English Literature (1st semester British/European lit, 2nd semester American lit)

Grade Level: 9th-12th

Ages: 14 and up

Classes Meet: Thursday

Semester 1: Thursday, September 4th – November 20th, 2025

Semester 2: Thursday, January 8th – March 26th, 2026

Times: 11:00-11:50 am

Instructor: Angel Pickard

Instructor Email: apickard1977@gmail.com

Tuition / Fees: $320.00 tuition-A NON-REFUNDABLE enrollment fee of $120.00 is due within 2 weeks of registration to hold your student’s place in the class and allow the teacher to buy any needed supplies.   It will come off of your tuition in September.  This is a FULL year-long class that you are committing to.  Teachers plan in advance for this amount both semesters. 

Course Description:

“Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it.  It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irritates the deserts that our lives have already become.”  C.S. Lewis

Many high schoolers struggle to understand the immense value of “dusty old books” that were written by men and women decades before them. We will seek to understand the value literature study can bring not only to your high school studies but your humanity in a lifelong pursing of knowledge.  Students will study genre, historical context, and character analysis of 3 works of English literature in the first semester and 3-4 works of American literature (including poetry) in the second semester.  Interspersed between these works will be short stories and poetry selections.  Some authors we will highlight will be: Dickens, Poe, Dickenson, and many more.   Students will need a 1-inch three-ring binder and will need access to the books and short stories.  These can be purchased or free online or in the library.  The syllabus will tell when each book starts and I will also give announcements about when it is time to find the next book. Students will write two short essays per semester and will have guided reading question sheets for additional grades.  

Students must be able to access our Google Classroom page.  I will provide the link prior to class starting.

If you have a student with special needs, please contact the teacher directly to discuss.