Saturday, July 13, 2013

Summer Introduction to Honors Tenth Grade English

Welcome students to Honors Tenth Grade English 2013-2014!

An updated syllabus and Week One blog will be posted at the beginning of August.  Classes begin on Tuesday, August 13.

You may wish to familiarize yourself with the novels scheduled for this yearlong course.  Access the textbook and novel photos by downloading the document on Box (at right of this blog).  We will complete reading assignments and dialectical journals on Fahrenheit 451, Lord of the Flies, Catcher in the Rye and To Kill A Mockingbird.  Plays scheduled for this year include The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare and Antigone by Sophocles.  The textbooks are Holt Elements of Literature Fourth Course, Pre-AP Readings and Exercises, Holt Handbook, Perspectives in Multicultural Literature and Vocabulary Workshop.

If you have questions or concerns, please contact me at jcarmicl@lausd.net and I will respond.