STUDENTS WILL READ A VARIETY OF EXPOSITORY TEXTS, SHORT STORIES, A PLAY, A NOVEL, AND A SELECTION OF POETRY.
STUDENTS WILL WRITE EXPOSITORY AND PERSUASIVE ESSAYS.
PROJECTED LIST OF TEXTS FROM ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE FOURTH COURSE.
"HAIR" FROM
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X, PAGE 344
"IT CAN'T BE HELPED" FROM FAREWELL TO MANZANAR, 354
"THE BASS, THE RIVER, AND SHEILA MANT," PAGE 34
"THROUGH THE TUNNEL," PAGE 276
"HAVANA JOURNAL: A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY TO LA CASA OF CHILDHOOD," PAGE 191
"THE BET," PAGE 209
"R.M.S. TITANIC," PAGE 388
ANTIGONE, PAGE 690
FROM THE RUBAIYAT, PAGE 928
FROM THE SAYINGS OF SAADI, PAGE 927
TAOIST ANECDOTESTAO TE CHING, PAGES 931 THROUGH 936
ZEN PARABLES, PAGES 937 THROUGH 939
"HE TIGER, THE BRAHMAN, AND THE JACKAL," FROM THE PANCHATANTRA
NOVEL:
ANIMAL FARM
ELEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH SYLLABUS:
STUDENTS WILL EXPLORE AMERICAN LITERATURE FROM INDIAN TEXTS TO MODERN WRITERS. STUDENTS WILL WRITE ESSAYS CONCOMITANT WITH SEVERAL OF THESE TEXTS.
PROJECTED LIST OF TEXTS FROM LITERATURE AND INTEGRATED STUDIES:
"HOW THE WORLD WAS MADE," PAGE 6
"THIS NEWLY CREATED WORLD," PAGE 9
"DREAM SONG," PAGE 9
"I HAVE KILLED A DEER," PAGE 10
"OF PLYMOUTH PLANTATION," PAGE 31
"A TRAGEDY AT SALEM," PAGE 52
FROM THE DIARY OF SAMUEL SEWALL,PAGE 56
"SINNERS IN THE HANDS OF AN ANGRY GOD," PAGE 58
THE CRUCIBLE, PAGE 62
"THE DEVIL AND TOM WALKER," PAGE 240
FROM THE IROQUOIS CONSTITUTION, PAGE 158
PATRICK HENRY'S SPEECH IN THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION
FROM "SELF RELIANCE," PAGE 222
"THE RAVEN," PAGE 268
"THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS," PAGE 302
"FAREWELL ORDER TO THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA," PAGE 325
EMILY DICKINSON'S POEMS, PAGES 354 THROUGH 357
WALT WHITMAN'S POEMS, PAGES 361 THROUGH 364
STEPHEN CRANE'S POEMS, PAGES 374 THROUGH 375
"THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY," PAGE 390
THE PLAY TRIFLES, PAGE 455
"THE LOVE SONG OF J. ALFRED PRUFROCK," PAGE 568
"IN ANOTHER COUNTRY," PAGE 580
"WINTER DREAMS," PAGE 586
ROBERT FROST'S POEMS, PAGES 636 THROUGH 639
"MIRROR," PAGE 771
FROM "LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL,"
"LOST SISTER," PAGE 894
NOVEL:
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
SUPPLEMENTARY:
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITIES' TEXT FOR ELEVENTH GRADE (IF AVAILABLE AND REQUIRED)
