The high school course in English

by Willard Grosvenor Bleyer

V. Theme writing.

One short theme not exceeding 500 words, every week; and one long theme of from 800–1200 words every eight weeks; to be carefully corrected by teacher and revised or rewritten by pupil.

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LIST OF READINGS FOR FOUR YEARS

The following list contains the college entrance requirements in English for the years 1906 to 1911, and other selections adapted for reading and study in high school English classes. The Roman numerals following the titles indicate the year or years of the course herein outlined, in which the books may most profitably be read:

Addison’s De Coverley Papers. II, III.

Addison and Steele’s Spectator. II, III.

Arnold’s Sohrab and Rustum. II.

Bacon’s Essays. III.

Blackmore’s Lorna Doone. IV.

Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress, Part One. I, III.