Short stories: The Gift of the Magi and The Ransom of Red Chief, O’Henry The Cask of Amontillado (partial), Poe The Necklace, Maupassant other excerpts Plays: Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare The Importance of Being Earnest, Wilde Historic autobiography of your choosing Pilgrim’s Progress, Bunyan Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Verne Reading List (included for free in the online assignments no need to purchase separately): I have changed readings, edited readings, added writing assignments to it, as well as vocabulary and spelling.) (Parts of this course began from “9th Grade Literature and Composition” offered by Georgia Virtual Learning, which is aligned to Common Core Standards however, your children won’t just be using the whole course. This course is now available completely offline! Check out the books here. A final exam is given at the end of the course. Writing assignments include narratives, articles, essays, research, ads, letters, poetry, and a final project of writing a play. Students will be required to present orally, as well as to produce numerous written works. They will focus on poetic and literary devices such as metaphor and irony. They will review grammar, vocabulary, and spelling, as well as the elements of a story. Students will be reading an autobiography, science fiction and allegorical novels, poetry, short stories, and plays. Course Description: This honors high school-level course requires students to analyze a wide variety of literature.

Maupassant the necklace