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Posted: May 03 2012 at 9:08am | IP Logged Quote Barb.b
OK - me again! THis time list your favorite literature for 9th grade plus favorite study guides. I would love study guides that have good discussion questions plus essay prompts. Off the top of my head I am thinking (because I am looking at my book shelves pulling ones that strike me as good for 9th) Animal Farm (George Orwell), The Scarlet letter (Nathanial Hawthorne) and THe Bridge over San luis Rey ( Thonton Wilder).

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Posted: May 03 2012 at 2:10pm | IP Logged Quote SallyT
I do integrated literature/history in high school (as everyone's probably tired of hearing!). So for 9th we do ancient and classical literature: myths, a historical ancient-Egypt novel (The Cat of Bubastes, usually), Psalms and biblical literature, The Iliad, The Odyssey, Antigone, something like The Crito from Plato (it's short!), The Aeneid, Augustine's Confessions (heavily excerpted!) . . . and so on.

We've used those Louis de Wohl novels for Old Testament and early-church history/lit, as well.

I notice that Emmanuel Books is carrying study guides to a lot of high-school-level literary classics. I haven't tried these, but materials from EB tend to be excellent, and I may use some of them this coming year. SparkNotes, online, also has remarkably good study guides and essay questions for just about any literary work you can think of.

One question to ask yourself as you put your course together is: What is 9th-grade literature "about," as a class? Is it an introduction to genres (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama)? Is it about an introduction to the idea of a growing tradition (that's where we are, though it's certainly not the only way to go)? Having some overarching theme or objective for your year can help make those decisions about what's going to be a good read for your child at this particular time and what you might save for another year. For instance, you might save The Scarlet Letter for a year of American literature (traditionally that's 11th grade, but it doesn't have to be), since it belongs in that tradition and illustrates the concerns of a particular period. Not that you can't read it "out of context" and get a lot out of it, but seeing it as part of an ongoing American conversation is interesting and good for making connections.

That's how I go at it, anyway. Happy planning! I'm enjoying preparing for another round of 9th grade myself!

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Posted: May 03 2012 at 9:15pm | IP Logged Quote Martha
3 for 3 so far for loving Literary Lessons from Lord of the Rings.
I own the books studied with it, tho it comes with everything you need to do the program. I wanted mine to actually read the full Beowulf, Shakespeare and so forth.

My third child is greatly looking forward to it and he is the envy of his younger siblings.

I suppose I could bundle them all up and all study it at once, but why ruin the anticipation if 9th grade?

My 8th graders do a study on The Once and Future King to sort of get them hungry for LLfromLotR.

I've been a accused of purposely teasing them and building up excitement by refusing to let them see or read any of the materials before they are in 9th grade. Their older siblings won't let them either.

<insert maniacial nerdy laughter>

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Posted: May 03 2012 at 9:26pm | IP Logged Quote guitarnan
Martha, you're so funny!

The Once and Future King is great!

My son (the anti-poetry guy) loved studying "Lepanto." We used the CHC guide for that wonderful poem. I think my son liked the poem because it had a historical/military theme...I liked it because of both of those qualities, and because G. K. Chesterton wrote it.



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