1. Fourth Year High School SY. 2015-2016
English
Fourth Year High School SY

2. To develop and assess reading skills at a variety of levels;
To build the students’ confidence as they develop their own reading skills; and
To respond quickly, accurately, and sensitively to texts of all kinds.

3. English: Comprehension
I. Fiction
A. Short Story
1. She (Rose Guy)
B. Legends
2. Grendel the Monster (Eleanor Farjeon)

4. C. Horror
1. The Body Snatcher (Robert Louis Stevenson)
D. Crime
2. The Engineer’s Thumb (Arthur Doyle)

5. II. Drama
A. Monologue
1. Going Home
(Joyce Grenfell)
B. Stage Play
1. Pygmalion
(Bernard Shaw)

6. III. Poetry
1. The Sweet Brew at Chitakale (Jack Mapanje)
2. I Remember, I Remember (Thomas Hood)
3. Dark August (Derek Walcott)

7. A. Poetry Comparison 1
- Rainforest (Wright)
- The Fish are all Sick (Stevenson)
B. Poetry Comparison 2
- Baby Song (Gunn)
- Prayer Before Birth (MacNeice)

8. IV. Non-Fiction
A. Autobiography
1. And When Did You Last See Your Father? (Blake Morrison)
B. Speeches
1. Your God is Not our Our God (Chief Seattle)

9. UNDERSTANDING,
INSANE.
George Owell