9th grade Year Long Plan*
Unit: 1
Title: EARLY ENGLISH LITERATURE - Canterbury Tales: The Pardoner’s Tale - Geoffrey Chaucer
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 - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Reading Focus: Fiction
Writing Focus: Argumentative Writing, Research Writing
Unit: 3
Title: SEEKING JUSTICE, SEEKING PEACE - The Tragedy of Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Reading Focus: Stories, Dramas, Plays, or Poems
Writing Focus: Narrative Writing, Research Writing, Literary Analysis
Unit: 4
Title: TAKING RISKS- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Reading Focus: Narrative; Informational/Explanatory text
Writing Focus: Informative Writing, Explanatory Writing, Research Writing