Mrs. Jeffress's English Page
2009-2010
Welcome to my English classes' information page. Here you will find information that will assist you in keeping
up to date on the material covered in our English classes and expectations for meeting the requirements of the course.
I look forward to working with you and your parents to ensure that you have a very successful term at
Person High School. If you have questions or concerns, my e-mail addresses are listed below along with phone
numbers for reaching me and the homework assignment board number sponsored by The Courier-Times.
Materials Required for Class
3-ring notebook (at least 3")
loose-leaf notebook paper
blue or black ink pens
pencils
pocketed folder for reasearch
3X5 and 4X6 index cards
USB drive (jumpdrive) 128MB or more
SYLLABUS AP Lit
Class Schedule............. 1st Semester
First Period 8:05-9:35 ........................English 12
Second Period 9:40-11:10....................AP Literature and Composition
Third Period 11:15-1:20........................Planning
Lunch....................12:15-12:45
Fourth Period 1:25-2:55.......................AP Literature and Composition
Office Hour........3:00 - 4:00 Wednesdays
Suggested Reading:
Twelfth Grade
The Works of William Shakespeare
Pride nd Prejudice
Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights
The Return of the Native
Tess of the D'Urbevilles
Frankenstein
Portrait of the Artist as a young Man
The Catcher in the Rye
Hard Times
A Tale of Two Cities
Tom Jones
Vanity Fair
The Expedition of Hymphrey Clinker
Emma
Sense and Sensibility
The Canterbury Tales
Beowulf
Morte D' Arthur
Pilgrim's Progress
Robinson Crusoe
Treasure Island
Vicar of Wakefield
Eleventh Grade
The Scarlet Letter ..........................The Catcher in the Rye.............Death of a Salesman
The Red Badge of Courage............ The Sound and the Fury...........As I Lay Dying
The Grapes of Wrath........................A Lesson in Dying...................The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Of Mice and Men..............................Animal Farm............................The Crucible
Their Eyes Were Watching God.......1984.........................................The Jungle
Fahrenheit 451...................................A Farewell to Arms.................The Sun Also Rises
East of Eden.......................................The Great Gatsby...................Tender Is the Night
An American Tragedy........................Moby Dick...................The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Ninth Grade
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Having Our Say by Sarah and Elizabeth Delany
Hiroshima by John Hersey
My Forbidden Face by Latifa
The Odyssey by Homer
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Monster by Walter Dean Meyers
Slam by Walter Dean Meyers
Deathwatch by Robb White
Tenth Grade
All Quiet on the Western Front.....All Things Fall Apart..............Arrow of God
Nectar in the Sieve........................Cold Sassy Tree........................Cry the Beloved Country
Crime and Punishment.................The Hunchback of Notre Dame.....Madame Bovary
Shogun..........................................The Metamorphosis (Ovid)........The Three Musketeers
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
E-Mail .........jeffressp@person.k12.nc.us
Phone............school (336) 599-8321 ext 1112
September 05, 2009