9th ELA

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Literary

Informational

Pyramus and Thisbe by Ovid Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Antigone by Sophocles Oedipus the King by Sophocles

“Beautiful Brains” by National Geographic “Teenage Brains are Malleable and Vulnerable” by NPR “Study: Love Hurts” by ABC News “Teenagers in Love” by Psychology Today “The Mysterious Workings of the Teenage Brain” TED Talk by Sarah Jayne Blake

Consult with your site and other grade-level teams to avoid unnecessary repetition. You can approach the patterns theme in terms of poetic devices, types of poetry, themes and emotions addressed in poetry, or specifc authors and/or time periods, for example.

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