Archived High school registration guide 2017-18

Honors English 9 Intended Audience: Highly skilled readers and writers in grade 9 Credit: Two trimesters = 1.0 credit Major Outcomes: • Critical literacy and thinking skills • Academic writing skills • Argumentation skills • Research skills • Public speaking skills Project, activities, etc.: Essays, seminars, and speeches Instructional Focus: Faster pace, higher level thinking and rigorous activity English 10.................................................. Prerequisite/Selection Process: English 9 or Honors English 9 Intended Audience: Grade 10 Credit: Two trimesters = 1.0 credit Major Outcomes: • Critical literacy and thinking skills • Supporting ideas with textual evidence • Research skills • Speaking and presentation skills • Academic writing skills • Literary analysis Projects, Activities, etc.: Close readings, essays, research, presentations, seminars, and independent reading Instructional Focus: Writing and language exploration, critical thinking Honors English 10 Prerequisite/Selection Process: English 9 or Honors English 9 Intended Audience: Highly skilled readers and writers in grade 10 Credit: Two trimesters = 1.0 credit Major Outcomes: • Introduction to rhetorical analysis • Interpretation and evaluation of literature and informational texts • Understanding of fiction and nonfiction Projects, Activities, etc.: Essays, presentations, seminars, and independent reading Instructional Focus: Faster pace and rigorous activity High School Registration Guide English 11 Prerequisite/Selection Process: English 10 or Honors English 10 Intended Audience: Grade 11 Credit: Two trimesters = 1.0 credit Major Outcomes: • Analysis of American literature and informational texts • Argumentation - reading, writing, speaking • Academic writing skills • Research skills • Supporting ideas with textual evidence • Speaking and presentation skills Projects, Activities, etc.: Close readings, essays, research, presentations, seminars, and independent reading Instructional Focus: Writing and language exploration, critical thinking AP English Language and Composition [Students are strongly encouraged to take the AP English Language and Composition test in May] Intended Audience: Highly skilled readers and writers in grade 11 Credit: Two trimesters = 1.0 credit Major Outcomes: • Reading texts from a variety of periods, disciplines and rhetorical contexts • Build skills in analyzing writer’s purpose and use of rhetorical techniques. • Approach the AP exam with confidence Projects, Activities, etc.: Various challenging writing and reading assignments Instructional Focus: Faster pace and independent work English 12 Prerequisite/Selection Process: English 11 or AP English Language and Composition Intended Audience: Grade 12 Credit: Two trimesters = 1.0 credit Major Outcomes: • Critical reading of literature and informational texts • Study of advertising, propaganda, and news bias • Academic writing • Research Projects, Activities, etc.: Essays, research, seminars, and presentations Instructional Focus: Writing and language exploration, critical thinking AP Literature and Composition [AndHS only] [Students are strongly encouraged to take the AP English Literature and Composition test in May] Intended Audience: Highly skilled readers and writers in grade 12 Credit: Two trimesters = 1.0 credit Major Outcomes: • Reading selected pieces of world literature from a variety of periods • Analyze literature for structure, style, theme, and use of language • Acquire skills necessary to succeed in college • Approach the AP exam with confidence Projects, Activities, etc.: Writers notebook, small and large group discussions, individual reports, panels and oral reading of plays Instructional Focus: Faster pace and independent work Coll Honors Introduction to Literature College credit [University of Minnesota] Prerequisite/Selection Process: GPA in top 20 percent or cumulative GPA in previouslytaken English courses that exceeds a 3.25; English 11 or AP English Language and Composition; or by teacher recommendation Intended Audience: Highly skilled readers and writers in grade 12 Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit Major Outcomes: • Discussion and interpretation of literary forms • Personal response to literature • Experience with literary analysis composition • Reader’s notebook Projects, Activities, etc.: • Reader’s notebook • Textual Discussions Instructional Focus: Rigorous and higher level critical thinking, multiple perspectives, seminars, some independent study ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS [ELA] English 9 Intended Audience: Grade 9 Credit: Two trimesters = 1.0 credit Major Outcomes: • Reading and responding to literature and informational texts • Close reading skills • Academic writing skills • Research skills • Argumentative speaking Project, activities, etc.: Essays, seminars, speeches and presentations, and independent reading Instructional Focus: Writing and language exploration, critical thinking Coll Honors University Writing College credit [University of Minnesota] Prerequisite/Selection Process: GPA in top 20 percent or meet university entrance requirements [see counselor]; English 11 or AP English Language and Composition Intended Audience: Highly skilled readers and writers in grade 12 Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit Major Outcomes: • Knowledge of variety of writing assignments • Defining purpose, organizing, developing content • Skills in revision, editing project, activities, etc.; writing portfolio may include: personal narrative, ethnography, review of fine arts event, expository essay based on inquiry Instructional Focus: Some independent study, discussion, seminars, writing and literary events 59

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