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chayitty
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 Tue, Apr 01 2008, 10:41 pm
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siles marner was done in 10th grade, biggy...how can I ever forget marrrrner???...
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amother
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Tue, Apr 01 2008, 11:57 pm
I have taught 9th grade English. I did teach A Separate Peace, as well as The Wave. I have essay questions & vocab sheets for both books (individually and comparing/contrasting their themes as part of a final exam). I'd be happy to share what I have with you if you give me an e-mail address where I can reach you.
In older grades I have taught Frankenstein, which has tons of Biblical allusion and good/evil imagery. I've also relied on a careful selection of classic short stories and poems to round out the literature curriculum.
You can also try classic plays: Our Town, The Glass Menagerie, Death of a Salesman. Not sure about the language in those - you'd need to check for yourself.
Is the dogs & snow book someone mentioned White Fang?
I strongly suggest that you run your proposed curriculum past the principal (I remember one principal who rejected my selection of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich because it has some pretty strong language). You don't want to get into a situation where parents complain. It's better to choose very, very carefully at the outset. Many of the books suggested by other people in this thread could be problematic for 9th grade.
If I think of other books I've forgotten, I'll post again.
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pinkbubbles
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Wed, Apr 02 2008, 6:16 am
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Goodbye Mr Chips.. that was a good book!
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madys
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Wed, Apr 02 2008, 10:19 am
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Fahrenheit 451 (I don't know if the #'s are right) But it's about a futuristic world where they burn books
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Pizza
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Wed, Apr 02 2008, 10:39 am
My Side of the Mountain
Hatchet
Secret Sharer
Hamlet
Cyrano de Bergerac (a terrific introduction to the play format)
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DefyGravity
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Wed, Apr 02 2008, 11:13 am
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I also read The Pearl in 7th grade.
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Motek
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Thu, Apr 03 2008, 11:47 am
Looked up my ancient notes. We did Great Expectations - ok, and Green Mansions - yuck, can't believe we did that with all the religious junk in it.
We also had a reader with lots of short stories (O Henry etc.) and poems.
Aren't there books that every 9th grade class gets in your school? Why are you starting from scratch?
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Ruchel
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Thu, Apr 03 2008, 11:52 am
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Great Expectations is soooo boring!
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manhattanmom
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Thu, Apr 10 2008, 7:48 pm
I did the Pearl in Seventh Grade, Goodbye Mr. Chips in 8th grade.
In 9th grade I did Julius Caesar and A Separate Peace.
I remember doing a strange book in 6th (?) grade that is probably also appropriate for 9th grade called Tuck Everlasting.
What about books by Mark Twain--Huckelberry Finn and Tom Sawyer.
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Love My Babes
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Thu, Apr 10 2008, 8:26 pm
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we did the hound of the baskervilles in 9th. I think the pearl was 8th grade and roll of thunder hear my cry was 7th, and tuck everlasting in 6th. but most years we did more than one book. we did more, im trying to remember the names tho.
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Squash
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Thu, Apr 10 2008, 8:27 pm
still trying to figure out why we did alice in wonderland in 10th grade. 
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Squash
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Thu, Apr 10 2008, 8:30 pm
we also did animal farm in ninth grade. a separate peace. I can't remember the exact name about the dear boy 'dibbs' maybe?
don't remember the rest.
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avimom
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Thu, Apr 10 2008, 9:00 pm
dibs in search of self, 8th grade
please don't do the old man and the sea, we didit in 9th- SO boring!
to kill a mocking bird, 9th, loved it!
also like julious ceaser that year- teacher made it fun...
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Squash
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Thu, Apr 10 2008, 9:03 pm
we also did lots of short stories/short novels.
the most dangerous game is the one that stands out in my memory. we actually did it twice. don't remember which years tho.
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manhattanmom
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Thu, Apr 10 2008, 9:08 pm
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Doesn't the school you'll be teaching in have a curriculum in place or someone there who handles the curriculum??
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marina
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Thu, Apr 10 2008, 9:31 pm
Some of my favorite high school books not yet mentioned were: Cry the Beloved Country, Brave New World, 1984, & Walden Pond by Thoreau. Catcher in the Rye was okay, but we read that in junior high.
Ones I did not particularly like included : The Great Gatsby & The Grapes of Wrath.
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Rutabaga
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Thu, Apr 10 2008, 9:37 pm
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Most of the books I remember reading in 9th grade have already been mentioned. What about Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes?
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Clarissa
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Thu, Apr 10 2008, 9:42 pm
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Flowers for Algernon! I loved that. They also made a movie of that, called "Charlie."
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Love My Babes
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Tue, Apr 15 2008, 12:49 pm
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we did 'where the lillies bloom' in ninth grade, a lantern in her hand in tenth. ill write more if I remember them
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