2008-2009 Language Arts Focus Works

Governor's Cup: High School

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Governor's Cup: Middle Grades

20,000 Leagues Under the Seal by Jules Verne

Governor's Cup: Elementary

The Black Stallion by Walter Farley

Eighty percent of the Focus Works questions pertain directly to the work(s), the remaining twenty percent pertain to:

• The relationship of the works to the author's other works or other authors of the same time period
  The characteristics that match a certain literary school, genre, time period, or era

• The autobiographical or historical influences on the writing of the piece

• The contributions of the work to later writing styles or genres

Kentucky Colonels' Sixth Grade Academic Showcase

A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck

JV Challenge

Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy