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9th grade Year Long Plan*
Unit: 1
Title: EARLY ENGLISH LITERATURE
Reading Focus: Informational Text, Narrative Poetry, Medieval Epic
Writing Focus: Research Question; College Application Essay; Literary Analysis Task (LAT)
Unit: 2
Title: LITERATURE AND MODERN CONCERNS
Reading Focus: Fiction
Writing Focus: Argumentative Writing, Research Writing
Unit: 3
Title: SEEKING JUSTICE, SEEKING PEACE
Reading Focus: Stories, Dramas, Plays, or Poems
Writing Focus: Narrative Writing, Research Writing, Literary Analysis
Unit: 4
Title: TAKING RISKS
Reading Focus: Narrative; Informational/Explanatory text
Writing Focus: Informative Writing, Explanatory Writing, Research Writing