Welcome Honors Freshmen! This year will be about forming important foundations, such as: * Reading - fiction and non-fiction, assigned reading, free choice reading, poetry, short stories, and a play * Vocabulary Building - weekly lists, activities, quizzes, vocabulary from novels, etc. * Speaking Practice - analyzing famous speeches and writing & presenting your own speech * Writing - paragraph & essay structure {persuasive, informative, & narrative}, dialectical journals, perfecting commentary, etc.
You will need the following items to be successful in this course: * 1 - subject spiral notebook (designated for English ONLY) * highlighters * following texts: Lord of the Flies, Life of Pi, The Alchemist * notebook paper * pens & pencils * a working Gmail account