Readings

This year in American Literature, we will study writers who have shaped our nation from colonists and Puritans through the present.  Required readings for this course include selections from Glencoe Literature:  The Reader’s Choice - American Literature text, plus the following books.  Click on each title below to link to my page, which provides a picture and biographical information about the author, essential questions for the text, and links to additional sites on that work. 

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Ella Minnow Pea

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An Island Like You

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

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Into the Wild

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The Scarlet Letter*

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn*

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The Great Gatsby*

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To Kill a Mockingbird

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"The Raven" and other works by Edgar Allan Poe

 

We will study these classic works in predominately chronological order. 

*  The pages for these novels will open in a separate window.  Just close the new window to return to this page.

 

Home Up An Island Like You Caged Bird Into the Wild The Crucible Mockingbird