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Short Works:
"Flowers for Algernon" Literature Unit
"Flowers for Algernon" Journal Entry Unit
"Raymond's Run"
 

Edgar Allan Poe and Related Works: 

Vincent Price reading The Raven

Take notes while viewing a PowerPoint presentation on Poe
Novels:
For reading comprehension passages on WWII, see Betsy Gennosa
 
The Outsiders
Timeline for the plot of The Outsiders

“I was getting to where I could see the truth.

Someday I'll be brave enough to speak it.” 

--Ponyboy from The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton

 
The Contender 
Reading Guide for The Contender by Robert Lipsyte
Questions, part II
Literary Essay Outline on Conflict

Literary Essay Guidelines - Compare to Slake's Limbo

“Everyone wants to be a champion.  That’s not enough. You have to start by wanting to be a contender . . . It’s the climbing that makes the man.  Getting to the top is an extra reward.”  --Mr. Donatelli of The Contender, by Robert Lipsyte.

 

The Giver