English IV Honors (11-12)

This course focuses on advanced literature and composition. Students will analyze literary works including an American play and a European novel. Students will learn various types of composition, including narrative and descriptive essays. In addition, practical writing such as resume and cover letter preparation will be covered.

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This course focuses on advanced literature and composition. Students will analyze literary works including an American play and a European novel. Students will learn various types of composition, including narrative and descriptive essays. In addition, practical writing such as resume and cover letter preparation will be covered. This Honors course will focus on preparing literacy analyses of student essays pertaining to the literature. By the end of the course, students will be able to construct an independent literary analysis.

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Below are the links for each novel for English. Please purchase a new copy. The purpose is for class unity and for students to be able to annotate while studying each novel:

The Odyssey by Homer Penguin Classics Edited by H. Rieu

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (Mass Market Paperback, abridged by Lowell Blair)

Our Town: A Play in Three Acts by Thornton Wilder

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens