 English 10 - 1 Credit Prerequisites: English 9 or equivalent
This course is designed to help students understand and apply the four types of writing: expository, narrative, descriptive, and persuasive. This course emphasizes organizing, developing, editing and revising compositions. Literature studies introduce literary terminology, critical and analytical reading and appreciation of literature.
- 1 Credit Prerequisites: teacher recommendation.
This curriculum is designed to develop advanced language, literature, and analysis skills. Students in the honors program have a challenging year studying all aspects of English literature, including Shakespeare, poetry, short stories, and drama. Evidence of higher level thinking skills and independent work is expected.
1 Credit Prerequisites: English 10 or equivalent
English 11 offers an integrated program of writing and literature, focusing on the study of American Literature and persuasive/argumentative writing. Students will also write a compare and contrast composition, research paper, narrative, and a literary analysis
- 1 Credit Prerequisites: Honors English 10 and/or teacher recommendation.
This rigorous and challenging course focuses on language analysis, literary analysis and advanced composition. This college level course entails a good deal of independent reading and writing, including argumentative writing and research. It is recommended that students who take this elective course have above average listening, reading, writing, and computer skills.
- 1 Credit Prerequisites: English 11 or equivalent
English 12 emphasizes the analysis of British and world literature, development of critical thinking, and writing for the argumentative/persuasive, research, and narrative genres.
- 1 Credit Prerequisites: Honors English 11 and/or teacher recommendation.
This is a college level course. Both analytical and creative writing are accentuated, preparing students for the rigors of college composition by honing their abilities to write clearly, cogently, and stylistically. Entering students should have above average listening, reading, writing, time management, and organizational skills.
- 1 Credit
This course is open to entering students who will benefit from additional instruction and practice in reading strategies. Individualized and group instruction is used to help students cope with their high school courses. Freshmen who take this course will also enroll in English
- 1 Credit
Limited English proficiency as determined by assessment; placement based on the recommendation of ELL Department . The focus of ELL Academic English Writing and Grammar is the correct application of correct grammar and mechanics when writing about a variety of topics, in a variety of genres. Students are taught to apply correct language conventions, usage, and select verb tenses when writing simple, compound, and complex sentences. This class may be repeated for credit. Entry and exit from this class is based on your AZELLA score.
- 1 Credit
This course is designed as an elective credit for those students looking for philosophical, ethical and literary topics outside of the required curriculum. This course is an interdisciplinary course designed to be taught in one semester by an English teacher. Course content will be structured around the reading and analysis of modern mythology literature. Students will approach the material from the perspective of mythology, rather than analyzing the literary merits of the novels. Among other things, they will consider cosmology, value systems, archetypes, symbolism and interpretation of the nature of Good and Evil.
- 1 Credit Prerequisites: Appropriate English placement test score or (a grade of C or better in ENG091)
Course Emphasis on rhetoric and composition with a focus on expository writing and understanding writing as a process Establishing effective college-level writing strategies through four or more writing projects comprising at least 3,000 words in total Note: Through four or more writing projects comprising at least 3,000 words (final drafts), the student will demonstrate an understanding of expository writing as a process per the course competencies
- 1 Credit Prerequisites: ENG101 with a grade of "C" or better
Emphasis on rhetoric and composition with a focus on persuasive, research-based writing and understanding writing as a process Developing advanced college-level writing strategies through three or more writing projects comprising at least 4,000 words in total Course Note: Through three or more research-based writing projects comprising at least 4,000 words (final drafts), the student will further demonstrate an understanding of writing as a process per the course competencies
- Lit Lab is a course designed around building the reading and writing skills necessary for passing the AIMS test. Students will be continually challenged with persuasive and informational text. Students will be asked to write responses based on pre-writing skills taught in the course.
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