2015-2016 10th Grade Pre-Ap English II
Antigone by Sophocles –no purchase required, provided from class literature textbook Antigone is a tragedy by Sophocles written in or before 441 BC. It is the third of the three Theban plays but was the first written, chronologically. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare –no purchase required, provided from class literature textbook Presents the annotated text of Shakespeare's tragedy in which Cassius, fearing Julius Caesar's ambition, forms a conspiracy among Roman republicans, including Caesar's trusted friend Brutus, to assassinate him on the Ides of March; and includes scene-by-scene plot summaries, and other reference material. Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens –Available for $5 (ISBN: 0-553-21176-5) A coming of age story set in London, Paris and the French countryside at the time of The French Revolution. |