Honors English 2
The Fine Print
Course Goals
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To read works from a variety of fiction and non-fiction genres, including novels, short stories, autobiographies, dramas, essays, and poetry
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To read and discuss writing composed primarily between the sixteenth and twenty-first centuries by authors of all nationalities
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To be introduced to the art of poetry, with an emphasis on figurative language, meter and rhyme, sound devices, and a few forms
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To learn how to annotate works of all lengths and be able to identify:
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in fiction: allusions, plot, suspense, conflict, theme, setting, imagery, point of view, tone, irony, symbolism, elements of characterization, and figurative language in fiction
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in non-fiction: satire, tone, point of view, exigence, the classical appeals of ethos, logos, and pathos
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To write in a variety of essay modes—including a research paper—and through this practice, to develop an individual writer's voice
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To learn how to write literary analyses, rhetorical analyses, synthesis essays, and a research paper
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To increase grammatical skills through daily practice
Course Resources
Core Texts:
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Easy Grammar Ultimate Series: 180 Daily Teaching Lessons – Grade 11 Student Workbook, Phillips
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MLA Made Easy: Your Concise Guide to the 9th Edition, Hatala
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Painless Poetry, 2nd Ed., Elizabeth
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The Lively Art of Writing, Payne
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The Synonym Finder, Rodale
Reading:
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Beowulf, A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney
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"The Birthmark," Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"The Cask of Amontillado," Edgar Allen Poe
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A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
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The Color of Water, James McBride
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Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
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"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," Washington Irving
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My Antonia, Willa Cather
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The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway
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Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
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Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare
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To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee
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Non-fiction readings from satirists and humorists
Summer Reading & Assignment:
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The Lively Art of Writing, Payne