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Readings – English III Honors –
2011 - 2012 English
III focuses on American literature;
this is the basic outline.
Literary works not listed here will be included to both augment the
American history connection to literature and to enhance the study of
literary forms - such as sermons, essays, the sonnet, and narrative poem -
and to incorporate multicultural literature. The
research paper, (which is subject to
change), is typically on a controversial topic. Students research the pros and cons of
a selected topic, present them objectively, and include their personal
opinion on the topic. The opinion
must be supported with a variety of research-based information. Projects will be
on-going and, in many cases, student-generated to showcase specific interests
and talents and how they can be applied to enhance the appreciation of
literature. Puritan
America 1690’s: The
Crucible – Arthur Miller (play) (later,
discussed to supplement the McCarthy Era) The
Transcendentalists:
Emerson, Thoreau American Realism: The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain Settling
of the West, Industrialization, & World War I – multimedia project Roaring
Twenties:
The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald Post-War
disillusionment: “The Love
Song of J. Alfred
Prufrock” - T. S. Eliot
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Great Depression:
Of Mice and Men
– John Steinbeck Post
W.W. II depersonalization:
Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger Pre-Civil Rights African
Americans:
“Fences” – August Wilson (play) Vietnam
War:
The Things They Carried – Tim O’Brien Hamlet
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Shakespeare The
Iliad
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Week of April 30,
2012 We are reading Tim
O’Brien’s novel about Vietnam, The Things They Carried.
In addition to assigned
readings, we will study history through visuals and discussions in order to
put the novel in context of the time period: 1968. Mon. “On the
Rainy River” –all Tues: “Enemies”
and “Friends” Wed. “How to
Tell a True War Story” pp 68-85 (all) Thursday – “Sweetheart
of the Song Tra Bong” - all |
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