9th ELA

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Literary

Informational

“Sounds of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl “Thank you Ma’am” by Langston Hughes “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant “Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe “The Glass of Milk” by Manuel Rojas “Lady or the Tiger” by Frank R. Stockton Excerpts from House on Mango Street “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson

“Human Ingenuity: A 100,000-Year-Old Story” (1220L) ( Forbes Magazine ) “Why Do We Tell Stories?” Rachelle Gardner (860L) “Empathy and Fiction” Keith Oatley, The Psychology of Fiction, 2011 “Can Science Explain Why We Tell Stories?” Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker (1340L) “Once Upon a Time: How Fairy Tales Shape Our Lives”, Jonathan Young, Inside Journal , 1997

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