HS ELA Guide

Literary Texts

Informational Texts

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Unit 5 in Mirrors and Windows Level IV covers Folk Literature and has several myths with a section on Epics. Novels ● Night by Elie Wiesel ● The Book Thief by ● The Princess Bride byWilliam Goldman Short Stories ● “Perseus” by Edith Hamilton ( Mirrors and Windows p. 792--797) Poetry ● The Odyssey byHomer (excerpts: Mirrors and Windows p. 713-733; 743-759; 765-786)

Into the Wild by Jack Krakauer ● Monomyth: The Hero’s Journey by Joseph Campbell - (17 stages overview) ● “Stranded in the New World: The amazing odyssey of Cabeza de Vaca” by History.com (Newsela) ● “Power of Campbell: His approach to storytelling still inspires flmmakers” by The Conversation (Newsela) ● “The Trojan War: Real or Myth?” by History.com (Newsela) Media Texts ● What makes a hero? by Matthew Winkler - TedEd ● The Myth of the Golden Fleece by Iseult Gillespie - TedEd ● The science behind the myth: Homer's "Odyssey" by Matt Kaplan TedEd ● Rosalind Franklin: DNA's unsung hero by Cláudio L. Guerra - TedEd ● The Hero’s Journey by Joseph Campbell

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