** Novels are subject to change. Please verify this list with the Language Arts Instructional Team Leader.

Description:
This course prepares middle school students to make the transition to college-prep high school English. The course covers the study of sentence structures and grammar, an introduction to the persuasive nature of electronic and print media, an introduction to writing for different purposes, and Internet research processes and reports. Students learn to analyze literary devices through the study of poetic forms including narrative, ballads, odes, lyrics, and allegories. Students analyze settings, characters, conflicts and themes in the study of the following literary works.

Works that are not online are indicated below by an asterisk (*). Students may buy these in paperback editions or check them out from their local libraries.

Required Books:

• Call of the Wild by Jack London
• *The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
• *Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
• *Sing Down the Moon by Scott O'Dell

** Novels are subject to change. Please verify this list with the Language Arts Instructional Team Leader.

Description:
This course introduces students to the study of the college-prep English curriculum. Students polish the skills learned in Language Arts 8 and learn to focus on in-depth literary analyses through reading logs and responses and asynchronous discussions. Students study the themes of tolerance and acceptance of differences in online short stories, fables and myths, epics (Homer's Odyssey), Shakespearean tragedy (Romeo and Juliet), poetry, non-fiction narratives, and great American speeches.

Works that are not online are indicated below by an asterisk (*). Students may buy these in paperback editions or check them out from their local libraries.

Required Books:

• *To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• *A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
• Choice of * The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd or Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
• Recommended: Romeo and Juliet (Baron's Shakespeare Made Easy)

** Novels are subject to change. Please verify this list with the Language Arts Instructional Team Leader.

Description:
This Honors course introduces students to the college-prep English curriculum. Students polish the skills learned in Language Arts 8 and learn to focus on in-depth literary analyses through reading logs and responses and asynchronous discussions. Students study the themes of tolerance and acceptance of differences in online short stories, fables and myths, epics (Homer's Odyssey), Shakespearean tragedy (Romeo and Juliet), poetry, non-fiction narratives, and great American speeches.

Works that are not online are indicated below by an asterisk (*). Students may buy these in paperback editions or check them out from their local libraries.

Required Books:

• *To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• *A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
• Choice of *The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd or Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
• Recommended: Romeo and Juliet (Baron's Shakespeare Made Easy)

** Novels are subject to change. Please verify this list with the Language Arts Instructional Team Leader.

Description:
This course introduces students to major works of world classic literature from early myths and legends through the 20th century. Students analyze reading texts for literary devices as well as for themes of social customs, universal traits of human behavior, conflict, oppression, and the dysfunction of absolute power without personal freedoms. Online works include annotated versions of Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare) and Antigone (Sophocles). Throughout the year, students receive teacher feedback on timed practice SAT essays, online practice drills for SAT grammar assessment tests, and for the second semester, students will need to purchase paperbacks or obtain books from the library.

Works that are not online are indicated by an asterisk (*) below. Students may buy these in paperback editions or check them out from their local libraries.

Required Books:

• Animal Farm by George Orwell
• *Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
• *Choice of Night (Elie Wiesel) or The Plague by Albert Camus
• *Lord of the Flies by William Golding
• *Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

** Novels are subject to change. Please verify this list with the Language Arts Instructional Team Leader.

Description:
This Honors course introduces students to major works of world classic literature from early myths and legends through the 20th century. Students analyze reading texts for literary devices as well as for themes of social customs, universal traits of human behavior, conflict, oppression and the dysfunction of absolute power without personal freedoms. Online works include annotated versions of Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare), Dante's Inferno, and Antigone (Sophocles). Throughout the year, students receive teacher feedback on timed practice SAT essays, including suggestions for revision. Students will need to purchase paperbacks or check out from the library the novels listed below.

Works that are not online are indicated by an asterisk (*) below. Students may buy these in paperback editions or check them out from their local libraries.

Required Books:

First Semester

• Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

Second Semester

• Animal Farm by George Orwell
• *Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
• *Choice of Night by Elie Wiesel or The Plague by Albert Camus
• *Lord of the Flies by William Golding
• *Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Choice of one of the following:

• *The Plague by Albert Camus
• *Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
• *The Chosen by Chaim Potok
• *Obasan by Joy Kogawa
• *A Separate Peace by John Knowles

** Novels are subject to change. Please verify this list with the Language Arts Instructional Team Leader.

Description:
This course provides students experience in analyzing American texts and writers of the historical literary periods including the Puritans, Westward Expansion, the Industrial Revolution, Transcendentalism, the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, and the Civil Rights Movement. Students will continue to improve strategies for writing timed essays for the SAT writing assessment and will use the process approach to research. Students will write a paper about American ideals consistent with the MLA style of documentation. In addition to online reading texts, students will study American novels and an American play.

Required Books:

• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
• A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

** Novels are subject to change. Please verify this list with the Language Arts Instructional Team Leader.

Description:
This Honors course provides students experience in analyzing American texts and writers of historical literary periods including the Puritans, the Westward Expansion, the Industrial Revolution, Transcendentalism, the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, and Civil Rights. Students will continue to improve strategies for writing timed essays for the SAT writing assessment and will use the process approach to research. Students will write a paper about American ideals consistent with the MLA style of documentation. In addition to online reading texts, students will study the American novels and play listed below.

Works that are not online are indicated by an asterisk (*) below. Students may buy these in paperback editions or check them out from their local libraries.

First semester:

• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Second semester:

• A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
• Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Choice of two of the four novels below:

• *Daisy Miller by Henry James
• *The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
• A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
• The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

** Novels are subject to change. Please verify this list with the Language Arts Instructional Team Leader.

Description:
This course provides college-bound students a solid background in British Literature, from the early epic Beowulf to the science fiction of George Orwell. Students will develop the sophisticated skills of analyzing poetry and conducting close readings of difficult texts. Asynchronous discussions about difficult texts will help students develop literary analyses and comparison-contrasts of literary elements and devices.

Required Materials:

• 1984 by George Orwell
• Hamlet by William Shakespeare
• Video or DVD: Mists of Avalon
• Video or DVD: Once and Future King or Excalibur
• Video or DVD: Hamlet (preferred version-the 1990 film with Mel Gibson and Glenn Close)

** Novels are subject to change. Please verify this list with the Language Arts Instructional Team Leader.

Description:
What is the true meaning of British poetry, novels, plays, and essays? In this Honors course, explore the language, meter, and rhyme expressed in the Renaissance, Romantic, Victorian, Edwardian, and Modern literary styles and discover how primary writers were influenced by the intertwining of culture and politics. Students will read from Beowulf and works by Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dickens, and others.

The texts for the Shakespeare plays are available online as well as the texts for the two novels.

Required Materials:

• 1984 by George Orwell
• Othello by William Shakespeare
• Hamlet by William Shakespeare
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
• Video or DVD: Mists of Avalon
• Video or DVD: Once and Future King or Excalibur
• Video or DVD: Othello (preferred version-the 1995 film with Laurence Fishburne, Irene Jacob, and Kenneth Branagh)
• Video or DVD: Hamlet (preferred version-the 1990 film with Mel Gibson and Glenn Close)
• Video or DVD: Blade Runner

** Novels are subject to change. Please verify this list with the Language Arts Instructional Team Leader.

Description:
AP English Literature and Composition immerses students in novels, plays, poems, and short stories from various periods. Students will read and write daily using a variety of multimedia and interactive activities, interpretive writing assignments, and class discussions to assess and improve their skills and knowledge. The course places special emphasis on reading comprehension, structural and critical analysis of written works, literary vocabulary, and recognizing and understanding literary devices. The equivalent of an introductory college-level survey class, this course prepares students for the AP Exam and for further study in creative writing, communications, journalism, literature, and composition.

AP Literature Textbooks:

• The Norton Anthology of Poetry (NAP), 4th edition, ed. Margaret Ferguson, Mary Jo Salter, and Jon Stallworthy, W.W. Norton and Co., 1996. ISBN: 0393968200.
• The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction (SIW), compact 6th edition, ed. Ann Charters, Bedford Books/St. Martin's, 2003. ISBN: 0312397313 (or compact 5th edition, 1999. ISBN: 0312171641).
• Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare, ed. Barbara Mowat and Paul Werstine (the New Folger text), Washington Square Press, 1993. ISBN: 0671722948.
• Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston. Harper Collins, 1998. ISBN: 0060931418.
• Hedda Gabler, Henrik Ibsen. Dover Publications, 1991. ISBN: 0486264696.
• A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams. Signet Book, 1989. ISBN: 045116778.

** Novels are subject to change. Please verify this list with the Language Arts Instructional Team Leader.

Description:
In AP English Language and Composition, students learn to understand and analyze complex styles of writing by reading works from a variety of authors. Students will explore the richness of language, including syntax, imitation, word choice, and tone. They will also learn about their own composition style and process, starting with exploration, planning, and writing, and continuing through editing, peer review, rewriting, polishing, and applying what they learn to a breadth of academic, personal, and professional contexts. The equivalent of an introductory college-level survey class, this course prepares students for the AP Exam and for further study in communications, creative writing, journalism, literature, and composition.

AP Language Textbooks:

• The Norton Reader (Norton), 10th edition, ed. John Brereton, Joan Hartman, and Linda Peterson, W.W. Norton and Co., 1999. ISBN: 0393973832.
• Writing: A College Handbook (Writing), 5th edition, Janet Atwill, James Heffernan, John Lincoln. W.W. Norton and Co., 2000. ISBN: 039397426X.