English 2 Honors Syllabus Outline 2007
English 2 Honors Syllabus Outline 2007
English 2 Honors Syllabus Outline 2007
Marrinson
Course Outline
FIRST QUARTER:
American Romanticism
The American Renaissance
PLAY
The Crucible
VOCABULARY:
The Importance of Vocabulary
Learning New Worlds from the Context
Building Vocabulary through Central Ideas
SECOND QUARTER:
A New American Poetry
NOVEL
The Scarlet Letter
VOCABULARY:
Words derived from Greek
Words derived from Latin
THIRD QUARTER:
The Rise of Realism
Fiction
Non-fiction
NOVEL
The Great Gatsby
A Farewell to Arms
VOCABULARY:
Words from Classical Mythology and History
Anglo-Saxon Vocabulary and its Enrichment through Latin
French, Italian, and Spanish words
FOURTH QUARTER:
Contemporary Writers
Modern Poetry
Creative Writing
NOVEL
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
PLAY
Death of a Salesman
VOCABULARY:
Expanding Vocabulary through Derivatives
PHASE: COMPOSITION
The focus in composition will be an emphasis on reading and writing as interrelated activities.
Students will learn to write well written analytical essays using analogy, comparison/contrast and
argument in preparation for the challenge of upper level writing in the AP class.