Course Details

English II Honors is an exciting, fast-paced course designed to broaden students’ literary and historical perceptions of the world around them. Students will read texts from around the globe and from 20th-century U.S. writers of color. Themes will include Identifying Heritage, Overcoming Intolerance and Oppression, The Power of the Imagination, and Tragedy and Redemption.  The literature will include novels, poetry, short stories, philosophy, news articles, and documentary films. The literary focus will be on plot, characters, themes, and extracting meaning from text through reasonable analysis of the readings. Because good writing comes from reading good writing, composition is literature-based. As this course is a work in progress, as all creative endeavors are, students will make many choices of readings as they go along. Close reading and complete reading are essential to learning to write well. Students will write extensively about the material they read,  analytical mostly, as well as personal responses, all in MLA format.

Prerequisites:  Students should have: 1) an A in English I or B or better in English I Honors; 2) a minimum overall GPA of 3.75; and 3) recommendations from their English teachers. Teacher recommendations will be obtained by the Department Chair.