This unit can fit anywhere in the school year and is easily adapted from middle to high school! All titles focus on the essential question:  What makes us who we are?  What makes us human?
 
Poems:
"Desire" by Alice Walker
"Fire & Ice" by Robert Frost
"Match.com" by John Barr
 
Short Story:
"The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez