ENG1P Stories,

Films, and Movies

Studied This Year
Christine Zhang
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The Gift of Stories, The Gift of Breath

By Joseph Bruchac

Article

Cecile asks her grandpa about the origin of

stories of where they come from. We learn that
stories are all around us, they are inside us.
They are so important to us that we cannot live
without them. They are in every part of our
lives.
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Wire Cutters
By Jack Anderson

Film

Two robots meet, and begin collecting jeweled

rocks. As they work together they get into a
conflict of disagreement of weather who will
take the last jewel.
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Wanted: Someone Who Cares

By Shawna Lynne Danielle Panipekeesick

Poem

If you are looking for someone to care about

you, first start by caring for yourself.
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Kath and Mouse

By Janet McNaughton

Story

Kevin is forced to choose a side and stands up

to Kath, the bully. He chooses Helen’s side as to
perform with her at the talent show. Turns out
that Helen did well on the performance there.
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Kids in the Hall: Citizen Kane

TV show

Kevin and Dave talk about a movie that Dave

saw last night. Kevin says the name of the
movie is Citizen Kane. However, Dave refuses
admit it. That’s when they get an argument.
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The Choice
W. Hilton Young

Short story

Williams decides to travel into the future but

she does not want to remember after traveling.
7.

Elizabeth’s Gift

Movie

Laura and Steve are heartbroken after their

loving daughter, Elizabeth, dies of an unusual
heart condition. Later, Laura comes across a
homeless girl while volunteering at a homeless
local shelter, whose spirit reminds her of
Elizabeth.
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Acceptance
V. Sridharan
Short story

Sandy poses the problem of group acceptance

but then realizes she needs to accept who she is.
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Mortal Engines

Movie

Hundreds of years after a cataclysmic event

destroyed civilization, mysterious young Hester
Shaw emerges as the only one who can stop the
city of London -- now a giant predator on
wheels -- from devouring everything in its path.
Feral and fiercely driven by the memory of her
mother, Hester joins forces with Tom
Natsworthy, an outcast from London, and Anna
Fang, a dangerous outlaw with a bounty on her
head.
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The Alchemist

Story

A recurring dream troubles Santiago, a young and

adventurous Andalusian shepherd. He has the dream
every time he sleeps under a sycamore tree that
grows out of the ruins of a church. During the dream,
a child tells him to seek treasure at the foot of the
Egyptian pyramids. Santiago consults a gypsy
woman to interpret the dream, and to his surprise she
tells him to go to Egypt. A strange, magical old man
named Melchizedek, who claims to be the King of
Salem, echoes the gypsy’s advice and tells Santiago
that it is his Personal Legend to journey to the
pyramids. Melchizedek convinces Santiago to sell his
flock and set off to Tangier. 
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Romeo and Juliet

Movie play

Baz Luhrmann helped adapt this classic

Shakespearean romantic tragedy for the screen,
updating the setting to a post-modern city
named Verona Beach. In this version, the
Capulets and the Montagues are two rival
gangs. Juliet (Claire Danes) is attending a
costume ball thrown by her parents. Her father
Fulgencio Capulet (Paul Sorvino) has arranged
her marriage to the boorish Paris (Paul Rudd) as
part of a strategic investment plan. Romeo
attends the masked ball and he and Juliet fall in
love.
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One Fifth Avenue

Candace Bushnell

Story

From one of the most consistently astute and engaging

social commentators of our day comes another look at the
tough and tender women of New York City - this time,
through the lens of where they live. One Fifth Avenue, the
Art Deco beauty towering over one of Manhattan's oldest
and most historically hip neighborhoods, is a one-of-a-kind
address, the sort of building you must earn your way into -
one way or another. For the women in Candace Bushnell's
new novel, One Fifth Avenue, this edifice is essential to the
lives they've carefully established - or hope to establish.
From the hedge fund king's wife to the aging gossip
columnist to the free-spirited actress (a recent refugee from
L.A.), each person's game plan for a rich life comes together
under the soaring roof of this landmark building.