Monroe High School English Curriculum/Common Assessments
Freshmen
Romeo and Juliet - Argumentative Letter
Research: I-Search
Personal Narrative - Night (Human Rights)
Short Story
The Odyssey - Load Your Boat (Decision Making)
Sophomores
Historical Conflict
Survivor
Good vs. Evil (Macbeth & Julius Caesar)
Rationalists/The Crucible
To Kill A Mockingbird
A Raisin in the Sun
Juniors
Romantics: Internal Conflicts (Hawthorne, Poe)
Satire
Harlem Renaissance: Perseverance
Modernists: The American Dream (The Great Gatsby)
Seniors
Research: I-Search
Responsibility to Society - Lit Circles
Hamlet: Revenge - Socratic Circle
Heroism - Argumentative: What is your definition of a hero? (The Iliad, Oedipus Rex)
Romeo and Juliet - Argumentative Letter
Research: I-Search
Personal Narrative - Night (Human Rights)
Short Story
The Odyssey - Load Your Boat (Decision Making)
Sophomores
Historical Conflict
Survivor
Good vs. Evil (Macbeth & Julius Caesar)
Rationalists/The Crucible
To Kill A Mockingbird
A Raisin in the Sun
Juniors
Romantics: Internal Conflicts (Hawthorne, Poe)
Satire
Harlem Renaissance: Perseverance
Modernists: The American Dream (The Great Gatsby)
Seniors
Research: I-Search
Responsibility to Society - Lit Circles
Hamlet: Revenge - Socratic Circle
Heroism - Argumentative: What is your definition of a hero? (The Iliad, Oedipus Rex)