Scope and Sequence of Literary Texts Language A (English and French), grades 3 – 12 Lincoln Community School As part of the Language Arts Curriculum at Lincoln Community School, students read and study a selection from among the texts below, either at or above the grade level indicated. African Studies: indicated in Green below; Graphic Novel: indicated in Purple below. Grades 6-­‐10 have an assigned writing focus. Students will experience a wide range of written forms in each grade level; grade level focus will encourage great precision and mastery of the genre in focus Grade Novels and Selected Short Stories Drama Film Studies Writing Focus In Grades K-­‐5, students read at their reading level from leveled classroom libraries. Through ongoing reading assessments, the teachers determine the students’ reading levels, allowing for differentiation in the classroom. The ES Library is set-­‐up like other school and public libraries, having sections for easy fiction, fiction, non-­‐fiction, and reference materials. Students are taught and encouraged how to find just-­‐right books independently. Note: In addition, students are expected to read 40 Chapter Books leveled by ability as differentiated by Donalyn Miller Grade 4: The Bamboo Girl by Anthony Kwamla Johnson Grade 5: Film: Fly Away Home 6 The Watsons go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis Loser by Jerry Spinelli The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick The Misfits by James Howe The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff Brave Music of a Distant Drum by Manu Herbstein Hatchet by Gary Paulsen Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise McGraw The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi Selected short stories Not One Less – a true story. Director Zhang Yimou Description 7 8 9 English 10 French Skellig by David Almond The Giver by Lois Lowry Z for Zachariah by Robert O’Brien Long Walk to Water by Linda Park The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis African Myths Selected short stories Witness by Karen Hesse Animal Farm by George Orwell The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The Village by the Sea by Anita Desai Call of the Wild by Jack London Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park (nonfiction) Short Story: “What's the Worst that could happen?” Bruce Coville
“The Fun They Had”--Isaac Asimov
“The Necklace”--Guy de Maupassant
“The Stolen Party”--Liliana Hekker
“Just Lather That's All”--Hernando Tellez
Odyssey (the Graphic novel) by Gareth Hinds Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Roald Dahl Selection Night by Elie Wiesel “Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl 1984 (humanities) Selected African Short Stories West African Folk Tales Collection Lord of the Flies by William Golding Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger Faceless by Amma Darko Fiela’s Child by Dalene Matthee Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Housten To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton Life of Pi by Yann Martel Le Cid by Corneille The Monsters are due on Maple Street (screen play) by Mark Kneece Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes Skellig the Movie Charlie The Monsters are due on Maple Street Narrative A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare Slumdog Millionaire A Midsummer Nights’ Dream Problem-­‐Solution Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare An Inspector Calls by JB Priestly Master Harold and the Boys by Athol Fugard O Brother where Art Thou West Side Story To Kill a Mockingbird Life is Beautiful Comparison Julius Ceasar by Wiliam Shakespeare Othello by Wiliam Shakespeare Fiela’s Child The Princess Bride Literary Analysis Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand Literary Analysis French 10 English 11-­‐12 French 11-­‐12 Le Cid by Corneille Le Mandat by Sembene Ousmane Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-­Exupery Voyage au Centre de la Terre by Jules Verne Le Chien Jaune by Maigret Simenon Maus by Roger Campbell Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum by Heinrich Boll Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Jump and Other Stories by Nadine Gordimer Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison The Brideprice by Buchi Emecheta Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn The Stranger by Albert Camus Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee Quiet American by Graham Greene Paradise of the Blind by Duonge Thu Huong Perfume by Patrick Susskind The Native Son by Richard Wright Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson (Writing and Publication) Weep Not, Child by Ngugi Wa Thiong-­‐o “How to Write about Africa” by Binyavanga Wainaina Short Stories by Nathanial Hawthorne Founya le vaurien by Hama Boubon Jean de Florette by Marcel Pagnol L'enfant multiple by Andrée Chedid L’Etranger by Albert Camus Moderato cantabile by Marguerite Duras Tous les matins du monde by Alain Corneau Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Koran by Eric Emmanuel Schmitt Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand (with Gerard Depardieu) Literary Analysis Antigone by Sophocles Macbeth by William Shakepeare Hamlet by William Shakepeare Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakepeare Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Playboy of the Western World by JM Synge The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco, A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen Death of A Salesman by Arthur Miller Crucible by Arthur Miller Hamlet Street Car Named Desire Macbeth Much Ado about Nothing The Quiet American The Importance of Being Ernest The Danger of a Single Story (TED Talk) by Chimanda Adichie Maison du poupee by Henrik Ibsen La guerre de Troie n’aura pas lieu by Giraudoux Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Mere Courage et ses enfants by Bertold Brecht Oedipe Roi by Sophocles Sueurs froides by Alfred Hitchcock Tous les matins du monde by Alain Corneau Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Koran by Eric Emmanuel Schmitt Oedipe Roi by Sophocles