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Course Overview
English III Honors involves a formal study of language and literature, enhancing students' understanding of human communication within the context of American society. Through reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing, students will develop critical thinking, problem-solving, and language skills that will empower them as lifelong learners and compassionate global citizens. The course emphasizes real-world applications of language skills in an increasingly technological world, encouraging students to appreciate the diversity of the American experience through a study of an inclusive canon of literature across various genres and perspectives.
In the honors course, students are expected to read more extensively and independently, engage in deeper literary analysis, and produce more comprehensive and varied written work. The course also emphasizes independent study, preparing students for advanced academic challenges.
Unit 1-Foundations in American Rhetoric
Unit 2- Influence and Identity in the American Narrative
Unit-3-The Pursuit of Freedom: Rebellion and Conformity
Unit 4- Examining the American Dream
Unit 5-The Junior Research Paper *
Unit 6-The American Landscape
Unit 7-America's Evolving Values
Grading Procedure
Process- 40%
Product- 40%
Engagement- 20%
Possible Major Texts
Selected Essays from Sacvan Bercovitch’s work, The Rites of Assent:Transformations in the Symbolic Construction of America
The Crucible
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Walden
The Essays of Emerson
The Glass Menagerie
Death of a Salesman
Fences
The Great Gatsby
The Sun Also Rises
Long Day’s Journey into Night
White Noise