Grade 12 . 5 Credit ( 5064 ) Honors
HONORS INDIVIDUAL & SOCIETY Grade 12 . 5 Credit ( 5074 ) Honors
LITERATURE IN A COMPETITIVE SOCIETY Grade 12 . 5 Credit ( 5075 ) CCP
Survey of British Literature is designed for college-bound students . Major essays , poems , plays and short stories of England ’ s most famous writers are studied . A close examination of British history , language , culture , and philosophy is applied to the texts . Daily discussion , journal writing in response to readings , and research are integral parts of the course , as is writing in response to the readings .
Prerequisite ( s ): English 9 ( 5011 or 5012 ), English 10 ( 5024 or 5025 ), English 11 ( 5032 ) This course gives students the opportunity to work in depth with issues that affect our lives as well as to examine the forces that shape an individual within a given society . Several novels will be used to explore issues such as beauty , gender , race , and justice . Students should be prepared to read and analyze additional independently read literature . Reading , sharing insights , working collaboratively , and completing both oral and written projects will be required .
Prerequisite ( s ): English 9 ( 5012 ), English 10 ( 5025 ), English 11 ( 5033 ) Students in this course will read a variety of sports related literature and focus on a variety of sports related issues . Students will take part in daily discussions and develop writing assignments based on what is studied throughout the course . Students will examine , through literature , the role that sports play in society and in life .
THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE : THE ROLE OF LESSER HEARD VOICES Grades 11 / 12
1 Credit : . 5 SS Credit . 5 English Credit ( 5076 ) CCP
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CONTEMPORARY BLACK LITERATURE Grade 12 . 5 Credit ( 5080 ) CCP
Prerequisite ( s ): English 9 ( 5012 ), English 10 ( 5025 )
The American Experience is a full-year course open to junior and senior students that examines historically oppressed social and ethnic groups and analyzes related literature in the United States . This course is split-period and team-taught between social studies and English . Topics of discussion include a social and historical overview of these groups and related civil rights issues in our nation ’ s history . Analysis of related texts will allow us to see the ways in which these groups have overcome oppression and gained agency in our nation . Further , this course will examine the ways in which literature and social movements have contributed to , been influenced by , and transformed America , and continue to do so . Students who successfully complete this course will receive one- half social studies elective credit and one-half English credit . This course may fulfil the . 5 credit literature requirement for seniors .
Prerequisite ( s ): English 9 ( 5012 ), English 10 ( 5025 ), English 11 ( 5033 )
The course is designed to increase and improve cultural awareness about the Black experience in America , from the 1950s through present day . Themes addressing contemporary , cultural , and racial issues will be explored through reading , discourse , and writing activities . Students will
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