A.H.S. Semester Assignments - English & Literature
For all courses with a reading assignment, please be prepared for a test within the first week of school. Also see NEW English 1 Honors assignment. There is no reading assignment for English 3.
| Course | Book Title | Author |
| English 1 | The Old Man and the Sea | Ernest Hemingway |
| English 1 Honors |
Great Expectations (Penguin Classics Version) |
Charles Dickens |
| English 2 | The Hobbit | J.R.R. Tolkien |
| English 2 Honors | The Crucible | Arthur Miller |
| My Name is Asher Lev | Chaim Potok | |
| English 3 | No reading assignment for this course. | |
| Adv. Writing & World Literature | Lord of the Flies | William Golding |
| The Stranger | Albert Camus | |
| Senior Research Honors | In Cold Blood | Truman Capote |
| Blink | Malcolm Gladwell | |
| How to Read Like a College Professor | Thomas Foster | |
| A.P. English Literature & Composition | As I Lay Dying | William Faulkner |
| The Grapes of Wrath | John Steinbeck | |
| A Lesson Before Dying | Ernest J. Gaines | |
| Jane Eyre | Charlotte Bronte | |
| A.P. Language & Composition | An American Childhood | Annie Dillard |
| This Boy's Life | Tobias Wolfe |