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Course Description
English 2 is for students who have successfully completed the requirements of English 1. The course includes major themes found in literature, such as tolerance and absolute power, and gives students the opportunity to read critically, engage in discussions, and develop their writing and research skills. Students will read informational texts, perform close readings of literary texts, make presentations, study poetry, and write for a variety of purposes, including literary analysis and argumentative essays. After completing this course, students will be prepared to successfully complete the state-mandated End-of-Course exam, which will count as 20% of the student’s final grade.
Major Texts
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee’s Pulitzer prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep south - and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatred - is one of the best-loved stories of all time. A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, as her father - a crusading local lawyer - risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime.
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959. The story tells of a black family's experiences in south Chicago, as they attempt to improve their financial circumstances with an insurance payout following the death of the family patriarch.
Macbeth
One of the great Shakespearean tragedies, Macbeth is a dark and bloody drama of ambition, murder, guilt, and revenge. Set amid the gloomy castles and lonely heaths of medieval Scotland, Macbeth paints a striking, dramatic portrait of a man of honor and integrity destroyed by a fatal character flaw and the tortures of a guilty conscience.
Night
Night is Elie Wiesel's masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps.
Tutoring
If you would like extra help on essays and projects and unfinished classwork, please take advantage of the Eastside tutoring program that's held each morning and afternoon on the English hallway.
I am available after school on Tuesdays until 4:50 if you would like class-specific help.
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