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High School English Grade 9

General Resources

Innocence/Knowledge

  • Long Fiction
    • Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
    • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
      • Study guide.."Chapter-by-chapter study guide helps students with vocabulary, historical references, and idioms"
      • Questions & Answers....contains answers to common questions about the novel, plus a quiz and background on Lee and "To Kill a Mockingbird."
      • Summary...summary and analysis (navigate in left bar)
      • Biography ...Spark Notes - includes photo and synopsis
    • A Separate Peace by John Knowles
    • The Contender by Robert Libsyte
    • The Learning Tree by Gordon Parks
  • Short Fiction
    • "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe
      • Biography...The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - general information and works
      • About Edgar Allan Poe.. ..Biographical material and more
      • Edgar Allan Poe..."dedicated to the work of Edgar Allan Poe, who is considered one of the most gifted writers of American literature. Over 120 of his short-stories and poems as well as collections of his articles and criticism is available here and can be read on line and searched."
      • His Works ...in alphabetical order, scroll down to locate
  • Drama
  • Nonfiction
    • "When I Lay My Burden Down" by Maya Angelou
    • "Not Much of Me" by Abraham Lincoln
  • Poetry
    • Classical Poets..good collection of poets' biographies
    • "in just" by e.e.cummings
      • e.e.cummings
      • cummings...biography and poem


Individual/Society

Constancy & Change

  • Long Fiction
    • The Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
    • Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
      • BCPS...research module
  • Short Fiction
  • Drama
  • Nonfiction
  • Poetry
    • Classical Poets...good collection of poets' biographies
    • The Odyssey by Homer
      • BCPS...research module

Dreams//Disillusionment

  • Long Nonfiction
  • Short Nonfiction
  • Drama
  • Long Fiction
  • Short Fiction
  • Poetry
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