Reading List
Note: All texts with the exception of Grendel can be found online. Click on the link to find an online version.
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Beowulf (Grummere translation or other options)
Grendel (John Gardner)
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
A Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift)
Student Choice: Othello, MacBeth, or Much Ado about Nothing (Shakespeare)
Student Choice: Great Expectations (Charles Dickens), Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen), Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte), or Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
1984(George Orwell) and Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Beowulf (Grummere translation or other options)
Grendel (John Gardner)
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
A Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift)
Student Choice: Othello, MacBeth, or Much Ado about Nothing (Shakespeare)
Student Choice: Great Expectations (Charles Dickens), Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen), Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte), or Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
1984(George Orwell) and Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Senior Project
Each senior is required to complete an independent senior project. This is facilitated through English IV class. Components of the project include a research paper, a digital portfolio with an online journal of project events, a process paper, a product, and a presentation before a community panel. Presentations take place in April.