English

In English, we build a love of reading through an emphasis on both independent reading and a study of classic works of literature. From the earliest grade levels, our curriculum is designed to prepare students for advanced high school programs (such as AP classes), with an emphasis on both foundational reading skills (systematic phonics instruction) and critical thinking and writing.

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Key Works of Literature

Grade Level	Selected Literature
Kindergarten	Mother Goose poems, fairy tales, Aesop’s Fables
1st	More fairy tales and stories from around the world, Aesop’s Fables
2nd	Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Greek Mythology, more fairy tales and stories from around the world
3rd	Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, The Arabian Nights, The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, Norse Mythology, Legends from Ancient Greece and Rome
4th	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle, Robin Hood, Legend of King Arther and the Knights of the Round Table
5th	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
6th	The Iliad and The Odyssey, Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, classical mythology
7th	Short stories such as “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Pow and “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry, The Call of the Wild by Jack London, Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
8th	Animal Farm by George Orwell, Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare