Independent Study Unit
Grade 9 Academic, English
Miss Tapper
English 1DI: Independent Novel Study
Throughout the semester, you will do a lot of writing. This assignment provides the
opportunity to read and analyze a novel independently. The assignment consists of three
main elements: reading logs, Journals, a small project. You will have some class time but
you will have to do most of the work on your own time. This assignment is worth 15%
of your final grade. Please keep this sheet to refer to throughout the stages of the
assignment.
Success Criteria
• Demonstrate an understanding of the elements of a novel
• Identify and explain the effects of specific elements of style
• Find specific information and ideas in novel to use in developing opinions and interpretation
• Analyze information, ideas, and elements in novel to make inferences about meaning
• Use specific references from a text to support opinions and judgments.
• Use a variety of organizational techniques to present ideas and information logically and coherently in
written work.
• Use knowledge of vocabulary and language conventions to speak, write, and read competently using a
level of language appropriate to the purpose and audience
• Create media works for different purposes and explain how each has been designed to achieve its
particular purpose
Learning Goals:
 I can read and provide an analysis of the elements of a novel independently
 I can create a media product suited for my intended audience
 I can write a news report
 I can write an opinion article
 I can prepare and present information about a novel in an interesting and informative
manner
During adolescence, teens develop their identity, their sense of self. Answering the
question, 'Who am I?' is one of the biggest tasks of the adolescent years. Identity can be
defined as, 'the sense of self, providing sameness and continuity in personality over time.'
Young adults who have a strong sense of self are resilient, have a healthy self-esteem and
are independent. (about.com)
Novel Selection: the novel you select must be:
 appropriate and challenging enough for a grade 9 academic student.
 approved by your parents
 approved by your teacher
Important Due Dates
Component
Novel Selection
Journal #1 & section 1 reading logs
Journal #2 & section 2 reading logs
Journal #3 & section 3 reading logs
Newspaper Project
Due date
February 11, 2013
March 4, 2013
April 2, 2013
May 1, 2012
June 14, 2013
WHAT TO DO:
1. Choose a novel that you have not read which is appropriately challenging and have it
approved. Fill out the proposal plan (see attached), have your parent/guardian sign it
and return it by February 11th
2. Bring the novel to class and read it quietly during class appointed ISU time.
3. Be aware of the tasks to be completed before you begin reading the novel in order to
focus on appropriate sections of the novel
4. Complete the tasks at home and in class (have the necessary materials to complete tasks
in class).
5. Proofread all written sections.
6. Be attentive to the timelines.
FORMAT (You must submit the following):
While reading your novel you are to keep a Reading Log –to be written in the coloured notebook
given to you by the teacher. Before you begin reading, divide your novel into 4 equal
sections. As you read complete a reading log. These entries will discuss what you read
that day, any problems you encountered, and provide a creative space. You can use point
form to make your observations, however, the entry for each section should be at least 23 pages. Be sure to copy down quotes you think are important, and to record the page
numbers. Be sure to keep these in your coloured English writing notebooks so you don’t
misplace them. Don’t forget to date your reading response entries.
A. JOURNALS- (Worth 5%)
Four journal entries which are a minimum of ¾ of a page each in length. Use specific
references to your novel (quotes) in your answer. Journals must respond to the following
questions (four separate entries):
1. Discuss the problem(s) or conflict(s) that the main character in the novel faces. How
does he or she resolve the problem(s)? Does the main character change as a result of the
conflict? (MARCH 4th)
2. (Describe an experience that you’ve had (or that of someone you know) which is similar
to a character’s in the book. (APRIL 2nd)
3. Create two character profiles, one of the protagonist and one for the antagonist (name,
physical description, and his/her personal views on life) (MAY 1st)
B. PROJECT- (Worth 10%) JUNE 14TH
The final element is to create your own newspaper themed on your novel. Your
newspaper should have the following components: (all of these MUST be
included for your project to be deemed complete!!! Rubric and check list
attached.
1. Front Page- Local News Section including:
a) One article on a major event
b) One short article on the death/marriage/birth of a major character
2. World News Section including:
a) Two articles on major events in the world of your novel.
3. Editorial Section including:
a) Letter to the Editor: Opinion Article
 Respond to the following: “This novel is a great book to have for an ISU in
Grade Nine ” Agree or Disagree
 Includes three paragraphs (introduction, body paragraph, a conclusion)
 Incorporates the element of fiction in the persuasion
 Integrate 3 short quotations from the novel in your article
 You may use a personal, but professional voice
b) Advice column ( characters ask for advice and it is given,
2 questions with answers required.)
4. Travel Section including:
a) Information on the setting of your novel: (city, the city’s history, attractions,
airfares, accommodations etc., anything to get the readers to want to visit.
- this section will require you to do some research. Remember all
information must be in your own words, NOT PLAGIARIZED, or
cut and pasted from the Internet.
5.
Advertising throughout the entire paper :
a) 3 or more ads that have an obvious connection to the novel or play
The products/services can be real or pretend
6. Pictures:
a) These should be used throughout the paper and should accompany news
articles. Whenever using pictures (no illustrations) they should have
captions accompanying them.
BONUS - this is optional, but for more marks, all the 6 requirements must first be
met for this to be considered!
a. Comics
b. More than 3 Ads
c. Anything else a newspaper might have
Your final finished product should have:
- 4 distinct sections
- at least 3 Ads
- pictures with captions throughout
- illustrations throughout
- be as creative, attractive, and as neat as possible
- include colour
- be organized in the required order
Newspaper information
 all newspapers have a creative name or title that is much larger than the rest of the
paper and appears on the front page
 the date always appears on each page
 Each section has its own capital letter for identification and the numbering begins
again at 1 (for example “Section E 1” could be page one of Entertainment)
 The titles of articles in each section must have a Headline. This is usually larger
and bolder than the rest of the article. Different fonts are used for each Headline.
 The front page usually has an index on the lower corner to indicate what page to
find certain information or sections
 Articles include specific details and quotations of what people have said.
 Editorials – Letters to the editor should include “I” as it is your opinion you are
presenting.
 Ads should have pictures that are colourful and pleasing
ENG 1DI Proposal and Action Plan
Name: ____________________
FEBRUARY 11, 2013
Complete and submit a written proposal for your novel
Title of Novel: ___________________________________________________________
Author: _______________________________________
Year of Publication: __________
Why did you choose this novel?
I understand the parameters of the ISU, due dates are firm, and the consequences for
missing due dates.
______________________________
Student Signature)
_________________________________
(Parent/Guardian Signature)
Grade 9 Academic English
ISU Book List
Historical Fiction
Boyne
The Boy in the Stripped
Pajamas
Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities
Dogar
Annexed
Harrison
I was Jane Austen’s Best
Friend
Hemphill
Wicked Girls
Hughes
Search and Destroy
Sharenow
My mother the teenage
cheerleader
Slade
Meggido's shadow
Turner
Father of Lies
Walters
Safe as houses
Zusak
The book thief
Berlin 1942 When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his
belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the
family must move from their home to a new house far far away, where there is no one to
play with and nothing to do. A tall fence running alongside stretches as far as the eye can
see and cuts him off from the strange people he can see in the distance. But Bruno longs
to be an explorer and decides that there must be more to this desolate new place than
meets the eye. While exploring his new environment, he meets another boy whose life
and circumstances are very different to his own, and their meeting results in a friendship
that has devastating consequences.
Charles Dickens's great historical novel, set against the violent upheaval of the French
Revolution.
A dramatic and ambitious companion to The Diary of Anne Frank, this fictionalized
account of the
two Jewish families in hiding is told from the point of view of Anne's companion in the
secret
annex, 15-year-old Peter van Pels
Based on real events, I WAS JANE AUSTEN’S BEST FRIEND is the secret diary of Jenny
Cooper,
Jane
Austen’s teenage friend and confidante.
A fictionalized account, told in verse, of the Salem witch trials, told from the perspective
of three
young women living in Salem in 1692--Mercy Lewis, Margaret Walcott, and Ann Putnam,
Jr.
Recent high school graduate Rick Ward, undecided about his future and eager to escape
his
unhappy home life, joins the army and experiences the horrors of the war in Vietnam.
In the tumultuous New Orleans of 1960, thirteen-year-old Louise Collins finds her world
turned upside down when a stranger from the North arrives at her mother's boardinghouse. Louise's mother spends her mornings at the local elementary school with a group
of women know as the Cheerleaders, who harass the school's first black student, six-yearold Ruby Bridges, as she enters the building.
After the death of his beloved older brother Hector in World War I, sixteen-year-old
Edward leaves the family farm in Canada to enlist in Hector's battalion, where he
attempts to come to terms with what has happened.
In 1692 when a plague of accusations descends on Salem Village in Massachusetts and
"witch fever" erupts, fourteen-year-old Lidda, who has begun to experience visions and
hear voices, tries to expose the lies of the witch trials without being hanged as a witch
herself. Includes author's notes about the Salem Witch Trials and bipolar disease.
Based on true accounts of the night of Hurricane Hazel in 1954, the story tells how three
brave and resourceful children, against all odds, got themselves to the relative safety of a
slippery rooftop just in time to escape drowning only to have to escape again into the
water as the house is torn from its foundations by the furious, churning flood.
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a
young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family
and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbours.
Heinrichs,
Linnea
The First Vial
Blackwood,
Gary
The year of the hangman
Set against the backdrop of the inescapable horror of the fourteenth-century plague and
medieval heroism and chivalry, THE FIRST VIAL details the morbid reality of a time when
the Black Death forced people to take the law into their own hands to survive the wave of
chaos that was ushered in. Katherine, Lady of Crenfeld Castle, pits her wits against the
enemies trying to take over her castle. After surviving two attempts on her life by a landhungry priest, she is forced to leave her castle just as the plague engulfs her village
Although marketed as a juvenile novel, Gary Blackwood’s The Year of the Hangman is a
straight forward alternate history of the years following a failed American Revolution.
Blackwood does not try to do too much with the result being that what he does comes
across as well thought out and concise. Blackwood’s hero, Creighton Brown is the ne’erdo-well son of a British hero, Henry Brown, who was killed in a battle with rebels
following the suppression of the revolt. Creighton’s mother, no longer able to control her
son, arranges for him to be sent to the colonies where her brother, Colonel Gower, can
turn him into a proper British gentleman
Classic Novels
Dickens,
Charles
Golding,
William
Orwell,
George
A Tale of Two Cities
Fitzgerald, F.
Scott
The Great Gatsby
Steinbeck,
John
Of Mice and Men
Lord of the Flies
Animal Farm
Charles Dickens's great historical novel, set against the violent upheaval
of the French Revolution.
Classic novel by a Nobel prize winner about a group of boys who, after a
plane crash, set up a primitive society on an uninhabited island.
Mr Jones of Manor Farm is so lazy and drunken that one day he forgets
to feed his livestock. The ensuing rebellion under the leadership of the
pigs Napoleon and Wellington leads to the animals taking over the farm.
Vowing to eliminate the terrible inequities of the farmyard, the renamed
Animal Farm is organized to benefit all who walk on four legs. But as
time passes, the ideals of the rebellion are corrupted, then forgotten.
And something new and unexpected emerges.
James Gatz from North Dakota reinvents himself as the self assured and
wealthy Jay Gatsby as he tries to win the love of his childhood
sweetheart Daisy Buchanan. Set in the Jazz Age of the 1920s, Gatsby and
his friends are blinded by the glitz and glamour of wealth and learn too
late of its inability to bring them true happiness. Author F. Scott
Fitzgerald’s greatest novel is a classic study of the Gilded Age and one
man’s corrupted view of the American dream.
Best friends Lennie and George travel from farm to farm in California
looking for work while trying to avoid trouble. Although both men are
good workers and have dreams of owning their own farm, they never
stay at one job long because of Lennie. Lennie is a simple minded gentle
giant who doesn’t know his own strength and often gets into trouble.
When tragedy strikes, George must make an awful decision that will
alter the plans he and Lennie have made for their future. This is a classic
Steinbeck story about migrant workers and the downtrodden surviving
the Great Depression.
Action Adventure/Mystery
Oppel,
Kenneth
This Dark Endeavour: the
Apprenticeship of Victor
Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein leads a charmed life. He and his twin brother,
Konrad, and their beautiful cousin Elizabeth take lessons at home and
spend their spare time fencing and horseback riding. Along with their
friend Henry, they have explored all the hidden passageways and secret
rooms of the palatial Frankenstein chateau. Except one. The Dark
Young, Moira
Blood Red Road
BaratzLogsted,
Lauren
The Twin’s Daughter
Beaudoin,
Sean
You Killed Wesley Payne
Library contains ancient tomes written in strange languages and filled
with forbidden knowledge. Their father makes them promise never to
visit the library, but when Konrad becomes deathly ill, Victor knows he
must find the book that contains the recipe for the legendary Elixir of
Life. The elixir needs only three ingredients. But impossible odds,
dangerous alchemy and a bitter love triangle threaten their quest at
every turn. Victor knows he must not fail. Yet his success depends on
how far he is willing to push the boundaries of nature, science and love
and how much he is willing to sacrifice.
This fast-paced YA debut novel has it all: smart, savvy characters making
their way through an eerily dystopian society, with all the requisite
action, adventure and romance characteristic of the genre vividly and at
times, chillingly, portrayed. In a wild and lawless future, where life is
cheap and survival is hard, eighteen-year-old Saba lives with her father,
her twin brother Lugh, her young sister Emmi and her pet crow Nero.
Theirs is a hard and lonely life. Saba's small world is brutally torn apart,
when a group of armed riders arrives five day's after the twin's
eighteenth birthday snatch Lugh away. And here begins Saba's epic
quest to rescue Lugh, during which she is tested by trials she could not
have imagined, and one that takes the reader on breathtaking ride full
or romance, physical adventure and unforgettably vivid characters,
making this a truly sensational YA debut novel.
Lucy Sexton is stunned when a disheveled woman appears at the door
one day...a woman who bears an uncanny resemblance to Lucy's own
beautiful mother. It turns out the two women are identical twins,
separated at birth, and raised in dramatically different circumstances.
Lucy's mother quickly resolves to give her less fortunate sister the kind
of life she has never known. And the transformation in Aunt Helen is
indeed remarkable. But when Helen begins to imitate her sister in every
way, even Lucy isn't sure at times which twin is which. Can Helen really
be trusted, or does her sweet face mask a chilling agenda? Filled with
shocking twists and turns, THE TWIN'S DAUGHTER is an engrossing
gothic novel of betrayal, jealousy, and treacherous secrets that will keep
you guessing to the very end.
He's come to do a job. A job that involves a body. A body wrapped in
duct tape found hanging from the goal posts at the end of the football
field. You Killed Wesley Payneis a truly original and darkly hilarious
update of classic pulp-noir, in which hard-boiled seventeen year-old
Dalton Rev transfers to the mean hallways of Salt River High to take on
the toughest case of his life. The question isn't whether Dalton's going
to get paid. He always gets paid. Or whether he's gonna get the girl. He
always (sometimes) gets the girl. The real question is whether Dalton
Rev can outwit crooked cops and killer cliques in time to solve the
mystery of "The Body" before it solves him. Sean Beaudoin (Going
Nowhere Faster,Fade to Blue) evokes the distinctive voices of legendary
crime/noir authors Dashiell Hammett and Jim Thompson with a little bit
ofMean GirlsandHeathersthrowin in for good measure. It'll tease you,
please you, and never ever leave you. Actually, that's not true. It's only a
book. One that's going to suck you in, spit you out, and make you shake
hands with the devil. Probably.
Etienne, Doris
The Jewels of Sofia Tate
Fifteen-year-old Garnet Walcott is lonely and has a hard time making
new friends when she moves to Kitchener, Ontario. Her mother, already
preoccupied with work, has begun a search for a father she never knew.
By chance, Garnet meets and befriends Elizabeth Tate, an elderly widow
who tells Garnet that a priceless set of heirloom jewels dating back to
Russian nobility may be hidden in her Victorian home. Elizabeth shows
Garnet an intriguing portrait of her late mother-in-law, Sofia Tate,
wearing sapphires and diamonds. Garnet is introduced to Dan Peters,
one of the most popular boys at school, and when Elizabeth suffers a
heart attack, Garnet persuades him to help her find the jewels for
Elizabeth. Do the jewels really exist? Garnet believes they do, and
drawing on that faith, she follows the clues left by Elizabeth's late
eccentric, religious father-in-law and discovers much more than she
bargained for.
Science Fiction/If You Liked The Hunger Games
Anderson, M.
T
Feed
Brooks, Kevin
Being
Bacigalipu,
Paolo
Ship Breaker
Carey, Anna
Eve
For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon
- a chance to party during spring break and play around with some
stupid low-grav at the Ricochet Lounge. But that was before the crazy
hacker caused all their feeds to malfunction, sending them to the
hospital to lie around with nothing inside their heads for days. And it
was before Titus met Violet, a beautiful, brainy teenage girl who knows
something about what it's like to live without the feed-and about
resisting its omnipresent ability to categorize human thoughts and
desires. Identity crises, consumerism, and star-crossed teenage love in a
futuristic society where people connect to the Internet via feeds
implanted in their brains.
In this heart-stopper about a boy who discovers he's not one hundred
percent human. It was just supposed to be a routine exam. But when
the doctors snake the fiber-optic tube down Robert Smith's throat, what
they discover doesn't make medical sense. Plastic casings. Silver
filaments. Moving metal parts. In his naked, anesthetized state on the
operating table, Robert hears the surgeons' shocked comments: "What
the hell is that?" "It's me," Robert thinks, "and I've got to get out of
here." Armed with a stolen automatic and the videotape of his strange
organs, he manages to escape, and to embark on an orphan's violent
odyssey to find out exactly who--exactly what--he is.
In America's Gulf Coast region, where grounded oil tankers are being
broken down for parts, Nailer, a teenage boy, works the light crew,
scavenging for copper wiring just to make quota--and hopefully live to
see another day. But when, by luck or chance, he discovers an exquisite
clipper ship beached during a recent hurricane, Nailer faces the most
important decision of his life: Strip the ship for all it's worth or rescue its
lone survivor, a beautiful and wealthy girl who could lead him to a
better life. . . .In this powerful novel, award-winning author Paolo
Bacigalupi delivers a thrilling, fast-paced adventure set in a vivid and
raw, uncertain future
Where do you go when nowhere is safe? Sixteen years after a deadly
virus wiped out most of Earth's population, the world is a perilous place.
Eighteen-year-old Eve has never been beyond the heavily guarded
perimeter of her school, where she and two hundred other orphaned
girls have been promised a future as the teachers and artists of the New
America. But the night before graduation, Eve learns the shocking truth
about her school's real purpose'and the horrifying fate that awaits her.
Fleeing the only home she's ever known, Eve sets off on a long,
treacherous journey, searching for a place she can survive.
Dashner,
James
The Maze Runner
When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is
his first name. His memory is blank. But he's not alone. When the lift's
doors open, Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome him
to the Glade--a large, open expanse surrounded by stone walls. Just like
Thomas, the Gladers don't know why or how they got to the Glade. All
they know is that every morning the stone doors to the maze that
surrounds them have opened. Every night they've closed tight. And
every 30 days a new boy has been delivered in the lift. Thomas was
expected. But the next day, a girl is sent up--the first girl to ever arrive in
the Glade. And more surprising yet is the message she delivers. Thomas
might be more important than he could ever guess. If only he could
unlock the dark secrets buried within his mind.
Doctorow,
Cory
Little Brother
Halam, Ann
Dr. Franklin’s Island
Falkner, Brian
Brain Jack
Marcus, a.k.a "w1n5t0n," is only seventeen years old, but he figures he
already knows how the system works-and how to work the system.
Smart, fast, and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no
trouble outwitting his high school's intrusive but clumsy surveillance
systems. But his whole world changes when he and his friends find
themselves caught in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San
Francisco. In the wrong place at the wrong time, Marcus and his crew
are apprehended by the Department of Homeland Security and whisked
away to a secret prison where they're mercilessly interrogated for days.
When the DHS finally releases them, Marcus discovers that his city has
become a police state where every citizen is treated like a potential
terrorist. He knows that no one will believe his story, which leaves him
only one option: to take down the DHS himself.
Semi, Miranda, and Arnie are part of a group of 50 British Young
Conservationists on their way to a wildlife conservation station deep in
the rain forests of Ecuador. After a terrifying mid-air disaster and
subsequent crash, these three are the sole survivors, stranded together
on a deserted tropical island. Or so they think. Semi, Miranda, and Arnie
stumble into the hands of Dr. Franklin, a mad scientist who's been
waiting for them, eager to use them as specimens for his experiments in
genetic engineering.
Las Vegas is gone--destroyed in a terrorist attack. Black Hawk
helicopters patrol the skies over New York City. And immersive online
gaming is the most dangerous street drug around. In this dystopic nearfuture, technology has leapt forward once again, and neuro-headsets
have replaced computer keyboards. Just slip on a headset, and it's the
Internet at the speed of thought. For teen hacker Sam Wilson, a headset
is a must. But as he becomes familiar with the new technology, he has a
terrifying realization. If anything on his computer is vulnerable to a hack,
what happens when his mind is linked to the system? Could
consciousness itself be hijacked? Before he realizes what's happened,
Sam's incursion against the world's largest telecommunications
Grant,
Michael
Hunger
Levitin, Sonia
The Goodness Gene
Lu, Marie
Legend
Maberry,
Jonathan
Rot and Ruin
Malley,
Gemma
The Declaration
McCafferty,
Bumped
company leads him to the heart of the nation's cyberdefense network
and brings him face to face with a terrifying and unforeseen threat.
It's been three months since everyone under the age of fifteen became
trapped in the bubble known as the FAYZ. Three months since all the
adults disappeared. Gone. Food ran out weeks ago. Everyone is starving,
but no one wants to figure out a solution. And each day, more and more
kids are evolving, developing supernatural abilities that set them apart
from the kids without powers. Tension rises and chaos is descending
upon the town. It's the normal kids against the mutants. Each kid is out
for himself, and even the good ones turn murderous. But a larger
problem looms. The Darkness, a sinister creature that has lived buried
deep in the hills, begins calling to some of the teens in the FAYZ. Calling
to them, guiding them, manipulating them. The Darkness has
awakened. And it is hungry.
From the author of "The Cure" comes another futuristic fable that raises
fascinating questions about whether human behavior is determined by
DNA, by upbringing, or by a higher power.
What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic,
a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family
in one of the Republic's wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a
prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic's highest military
circles. Born into the slums, fifteen-year-old Day is the country's most
wanted criminal. But his motives may not be as malicious as they seem.
From very different worlds, June and Day have no reason to cross paths-until the day June's brother, Metias, is murdered and Day becomes the
prime suspect. Caught in the ultimate game of cat and mouse, Day is in
a race for his family's survival, while June seeks to avenge Metias's
death. But in a shocking turn of events, the two uncover the truth of
what has really brought them together, and the sinister lengths their
country will go to keep its secrets. Full of nonstop action, suspense, and
romance, this novel is sure to move readers as much as it thrills.
In the zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic America where Benny Imura
lives, every teenager must find a job by the time they turn fifteen or get
their rations cut in half. Benny doesn’t want to apprentice as a zombie
hunter with his boring older brother Tom, but he has no choice. He
expects a tedious job whacking zoms for cash--but what he gets is a
vocation that will teach him what it means to be human. Acclaimed
horror author Jonathan Maberry makes his young adult debut with this
detail-rich depiction of a post-apocalyptic world where humanity has
fallen, the dead have risen, and danger is always imminent.
Anna Covey is a 'Surplus'. She should not have been born. In a society in
which ageing is no longer feared, and death is no longer an inevitability,
children are an abomination. Like all Surpluses, Anna is living in a
Surplus Hall and learning how to make amends for the selfish act her
parents committed in having her. She is quietly accepting of her fate
until, one day, a new inmate arrives. Anna's life is thrown into chaos.
But is she brave enough to believe this mysterious boy? A tense and
utterly compelling story about a society behind a wall, and the way in
which two young people seize the chance to break free.
When a virus makes everyone over the age of eighteen infertile, would-
Megan
Ness, Patrick
The Knife of Never Letting
Go
Pfeffer, Susan
Beth
Life as We Knew It
Ryan, Carrie
The Forest of Hands and
Teeth
Treggiari, Joe
Ashes, Ashes
Zusak, Markus
I Am the Messenger
be parents pay teen girls to conceive and give birth to their children,
making teens the most prized members of society. Girls sport fake baby
bumps and the school cafeteria stocks folic-acid-infused food. Sixteenyear-old identical twins Melody and Harmony were separated at birth
and have never met until the day Harmony shows up on Melody's
doorstep. Up to now, the twins have followed completely opposite
paths. A case of mistaken identity takes them on a journey neither could
have ever imagined, one that makes Melody and Harmony realize they
have so much more than just DNA in common.
Readers are in for a white-knuckle journey in this series that follows a
boy and girl on the run from a town where all thoughts can be heard-and the passage into manhood embodies a horrible secret.
I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald's still
would be open. High school sophomore Miranda's disbelief turns to fear
in a split second when an asteroid knocks the moon closer to Earth, the
way "one marble hits another." The result is catastrophic. How can her
family prepare for the future when worldwide tsunamis are wiping out
the coasts, earthquakes are rocking the continents, and volcanic ash is
blocking out the sun? Told in a year's worth of journal entries, this
heart-pounding story chronicles Miranda's struggle to hold on to the
most important resource of all--hope--in an increasingly desperate and
unfamiliar world..
In Mary's world there are simple truths. The Sisterhood always knows
best, and the fence that protects her village from the Forest of Hands
and Teeth must remain intact. After fence is breached, Mary's world is
thrown into chaos, and she must choose between her village and her
future.
A thrilling tale of adventure, romance, and one girl's unyielding courage
through the darkest of nightmares. Epidemics, floods, droughts--for
sixteen-year-old Lucy, the end of the world came and went, taking 99%
of the population with it. As the weather continues to rage out of
control, and Sweepers clean the streets of plague victims, Lucy survives
alone in the wilds of Central Park. But when she's rescued from a pack
of hunting dogs by a mysterious boy named Aidan, she reluctantly
realizes she can't continue on her own. She joins his band of survivors,
yet, a new danger awaits her: the Sweepers are looking for her. There's
something special about Lucy, and they will stop at nothing to have her.
The dull and drab life of Ed, an underage cab driver with a coffeeaddicted dog, takes an unexpected turn when he accidentally stops a
bank robbery and finds himself being placed in charge of watching out
for the entire town.
Adult Novels for Teens
Monk-Kidd,
Sue
The Secret Lives of Bees
A heartwarming coming of age tale set in 1960s South Carolina, tells the
story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred
memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily's fiercehearted black "stand-in mother," Rosaleen, insults three of the town's
most vicious racists, Lily decides they should both escape to Tiburon,
South Carolina--a town that holds the secret to her mother's past. There
Albom, Mitch
Tuesdays with Morrie
Piccoult, Jodi
My Sister’s Keeper
Piccoult, Jodi
House Rules
Martel, Yann
Life of Pi
they are taken in by an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters who
introduce Lily to a mesmerizing world of bees, honey, and the Black
Madonna who presides over their household.
Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone
older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and
searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you
sound advice to help you make your way through it. Mitch Albom had
that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the
older man's life. Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited with Mitch in his
study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled
relationship turned into one final "class": lessons in how to live.
Tuesdays with Morrie is a magical chronicle of their time together,
through which Mitch shares Morrie's lasting gift with the world.
Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has
undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older
sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since
childhood. The product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, Anna was
conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate -- a life and a role that she
has never challenged...until now. Like most teenagers, Anna is beginning
to question who she truly is. But unlike most teenagers, she has always
been defined in terms of her sister -- and so Anna makes a decision that
for most would be unthinkable, a decision that will tear her family apart
and have perhaps fatal consequences for the sister she loves.
They tell me I'm lucky to have a son who's so verbal, who is blisteringly
intelligent, who can take apart the busted microwave and have it
working again an hour later. They think there is no greater hell than
having a son who is locked in his own world, unaware that there's a
wider one to explore. But try having a son who is locked in his own
world, and still wants to make a connection. A son who tries to be like
everyone else, but truly doesn't know how. Jacob Hunt is a teenage boy
with Asperger's Syndrome. He's hopeless at reading social cues or
expressing himself well to others, and like many kids with AS, Jacob has
a special focus on one subject--in his case, forensic analysis. He's always
showing up at crime scenes, thanks to the police scanner he keeps in his
room, and telling the cops what they need to do…and he's usually right.
But then one day his tutor is found dead, and the police come to
question him..
The son of a zookeeper, Pi Patel has an encyclopedic knowledge of
animal behavior and a fervent love of stories. When Pi is sixteen, his
family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo
ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes. The ship sinks.
Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an
orangutan, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a 450-pound Bengal
tiger.
Other
Chbosky,
Stephan
The Perks of Being A
Wallflower
Standing on the fringes of life offers a unique perspective but there
comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor.. The perks
of being a wallflower is a story about what it's like to travel that strange
course through the uncharted territory of high school. The world of first
dates, family dramas, and new friends. of sex, drugs, and the rocky
horror picture show, of those wild and poignant roller-coaster days
known as growing up.
Asher, Jay
Thirteen Reasons Why
Riggs,
Ransom
Miss Peregrine’s Home for
Peculiar Children
Forman,
Gayle
If I Stay
When high school student Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail
containing 13 cassette tapes recorded by his classmate Hannah, who
committed suicide, he spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night
crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recount the events
leading up to her death.
After a family tragedy, Jacob feels compelled to explore an abandoned
orphanage on an island off the coast of Wales, discovering that the
children once kept there — including his own grandfather — may have
been dangerous, and may be still alive.
Seventeen-year-old Mia is in a coma after a terrible car accident that
killed her parents. Awakening, she has no memory of the accident, and
must put her life back together piece by piece — and decide what to do
with it.
English 1DI Newspaper Rubric 2012
Name:____________________________
Categories
Below
Knowledge
–knowledge of the
Thinking—
news article,
editorial, letter to
the editor format,
and the
understanding of
information, ideas,
concepts and
themes in Romeo
and Juliet/The
Chrysalids/
Mythology
critical and creative
thinking skills as
seen in the various
news paper forms
Communication
—communication
of information and
ideas as seen in the
various news paper
forms
Level 1
(50-59%)
Level 2
(60-69%)
Level 3
(70-79%)
Level 4
(80-100%)
Below
level
®
Demonstrates limited
knowledge of the news
article, editorial, letter to
the editor format and
the understanding of
information, ideas,
concepts and themes as
it relates to ISU novel
Demonstrates some
knowledge of the news
article, editorial, letter to
the editor format and
the understanding of
information, ideas,
concepts and themes as
it relates to ISU novel
Demonstrates
considerable knowledge
of the news article,
editorial, letter to the
editor format and the
understanding of
information, ideas,
concepts and themes as
it relates to ISU novel
Demonstrates thorough
knowledge of the news
article, editorial, letter to
the editor format and
the understanding of
information, ideas,
concepts and themes as
it relates to ISU novel
Below
level
(R)
Uses critical and creative
thinking skills as seen in
the various news paper
forms with limited
effectiveness
Uses critical and creative
thinking skills as seen in
the various news paper
forms with moderate
effectiveness
Uses critical and creative
thinking skills as seen in
the various news paper
forms with considerable
effectiveness
Uses critical and creative
thinking skills as seen in
the various news paper
forms with a high
degree of effectiveness
Below
level
(R)
Communicates
information and ideas as
seen in the various news
paper forms with
limited clarity
Communicates
information and ideas as
seen in the various news
paper forms with some
clarity
Communicates
information and ideas as
seen in the various news
paper forms with
considerable clarity
Uses the required
language conventions
with limited accuracy
and effectiveness
Uses the required
language conventions
with some accuracy and
effectiveness
Uses the required
language conventions
with considerable
accuracy and
effectiveness
Communicates ideas and
information as seen in
the various news paper
forms with a high
degree of clarity and
confidence
Makes connections with
limited effectiveness
Makes connections with
moderate effectiveness
Makes connections with
considerable
effectiveness
level
(R)
—use of language
conventions,
spelling, grammar,
punctuation
Application
-making
connections
between different
characters and
texts studied
Below
level
(R)
Uses the required
language conventions
accurately and
effectively all or almost
all of the time
Makes connections with
a high degree of
effectiveness
Checklist
Criteria
I have completed all sections as listed on the assignment
sheet
I have written my articles using specific details from the
play
I have effectively used quotations in my news articles
I have used the correct newspaper format (columns, leads,
titles, pictures, etc.)
I have written my articles, answering the 5 W’s
I have made an appropriate titles
My newspaper is attractive and neat
My newspaper is colourful
My newspaper is organized in an effective, logical manner
My newspaper has key words, subheadings, etc.
My newspaper uses white space effectively
My newspaper reflects effort
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