11th Grade Honors Reading List and Tentative Schedule



11th Grade Honors Reading List and Tentative Schedule

(Any changes will be announced):

1st 9-weeks:

1. Fiction: Your choice! Choose a book of your choice by an Alabama Author.

• Your book must be approved (I MUST SEE IT WITH MY EYES—NOT WORD OF MOUTH) by Monday, August 25th!

• Suggested Titles/authors: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote; Fannie Flagg(author), Walker Percy(author) There are MANY, MANY more!

• Book must be read and project completed by Friday, Sept. 11th (Project Assignment handout to follow ASAP!)

2. Class Reading: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

• Must be purchased by Monday, Sept. 8th.. Order online at or . I can also call and order some at the Books a Million in Oxford. Try libraries! Be creative. Just don’t wait, or you’ll be in a MESS!

• We will conduct Lit circles with this novel, so you’ll be assigned groups ASAP. We will also conduct projects similar to the Big Fish unit from last year.

• All projects and tests will be completed by Oct. 2nd.

3. Class Reading: Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton; you must have your book in class by Friday, Sept. 26th. All assignments due by Oct 9th.

2nd 9-weeks:

1. Choose a non-fiction book. This must be a biography, memoir, or an autobiography.

• Some suggested: It’s all Over but the Shoutin’ by Jacksonville, AL native Rick Bragg; Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass; On Writing by Stephen King

• There are MANY, many life stories out there! Find what interests you and get it approved!

• Your novel MUST be approved (I must see the book with my own eyes) no later than OCT 9th.

• Your book project is due Friday, Oct. 23rd (assignment details to follow). NO Late Assignments will be accepted for ANY REASON.

2. Class Reading: As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

• Book Check (BRING TO CLASS) Monday, Oct. 23rd !

• Assignment to Follow. All assignments and tests will be completed by Tuesday, November 13th.

3. Class Reading: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

• Must be purchased and brought to class by November 20th!

• All assignments will be completed by Dec 14th.

3rd 9-weeks:

1. Holocaust Literature: Choose one of the following— Night by Ellie Weisel, Day by Elie Weisel, or Dawn by Elie Weisel. ---with the possibility of The Book Theif by Markus Zusak. Please wait to purchase this novel until the assignment is finalized.

• Book Check Dec 14th before Christmas Break. All assignments due by Friday, Jan 22nd.

2. Class Reading: A Raisin in the Sun by Lorrain Hansberry

• You must purchase this novel by the end of the 2nd 9-week grading period, (Book Check Jan 15th)

3. Class Reading: The Old Man and the Sea by Earnest Hemmingway–Mar 5th

4th 9-weeks:

1. The African American Novel: The Color Purple (this assignment contains some mature content and may be substituted with Jubilee with a letter of request from parents) – Mar 26th

• You must purchase this novel by the end of the 3rd 9-week grading period (Friday, Mar 5th)

2. Class Reading: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom (a memoir) TBA

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