Defines what students should understand and be able to do by the end of 9th grade, focusing on knowledge acquisition, universal themes, archetypes, and rhetoric using classic literature, essays, and speeches.

Defines mastery goals for 9th grade students working with universal themes, archetypes, and building facility with rhetoric through classic literature and speeches.

Provides instruction in universal themes in World Literature and critical analysis of various genres. Instruction parallels the World History course of study.

Continues building literacy through knowledge acquisition, universal themes, and rhetoric using mentor texts like classic literature and speeches.

Honors setting instruction for 10th grade benchmarks focusing on themes, archetypes, and rhetoric using complex mentor texts.

Uses complex texts to develop knowledge of American literature from the Colonial Period to the present, including foundational documents.

Defines 11th grade mastery goals for knowledge acquisition and rhetoric using universal themes and classic literature.

Encourages cross-curricular links and maturity of thought through English language usage to express arguments and opinions on wider issues.

ENC1101 covers grammar, expository writing, and research papers. ENC1102 emphasizes critical reading and analytic research. Requires 6000 written words per semester.

ENC 2210 focuses on technical information presentation and document design. CRW 3013 introduces tools of creative writing, voice, and genre.

Trains students to become skilled readers of prose and flexible writers proficient in various rhetorical modes. Includes summer assignments.

Demands close reading of novels, drama, and poetry with sophisticated written analysis. Includes summer assignments.