This 8th Grade Literature Class is a Survey Course. The intention is to finish discussing a book every 2 - 3 weeks. The books will rotate from the following list:

The Three Musketeers - by Alexandre Dumas
Of Mice and Men - by John Steinbeck
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
1984 by George Orwell
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the stories of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
Hamlet - William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare

Classes involve interpretative and analytical reading. Students are encouraged to highlight their copies and bring excerpts to class to defend their positions on characters, themes, locations and literary allusions. All ideas and viewpoints are welcome as long as the student can find support for it in the current text.
 
Each semester is 16 weeks long. 

The choice of and reading of the remaining titles will be open to classroom discussion and debate.