English 9B Literature

Reading Assignments

Read the following stories and poems. Print out this checklist to keep track of what you have read.

Novel:
“Ender’s Game” (At least 16 pages a day at school/home)
0 “Of Mice and Men” (At least 16 pages a day at school/home)

Humor:
“Go Deep to the Sewer” pg. 368
“Fly Away” pg. 373
“The Invalid’s Story” (read for setting and point of view) pg. 596

Poetry:
“Jabberwocky” [humor]pg. 400
“Macavity” [humor] pg. 402
“The Naming of Cats” [humor] (Google for that name, poem by T.S. Eliot)
“A Dog Named Beau” by Jimmy Stewart (Google it and read it.)
“Casey at the Bat [suspense] pg. 42
“The Listeners [suspense] pg. 122
“Beware: Do Not Read This Poem” [suspense] pg. 124
“Echo” [suspense] pg. 126

Generosity/Selfishness/Fate/Feud
“The Necklace” [theme] pg. 608
“The Interlopers” [theme] pg. 304

Spine Tingler
“The Most Dangerous Game” [suspense, plot lines] pg. 18

Science Fiction
“from The Road Ahead – Bill Gates” pg. 446
“The Machine that Won the War” pg. 456
“If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth…” pg. 486
“To the Residents of A.D 2029 pg. 495

More Poetry:
“Fire and Ice” [futuristic] pg 472
“There Will Come Soft Rains” [futuristic] pg. 476
“The Horses” [futuristic] pg. 474
“All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace” [futuristic] pg. 476
“Sympathy” [discovery] pg. 292
“Caged Bird” [discovery] pg. 293
“We never know how high we are” [discovery] pg. 295

Drama
“Romeo and Juliet” pg. 770

Non-Fiction
“The Washwoman” [narrative essay] pg. 650
“A Celebration of Grandfathers” [reflective essay] pg. 662
“Georgia O’Keeffe” [expository essay] pg. 685
“Understanding Comics” [visual essay] pg. 696

The Epic
“The Illiad” – handout
“The Odyssey” pg. 980 (illustrations)