English 2 Honors

Course Description

This is a tenth-grade level English literature and composition course designed to help students improve as readers, writers, and critical thinkers. Students will learn and enhance reading comprehension, writing, editing, vocabulary, public speaking, grammar, critical thinking, and organizational skills.

Fall Course of Study:                                                                  Spring Course of Study:

*Night by Elie Wiesel                                                                   Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Antigone by Sophocles                                                                 The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien

12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose                                                 The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri                                            

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare                                        Short Stories (will be supplied)

Poetry (will be supplied)

*Please note: Students will read Night by Elie Wiesel within the first full week of school. Students will then be given a comprehension scantron exam to assess their reading comprehension abilities.                                           

I update Aeries every day! If absent, please check Aeries for missing Classwork and Homework assignments. All directions and handout for the assignments are attached on Aeries. Google Classroom will also be used in this course and important class information can be found there as well. For policies on late work and make-ups, please refer to your Syllabus. Please note the Course Timeline is subject to change.