North Penn High School
English 11, Honors
Course Content Overview
Literature:
 Novels / Dramas
The Crucible – Arthur Miller
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass – Frederick Douglass
The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Sun Also Rises – Ernest Hemingway
Moby Dick – Herman Melville
The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne
Macbeth – Shakespeare
A Separate Peace- John Knowles
 Author Study
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Edgar Allen Poe
Herman Melville
Ernest Hemingway
Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson
F. Scott Fitzgerald
 Poetry
Robert Frost
Emily Dickinson
Carl Sandburg
William Carlos Williams
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Walt Whitman
Langston Hughes
Countee Cullen
 Short Story Units
Various American Short Stories in conjunction with curriculum
Vocabulary and Grammar
 Level G Vocab Units Semi-Weekly
 Vocab / Grammar Quizzes, Test every three units, Vocab Final
SAT Test Prep
 Practice test and exercises
Speaking
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Panel Discussions
Dramatic Readings
Poetry Readings
Presentations
Group Discussions
Writing
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Expository Compositions
Persuasive Compositions
Creative Pieces
Journal Entries
Critical Paper