The English Department strengthens the reading, writing, and analytical skills of students. Students are required to take four (4) credits of English. The department offers electives in Journalism and Creative Writing. Below is a list of literature selections according to grade and level.

Freshman
Access: Interactive Reader Anthology and The Member of the Wedding
College Prep: Language and Literature Anthology – includes Antigone, Julius Caesar and The Member of the Wedding
Honors: The Iliad, Antigone, Catcher in the Rye, A Tale of Two Cities, Julius Caesar, The Glass Menagerie, A Separate Peace

Sophomore
Access: Interactive American Literature Reader Anthology and The Great Gatsby
College Prep: American Literature-Anthology, The Bean Trees, The Great Gatsby, The Adventures of Huck Finn, A Raisin in the Sun, Our Town
Honors: American Literature- Anthology, The Crucible, The Scarlet Letter, The Adventures of Huck Finn

Junior
Access: Interactive British Literature Anthology, Frankenstein and A Midsummer Night’s Dream
College Prep: British Literature – Anthology, Beowulf, Chaucer, Macbeth
Honors: British Literature – Anthology, Beowulf, The Canterbury Tales, Paradise Lost, Macbeth, The Turn of the Screw, The Razor’s Edge, Major British Poets

Senior
College Prep First Semester: Senior Composition
College Prep Second Semester: Choose one elective: Media, Women in Literature, Shakespeare, African-American Literature, Modern Drama, Contemporary Literature, Poetry
Honors: Hamlet, Oedipus the King, Oliver Twist, The Sun Also Rises, Short Plays
Advanced Placement: Pride and Prejudice, The Return of the Native, Heart of Darkness, Dubliners, Oedipus the King, Hamlet, The Piano Lesson, Poetry Anthology, Death of a Salesman, AP test prep

FACULTY
Sr. Jane Cayer, SSND
English Department Chair
M.A. Johns Hopkins University

Mrs. Carolyn Buck
Drama Department Chair/English Faculty
B.A. Mt. Holyoke College

Mrs. Hope Hemphill
English Faculty
M.A. Loyola College

Mr. Robert Hiles
English Faculty
M.A. Johns Hopkins University

Ms. Kathleen Snyder
English Faculty
M.A. St. John’s College Graduate Institute