello by Suzman (1989)
Othello by Welles (1952)
Othello by Zeffirelli (1986)
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English Textual Power - Senior English
Nonfiction Excerpt
Song Lyrics
Poetry
Essay Excerpt
Unit 4: Multiple Perspectives
from Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
"The Immigrant Song," by Led Zeppelin
"The New Colossus," by Emma Lazarus
from “Comments on The Arrival ,” by Shaun Tan
Ancillary Materials
Central Text:
Graphic Novel
The Arrival by Shaun Tan (2007)
Unit 5: Creating Perspective
Essay
Essay
Article
Article
Article
Online Article
Article
Newspaper article
Online column
Newspaper article
Magazine article
“ How the Media Twists the News” by Sheila Gribben Liaugminas (2002)
“ Media Bias Comes from Viewers Like You,” by Tyler Cohen (2003)
“The Dixie Chicks,” by Betty Clarke (2003)
“The Dixie Chicks Keep the Heat on Nashville,” by Bill Friskics-Warren
(2002)
"Chicks reap whirlwind," by Mike Rosen
(
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“No More Whistlin’ Dixie,” byy Jim Lewis (2003)
"Is Dixie Chicks protest a conspiracy?" by John Kiesewetter
“ Dixie Chicks: America Catches Up with Them,” by Jon Pareles (2006)
“Speaking Up and Speaking Out,” by Melissa Silverstein (2006)
“Dixie Chicks Among Esteemed Outlaws,” by Ashley Sayeau (2007)
“A Tired Old Song,” by Jonah Goldberg (2007)
Ancillary Materials
Documentary Film
Clips
Theatrical trailer
TV News clip
Documentary Film
Clips
Film Clip
News War, Part III: What’s Happening to the News
"Shut Up and Sing," dir. Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck (2006)
“Dixie Chicks: Not Ready to Make Nice,” CBS News (2006)
Shut Up and Sing by Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck (2006)
Edward Scissorhands or teacher selected clip
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