Download Novels

Texts Read in Units One and Two
Novels
Watership Down
The Call of the Wild
White Fang
Essays, Short Stories, Myths, and Fables
Jack London stories:
“Batard”
“Love of Life”
“Law of Life”
“In a Far Country”
“An Odyssey of the North”
“The Dinner Party,” by Mona Gardner
“Greek Creation Myth”
“The Origin of the Seasons” Elements of Literature First Course
“Orpheus, the Great Musician” Elements of Literature First Course
“Echo and Narcissus” Elements of Literature First Course
“The Flight of Icarus” Elements of Literature First Course
“The Labors of Hercules” Elements of Literature First Course
“King Midas and the Golden Touch” Elements of Literature First Course
Greek Myths from Classical and World Mythology
Greek Myths and Legends from Reading Literature Orange Level
Classical Mythology from Adventures for Readers Book One Pegasus Edition
“Medusa’s Head” Elements of Literature Introductory Course
“Baucis and Philemon” Elements of Literature Introductory Course
“Precocious Autobiography” by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
“My First Lifeline”
“A Doubting, Questioning Mind”
“Thank You, M’am”
“Raymond’s Run” by Toni Cade Bambara
“The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst
“A Sunrise on the Veld” by Doris Lessing
Plays
“Do It Yourself”
Poems and Songs
“For My Sister Molly Who in the Fifties,” by Alice Walker
“Cat’s in the Cradle” by Harry Chapin
“Blowin’ in the Wind”
“It’s the End of the World As We Know It”
“The Wind Tapped Like a Tired Man” by Emily Dickinson
“Silver” by Walter de la Mare
“The Broncho That Would Not Be Broken” by Vachel Lindsay
“Solitaire” by Amy Lowell
“Death Be Not Proud” by John Donne
“Man Cursing the Sea” by Miroslav Holub
“My November Guest”
“Earth’s Answer”
Unit 2: Systemic Conflict
Gifted and Talented English: Grade 7
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Spring 2008
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