English
English 9A
English 9A is a course in which students will focus heavily on reading literature, grammar, writing, and vocabulary in order to improve students’ English language skills in an effort to gain 9th grade English credit.
English 9B
English 9B is a course in which students will focus heavily on reading informational text, grammar, writing, and vocabulary in order to improve students’ English language skills in an effort to gain 9th grade English credit.
English 10A
English 10 A is a half credit, one block course that fulfills the graduation requirements for 10th grade English. This course continues to refine and expand the skills developed in English 9A-B. During this course, students will enhance their analytical and interpretive skills through comprehension of text structures in literature, analysis of figurative language, symbolism and author’s use of literary devices. English 10 A also introduces world literature to students, focusing on the universality of themes that are presented in various texts. During this course, MLA guidelines are introduced and students further develop their composition skills through the literary analysis of two works of literature.
English 10B
English 10 B is a half credit, one block course that fulfills the graduation requirements for 10th grade English. This course continues to refine and expand the skills developed in English 9A-B. During this course, students will enhance their analytical and interpretive skills through the comprehension of informational texts, focusing on author’s purpose, rhetoric and persuasive technique. Furthermore, students will continue to expand their composition skills various writing assignments that are to include an expository essay, persuasive essay and a brief research project.
English 11A
In the junior level English Language Arts course, you will improve your reading, writing, speaking, listening, and thinking skills through the exploration of the life as a student of color after Brown vs. Board of Education. Building on skills learned in freshman and sophomore English classes, you will analyze multiple genres of text in relation to the education system, as well as write your own interpretation and criticism of the education system using multiple styles of writing. You will be pushed to think beyond what is in front of you, question what you are presented with as the truth, and encouraged to accomplish more than you thought possible.
English 11B
In the junior level American Literature English course, you will improve your reading, writing, speaking, listening, and thinking skills through the exploration of how writing has been used to fight injustices. Building on skills learned in freshman and sophomore English classes, you will analyze multiple genres of text in relation to the idea of fighting injustice through writing. You will write your own pieces about an injustice you believe needs to change through the use of multiple styles of writing. You will be pushed to think beyond what is in front of you, question what you are presented with as the truth, and encouraged to accomplish more than you thought possible.
English 12A
In the senior level English Language Arts course, you will improve your reading, writing, speaking, listening and thinking skills through exploring the instinct to survive. Building on skills learned in earlier English classes, you will gain skills in order to be prepared for life after high school. We will explore such questions as: How are desires and instincts connected? When we do the unthinkable to survive, how does our instinct and our conscious reconcile? How do people survive the most difficult circumstances? Your conclusions to these and other questions are not as important as the thinking you put into answering them.
English 12B
In the senior level Literature course, you will improve your reading, writing, speaking, listening and thinking skills through exploring multiple themes in literature. Building on skills learned in earlier English classes, you will gain skills in order to be prepared for life after high school. We will focus the class on exploring how people from different cultures have interacted, clashed, overcome differences, and collaborated. You will reflect on your own experiences and interactions, writing Powerful Paragraphs making connections across texts. Your success in this class is largely dependent on your ability to be responsible for your own education.
English 9A is a course in which students will focus heavily on reading literature, grammar, writing, and vocabulary in order to improve students’ English language skills in an effort to gain 9th grade English credit.
English 9B
English 9B is a course in which students will focus heavily on reading informational text, grammar, writing, and vocabulary in order to improve students’ English language skills in an effort to gain 9th grade English credit.
English 10A
English 10 A is a half credit, one block course that fulfills the graduation requirements for 10th grade English. This course continues to refine and expand the skills developed in English 9A-B. During this course, students will enhance their analytical and interpretive skills through comprehension of text structures in literature, analysis of figurative language, symbolism and author’s use of literary devices. English 10 A also introduces world literature to students, focusing on the universality of themes that are presented in various texts. During this course, MLA guidelines are introduced and students further develop their composition skills through the literary analysis of two works of literature.
English 10B
English 10 B is a half credit, one block course that fulfills the graduation requirements for 10th grade English. This course continues to refine and expand the skills developed in English 9A-B. During this course, students will enhance their analytical and interpretive skills through the comprehension of informational texts, focusing on author’s purpose, rhetoric and persuasive technique. Furthermore, students will continue to expand their composition skills various writing assignments that are to include an expository essay, persuasive essay and a brief research project.
English 11A
In the junior level English Language Arts course, you will improve your reading, writing, speaking, listening, and thinking skills through the exploration of the life as a student of color after Brown vs. Board of Education. Building on skills learned in freshman and sophomore English classes, you will analyze multiple genres of text in relation to the education system, as well as write your own interpretation and criticism of the education system using multiple styles of writing. You will be pushed to think beyond what is in front of you, question what you are presented with as the truth, and encouraged to accomplish more than you thought possible.
English 11B
In the junior level American Literature English course, you will improve your reading, writing, speaking, listening, and thinking skills through the exploration of how writing has been used to fight injustices. Building on skills learned in freshman and sophomore English classes, you will analyze multiple genres of text in relation to the idea of fighting injustice through writing. You will write your own pieces about an injustice you believe needs to change through the use of multiple styles of writing. You will be pushed to think beyond what is in front of you, question what you are presented with as the truth, and encouraged to accomplish more than you thought possible.
English 12A
In the senior level English Language Arts course, you will improve your reading, writing, speaking, listening and thinking skills through exploring the instinct to survive. Building on skills learned in earlier English classes, you will gain skills in order to be prepared for life after high school. We will explore such questions as: How are desires and instincts connected? When we do the unthinkable to survive, how does our instinct and our conscious reconcile? How do people survive the most difficult circumstances? Your conclusions to these and other questions are not as important as the thinking you put into answering them.
English 12B
In the senior level Literature course, you will improve your reading, writing, speaking, listening and thinking skills through exploring multiple themes in literature. Building on skills learned in earlier English classes, you will gain skills in order to be prepared for life after high school. We will focus the class on exploring how people from different cultures have interacted, clashed, overcome differences, and collaborated. You will reflect on your own experiences and interactions, writing Powerful Paragraphs making connections across texts. Your success in this class is largely dependent on your ability to be responsible for your own education.
English Support Courses
English Essentials
English Essentials is a course in which students will focus heavily on reading, grammar, writing, and vocabulary in order to improve students’ English language skills in an effort to pass the AIMS test.
English Topics
This is a one block course, designed to help you increase your skills in reading comprehension. Since this course is largely devoted to preparing you for the AIMS test, we will focus on reading strategies emphasized in standardized testing. Some of the important skills I hope to help you obtain throughout the semester are as follows:
• To use context clues to identify specific literary elements (i.e. plot, characterization, theme);
• To use context clues to deduce the meaning of vocabulary words;
• To use a variety of comprehension strategies to understand fiction, poetry, and nonfiction texts.
English Essentials is a course in which students will focus heavily on reading, grammar, writing, and vocabulary in order to improve students’ English language skills in an effort to pass the AIMS test.
English Topics
This is a one block course, designed to help you increase your skills in reading comprehension. Since this course is largely devoted to preparing you for the AIMS test, we will focus on reading strategies emphasized in standardized testing. Some of the important skills I hope to help you obtain throughout the semester are as follows:
• To use context clues to identify specific literary elements (i.e. plot, characterization, theme);
• To use context clues to deduce the meaning of vocabulary words;
• To use a variety of comprehension strategies to understand fiction, poetry, and nonfiction texts.
