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National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)

ELA & Literacy Text Exemplars from the Common Core Appendix B for Grades 9-10

Stories, Drama, Poetry, & Informational Texts

Resources for this booklist include:

  • 16 Videos
  • 31 Book Readings
  • 159 Lesson Plans
  • Total of 359 resources

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To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
  • by Harper Lee
    • Multimedia Resources: 28
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    Fahrenheit 451
    Fahrenheit 451
  • by Ray Bradbury
    • Multimedia Resources: 25
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    Book Thief, The
    The Book Thief
  • by Markus Zusak
    • Multimedia Resources: 21
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    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
  • by Maya Angelou
    • Multimedia Resources: 19
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    Grapes of Wrath, The
    The Grapes of Wrath
  • by John Steinbeck
    • Multimedia Resources: 17
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    Macbeth
    Macbeth
  • by William Shakespeare
    • Multimedia Resources: 16
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    Odyssey, The
    The Odyssey
  • by Homer
    • Multimedia Resources: 16
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    Shakespeare's Sonnets
    Shakespeare's Sonnets
  • by William Shakespeare
    • Multimedia Resources: 16
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    Race to Save the Lord God Bird, The
    The Race to Save the Lord God Bird
  • by Phillip Hoose
    • Multimedia Resources: 15
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    Things Fall Apart
    Things Fall Apart
  • by Chinua Achebe
    • Multimedia Resources: 13
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    Lift Every Voice and Sing
    Lift Every Voice and Sing
  • by James Weldon Johnson and Bryan Collier
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Glass Menagerie, The
    The Glass Menagerie
  • by Tennessee Williams
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Metamorphosis, The
    The Metamorphosis
  • by Franz Kafka
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    In the Time of the Butterflies
    In the Time of the Butterflies
  • by Julia Alvarez
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Gift of the Magi, The
    The Gift of the Magi
  • by O. Henry
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Raven, The
    The Raven
  • by Edgar Allan Poe
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Doll's House, A
    A Doll's House
  • by Henrik Ibsen
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Joy Luck Club, The
    The Joy Luck Club
  • by Amy Tan
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Oedipus Rex
    Oedipus Rex
  • by Sophocles
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Candide
    Candide
  • by Voltaire
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Letter from Birmingham City Jail
    Letter from Birmingham City Jail
  • by Martin Luther King, Jr.
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Longitude Prize, The
    The Longitude Prize
  • by Joan Dash and Dušan Petričić
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Ozymandias
    by
    Percy Bysshe Shelley
    Ozymandias
  • by Percy Bysshe Shelley
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Rhinoceros
    Rhinoceros
  • by Eugene Ionesco
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Killer Angels, The
    The Killer Angels
  • by Michael Shaara
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
    Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
  • by Mark Kurlansky
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Metamorphoses
    Metamorphoses
  • by Ovid
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Master Harold and the Boys
    Master Harold and the Boys
  • by Athol Fugard
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Fathers and Sons
    Fathers and Sons
  • by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
    Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
  • by Dee Brown
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Hot Zone, The: A Terrifying True Story
    The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story
  • by Richard Preston
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Before Columbus: The Americas of 1491
    Before Columbus: The Americas of 1491
  • by Charles C. Mann
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Life by the Numbers
    Life by the Numbers
  • by Keith Devlin
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Story of Art, The
    The Story of Art
  • by E.H. Gombrich
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Illustrated
    Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Illustrated
  • by Jack E. Levin
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Story of Science, The: Newton at the Center
    The Story of Science: Newton at the Center
  • by Joy Hakim
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World
    I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World
  • by Martin Luther King, Jr.
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn
    Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn
  • by Evan S. Connell
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Black, Blue & Gray: African Americans in the Civil War
    Black, Blue & Gray: African Americans in the Civil War
  • by James Haskins
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Circumference: Eratosthenes and the Ancient Quest to Measure the Globe
    Circumference: Eratosthenes and the Ancient Quest to Measure the Globe
  • by Nicholas Nicastro
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Illustrated Book of Great Composers, The
    The Illustrated Book of Great Composers
  • by Wendy Thompson
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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