second semester plan english 9. the odyssey part ii odysseus’ return emphasis on hero’s—what...

Second Semester Plan

English 9

The Odyssey Part II

Odysseus’ Return Emphasis on Hero’s—What is a hero?

How is that different than a leader? What is your Ithaca?--Project Continue O Brother Where Art Thou?

Speak

Isolation and communication in High Schools

Exploration of social mores among teens

Gender inequality and the culture that feeds it

Finally, we will do our Personal Narratives!

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

A Boy growing up in Sierra Leone amid a civil war

ThemesThe physical and mental damages from warWhat people are willing to do to surviveHow does our current well-being impact our

memory?

Romeo and Juliet

Archetype of the star-crossed lovers Fate vs. chance

Our lives, at times, are dictated by a series of seemingly connected events that require their exact sequence and timing

A light amid a world of darkness

To Kill a Mockingbird

Moral Education Can we actually Learn empathy? What is it like to live among a society that

promotes inequalityHow do we still, to a certain degree, live in a

society like this? Moral Laws > Judicial Laws