LANGUAGE ARTS

English 1
Grade: 9 Length: 1 Year
Prerequisite: None - 1 Credit

This course focuses on the study of literature, language, and composition. Emphasis is placed on developing an understanding of literary genre, terms, and elements, and on using the writing process to produce papers of two or more paragraphs. Speaking and listening skills, vocabulary skills, study skills, and reference skills are also included.

English 2
Grade: 10 Length: 1 Year
Prerequisite: English 1 - 1 Credit

This course focuses on the study of literature, language, and composition. Emphasis is placed on developing an understanding of literary elements, devices, and themes and on using the writing process to produce specified types of papers. Speaking and listening skills, vocabulary skills, study skills, reference skills, and a study of mass media are also included.

English 3
Grade: 11 Length: 1 Year
Prerequisite: English 2 - 1 Credit

This course will focus on the study of literature, language, and composition. Emphasis is placed on developing an understanding of major authors, periods, features, and themes of American Literature and on using the writing process to produce specified types of papers including literary analysis, persuasive essays, and a brief research paper. Speaking and listening skills, vocabulary development, study skills, and reference skills are also included

English 4
Grade: 12 Length: 1 Year
Prerequisite: English 3 - 1 Credit

This course focuses on the study of literature, language, and composition. Emphasis is placed on developing an understanding of the major authors and periods of British Literature. The course also focuses on using the writing process to produce specified types of papers, including literary analysis, persuasive essays, and a research paper. Speaking and listening skills, vocabulary development, reference and study skills, and the history of the English language are also included.

Q AP English Language and Composition
Grade: 11 Length: 1 Year
Prerequisite: English Hon. II - 1 Credit

This course focuses on an advanced study of non-fiction, primarily, although several classic works of American literature are included. Reading challenging prose texts from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries and writing about them, polishing prose analysis techniques, writing in several rhetorical modes , and honing vocabulary skills comprise the course. Students are required to take the Advanced Placement Exam. The course can be substituted for the English III requirement. Summer work is required.


Q English Honors 1
Grade: 9 Length: 1 Year
Prerequisite: Recommendation - 1 Credit

This course focuses on the advanced study of literature, language, and composition. Emphasis is placed on developing an under-standing of literary genres, terms, and elements and on using the writing process to produce papers of two or more paragraphs. Advanced speaking and listening skills, vocabulary skills, study skills and reference skills are also included.

Q English Honors 2
Grade: 10 Length: 1 Year
Prerequisite: English Hon. 1 & Teacher Recommendation
1 Credit

This course focuses on the advanced study of literature, language, and composition. Emphasis is placed on developing an under-standing of literary elements, devices, and themes and on using the writing process to produce specified types of essays. Advanced speaking and listening skills, vocabulary skills, study skills, reference skills, a study of mass media and practical writing are also included. Summer reading is required.

Q English Honors 3
Grade: 11 Length: 1 Year
Prerequisite: English Hon. 2 - 1 Credit

This course focuses on the advanced study of literature, language, and composition. Emphasis is placed on developing an under-standing of the major authors, periods, features, and themes of American Literature and on using the writing process to produce specified types of papers, including literary analysis, persuasive essays, and a brief research paper. Advanced speaking and listening skills, vocabulary development, study skills, and reference skills are also included. Summer reading is required.

Q English Honors 4
Grade: 12 Length: 1 Year
Prerequisite: English Hon. 3 - 1 Credit

This course focuses on the advanced study of literature, language, and composition. Emphasis is placed on developing an under-standing of the major authors and periods of British Literature. The course also focuses on using the writing process to produce specified papers such as literary analysis, the précis, and a research paper. Advanced listening and speaking skills, vocabulary development, reference and study skills, and the history of the English language are also included. Summer reading is required.

Q AP English Literature and Composition
Grade: 9-12 Length: 1 Year
Prerequisite: AP English Lang. 0r English Honors 3
1 Credit

This course focuses on an extensive study of literature and writing. Emphasis is placed on an appreciation of the power of language, and understanding of the writer’s craft, and the development of critical standards for appreciating literary works. Students are required to take the Advanced Placement Examination. This course substitutes for the English 4 requirement. Summer reading is required.

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