Sophomores
Grade Ten: British and World Literature
Essential Questions: Literature
How has the English language and English literature evolved?
How do we tell a story?
We choose specific works of British literature from the list below as we keep in mind the particular needs of each class.
1984 - George Orwell
Beowulf
English and Scottish Folk Ballads
The Canterbury Tales - “The Prologue” and specific tales - Geoffrey Chaucer
Elizabethan Sonnets
The Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare
Poetry from the Romantic Age, including "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
Poetry from the Victorian Age
Poetry from the Modern Age
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde - Robert L. Stevenson
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde
Short Stories