English 1 Couse Outline
(This is only a tentative plan and may change throughout the semester)
I. Short Stories
1. Plot, Setting, and Conflict
a. “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell
2. Allegory, Symbolism, and Theme
a. “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst
3. Irony and Ambiguity
a. “The Gift of the Magi” by O’ Henry
b. “The Lady and the Tiger” by Frank Stockton
c. “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty
4. Narrator and Voice
a. “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe
5. Characterization, Tone, and Style
a. “The Split Cherry Tree” by Jesse Stuart
b. “The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant
* Unit Test and Book Jacket
II. Epics and the Hero’s Journey
1. The Odyssey by Homer
* Unit Test and Persuasive Essay
III. Drama
1. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
* Unit Test and Research Paper
IV. Novel
1. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
* Unit Test and Essay Literary Analysis
V. Poetry
1. Narrative Poetry
a. “Casey at Bat”
2. Free Verse
a. “Birches” by Robert Frost
3. Haiku
a. Various samples
4. Lyric Poetry
a. “Broken Dreams” by William Butler Yeats
b. “How Do I Love Thee” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
c. “Dying” & “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson
d. “i carry your heart with me” by ee cummings
5. Italian Sonnet
a. “A Sonnet” & “What Lips” by Edna St. Vincent Millay
6. Shakespearean Sonnet
a. “My Mistress’s Eyes” by William Shakespeare
7. Elegy
a. “Elegy” by Dylan Thomas
b. “Elegy” by Robert Bridges
8. Villanelle
a. “A Villanelle” by Sondra Ball
b. “Do Not Go Gentle” by Dylan Thomas
c. “The House on the Hill” E. A. Robinson
d. “The Waking” by Theodore Roethke
* Creative Writing – Poetry Book
* Unit Test
VI. Nonfiction
1. TBA
* Unit Test and Essay