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Enduring Authors is designed for the late-middle-school reading level. Based around 12 novel-study units, the program explores fundamental truths of the human experience and and is guided by the question: “What does literature teach us about ourselves?” For the teacher, standards-based integrated assignments and writing opportunities make this a very useful teaching tool.

Enduring Authors

  1. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
    1. Expectations and Intelligence
    2. Fitting In
    3. Memories
    4. Alienation
    5. Messing With Nature
    6. "The Brain is Wider Than the Sky" by Emily Dickinson
  2. Short Stories and Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe
    1. The Bells
    2. "Annabel Lee"
    3. The Tell-Tale Heart
    4. The Black Cat
    5. The Pit and the Pendulum
  3. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
    1. The Annex Cast
    2. The Inner Landscape
    3. Peter
    4. Hope
    5. Sources of Strength
    6. "The Butterfly" by Pavel Friedman
  4. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
    1. Displacement and Belonging
    2. Shame and Pride
    3. Security and Danger
    4. Seeking Independence
    5. Fate vs. Free Will
    6. "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley
  5. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
    1. Innocence and Experience
    2. Humanity Versus Nature
    3. Self-Reliance
    4. Dignity of the Struggle
    5. Destiny Fulfilled
    6. "To Build a Fire" by Jack London
  6. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
    1. Dystopia
    2. Censorship
    3. Fire
    4. The Power of Literature
    5. More Than One Way to Burn a Book
    6. "Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold
  7. White Fang by Jack London
    1. The Power of Instinct
    2. The Power of the Environment
    3. The Fighter
    4. The Power of Love
    5. The Story Behind the Story
  8. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
    1. Act 1 - Setting the Scene
    2. Act 2 - Mystery and Magic
    3. Act 3 - Now That's Comedy
    4. Act 4 - Dreams
    5. Act 5 - The Power of the Play
    6. “Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made of” by T.W. Higginson
  9. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
    1. Empathy
    2. Examples to Follow
    3. Injustice for All
    4. Lessons Learned
    5. Lasting Impact
    6. A Letter from Ruby Bates
  10. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
    1. Individualism and Community
    2. Growing Up
    3. Men and Women
    4. Circle of Fate
    5. Shame and Pride
    6. "Old Maids" by Sandra Cisneros
  11. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
    1. Tom and Friends
    2. The World of St. Petersburg
    3. The Outsiders
    4. Poking Fun
    5. Taking Responsibility
  12. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
    1. The Stage Is Set
    2. The Bunk House
    3. The Fatta the Lan'
    4. No More Trouble
    5. Social Protest
    6. "To a Mouse" by Robert Burns

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