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Students study in units built around the theme of an immigrant’s dream as they read foundational documents such as the Declaration of Independence and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, essays by Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Zora Neale Hurston’s novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. They learn to write an expository essay defining what it means to be from a particular country, write a synthesis essay arguing whether or not countries still provide access to immigrants’ dreams, write in a variety of modes and genres, compare print and film versions of Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, and create a news outlet based on real-world news organizations. Grammar instruction includes sentence formation, usage, and mechanics; and students develop vocabulary skills through a variety of methods. Honors course instruction emphasizes critical thinking about the literature read as students learn to make connections to the world around them. As a result of the increased rigor of the Honors course, students read more texts than the regular course and instruction is delivered at a faster pace.