1 Credit Grade 9 This is the foundational class for freshman within the English department. This course is an introduction to literature. Poetry, short stories, drama, novels, and nonfi ction will be thoroughly explored during the year. Students will be introduced to authors from Shakespeare to Lee. In addition to these topics, writing will play an important part in this course's curriculum. The writing process and diff erent styles and genres of composition will be taught. Finally, this course

1 Credit Grade 9 This course helps students acquire English as a second language through listening, viewing, speaking, reading, and writing. This language-based curriculum is supplemented with grade appropriate grammar and literature while addressing the needs of the individual student. Real life topics help students develop both language and critical thinking skills. Studies of holidays, entertainment, and social issues help students become acclimated to our national culture. Course requirement

1 Credit Grade 10 A sophomore English credit, this course continues the curriculum begun in the ninth grade. At this level, literature is focused around writings from all over the world. The Western and Non-Western traditions of fi ction, poetry, drama, and nonfi ction will be fully explored. Again, a strong emphasis will be placed on writing, and written profi ciency will be a high priority for all students. This class will help prepare students to take and pass the reading and writing sections

1 Credit Grade 10 Students are provided integrated educational experiences in listening, viewing, speaking, reading, and writing in order to gain language profi ciency and independence in eff ective communication. The application of skills and strategies increases in complexity, as needed for the language profi ciency of the individual student. Literature selections by American and British authors parallel those included in the high school curriculum. This course meets benchmark graduation requi

1 Credit Grade 11 This class at the junior level is focused primarily on the literature of the United States and the American Dream. Throughout the year, students study material from the colonial period to the modern era. Novels, plays, short stories, poetry, and nonfi ction will be analyzed and explored. At the junior level, English plays an important role in preparing students for their fi nal year in high school and beyond. Regardless of plans for post-secondary school, junior English begins

1 Credit Grade 11 This course is off ered for students who are developing and improving skills in English as a second language, this course off ers strategies for eff ective communication through word study, informative, technical, and literary texts, grammar usage, viewing techniques, and the development of writing skills. Needs of individual language profi ciencies are met as experiences and literary selections by American authors parallel the high school curriculum for juniors

1 Credit Grade 12 During a student's senior year the English course focuses on the study of literature through critical perspectives. From this perspective, students will study Shakespeare to the modern poets of the world. Composition skills, grammar, novels, poetry, short stories, and drama will all be covered. The instructor's focuses will strongly remain in preparing student for life after secondary school. Whether college, military, or the work force, the skills necessary to achieve a studen

1 Credit Grade 12 The purpose of this course is to provide whole language experiences for senior students who are native speakers of languages other than English. The research process, techniques for analyzing information and communication in formal and informal situations are included. Emphasis is placed on style and format in writing critical and aesthetic responses to British and world literature, and eff ective communication in the academic setting and the workplace. Graduation requirements

1 Credit Grade 12 Cambridge International AS Level English Language provides learners with opportunities to make critical and informed responses to a wide range of texts. Learners will also demonstrate their ability to produce writing to specifi c briefs and for given audiences. Cambridge International A Level English Language learners will also develop a strong foundation in the study of linguistics, focusing on language change, child language acquisition, English in the world, and language and

1 Credit Grade 10-12 Learners consider topics within local and international contexts. Learners should be able to draw upon knowledge and understanding gained from studying other subjects. Through the study of these broad topic areas, learners develop eff ective reading and writing skills in English. They work with information, ideas, and opinions. They analyze and evaluate opinions and ideas. They also learn how to build an argument. These skills are all highly transferable and will help learne

1 Credit Grade 11 Recommendations: Test scores, grades, teacher recommendation This course provides a study of a variety of non-fi ction materials such as essays, letters, diaries, autobiographical sketches, and more with a focus on the modes of discourse and the recognition of rhetorical strategies. Purpose: Provide the student with college level curriculum and writing instruction.

1 Credit Grade 12 Recommendations: Test scores, grades, and teacher recommendation Study of various types of British, American, and international literature including novels, poetry, drama and short stories. Students will develop critical standards for the appreciation of literature and learn how to write analytically about literary techniques. Purpose: Provide the student with college level curriculum and writing instruction.