This course is designed for students with Reading Lexile levels between 400 and 600. The Language! Program is used in conjunction with other strategies to address the needs of struggling adolescent literacy learners. The comprehensive literacy curriculum focuses on both the word level and comprehension skills. This course will meet yearlong on alternating days with selected sections of English 1 CP. This course is for elective credit only.

The English 1 course provides a foundational study of literary genres such as novels, short stories, poetry, drama, and literary nonfiction as well as the comprehension and analysis of informative / explanatory text through the use of authentic, real-world, increasingly complex text. Opportunities for rich discussion and analytical conversation should be provided regularly to support students' correct use of Standard English grammar when communicating. Students must also be able to: (a) write arguments to support claims, (b) write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, and (c) write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events while demonstrating their command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. As required by the South Carolina End-of Course Examination Guidelines, students enrolled in English 1 are required to take an examination. This state-administered final exam counts as 20 percent of the student's final grade during the semester in which the course is completed.

This course is designed at a higher level of rigor to reflect the forthcoming state department rubric for Honors level courses.

English 2 is an in-depth study of multicultural literature and literary nonfiction such as novels, short stories, poetry, drama, and literary nonfiction as well as the comprehension and analysis of informative/explanatory text through the use of authentic, real-world, increasingly complex text. Opportunities for rich discussion and analytical conversation should be provided regularly to support students' correct use of Standard English grammar when communicating. Students must also be able to: (a) write arguments to support claims, (b) write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, and (c) write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events while demonstrating their command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

This course is designed at a higher level of rigor to reflect the forthcoming state department rubric for Honors level courses.

English 3 introduces global perspectives focusing on literary and informational texts from diverse cultures through the use of authentic, real-world, increasingly complex text. Opportunities for rich discussion and analytical conversation should be provided regularly to support students' correct use of Standard English grammar when communicating. Students must also be able to: (a) write arguments to support claims, (b) write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, and (c) write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events while demonstrating their command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

This course develops skills in inquiry-based literacy and research; critical reading of literary and informational texts; narrative, informational, and argument writing; and communication. Units emphasize challenging texts and topics at or above the level of college-readiness benchmarks. The honors course exceeds the college preparatory course in rigor, complexity, challenges, and creativity.

The AP English Language and Composition course is designed to help students become skilled readers of prose written in a variety of rhetorical contexts and to become skilled writers who compose for a variety of purposes. Both their writing and their reading should make students aware of the interactions among a writer's purposes, audience expectations, and subjects as well as the way generic conventions and their sources of language contribute to effectiveness in writing... The intense concentration on language use in the course enhances students' ability to use grammatical conventions appropriately and to develop stylistic maturity in their prose.

English 4 completes the global perspective initiated in English 3 by studying British and world literature. Opportunities for rich discussion and analytical conversation should be provided regularly to support students' correct use of Standard English grammar when communicating. Students must also be able to: (a) write arguments to support claims, (b) write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, and (c) write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events while demonstrating their command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

This course continues to develop skills in inquiry-based literacy and research; critical reading of literary and informational texts; narrative, informational, and argument writing; and communication. Units emphasize challenging texts and topics at or above the level of college-readiness benchmarks. The honors course exceeds the college preparatory course in rigor, complexity, challenges, and creativity.

AP English Literature and Composition engages students in the close reading and critical analysis of imaginative literature. The course includes intensive study of representative works from various genres and periods, concentrating on works of recognized literary merit such as those by the authors listed. Students place their emphasis on content, purpose, and audience as they write and engage in varied writing tasks practicing prose styles from many disciplines and historical periods. Each student enrolled in Advanced Placement Language and Composition is required to take the AP Exam at the end of the course. Many colleges and universities grant college credit or placement through qualifying AP Exam scores. This course serves as English 4 for participating students.

This course is a study of composition in conjunction with appropriate literary selections, with frequent theme assignment to reinforce effective writing. It also reviews standard usage and presents basic research techniques.