There are a series of stories that you will read during this unit. Many of these short stories are only a few pages long, But there are two main books that you will have to read, these two books are:
The Pigman: This story is about two high school students who are very different from each-other. One of them being a handsome man with an alcohol and smoking problem. The other one is a girl who gets work done and has a strict parent. The names of these two people are John Conlan and Lorraine Jensen. They both face problems with their parents and the outside world, but something changed when they met the pigman. He was nicer then their own parents and treated them better, as they gain trust the more happy they are, but one day their lives change for good.
Of Mice and Men: This story is about two people named Lennie Small, and George Milton. Lennie is a big guy who has the mind of a 5 year old child, and George is the kind of smart guy who takes care of Lennie since his aunt Clara died. The two keep moving from workplace to workplace because Lennie always seems to get in trouble and George runs with him, They had a dream, that dream was to live of the land and have their own ranch.
There are also a few other short stories that you will have to read, these story's are:
Charles: This story is about a little boy named Charles, Charles keeps talking about another little boy in his class doing very bad things. everyday at dinner he has a new story until there is a parent teacher interview. Charles mom then finds who was doing the bad things.
Lamb to the slaughter: This story is mostly about a wife being Mary Malone and her husband. Mary Malone's husband was being very mean to her and was not nice everyday. she had to do something about it.
The Interlopers: This story is about a man who needs to run away from the people who are trying to stop him.
On the sidewalk Bleeding: This story is about a teenager who is wearing gang colors and gets stabbed because of what he wore. No one would help him because he was involved with bad people.
The blue Bead: This story is about a woman who lives in a swamp with an alligator, she thinks she sees a blue bead in the water but it actually was the alligators eye. she then tries to run.
Gore: This story is about a brother and a sister who font agree with each other.
The sister was reading a book while the brother stole it and ran away into the bathroom door and locked it. she then makes a big scene that convinces her brother Lucas to come out of the bathroom.
The sister was reading a book while the brother stole it and ran away into the bathroom door and locked it. she then makes a big scene that convinces her brother Lucas to come out of the bathroom.
Those are the short story's that will be int he grade nine English course. Every one of these books will have a lot of question pages to do as well.