This course will focus on the role of stories and storytellers, and will prepare students for higher-level English courses in senior year and in college. Students will read and write extensively, and will analyze texts in conversation and in writing.
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The main texts of the course are:
- Sherman Alexie author study
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
- Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
- Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder
We'll also read works by: Margaret Atwood, Jhumpa Lahiri, Toni Morrison, Henry David Thoreau and Sebastian Junger, among others.
Here's a list of books, recommended by students in past Honors English 11 classes.
Allegiant by Veronica Roth--dystopian, "if you liked The Hunger Games"
Mockingjay by Susan Collins (sequel to Hunger Games, Catching Fire)
Delirium by Lauren Oliver (love is a disease! feelings are bad! this girl wants to challenge the system!)
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Year of Eating Dangerously, I Ate the Sheriff (ZOMBIES! Pay Me in Flesh) by K. Bennett
The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini
Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissenger
The Great Influenza by John Barry (nonfiction--flu epidemic)
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Pop by Gordan Korman (high school, football)
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Paper Towns by John Green
Lone Survivor by Marcus Latrell
Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
ReplyDeleteThe Five People You Meet in Heaven is a really good book. We watched the movie in Creative Writing last year and the story was really well put together and acted out which can only mean that the book was that much better. I highly suggest reading that book at some point throughout the year if you have nothing else to read and like a kind of mysterious and drawn out plot portraying a mans life. - Jenna C
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Alisha Schofield
Paper Towns
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The Breathing Series by Rebecca Donovan is about a girl who has a really difficult life at home and she completely changes throughout the series. It's really realistic and makes you realize that you have no idea what others go through daily.
ReplyDeleteThe novel in which I am reading is Avalon by Mindee Arnett. The reason why I chose this book is because the moment I took a glimpse of the front cover, I new that it would be an action novel; which I like very much. So far, this book is about a group of teenagers who live in outer space and must participate in a dangerous journey in order to save the world. My opinion so far on this book is that it is a very thrilling and exiting one, hoping that it will remain this way as I progress further into the story.
ReplyDeleteThe book in which I have chosen is Avalon by Mindee Arnett. The reason why I chose this book is because it is an action book in an outer space environment; which I find awesome. So far, the book involves a group of teenage kids who must participate in a dangerous journey in order to save the world. I hope my feelings toward this novel grow as the story progresses.
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