Honors English 10

Welcome to Honors English 10.

Welcome to Honors English 10 at HDHS!  This class will encourage you to think critically, to develop your reading and writing skills, to increase your vocabulary, to improve your grammatical and editing skills, and to become an effective participant in class discussions and oral presentations. Much of the writing is about the literature and is in response to class discussions. There is also great emphasis on organization, precision of expression, and wide use of vocabulary to demonstrate student understanding of answering open-ended research questions, different sources of information, and research topics. 

Success in this class requires your best effort consistently and puts emphasis on your responsibility as a student.  We will be both analytical and critical of the literature that we read.  We will focus on building upon your writing skills as well.  Classroom discussion and active participation are vital and serve as a means of testing your thoughts.

Core Texts:

Lee, Harper.  To Kill a Mockingbird.

Rose, Reginald.  Twelve Angry Men.

Shakespeare, William. Macbeth.

Literature Circle texts  may include: Catcher in the Rye, Secret Life of Bees, A Separate Peace, The Absolute True Diary of an American Indian, etc.

Texts will be supplemented with short stories, poetry, nonfiction, and reference books at the teacher’s discretion