| English 9 |
Year Course |
| Grade 9 |
1 Credit |
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Students in English 9 are lead to improve their skills in writing and speaking, using the provided text. There is an extensive review of grammar. Literature from the current textbook, consisting of short stories, poetry, essays, biographies, auto-biographies, give the students an opportunity to increase their knowledge of styles of writing, literary terms, and authors. Major works studied are an epic, The Odyssey, and dramas, Romeo and Juliet and The Miracle Worker. |
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| English 10 |
Year Course |
| Grade 10 |
1 Credit |
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Sophomore English covers an in—depth study of English basics with regard to grammar mechanics and usage. A thematic approach to literature is used by exploring short stories, poetry, drama and nonfiction. Specialized study is given to Shakespeare’s work Julius Caesar. Students will choose a Shakespeare Project to be completed in the third quarter. Introduction to composition skills is provided by improving sentence structure and developing paragraphs, with regard to unity, coherence, and the topic sentence. A poetry unit is explored with each student creating his/her own book of poetry. |
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| English 11 |
Year Course |
| Grade 11 |
1 Credit |
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During Junior English a continuation of the grammar basics is stressed, with additional emphasis placed on usage, phrases, and clauses. Literature is approached in relationship to American History, showing the interaction of the two from America’s conception to the present day. A study of composition is explored through essays, reports, critical analysis, character studies, and themes. Emphasis is placed upon the “literary greats” of America: Emerson, Thoreau, Poe, Melville, Dickinson, and Frost, et. al. An in-depth report on an American author (of choice) is done by individual students in the fourth quarter of study. |
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| English 12 |
Year Course |
| Grade 12 |
1 Credit |
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Senior English begins with a quick review of the grammar basics. Composition during Senior English involves critical analyses of various literary works, creative prose and poetry writing, and a research paper. Literature of English authors/poets is studied with regard to historical relevancy from the Anglo-Saxon period to Modern Day. Further emphasis is placed on the English Classics, i.e., Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Beowulf, Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, Spence’s The Fairie Queen, the poetry of Blake, Keats, Shelley, Burns, Byron, The Brownings, Wordsworth, and other famous English poets. Senior English students will do classroom presentations on one of the major English poets from each of the following literary periods: the Romantic Period, the Victorian Period, and the Twentieth Century. |
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| Speech |
Semester Course |
| Grade 12 |
1/2 Credit |
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Speech class requires students to be active participants in class. Students will learn skills and strategies to improve their abilities to communicate in a wide variety of situations. Major topics in the course include verbal/nonverbal messages, interviewing, speaking to inform, speaking to persuade, and group discussion. Three major speeches are required. |
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| Novels |
Year Course |
| Grades 11-12 |
1 Credit |
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Six novels will be taught and read during each semester of this class. The students will have a variety of post-reading projects to choose from after the reading of each novel. This project will be explained to the class by the students in an oral presentation and displayed in the classroom until the next novel is completed. |
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| Writing |
Year Course |
| Grades 11-12 |
1 Credit |
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Students enrolled in the Writing Class will be encouraged to advance their writing skills through various forms, such as expository, narrative, creative, and journals. Basic formats for writing different types of papers will be introduced, sample writings will be studied, and then students will be asked to perform their own writing of each type. Peer edit/revision is a key to this course as well as teacher evaluation. Creative writing is stressed with students writing and illustrating a children’s book, which is later read to the Pre-K classes. Additionally, students will write narratives, short stories, a play, and several poems. An overview of the research paper is also conducted. Prerequisite: C or better in prior English classes. |
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