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1 English I CP To Kill a Mockingbird excerpts from Mythology (see below) Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, The Options: (Choose at least one) Animal Farm Monster Nothing But the Truth: A Documentary Novel excerpts from The Odyssey (see below) Stuck in Neutral The Old Man and the Sea Mythology by Edith Hamilton: Required Excerpts Required Excerpts to Teach: The Titans and the Twelve Great Olympians The Underworld Prometheus Pyramus and Thisbe Perseus Theseus Hercules The Trojan War The Fall of Troy The Odyssey by Homer: Suggested Excerpts Book 1 Book 5 Book 9 (Cyclops only skip Lotus Eaters) Book 11 Book 12 Book 16 Book 21 Book 22 Book 23 Optional Excerpts: Demeter and Persephone Narcissus and Echo Cupid and Psyche Icarus

2 English I Honors -OR To Kill a Mockingbird excerpts from Mythology (see below) The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Options: (Choose at least one) Cyrano De Bergerac excerpts from The Odyssey (see below) Animal Farm excerpts from The Tipping Point (Introduction, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, Conclusion, and Afterword) Something to Declare The Carolina Way Mythology by Edith Hamilton: Required Required Excerpts to Teach: The Titans and the Twelve Great Olympians The Underworld Prometheus Pyramus and Thisbe Perseus Theseus Hercules The Trojan War The Fall of Troy Optional Excerpts: Demeter and Persephone Narcissus and Echo Cupid and Psyche Icarus The Odyssey by Homer: Suggested Excerpts Book 1 Book 5 Book 9 (Cyclops only skip Lotus Eaters) Book 10 (optional) Book 11 Book 12 Book 16 Book 17 (optional) Book 21 Book 22 Book 23

3 English 2 (World Literature) English 2 College Prep Antigone House on Mango Street Into the Wild Kindred Les Misèrables A Separate Peace A Gathering of Old Men The Kite Runner Life of Pi Night Things Fall Apart English 2 Honors Choose one of the following: Angela s Ashes Antigone House on Mango Street Into the Wild Les Misèrables A Separate Peace Anthem A Gathering of Old Men The Kite Runner Life of Pi Oedipus Rex Things Fall Apart

4 English 3 (American Literature) English 3 College Prep The Crucible The Great Gatsby Copper Sun Flags of Our Fathers The Hot Zone (nonfiction) Into Thin Air (nonfiction) The Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglas Our Town A Raisin in the Sun Their Eyes Were Watching God Fallen Angels The Glass Menagerie Huckleberry Finn The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahini Of Mice and Men The Poisonwood Bible The Scarlet Letter Tuesdays With Morrie (nonfiction) English 3 Honors The Scarlet Letter The Crucible The Great Gatsby Death of a Salesman A Farewell to Arms The Glass Menagerie Huckleberry Finn A Lesson Before Dying The Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglas Our Town A Raisin in the Sun Their Eyes Were Watching God Ethan Frome Flags of Our Fathers The Hot Zone (nonfiction) Into Thin Air (nonfiction) The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahini Of Mice and Men The Poisonwood Bible The Right Stuff

5 English 4 (British Literature) English 4 College Prep Macbeth Choose one of the following: 1984 English 4 Honors Macbeth Choose two of the following: 1984 Frankenstein 1984 Angela s Ashes The Book Thief Everyman Hamlet The Invisible Man On the Beach Pygmalion Rebecca The Time Machine 1984 The Book Thief Brave New World Everyman Frankenstein Hamlet Heart of Darkness The Importance of Being Earnest The Invisible Man On the Beach Pygmalion Rebecca The Time Machine Wuthering Heights

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