HIGHLY GIFTED ENGLISH 10

Class Introduction:

Welcome to HG English 10 at West High School! This class is a literature-based course in which you will study classic and modern writings, with a particular focus upon American literature. We will utilize the texts studied to provide a springboard into literary analysis, creative writing, and speaking and listening projects.

The texts we will study include:

�Allegory of the Cave� Plato
Antigone Sophocles
Selected Poems Sappho
The Iliad Homer
Red Scarf Girl Ji-li Jiang
Siddartha Hermann Hesse
Tao Te Ching Lao Tzu
*Persepolis Marjane Satrapi
Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe
Frankenstein Mary Shelley
�A Modest Proposal� Jonathan Swift

In addition to the above texts, our class will participate in Poetry Out Loud; a poetry workshop with Brave New Alaskan Voices; and a storytelling workshop with Arctic Entries--as well as a number of other projects in which students will find opportunities to engage with their community.