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11th GRADE HONORS AMERICAN LITERATURE
2016-17 Pre-Course Reading
The purpose of pre-course reading is to sustain the powers of the imagination and to explore worlds of characters, settings, plots, and ideas we can only visit through literature.
During the first week of the semester, your thorough reading of these three texts will be evaluated through various types of assessments. As you read, all students are expected to annotate the texts and the article (either highlight and write or use post-it notes to mark important quotes, questions you have, connections to the article or other world events, etc.) During class, students will be expected to reference their annotations to provide analysis/ explanation/ verification of statements. We will have class discussions, assignments and assessments associated with this text and article when you return to school. The book and article will be needed in class the first weeks of the semester, so students should plan accordingly.
Materials needed:
o copy of “Death of an Innocent” by Jon Krakauer (link below)
o copy of Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (Lexile 1270)(print only)
o copy of How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster (Lexile 1150) revised edition)
Print, read, and annotate “Death of an Innocent” by Jon Krakauer (available here: http://tinyurl.com/zgwm4xp)
I. Read and annotate Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
II. Read for understanding the following chapters from How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster (revised edition): Ch. 11, 13, 19, 20 and 26.
**Be advised some books may contain somewhat explicit language, sexual references, or mature subject matter. If there are any questions, contact the English Department Chair at