This course focuses on journalistic writingthrough analysis of newspapers, yearbooks,literary magazines, and broadcast journalismpublications. A concentration on the followingcomponents of journalistic writing is critical:influence, purpose, structure, and diction.Reading, writing, and critical thinking are keycomponents as students explore the power andinfluence of journalism. Students will participatein news gathering, the study of ethics, and theaspects of copy writing, editing, and revising andwill study the ethics of journalism. If apublication is produced, the students will learnthe process of publishing.

The course offers an advanced study ofjournalistic writing. Skills from Journalism I arecontinued; the students focus on a more intenseanalysis of print and broadcast publications.Students read extensively to explore and analyzethe influence of good journalistic writing. Thiscourse requires more critical thinking and morein-depth writing.

This course is an extension of Journalism I and II;the students will enhance and hone the skills injournalistic writing, with a main focus in analysisof print and broadcast publications. An in-depthcoverage of level-two topics will serve as themain premise. Students will evaluate and applyskills appropriately and efficiently to variouspublication opportunities and activities.

This course is designed for students who havemastered skills in Journalism III. The studentswill publish journalistic articles either in a schoolnewspaper or in the local newspaper. Researchand interviews will be required when formulatingideas for writing. The range of opportunities toapply skills will be increased.

This course is a detailed study of forensicspeaking including extemporaneous speaking,oration, interpretation of literature, and debate.There is an emphasis on understanding various

This course focuses on the study of Americanliterature, writing modes and genres, and essentialconventions for reading, writing, and speaking.The student develops an understanding ofchronological context and the relevance of periodstructures in American literature. The studentsdevelop an understanding of the ways the periodof literature affects its structure and how thechronology of a work affects its meaning. Thestudents read a variety of informational andliterary texts in all genres and modes ofdiscourse. Reading across the curriculumdevelops students' academic and personalinterests in different subjects. While expositorywriting is the focus in American literature, thestudents will also demonstrate competency in avariety of writing genres: narrative, persuasive,and technical. The student will engage inresearch, timed writing, and the writing process.Instruction in language conventions will occurwithin the context of reading, writing, andspeaking. The students demonstrate anunderstanding of listening, speaking, and viewingskills for a variety of purposes. \*Students in thiscourse will take the American Literature End ofCourse Assessment that will count for 20% of thesemester grade.\*

This course focuses on the study of Americanliterature, embracing its rhetorical nature andrecognizing the literature as a platform forargument. It also emphasizes a variety of writingmodes and genres and the essential conventionsof reading, writing, and speaking. The studentswill develop an understanding of how historicalcontext in American literature affect its structure,meaning, and rhetorical stance. The course willenable students to become skilled readers ofprose written in a variety of periods, disciplines,and rhetorical contexts. The students willencounter a variety of informational, literary, andnon-print texts from across the curriculum andread texts in all genres and modes of discourse, aswell as visual and graphic images. Instruction inlanguage conventions and essential vocabularywill occur within the context of reading, writing,speaking, and listening. The students will

This course begins a two-year study of literarygenres; the students will develop an introductoryunderstanding of both the structure and themeaning of a literary work. The students will readacross the curriculum to develop academic andpersonal interests in different subjects. Thestudents will explore a variety of texts to developthe critical skills of literary interpretation andanalysis. Compositions in the ninth grade willencompass a broad range of styles. Students willdemonstrate competency in narrative, expository,and argumentative tasks. The students willengage in research, evidence-based writing, andthe writing process. Instruction in languageconventions will occur within the context ofreading, writing, and speaking, rather than inisolation. The students will demonstrate anunderstanding of listening, speaking, and viewingskills for a variety of purposes.

This course is the culmination of the two-yearstudy of literary genres; the students will deepentheir understanding of both the structure and themeaning of literary works. The students will beable to connect and interrogate texts across the curriculum while developing academic andpersonal interests. The students will read texts toextend their critical skills of literary interpretationand analysis. Compositions in the tenth gradewill demonstrate a progression of writingmastery, focusing on language usage andsentence complexity. The student will alsodemonstrate competencies in a variety of writinggenres--narrative, expository, and argumentative--in anticipation of the 11th grade Milestonesexamination. Further, students will engage in theresearch and writing process as a foundation forAP courses and dual-enrollment opportunities.Instruction in language conventions will occurwithin the context of reading, writing, andspeaking, rather than in isolation. The studentswill exhibit their listening, speaking, and viewingskills for a variety of purposes and audiences.

The course focuses on an intensive study ofrepresentative works from various literary genresand periods. The focus is on the complexity andthorough analysis of literary works. The studentswill explore the social and historical values thatworks reflect and embody. The textual detail andhistorical context provide the foundation forinterpretation: the experience of literature, theinterpretation of literature, and the evaluation ofliterature. Writing to evaluate a literary workinvolves making and explaining judgments aboutits artistry and exploring its underlying social andcultural values through analysis, interpretation,and argument (e.g. expository, analytical, andargumentative essays). The writers will developstylistic maturity: strong vocabulary, sentencevariety, and effective use of rhetoric to maintainvoice. An AP syllabus will be submitted andapproved by College Board.

The course focuses on world literature andinformational texts by and about people ofdiverse ethnic backgrounds. Students explorethemes of linguistic and cultural diversity bycomparing, contrasting, analyzing, and critiquingwriting styles and universal themes. The studentswrite argumentative, expository, narrative,analytical, and response essays. A researchcomponent is critical. The students observe andlisten critically and respond appropriately towritten and oral communication. Conventions areessential for reading, writing, and speaking.Instruction in language conventions will,

This course provides fundamental skillsdevelopment in the five strands of the GPScourses: Reading and Literature, Reading Acrossthe Curriculum, Writing, Conventions, andListening, Speaking, and Viewing. The setup is alanguage lab setting; the class includes drill andpractice opportunities in reading comprehension,vocabulary development, reading opportunities,writing (according to the GPS literary and writinggenres associated with students' English course),speaking, and critical thinking. --- Course