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English Language & Literature

journey through landscapes, cultures, and critical issues. Develop and create your own writing, understandings, and skills for critical thinking.1
 

There are so many reasons to make the most out of your English class. Make sure that you take every advantage this year to do your best to succeed in class and, more importantly, in building the foundation for your life!

 

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Student Choice Literature
Grammar, Writing, and Vocab
Sophomore Literature Semester One
Sophomore Literature Semester Two

  • Any text not assigned above from the CCBOE approved list (Note: some texts NOT available from LHS bookroom.)

  • Various nonfiction articles

  • Directed research websites

  • Contemporary news articles

  • Children's picture books for database evaluation

  • Student-interest readings

  • Grammar for Writing and Grammar Journals

  • Daily Journaling

  • Personal Narratives

  • Research Project, Infographic, and Presentation

  • Book-to-Film Comparison Essay

  • Argumentative Essay Pre-Writing

  • Literary Analysis Essay

  • Free Choice Major Writing Assignment

varied texts including:

  • assorted nonfiction for research

  • Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose

  • Student Choice Novels

    • Animal Farm by George Orwell

    • Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

    • The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King

    • The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

    • A Separate Peace by John Knowles

  • assorted poetry

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

varied texts including:

  • "Like the Sun" by R. K. Narayan

  • "The Possibility of Evil" by Shirley Jackson

  • Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

  • Night by Elie Wiesel

  • from Le Morte D'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory

  • from The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by John Steinbeck

  • from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

1. NOTE: Taken from Furman University's English Department Homepage. Mrs. Heck is a Furman graduate and relies on her own education and learning habits developed from her time at there; ergo, their mission statement has become, in part, her own.

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