Introductory Unit - Short stories and Media

• "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
• "A & P" by John Updike
• "The man Who was Almost a Man" by Richard Wright
• "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black" a film adaptation of a John Henrik Clarke story

Unit 1 - Novel Study

• To Kill a Mockingbird 

Unit 2 - Shakespearean Comedy

• The Taming of the Shrew

Unit 3 - Literature Circles

Choice of...

• Midnight at the Dragon Cafe
• A Crime in the Neighborhood
• Never Let Me Go
• The Cellist of Sarajevo

Unit 4 - 20th Century Drama

• Inherit the Wind

Unit 5 - Independent Study 

Introduction to Issues-based Literature

• short stories
• essays
• poetry
• documentary film

Unit 1 - 20th Century Family Drama

• Leaving Home by David French
• He Got Game directed by by Spike Lee

Unit 2 - Issues-based Novel / Media Study

• Resurrection Blues by Mike Tanner
• Almost Famous driected by Cameron Crowe
• Bend it Like Beckham directed by Gurinder Chadha 

Unit 3 - Historical Drama

• Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Independent Study Unit

• one issues-based novel or work of non-fiction

Introductory Unit - Introduction to Analysis and Interpretation

• essays
• short stories
• film study

Unit 1 - Novel Study

• The Great Gatsby

Unit 2 - Shakespearean Tragedy

• Hamlet

Unit 3 - Film Study

• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

Unit 4 - Novel Study

Choice of...

• The Sun Also Rises
• No Country for Old Men
• Three Day Road
• Brave New World
• The Englishman's Boy

Unit 5 - Independent Study