REQUIRED

Prerequisite: Freshmen standing

1 year, 1 credit

Grade 9

English 9 introduces students to the literary genre in which students use critical reading and writing skills. Units in this course include writing a formal email, drama via Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, and quarterly independent reading projects. . Students will also participate in project-based learning to create an informative career presentation related to our Career Exploration Unit.

REQUIRED

Prerequisite: Sophomore standing

1 year, 1 credit

Grade 10

English 10 continues to develop students’ skills in report writing and research including documentation, transitions, thesis, and paraphrasing via a research paper unit tied to Career Exploration. Additional units include drama via Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, an in-depth unit on writing effective introductions/conclusions as well as paragraph structures, the novels A Separate Peace by John Knowles and The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy, and creative writing.

1 semester, ½ credit

Grades 11-12

This course will be an in depth study of novels with an emphasis on the literary elements found in them. Students will respond with depth in writing through analysis and critical thinking.

1 semester, ½ credit

Grades 11-12

This course will be an in depth study of short stories and the literary elements that make them what they are. In addition, students will respond in writing in the analysis of the different techniques used such as irony, personification, hyperbole, and other literary devices.

1 semester, ½ credit

Grades 11-12

This course will encompass in depth study of writing that is not done for entertainment but for a specific purpose in either College or Career preparation. Writing assignments may include analytical critiques, report writing for business, research, editorials, speeches, etc.

1 semester, ½ credit

Grades 11-12

In this course students will read, critique, and compose original poetry, essays, short fiction, and creative non-fiction. Students will examine the works of published writers as well as peers to discover, expand, and refine their own skills, voice, and the body of skills which a writer habitually uses. Students will share their work for both written and oral peer critique.

1 semester, ½ credit

Grades 11-12

Shakespeare is an elective course in which students will explore, discuss, and create their own interpretations of Shakespeare's work, especially as it is relevant to us today. Students will actively engage with challenging texts, questions and ideas in order to grow as readers, writers, thinkers, and problem solvers. Works other than those studied in core English classes will be studied.

Prerequisite: Junior standing; comfort reading college-level text and application of conventions of standard written English in one's writing

1 year, 1 credit

Grade 10

This course aligns to an introductory college-level literary analysis course. The course engages students in close reading and critical analysis of literature to deepen their understanding of the ways writers use language to provide meaning. As they read, students consider a work’s structure, style, and themes, as well as its use of figurative language, imagery, symbolism, diction, mood, and tone. Writing assignments include expository, analytical, and argumentative essays as well as literary analyses that require students to analyze and interpret literary works.