Honors English 11 has read the following texts during the school year 2014-15:
What do they have in common?
1.
Native American Texts: a.
“The World on the Turtle’s Back” b.
Coyote Stories: “Coyote and the Buffalo and Fox” and “Coyote and Whale” c.
Native American Speeches (4) (printout) d.
“The Narrative of Captivity and Restoration of Mary Rowlandson” e.
Of Plymouth Plantation
2.
Puritan Texts (Puritanism): a.
“To My Dear and Loving Husband” and “Upon the Burning of Our House” b.
“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” c.
The Crucible d.
“Young Goodman Brown” (printout)
3.
Age of Reason / Enlightenment (Rationalism): a.
Patrick Henry’s Speech at the Virginia Convention b.
Letter to John Adams (from Abigail Adams) c.
Letter to Rev. Samson Occum (from Phillis Wheatley) d.
The Declaration of Independence e.
“What is an American?”
4.
Romanticism/Dark Romanticism(Gothic) Texts: a.
“A Psalm of Life” b.
“The Devil and Tom Walker” c.
“The Masque of the Red Death” d.
“The Fall of the House of Usher” e.
“The Raven” f.
“Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” (summary)
5.
Transcendentalism Texts: a.
“Self-Reliance” b.
The Divinity School Address at Harvard College (printout) c.
“Civil Disobedience” d.
Excerpt from Walden e.
Leaves of Grass poems (3)
6.
Realism/Naturalism/Regionalism Texts/Feminism for research assignment: a.
(fem.)The Awakening b.
(fem.)“The Yellow Wallpaper” c.
(fem.)Trifles (PRINTOUT) d.
(fem.) “The Story of an Hour” e.
(fem.) “The Fabulous L:ife of Child X” f.
“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge g.
Excerpt from The Narrative of Fredrick Douglass h.
“Stanzas on Freedom” and “Free Labor” i.
“A Mystery of Heroism” j.
Mark Twain – Autobiography, Epigrams, “Life on the Mississippi”, “The Notorious Jumping Frog”

Academic English 11 has read the following texts during the school year of 2014-15:
What do they have in common?
1.
Native American Texts: a.
“The World on the Turtle’s Back” b.
Coyote Stories: “Coyote and the Buffalo and Fox” and “Coyote and Whale” c.
Native American Speeches (4) (printout)
2.
Puritan Texts (Puritanism): a.
“To My Dear and Loving Husband” and “Upon the Burning of Our House” b.
“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” c.
The Crucible
3.
Age of Reason / Enlightenment (Rationalism): a.
Patrick Henry’s Speech at the Virginia Convention b.
The Declaration of Independence c.
“What is an American?”
4.
Romanticism/Dark Romanticism(Gothic) Texts: a.
“A Psalm of Life” b.
“The Devil and Tom Walker” c.
“The Masque of the Red Death” d.
“The Raven”
5.
Transcendentalism Texts: a.
“Self-Reliance” b.
“Civil Disobedience” c.
Leaves of Grass poems (3)
6.
Realism Texts/Feminism for research assignment: a.
“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge b.
Excerpt from The Narrative of Fredrick Douglass c.
“Stanzas on Freedom” and “Free Labor” d.
Mark Twain – Autobiography and “The Notorious Jumping Frog”