Literature and Composition II
You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
--Ray Bradbury
Information and Supplementary Materials
Literature and Composition II: Honors, CPA and CP Levels
This is the second half of the required English language course for all students (following Lit. Comp. I which students take during their Freshman year). This course works to build on and solidify skills learned in the first half of the course. Focus areas include close reading skills, literary analysis, more advanced and sophisticated writing skills, fluency, reading comprehension, and also style, tone, and voice. Further information can be found in the course syllabus below.
Literature and Composition II Syllabus (2012-2013)
Supplementary Material for the Course:
Writing Resources: can be found on the "Writers' Corner" page of this website.
Literature Resources: designated by literature and author below.
Lord of the Flies and William Golding Resources
William Shakespeare Resources:
Link to The Tempest read aloud -- provided by LibriVox.
This is the second half of the required English language course for all students (following Lit. Comp. I which students take during their Freshman year). This course works to build on and solidify skills learned in the first half of the course. Focus areas include close reading skills, literary analysis, more advanced and sophisticated writing skills, fluency, reading comprehension, and also style, tone, and voice. Further information can be found in the course syllabus below.
Literature and Composition II Syllabus (2012-2013)
Supplementary Material for the Course:
Writing Resources: can be found on the "Writers' Corner" page of this website.
Literature Resources: designated by literature and author below.
Lord of the Flies and William Golding Resources
- The Nobel Prize official website! Here you will find a link to information concerning William Golding's nobel prize as well as every other prize ever awarded. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1983/golding-facts.html
- The New York Times weighs in on age, responsibility, and the role of gender when it comes to crime: 1. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/weekinreview/15ramp.html?_r=0 2. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/19980816monday.html 3. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/featured_articles/17MURP.html
- Would you survive? Follow this link to take the "Wilderness Survival Test" in order to see just how well you would fair on this adventure! http://www.wilderness-survival.net/quiz/quiz.php
- Link to vocabulary packet for this novel.
- Link to paper assignment and rubric.
William Shakespeare Resources:
Link to The Tempest read aloud -- provided by LibriVox.