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Literature:
 - Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson   
 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
 - The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls

 
Reading Strategies & Language Arts Skills:
     - Annotating
    - Author's Purpose
    - Author's Bias
    - Making Inferences
    - Using Text Evidence
    - MLA Citations & Works Cited Pages
    - Character Analysis
    - Academic Vocabulary
    - Vocabulary Context Clues
    - Collaborative Discussions

“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.

Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're Doing Something.

So that's my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish for myself. Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody's ever made before. Don't freeze, don't stop, don't worry that it isn't good enough, or it isn't perfect, whatever it is: art, or love, or work or family or life.

Whatever it is you're scared of doing, Do it.

Make your mistakes, next year and forever.” 

                                          ― Neil Gaiman, author

English 2

Thinking critically, engaging creatively, and arguing effectively.

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson.

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