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READING AND
WRITING FOR
LITERACY
Grade 12
1 Credit
(5030)
CCP Prerequisite(s): English 9 (5012), English 10 (5025), English 11
(5033), and teacher or guidance recommendation
This is a full year collaborative course designed to assist grade twelve
students who experience difficulty in both reading and writing. Basic
language arts skills are the focus of instruction. Literature serves as the
basis for many of the writing assignments. The scope of writing includes
description, narration, analytical, and persuasive writing. Writing is taught
as a process, and individualized instruction is provided.
ENGLISH 11
Grade 11
1 Credit Prerequisite(s): English 9 (5011 or 5012), English 10 (5024 or 5025)
This is a full year English course in which research skills and strategies
are reinforced and honed. Writing is based on the critical reading and
study of various types of American literature: short story, novel,
nonfiction, drama, and poetry.
(5031)
AP LANGUAGE
AND
COMPOSITION
AP Prerequisite(s): B or better in English 10 (5024) and teacher
recommendation
The Advanced Placement course in English Language and Composition
engages students in becoming skilled readers of prose written in a variety
of rhetorical contexts, and in becoming 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 genre conventions and the
resources of language contribute to effectiveness in writing. Students will
be required to complete a summer homework assignment prior to the start
of the course. AP credit would be available through successful completion
of the AP exam in May. Students enrolled in this course are required to
take the AP exam at the end of the year.
(5032)
Honors Prerequisite(s): English 10 (5024) or B or better in English 10 (5025)
This course is an intense study of American Literature from colonial to
modern times. Historical, sociological, and political events that have
shaped the literature of America are the focus of study. Daily discussion
is an integral part of the course, as is writing in response to the readings.
Students will also conduct research, prepare written reports, and make oral
presentations. Research in the community and school library is required.
Students who select this course should be self-motivated and able to plan
and meet deadlines.
(5033)
CCP Prerequisite(s): English 10 (5025)
Designed to help students develop a sense of the contributions of
American writers, this course investigates life-styles, attitudes, and/or
historical events that have shaped our culture and society. Biographies of
the authors may be studied. Daily discussion and research are included in
the course. Writing assignments are based on the readings and/or related
materials. Students also conduct research, prepare written reports, and
make oral presentations. Research in the community and school library is
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