High School English Resource Plans

These lists provide a recommended reading schedule for resources used in the English courses, to make it easier to assign them in other ways.

The Iliad, Homer – Level 5 Year 1

Optional resource – The Iliad of Homer, Vandiver [Amaz]

Lecture 1 (before book I)
Lecture 2 (before book I)
Lecture 3 (after book II)
Lecture 4 (after book VI)
Lecture 5 (after book IX)
Lecture 6 (after book XXII)
Lecture 7 (after book XV)
Lecture 8 (after book XV)
Lecture 9 (after book XVII)
Lecture 10 (after book XXI)
Lecture 11 (after book XXII)
Lecture 12 (after book XXIV)
Exam questions you may find useful if you assign this resource:
- What do you know about Homer or define kleos (fame/glory) and timê (honor) as they were for the ancient Greeks.
- How are the Homeric gods different from the modern Christian understanding of God?
- Contrast Achilles and Hector, describing at least two ways they are different from each other.

The Odyssey, Homer – Level 5 Year 1

Optional resource – The Odyssey of Homer, Vandiver [Amaz]

Lecture 1 (after book I)
Lecture 2 (after book IV)
Lecture 3 (after book VI)
Lecture 4 (after book IX)
Lecture 5 (after book XI)
Lecture 6 (after book XII)
Lecture 7 (after book XV)
Lecture 8 (after book XVII)
Lecture 9 (after book XIX)
Lecture 10 (after book XXII)
Lecture 11 (after book XXIV)
Lecture 12 (after book XXIV)
Exam questions you may find useful if you assign this resource:
- What is xenia? Where did you see it practiced well or poorly in the Odyssey?
- What happens to all of Odysseus’s companions? Do you think Odysseus is responsible for their fates?
- Give one example of Odysseus’s skill in rhetoric, in choosing his words and story to his audience.

The Aeneid, Vergil (or Virgil) – Level 5 Year 1

Optional resource – The Aeneid of Virgil, Vandiver [Amaz]

Lecture 1 (before book I)
Lecture 2 (before book I)
Lecture 3 (before book I)
Lecture 4 (after book I)
Lecture 5 (after book III)
Lecture 6 (after book IV)
Lecture 7 (after book VI)
Lecture 8 (after book VIII)
Lecture 9 (after book X)
Lecture 10 (after book XII)
Lecture 11 (after book XII)
Lecture 12 (after book XII)
Exam questions you may find useful if you assign this resource:
- What does The Aeneid tell about Rome?
- Aeneas is characterized as a “man noted for pietas.” What is pietas and how does this virtue show in Aeneas’s actions?
- Some scholars see Turnus as admirable, noble, and valiant; others see him as treacherous and ignoble. What do you think of him? Include evidence from the epic to support your belief.

Inferno, Dante – Level 5 Year 2

Purgatorio, Dante – Level 5 Year 2

Paradiso, Dante – Level 5 Year 2

High School English Resource Plans – Epics