English I Honors

          These novels should be read by the beginning of the course.  Read and take notes over what you read.  Tests  will be administered.

Novels
        Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
        Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte

English II Honors

         These should be read by the beginning of the course.  Read and take notes over what you read.  Tests over these will be administered
          throughout the course.
 

Required novel:  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,  Mark Twain
Choose one of these epics: The Iliad [or] The Odyssey, Homer

Choose one of the following additional novels:
          The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers
          A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith
          Watership Down, Richard Addams

English III Honors

          Comprehension and evaluation of works read will continue throughout the course.

Novels
          The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain
          A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway
          The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
 

Drama
          Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller
          A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams
 

English IV Honors/Dual Credit

          An objective test, as well as composition assignments and several class discussions, will culminate the summer reading program.
        

Novels
          Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad
          Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison
          Native Son, Richard Wright

Drama
          A Doll's House, Henrik Ibsen
          King Lear, Shakespeare [or] Othello, Shakespeare

Epic
          The Aeneid, Virgil