9th Grade Recommended Reading List: "Marigolds"

Marigolds are tropical American plants with showy yellow or orange flowers. But in Eugenia Collier's short story, they mean much more to the old woman who grows them, the young girl who destroys them, and the grown-up narrator who remembers them.

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 9 Unit 1's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: Speak, Marigolds, Always Running, 'Race' Politics, WMDs, Chuck Liddell, Address to America's Schoolchildren, An Early Start on College, Why College Isn't for Everyone, Actually, College Is Very Much Worth It