Required Reading
Sports Movies
A Galaxy Far Away
Uconn Sciences
Mystery Jared Category
200
8th Grade: Elie Weisel recounts his experiences with the horrors of the Holocaust in this required book.
Night
200
After the movie he played 2 innings, but still no at bats.
Archibald "Moonlight" Graham
200
This mining colony in the Bespin system was won by Lando Calrissian in a game of sabacc, and was where Luke learned Darth Vader was his father.
Cloud City
200
This element is capable of forming four bonds. It is a critical component in everything from DNA to diamonds
Carbon
200
Turtwig
400
9th Grade: This Shakespeare play contains the famous line "et tu Brute".
Julius Caesar
400
He was the Mud Dogs' star player, and their Waterboy.
Bobby Boucher
400
He was Chancellor of the Republic, until Queen Padmé Amidala called for a vote of no confidence.
Chancellor Finis Valorum
400
C6H12O6 is the sugar produced by photosynthesis, better known by this common name.
Glucose
400
In Ready Player One, it's the virtual reality that life revolves around.
OASIS
600
8th Grade: One of my favorite required books, the Outsiders follows Ponyboy, a member of this fictional gang.
The Greasers
600
This baseball team was specifically designed to lose but ended up winning the World Series in Major League.
The Cleveland Indians
600
It's the planet that the Death Star plans were stored on, and from where they were beamed to the rebel fleet.
Scarif
600
It's a typically sterile mix between two closely related species, like a mule.
Hybrid
600
The Zerg
800
12th Grade: The title of this work, written by Shakespeare is considered cursed, so performers call it "The Scottish Play".
Macbeth
800
This movie is based on the true story of Jamaica's first Olympic bobsled team.
Cool Runnings
800
This 'letter' starfighter was originally created to fight in the Clone Wars, but the Rebel Alliance continued to use it in battles such as Scarif, Yavin, and Endor.
Y-Wing
800
It's a version of an element with a different number of neutrons, like carbon-14 or uranium-235.
Isotope
800
In the second episode of Corner Gas, Lacy stirs up a controversy by charging money for this.
Coffee
1000
11th Grade: It's not The Boat Rocker, but this book in which follows a teen named Holden Caulfield.
The Catcher in the Rye
1000
Sylvester Stallone plays this boxer, whose training montage ended on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Rocky Balboa
1000
Hego Damask was the real name of this wise Sith lord who Darth Sidious called master.
Darth Plagueis the wise
1000
This group contains Eukaryotes that don't fall into plants, animals, or fungi. Many are single cellular
Protist
1000
In Warhammer 40k, the T'au society is organized into these, like India.
Castes