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| For Your Information Texts The Language of Literature - McDougal Littell Barrett Kendall English Junior Great Books, Series 8 (G/T only) Various Novels Every Six Weeks Composition: Persuasive, How-To, Compare/Contrast, creative Holistic Scoring Literature/Elements of Literature in novels, short stories, poetry Critical Thinking Daily Oral/Written Language Grammar TAKS Practice Reading Skills Instruction Outside Reading: Student-selected, teacher-approved novels |
| First Six Weeks The Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter I Am Regina by Sally Keehn |
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| Second Six Weeks Johny Tremain by Esther Forbes The Fifth of March by Ann Rinaldi My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier (1st Period only) |
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| Third Six Weeks The Call of the Wild by Jack London |
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| Fourth Six Weeks The Giver by Lois Lowry The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick (G/T) Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card or The White Mountains by John Christopher The City of Gold and Lead by John Christopher |
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| Fifth Six Weeks "The Diary of Anne Frank" Upon the Head of the Goat by Aranka Siegal Gentlehands by M. E. Kerr The Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Green Children of the River by Linda Crews Night by Elie Wiesel |
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| Sixth Six Weeks Nothing But the Truth by Avi |
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