Semester 1 Literature Grade 10 Unit One Plot, Setting, and Mood Harrison Bergeron Short Story 36 Page 45 Page 47 Everyday Use Short Story 48 Page 61 Page 63 Searching for Summer Short Story 64 Page 75 Page 77 To Build a Fire Short Story 78 Page 96 The Johnstown Flood Historical Narrative 106 Page 115 Page 116 Exile/Crossing the Border Poem 140 Page 147 One Credit (1 st Credit)
Unit Two Character Development 1 st Half of Novel Pick one of the following novels for the student to complete associated assignments: Sophocles - Oedipus Rex, Steinbeck, John Of Mice and Men Williams, Tennessee- The Glass Menagerie, Wiesel, Elie Night, Kafka, Franz Metamorphosis, Shaara, Michael Killer Angels, Tan, Amy Joy Luck Club, Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye The Possibility of Evil Short Story 202 Page 215 Page 217 Like the Sun Short Story 218 Page 225 Tell all the Truth But Tell It Slant Poem 224 The Teacher Who Changed My Life Essay 226 Page 235 Page 237 Simply Grand: Generational Ties Matter Magazine Article 246 Page 251 After Reading 1-4 The Gift / Those Winter Sundays Poem 252 Page 257 A Marriage Proposal Drama 258 Page 273 Page 275 One Credit (2 nd Credit)
Unit Three Narrative Devices 2 nd Half of Novel There Will Come Soft Rains Short Story 324 Page 334 Inside the Home of the Future Newspaper Article 336 Page 339 After Reading 1-4 The Doll House Short Story 342 Page 353 The Seventh Man Short Story 354 Page 371 Page 373 Dyaspora Essay 382 Page 389 One Credit (3 rd Credit)
Unit Four Theme A White Heron Short Story 418 Close Read 1-3 Cranes Short Story 421 Close Read 1-11 The Interlopers Short Story 426 Page 435 Page 437 Two Friends Short Story 438 Page 449 Page 451 When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine Short Story 452 Page 471 Page 473 Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind Poem 476 Page 481 After Reading 1-8 The sonnet-ballad Poem 480 Tolerance Essay 482 Page 487 Letter to a Young Refugee from Another Song of P eng-ya Essay Poem 488 494 Page 496 After Reading 1-6 Comparing Across Genres The Heartbeat of the Soul of the World / The Power of Music / Festival of World Cultures Assessment 510 Assessment Practice Pages 518-521 One Credit (4 th Credit)
Unit Five Author s Purpose Text Analysis Workshop 526 Close Read Page 527 1-2 & 1-2 Close Read Page 529 1-3 Page 530 1-4 Page 531 1-4 The Plot Against People Humorous Essay 532 Page 537 Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall Essay 532 Page 545 Page 547 How a Leaf Works Information 548 Page 551 After Reading 1-5 How to Plant a Tree Information 552 Page 555 After Reading 1-5 Blowup: What Went Wrong at Storm King Mountain Narrative Nonfiction 556 Page 569 Page 571 How to Survive a Wildfire Information 572 Page 575 After Reading 1-5 And of Clay Are We Created Short Story 584 Page 596 One Credit (5 th Credit)
Semester 2 Unit Six Argument and Persuasion Doing Nothing is Something Persuasive Essay 638 Page 643 Page 645 Editorial 646 Page 651 After Reading 1-11 Abolishing the Penny Makes Good Sense On Nuclear Disarmament Speech 652 Page 660 Page 662 I Acknowledge Mine Essay 664 Page 765 Page 677 The Blue Stones Short Story 688 Page 693 After Reading 1-8 How Much Land Does a an Need Short Story 716 Page 735 The New Testament Assessment Practice: The Storyteller Harmless Fun? Nakamura Dojo After Reading 1-6 Comparing Across Genres Scriptural 734 Writing Practice 754 Assessment Practice Pages 762-765 One Credit (6 th Credit)
Unit Seven The Language of Poetry There Will Come Sort Rains Poem 778 Page 784 Meeting at Night Poem 782 The Sound of Night Poem 783 Page 785 I dwell in Possibility Poem 786 Page 792 Variation on a Theme by Rilke Poem 790 Blessing the boats Poem 791 Page 793 The Fish Poem 794 Page 801 Christmas Sparrow Poem 798 The Sloth Poem 800 Piano Poem 802 Page 809 Fifteen Poem 805 Tonight I Can Write / Puedo Escribir Los Versos/ Noble Prize in Literature Poem 806 After Reading 1-8 Sonnet 18 Poem 810 Page 815 Sonnet XXX Poem 814 After Reading 1-8 Lord Randall Poem 818 Page 823 Ballad/Balada Poem 820 After Reading 1-6 Midwinter Blues Poem 822 The Taxi Reprise Assessment Practice 840 Pages 842-845 One Credit (7 th Credit)
Unit Eight Author s Style and Voice The Pit and the Pendulum Short Story 856 Page 875 The Lake Poem 874 Page 877 When I Heard the Learn d Astronomer The Artilleryman s Vision Poem 882 Birches Poem 886 Page 892 Mending Wall Poem 890 Poem 878 Page 885 Page 893 The Pond Poem 894 Page 899 The Fourth of July Night Poem 897 The Red Wheelbarrow Poem 898 Only Daughter Personal Essay 900 Page 908 Caramelo Fiction 906 Author Brings Back Memories of Not So Long Ago Newspaper Article 910 Page 913 After Reading 1-5 House of the Seven Gables / Old Man at the Bridge Assessment 924 Pages 926-929 Practice One Credit (8 th Credit)
Unit Nine History, Culture, and the Author Night Memoir 940 Page 949 Page 951 Farewell to Manzanar Memoir 952 Page 965 Page 967 Montgomery Boycott Memoir 968 Page 978 A Eulogy for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Speech 980 Page 983 After Reading 1-4 Marriage is a Private Affair Short Story 985 Page 992 Page 994 On the Rainy River Short Story 998 Page 1017 Page 1019 The New Colossus/ Who Makes the Journey The Pale Mare / Breaking Down Barriers / Diversity Poem 1020 Page 1025 Assessment 1042 Pages 1050-1053 Practice One Credit (9 th Credit)
Unit Ten Greek Tragedy Antigone Drama 1066 Page 1107 After Reading 1-12 Page 1109 Le Morte d Arthur/ The Crowning of Arthur / Sir Launcelot du Lake Romance 1110 Page 1129 After Reading 1-12 The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights Romance 1130 Page 1141 Page 1143 Don Quixote Novel 1144 Page 1161 Man of La Mancha Musical Play 1156 After Reading 1-6 Comparing Across Genres Unit Eleven The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act One Tragedy 1198 Page 1219 Act Two 1202 Page 1237 Act Three 1220 Page1257 Act Four 1238 Page 1273 Act Five 1258 Page 1288 Page 1289 One Credit (10 th Credit)