English III - Mrs. Artz

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English III focuses on American literature.  The reading list includes:

                              

                            The Crucible  - Arthur Miller

                            The Giver – Lois Lowry

                            Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck

                            The Secret Life of Bees – Sue Monk Kidd

                             "Fences" - August Wilson

                             The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien

     Hamlet - Shakespeare

 

                               Greek mythology – on-going overview;

                                   focus on The Iliad  

 

                             Selected short stories, poems, & essays

 

 

Week ofApril 30, 2012

 

We are reading Tim O’Brien’s novel about Vietnam: The Things They Carried.In addition, there will be poem study and history mini-lessons, as well as visuals, to help put the novel in context of 1968.

 

Mon – Things “Rainy River” 39-49

 

Tues – complete “Rainy River”

 

Wed. – “Enemies” & “Friends”

 

Thurs. – “How to Tell a True War Story” pp 67-85 (we will begin reading in class)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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