English 10 Honors
COURSE OVERVIEW
Literature – units include poetry, short stories, nonfiction, and drama, with an AP prep focus to start building terms and skills for AP English in grades 11 & 12. Class novels, biographies or memoirs, and dramas are studied.
Writing – assignments include many short writing pieces, at least one full writing process essay per semester, in class essays, and regular “Writer’s Notebook” assignments.
Vocabulary - Power Plus vocabulary systematically builds new vocabulary. Eight words are assigned per week with activities that incorporate sentence variety practice.
Grammar – weekly correction exercises practice grammar retention and new concepts.
UNITS OF STUDY
Unit 1: Fiction and Nonfiction
Unit 2: Short Stories
Unit 3: Types of Nonfiction
Unit 4: Poetry
Unit 5: Drama
Unit 6: Universal Themes in Literature
CLASS BOOKS
Read from the lens of a Muslim.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
Julius Caesar by Shakespeare
Antigone by Sophocles