ST. MARCELLINUS SECONDARY SCHOOL

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

CORE AND OPTIONAL TEXTS

As of September 3, 2010

Core:               This text must be taught at this grade and at this level

Optional:          This text may be taught at this grade and at this level

Note:                A Shakespearean text must be taught at all Academic/University and Applied/College levels

English 1L1:

Core:                Inside Track I

Frankenstein, Mary Shelley

Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare

The Vandal, Anne Schraff

Optional:          Literacy Power

Selections:                                                                   *Tales of Courage                                  *African Myths

*Tales of Edgar Allan Poe                                   *Classic Myths, Volumes I, II

*Tales of Fate                                                                            *Disasters

*Tales of Greek Mythology II                  *More Chills, Goodman’s Series

*Tales of Honor                                     *Native American Myths

*Tales of William Shakespeare                *Sudden Twists, Goodman’s Series

*These selections are shared with 2L1.  Avoid duplication of material.

*Macbeth is to be read in 3E1.

English 1P1:   

Core:                            Elements of English 9 (On Common Ground is a good option)

Double or Nothing, Dennis Foon

Parallel Text Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare

Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson (shared with Academic) or

Tom Finder, Martine Leavitt

Optional:          Departures (Poetry Anthology)

The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisnero (shared with Academic)

On Common Ground

Slam, Walter Dean Myers

English 1D1:

Core:                            Elements of English 9

The Chrysalids, John Wyndham

Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare

Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson (shared with Applied)

Optional:          Departures

The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisnero (shared with Applied)

Literacy Power

On Common Ground                                                                                                                                         

English 2L1:                                                          

Core:                            Inside Track II

Don’t Blame the Children, Anne Schraff

The Rock, William Bell

Optional:          In Your Own Words, II (Applied Short Story Anthology)

Monster, Walter Dean Myers (shared with Applied)

*Selections:                                                                  *Tales of Courage                                  *African Myths

*Tales of Edgar Allan Poe                                   *Classic Myths, Volumes I, II

*Tales of Fate                                                                            *Disasters

*Tales of Greek Mythology II                  *More Chills, Goodman’s Series

*Tales of Honor                                     *Native American Myths

*Tales of William Shakespeare                *Sudden Twists, Goodman’s Series

*These selections are shared with 1L1.  Avoid duplication of material.

*Macbeth is to be read in 3E1.

English 2P1:

Core:                            Elements of English 10

Crabbe, William Bell

Monster, Walter Dean Myers (shared with Essential)

Parallel Text The Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare

Optional:          In Your Own Words, II

English 2D1:

Core:                            Elements of English 10

Inherit the Wind, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee

The Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare

                                    Night, Elie Wiesel

To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee