20 Essential High School Literature Selections
20 Essential High School Literature Selections 1. A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens 2. Animal Farm – George Orwell 3. Antigone – Sophocles 4. Brave New World – Aldous Huxley 5. Crime and
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20 Essential High School Literature Selections 1. A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens 2. Animal Farm – George Orwell 3. Antigone – Sophocles 4. Brave New World – Aldous Huxley 5. Crime and
Beyond the Bookshelf: Why Literature is the Heart of High School The transition from middle school to high school marks a significant shift in a homeschooler’s cognitive development. For high schoolers and homeschoolers, engaging deeply
December 2026 ELA Word of the Day Antithetical (adjective) Axiomatic (adjective) Cadre (noun) Capitulate (verb) Chary (adjective) Coda (noun) Dilettantism (noun) Disconsolate (adjective) Epistrophe (noun) Exscind (verb) Fallacy (noun) Gerrymander (verb) Imprimatur (noun) Inscrutability (noun)
November 2026 ELA Word of the Day Abjure (verb) Anathema (noun) Attenuate (verb) Contrite (adjective) Contumacious (adjective) Cynic (noun) Decorum (noun) Dogmatic (adjective) Dolorous (adjective) Effluvium (noun) Ersatz (adjective) Etiology (noun) Exscind (verb) Histrionic (adjective)
October 2026 ELA Word of the Day Antagonism (noun) Aplomb (noun) Clemency (noun) Collusion (noun) Comport (verb) Convivial (adjective) Diaphanous (adjective) Disingenuous (adjective) Disparate (adjective) Emanate (verb) Enigma (noun) Ephemera (noun) Equanimity (noun) Fecundity (noun)
September 2026 ELA Word of the Day Accede (verb) Acrimony (noun) Apostrophe (noun) Aspirant (noun) Bifurcate (verb) Celerity (noun) Cognizant (adjective) Deleterious (adjective) Denouement (noun) Deposition (noun) Enervate (verb) Epistemology (noun) Eulogy (noun) Exonerate (verb)
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July 2026 ELA Word of the Day Apothecary (noun) Assonance (noun) Augury (noun) Blasé (adjective) Chastening (adjective) Churlish (adjective) Consonance (noun) Corporeal (adjective) Discursive (adjective) Dissolute (adjective) Dubious (adjective) Efface (verb) Emissary (noun) Equivocal (adjective)