You have registered for Honors English for your English class. These are challenging courses that focus on the development of oral and written literary analysis. The above is accomplished through the study and discussion of American, British and World literature.
The College Board Advanced Placement Program English Committee “agrees with Henry David Thoreau that it is wisest to read the best books first.” To best direct you for a course of study that challenges you at an AP level and successfully prepares you for the AP Exam in 12th grade, the Committee believes that reading in an Honors or AP Level course “should be both wide and deep…should include the in-depth reading of texts drawn from multiple genres, periods, and culture.” The Committee also recommends “careful attention to both textual detail and historical context [and] should provide a foundation for interpretation, whatever critical perspectives are brought to bear on the literary works studied.”
You will begin your experience by fulfilling the summer reading requirement and assignments for the course. The assignment will allow you to learn how to critically read a text and to apply this knowledge as you read and experience a text of great quality that the literary world considers seminal. You will have the opportunity to practice your critical and exploratory reading and writing skills before the actual class begins in September by working through the summer assignment.
Then, when school begins in September, you will be able to commence immediately with our coursework.
Please refer to the appropriate assignment for your grade level.
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