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July 29, 2020 Dear Parents, We in the English Department are so excited to begin teaching your children this school year. Despite these unprecedented times, the English Department is committed in our goal “to create a vigorous academic culture that kindles a passion for learning, develops intellectual gifts, and cultivates a Christian worldview, so students are prepared for collegiate success and equipped to lead lives of integrity and influence for Christ.” We have spent our summer poring over book titles that will aid us in achieving this goal. Throughout the school year, we will be engaging with books whose topics and reading difficulty will challenge your student to instill a passion for learning and to develop their individual, intellectual gifts. While our English teachers will not dwell unnecessarily on difficult topics, we look forward to modeling for your student how to approach various topics from a Christian worldview. We are resolute in our desire to create a safe, Christ-centered space for your student to be pushed, cared for, and learn. Through our pursuit of academic, spiritual, and relational excellence, your student will be able to leave ECS prepared for collegiate success and equipped to lead a life of integrity and influence for Christ. We have attached a list of required literature books per class that we will be reading this year. We ask you to purchase these books for your child before school starts. We believe communication to be of utmost importance. Therefore, please do not hesitate to reach out to me or your child’s English teacher so that we can make this year most beneficial for your student. I cannot fully explain the sheer buzz within the English Department as we prepare to be back with your child this fall. This really is a great day to be an Eagle! In His Service, Andy Gross English Department Chair
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July 29, 2020
Dear Parents,
We in the English Department are so excited to begin teaching your children this school year. Despite these
unprecedented times, the English Department is committed in our goal “to create a vigorous academic culture that
kindles a passion for learning, develops intellectual gifts, and cultivates a Christian worldview, so students are
prepared for collegiate success and equipped to lead lives of integrity and influence for Christ.”
We have spent our summer poring over book titles that will aid us in achieving this goal. Throughout the school year,
we will be engaging with books whose topics and reading difficulty will challenge your student to instill a passion for
learning and to develop their individual, intellectual gifts. While our English teachers will not dwell unnecessarily on
difficult topics, we look forward to modeling for your student how to approach various topics from a Christian
worldview.
We are resolute in our desire to create a safe, Christ-centered space for your student to be pushed, cared for, and
learn. Through our pursuit of academic, spiritual, and relational excellence, your student will be able to leave ECS
prepared for collegiate success and equipped to lead a life of integrity and influence for Christ.
We have attached a list of required literature books per class that we will be reading this year. We ask you to
purchase these books for your child before school starts.
We believe communication to be of utmost importance. Therefore, please do not hesitate to reach out to me or your
child’s English teacher so that we can make this year most beneficial for your student. I cannot fully explain the sheer
buzz within the English Department as we prepare to be back with your child this fall. This really is a great day to be
an Eagle!
In His Service,
Andy Gross
English Department Chair
6th Literature
‘Bud, Not Buddy’ by Christopher Paul Curtis
ISBN-13: 9781432838461 Amazon: Bud, Not Buddy $7.99
‘Immigrant Kids’ by Russell Freedman
ISBN-13: 9780140375947 Amazon: Immigrant Kids $4.55
‘Esperanza Rising’ by Pam Munoz Ryan
ISBN-13: 9780439120425 Amazon: Esperanza Rising $6.99
7th Literature (Standard)
‘Fever 1793’ by Laurie Halse Anderson
ISBN-13: 978-0-689-84891-9 Amazon: Fever 1793 $7.19
‘An American Plague’ by
ISBN-13: 978-0-439-69389-9 Amazon: An American Plague $5.30
‘A Girl Named Disaster’ by Nancy Farmer
ISBN 978-0-545-35662-6 Amazon: A Girl Named Disaster $7.99
‘Hatchet’ by Gary Paulsen
ISBN 978-1-4169-3647-3 Amazon: Hatchet $6.17
7th Literature (Honors)
‘Fever 1793’ by Laurie Halse Anderson
ISBN-13: 978-0-689-84891-9 Amazon: Fever 1793 $7.19
‘An American Plague’ by
ISBN-13: 978-0-439-69389-9 Amazon: An American Plague $5.30
‘A Girl Named Disaster’ by Nancy Farmer
ISBN 978-0-545-35662-6 Amazon: A Girl Named Disaster $7.99
‘Hatchet’ by Gary Paulsen
ISBN 978-1-4169-3647-3 Amazon: Hatchet $6.17
8th Literature (Standard)
‘Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry’
by Mildred Taylor
ISBN-13: 9780673583321 Amazon: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry $5.69
‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee
ISBN-13: 9780062420701 Amazon: To Kill A Mockingbird $7.19
‘The House on Mango Street’ by Sandra Cisnero
ISBN-13: 9780747560876 Amazon: The House on Mango Street $7.42
‘Monster’ by Walter Dean Myers
ISBN-13: 9780064407311 Amazon: Monster $7.99
8th Literature (Honors)
‘Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry’
by Mildred Taylor
ISBN-13: 9780673583321 Amazon: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry $5.69
‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee
ISBN-13: 9780062420701 Amazon: To Kill A Mockingbird $7.19
‘The House on Mango Street’ by Sandra Cisnero
ISBN-13: 9780747560876 Amazon: The House on Mango Street $7.42
‘Monster’ by Walter Dean Myers
ISBN-13: 9780064407311 Amazon: Monster $7.99
9th Literature (Standard)
‘The Essential Homer’ Translated by Stanley
Lombardo
No purchase necessary. A digital copy will be provided by the teacher.
‘The Three Theban Plays’ by Sophocles
ISBN: 0140444254 Amazon: The Three Theban Plays $7.67
‘Julius Caesar’ by Shakespeare
ISBN-13: 978-0-486-268767 Amazon: Julius Caesar $2.99
9th Literature (Honors)
‘The Epic of Gilgamesh’ and ‘Enuma Elish’
No purchase necessary. A digital copy will be provided by the teacher.
‘The Essential Homer’ Translated by Stanley
Lombardo
No purchase necessary. A digital copy will be provided by the teacher.
‘The Three Theban Plays’ by Sophocles
ISBN: 0140444254 Amazon: The Three Theban Plays $7.67
‘Julius Caesar’ by Shakespeare
ISBN-13: 978-0-486-268767 Amazon: Julius Caesar $2.99
10th Literature (Standard)
‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’
translated by J.R.R. Tolkien
ISBN: 978-0-345-27760-2 Amazon: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight $6.99
‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’ by John Bunyan
ISBN: 9780991277612 Amazon: Pilgrims Progress $10.99
‘Hamlet’ by William Shakespeare
ISBN 10: 9780743477123 Amazon: Hamlet $4.79
‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’
by Robert Louis Stevenson
ISBN 13: 978-0-486-266886 Amazon: The Strange Case of Dr Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde $1.49
10th Literature (Honors)
‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’
translated by J.R.R. Tolkien
ISBN: 978-0-345-27760-2 Amazon: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight $6.99
‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’ by John Bunyan
ISBN: 9780991277612 Amazon: Pilgrims Progress $10.99
‘Hamlet’ by William Shakespeare
ISBN 10: 9780743477123 Amazon: Hamlet $4.79
‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ by Oscar Wilde
ISBN 13: 978-0-486-27807-0 Amazon: The Picture of Dorian Gray $4.99
11th Literature (Standard)
‘The Scarlet Letter’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne
ISBN: 1708293469 Amazon: The Scarlet Letter $7.25
‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’
by Zora Neale Hurston
ISBN: 0061120065 Amazon: Their Eyes Were Watching God $14.39
‘Othello’ by William Shakespear
No purchase necessary. A digital copy will be provided by the teacher.
11th Literature (AP)
‘The Scarlet Letter’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne
ISBN: 1708293469 Amazon: The Scarlet Letter $7.25
‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’
by Zora Neale Hurston
ISBN: 0061120065 Amazon: Their Eyes Were Watching God $14.39
‘Othello’ by William Shakespear
No purchase necessary. A digital copy will be provided by the teacher.
12th Literature (Standard)
Peter Kreeft, ‘The Best Things in Life’. IVP Books, 1984.
ISBN: 9780877849223 Amazon: The Best Things in Life $9.70
William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’. Edited by Stephen
Orgel, Penguin, 2016.
ISBN: 9780143128564 Amazon: Macbeth $7.99
Dante Alighieri, ‘Inferno’. Translated by Anthony
Esolen, Modern Library, 2002.
ISBN: 9780812970067 Amazon: Inferno $12.99
Dante Alighieri, ‘Purgatory’. Translated by Anthony
Esolen, Modern Library, 2003.
ISBN: 9780812971255 Amazon: Purgatory $13.08
Dante Alighieri, ‘Paradise’. Translated by Anthony
Esolen, Modern Library, 2004.
ISBN: 9780812977264 Amazon: Paradise $14.99
12th Literature (AP)
Edmund Spenser. ‘The Faerie Queene’, Book I. Edited by
Carol V. Kaske, Hackett, 2006.
ISBN: 9780872208070 Amazon: The Faerie Queene $14.00
‘The Oxford Book of English Verse’. Edited by Christopher
Ricks, Oxford UP, 1999.
No purchase necessary. A copy will be provided by the teacher.
John Milton. ‘Paradise Lost’. Edited by David Scott Kastan,
Hackett, 2005.
ISBN: 9780872207332 Amazon: Paradise Lost $12.35
