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Honors English Books



Honors designation in a high school English course requires students to complete all assigned reading (expository texts, poetry, short stories, books) and assignments/assessments with a 90 score or higher. Honors students also select additional readings from the different genre categories below.

Non-Fiction Category

Novel/Fictional Category

Plays/Drama Category (Portion Read Aloud)

Poetry/Prose/Verse (Selected portions only)

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