Freshman Class Literature

Freshman year is a survey year. It is an introduction to reading and writing for high school, college, career and life. We will not only work on those skill sets, but will specifically read texts to support the next three years in high school: freshman year- survey, sophomore year- world literature, junior year- American literature, and senior year-- British literature. 

Semester 1
Introduction to Literary Devices: Archetypes and Allusion
September—Freshman Essay
October—Odyssey (abridged- in the lit. book)
November--Poetry
December-- To Kill a Mockingbird

Semester 2 
The Hero’s Quest—The Quest for Self 
SSR—Ender’s Game
February—Animal Farm
March—The Old Man and the Sea
April—Hero Chart
May—Romeo and Juliet
April-June— Research Paper
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