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Recent News:

***10/23/08***
New assignment sheets are available for most classes! See the Classes page for more information.

***10/10/08***
The date of the Homelink Skating party has changed: Homelink Skating party!
When: Friday, November 7th, 2:00-4:30pm.
Where: Skateland
Sign up at the homelink front desk. Cost is $4.25 per person. For details, call Melissa Simmons. If you need her phone number, call the HomeLink office.


Great Literature

Grades 7-12
Taught by: Ann Bowman
Class Meets: Thursdays, 9-10am

What are the greatest books ever written? No class could ever cover all of them, but this class will try to touch on at least a few that are considered truly great. Using Progeny Press study guides, students will read eight works of literature by authors such as Charles Dickens, Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, Jane Austen, C.S. Lewis, and William Shakespeare. Students will read poetry, novels, the Bible, and other classics, and will be expected to participate actively in class discussions.

GREAT LITERATURE: The following list is not complete; students will be notified of additions.
  • Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
  • Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
  • The Call of the Wild by Jack London
  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
  • Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens or Persuasion by Jane Austen
  • The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe or Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
  • To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  • Poetry – Robert Frost, Robert Service, Shel Silverstein, and others – copies provided
  • Drama – Our Town, The Importance of Being Ernest, The Glass Menagerie – copies provided

*Progeny Press Study Guides are available for these books, and will be used in class. Students are encouraged to buy their own study guides. Those who don’t will be charged a $15 materials fee to cover copying costs.
1 NARHS Credit