This is English 4, a 12th grade, senior level course the covers British and World Literature. You will work with many genres, including poetry, drama, short stories, novel, essay, oratory, and public documents. Everyone has a favorite book. It might be a book that a family member read to you as you were drifting off to sleep. It might be the first book you read by yourself. Now, much of your reading may be due to course and school requirement; if you think about it, you may enjoy some readings and dislike others, but you have to read them. You will likely have varying feelings about genres such as fan fiction, bestsellers, fiction, non-fiction, and of course, the classics. If you saw the movie Beowulf, you might be surprised to see the original story in your textbook, written during the Anglo-Saxon period. Archeologists are still trying to prove whether or not King Arthur and his Round Table are real or if it was just a story passed by traveling storytellers. One thing you must admit is that reading is part of your life.
