Pre-IB English 10
IMPORTANT: CLICK HERE TO SEE SUMMER READING LIST
**Two books from the list must be read prior to the start of second semester.**
English 10 Provincial Outcomes
General Resources:
Developing the Skills of Literary Analysis
Short Stories Studied as a Class (subject to change):
"Bread" by Margaret Atwood, pg. 45
"Mericans" by Sandra Cisneros, pg. 30
"Boys and Girls" by Alice Munro, pg. 105
"A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, pg. 165
"The Chrysanthemums" by John Steinbeck, pg. 221
"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, pg. 267
"Young Goodman Brown" by Nathanial Hawthorne, pg. 293
"Hills like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway, pg. 316
"The Third Thing That Killed My Father Off" by Raymond Carver, pg. 96
"The Possibility of Evil" by Shirley Jackson; full text linked here
The Commentary:
The Commentary (Oral & Written) Guidance
Poems Studied as a Class:
"Hope is the thing with feathers" pg. 720
"I, Being Born a Woman and Distressed" pg. 826*
*May do some of these but not all
Poems for group Oral Analysis:
"The Possessive"
"Her Kind"
"in Just-"
"A Poison Tree"
"Colibri"
"Frog Autumn"
"Mirror"
"Valediction" (b block only)
Oral Commentary - Further advice
The Essay:
How to Write a Critical Literary Essay
Themes/'Big Ideas' for Essay Topics
Critical/Comparative Essay Rubric
Comparative Short Story Essay assignment
NOTE: Read pages 303-307 in your text - guidance on comparing two stories and a sample essay
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley:
Huxley to Orwell: My Hellish Vision of the Future is Better Than Yours (1949)
Hamlet by William Shakespeare:
Exam Prep: