In this introductory course, students begin a four-year study of literature, writing, vocabulary and grammar. The literature focuses on genre (fiction, poetry, and drama), with emphasis on works such as To Kill a Mockingbird, A Mid-Summer Night�s Dream and the poetry of Langston Hughes. The writing program includes the writing process of research, pre-writing, and drafting, revising and editing. (Students gain proficiency in the short essay and its method of development, and write regularly in a journal.) Weekly lessons in vocabulary and grammar are integrated into the curriculum.

Textbook: Elements of Literature (Holt, Rinehart, and Winston)

This course provides students with a survey of literature which includes the study of short story, novel, essay, epic, drama, and poetry. Due to the intensified level, students are challenged to go beyond interpretation of literary pieces. Application and analysis of material is required along with cooperative presentations which stimulate their creative intellect. Vocabulary development is consistent within this classroom environment in preparation for the SAT.

Textbook: Elements of Literature (Holt, Rinehart, and Winston)

This course not only provides a brief overview of early American literature but also surveys modern literature as well. Students will examine the works of such distinguished authors and playwrights as Arthur Miller, Tennesee Williams, Thornton Wilder, etc. Additionally, students will focus on the development of the essay and the various components that make up a research paper.

Textbook: American Literature (Glencoe/McGraw Hill)

This course will focus on the development of America as a cultural power. It will trace America from its literary beginnings through its growth as an innovator to its position in today�s world. Students will also be exposed to the art and music of the time. Native American history and writing will also be addressed. Periods of history will be discussed following the reading of period novels.

Prerequisite:Recommendation of Honors English 9 teacher

Textbook: American Literature (Glencoe/McGraw Hill)

The course goes beyond the uniformity of early American literature to focus on the diversity of writers and styles of the 19th and 20th centuries. Students will reflect on the life, manners, morals, national character and aspirations of American culture. It includes the reading of plays (Our Town, a Raisin the Sun), novels (The Great Gatsby), and poetry (Ezra Pound, T. S. Elliot, Langston Hughes, Robert Frost...). There will be an intense concentration on vocabulary and reading comprehension in preparation for the SAT test. Language skills of perceptive reading, cogent writing, effective speaking, attentive listening, and incisive thinking in problem-solving situations are also developed at this level. All Juniors are required to do a research paper.

Textbook: American Literature (Glencoe/McGraw Hill)

The first year of a two year Advanced Placement Program, the course will enable students to further develop writing, reading, and critical thinking skills. A comprehensive study of British literature will enable the students to independently analyze poems, short stories, nonfiction, drama, and novels. In addition to extensive daily reading from the text, the students are required to fully participate in independent reading and research assignments

Prerequisite:Recommendation of Honors English 10 teacher

Textbook: British Literature (Glencoe/McGraw Hill)

This course is organized chronologically to present the literature of Great Britain in a historical context. Areas of concentration include: the Anglo-Saxon Period, the Medieval Period, the English Renaissance, the Seventeenth Century, the Restoration and the Eighteenth Century, the Romantic Age, the Victorian Age and the Modern Period. Students will analyze and discuss selected works through the spoken and written word. Additionally, students will be able to identify and discuss the literary elements. Research papers are required.

Textbook: Prentice Hall, The British Tradition

This course is a study of World Literature organized by genre to include selections from the Mediterranean (Sappho, Sophocles, Dante), Continental Europe (Ibsen, Dostoyevski, Lagerlof), Africa (Lessing, Gordimer), the Far East (Li Po, Hayashi), Latin America (Borges, Garcia-Marquez), North America (Poe, Hemingway, Welty) and Great Britain (Milton, Mansfield, Barrett Browning). Students will analyze poetry, drama, essay, the novel, and short story. A minimum of eight outside readings (A Streetcar Named Desire, A Doll�s House, The Tempest, The Dubliners, Things Fall Apart, The Metamorphosis), usually two in each of the four marking periods, will be included. Emphasis will be placed on writing expository papers of opinion and logic as well as those dealing with abstract ideas based on themes found in the course reading selections. Students will understand and practice the following thinking skills: classifying, evaluating, generalizing, and synthesizing while widening their ability to both interpret and draw inferences.

Prerequisite:Recommendation of Honors English 11 teacher

Textbook: World Literature: An Anthology of Great Short Stories, Drama and Poetry (National Textbook Company)

Students are involved in both the study and practice of writing in addition to the study of literature. This course equips students with skills in stylistic analysis of prose passages. Additionally, students will further develop effective critical analysis through extensive course reading. Emphasis is placed on the resource of language: connotation, metaphor, irony, syntax, and tone. Types of works studied include drama (Antigone, Death of a Salesman), the novel (Wuthering Heights, Catch-22), poetry (Wordsworth, Yeats, Sandburg, Elliot) and the short story (The Rocking-horse Winner, A & P, The Lottery, A Clean, Well-Lighted Place). All students are required to take the Advanced Placement Examination in May and to pay the fee for the test. generalizing, and synthesizing while widening their ability to both interpret and draw inferences.

Prerequisite:Recommendation of Honors English 11 teacher

Textbook: Reading and Writing from Literature (McDougal Littell)

This course cycles with Fine Arts and Physical Education This course is designed to help students learn how to use the resources they already have and to develop certain key concepts and insights that will be helpful preparing for the Scholastic Aptitude Test. The major goals of this course are to explain text strategy in general, demonstrate how to put strategies to good use and provide certain organizing principals that will help students handle SAT questions.