Honors English
Ms. Scapatici
Texts:
The Fountainhead
Ayn Rand
Billy
Budd
Herman Melville
The
Scarlet Letter Nathaniel
Hawthorne
The
Great Gatsby F.
Scott Fitzgerald
King
Lear William
Shakespeare
Ceremony Leslie
Marmon Silko
Sula Toni
Morrison
101
Great American Poems
The
Bedford Handbook
The
goal of Honors English is to have students reading and writing as much as
possible in order to promote critical thinking, reading, and writing
skills. Literary criticism will be
used as a lens through which to view certain texts, and students will also
explore certain philosophies as explained through the texts. A general survey of authors and texts
will encourage students to develop a deeper understanding of literature while
honing their analytical writing skills as well.
Our
primary focus will be on analytical and expository prose writing; we will use
the writing process, which allows students multiple drafts and peer editing in
order to improve their skills.
Writing exercises will not be limited to analytical writing, however,
and students will be called upon to explore journal writing and creative writing,
along with in class timed writing assignments. Vocabulary will be taken from the texts and from lists of
most commonly used words on the SAT,
The Fountainhead
Billy
Budd
The
Scarlet Letter
PSAT
prep
Selected
poetry
The
Great Gatsby
King
Lear
Selected
short stories and poems
Ceremony
Sula
Sat
I and II preparation
Selected
short stories and poems
Grading: 55% writing assignments and projects, 25
% quizzes and tests, and 20% class participation.