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Dedicated to creating effective and adaptable readers and writers, provides rigorous training in the foundations of English Language Arts skills and strategies. Using the core foundation, the course expands on and applies traditional concepts to modern, 21st-century demands. Offering practical lessons in techniques such as visualizing, making inferences and predictions and recognizing, organizational patterns in online and offline texts, this course delivers hands-on training in applying the writing process, evaluating essays, and using MLA style and documentation. Over the course of two semesters, interactive grammar lessons will strengthen students’ grasp of language and improve writing skills.

1.0 Credit
Grade(s): 9
State Code: 6020000040

Dedicated to creating effective and adaptable readers and writers, provides rigorous training in the foundations of English Language Arts skills and strategies. Using the core foundation, the course expands on and applies traditional concepts to modern, 21st-century demands. Offering practical lessons in techniques such as visualizing, making inferences and predictions and recognizing, organizational patterns in online and offline texts, this course delivers hands-on training in applying the writing process, evaluating essays, and using MLA style and documentation. Over the course of two semesters, interactive grammar lessons will strengthen students’ grasp of language and improve writing skills.

1.0 Credit
Grade(s): 9
State Code: 6020000045

Focused on application, this sophomore English course reinforces literary analysis and 21st-century skills with superb pieces of literature and literary nonfiction, application e-resources, and educational interactives. Each thematic unit focuses on specific literary analysis skills and allows students to apply them to a range of genres and text structures. As these units meld modeling and application, they also expand on training in media literacy, 21st-century career skills, and the essentials of grammar and vocabulary. Under the guidance of the eWriting software, students will also compose descriptive, persuasive, expository, literary analyses, research, narrative, and compare-contrast essays.

1.0 Credit
Grade(s): 10
State Code: 6020000050

Focused on application, this sophomore English course reinforces literary analysis and 21st-century skills with superb pieces of literature and literary nonfiction, application e-resources, and educational interactives. Each thematic unit focuses on specific literary analysis skills and allows students to apply them to a range of genres and text structures. As these units meld modeling and application, they also expand on training in media literacy, 21st-century career skills, and the essentials of grammar and vocabulary. Under the guidance of the eWriting software, students will also compose descriptive, persuasive, expository, literary analyses, research, narrative, and compare-contrast essays.

1.0 Credit
Grade(s): 9
State Code: 6020000055

This junior-year English course invites students to delve into American literature from early American Indian voices through contemporary works. Students will engage in literary analysis and inferential evaluation of great texts, the centerpieces of this course. While critically reading fiction, poetry, drama, and expository nonfiction, students will master the comprehension and literary analysis strategies that the Common Core State Standards require. Interwoven in the lessons across two semesters are tasks that encourage students to strengthen their oral language skills and produce creative, coherent writing. Students will read a range of short but complex texts, including works by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emily Dickinson, Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Martin Luther King, Jr., F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sandra Cisneros, Amy Tan, and Dave Eggers.

1.0 Credit
Grade(s): 11
State Code: 6020000060

This junior-year English course invites students to delve into American literature from early American Indian voices through contemporary works. Students will engage in literary analysis and inferential evaluation of great texts, the centerpieces of this course. While critically reading fiction, poetry, drama, and expository nonfiction, students will master the comprehension and literary analysis strategies that the Common Core State Standards require. Interwoven in the lessons across two semesters are tasks that encourage students to strengthen their oral language skills and produce creative, coherent writing. Students will read a range of short but complex texts, including works by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emily Dickinson, Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Martin Luther King, Jr., F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sandra Cisneros, Amy Tan, and Dave Eggers.

1.0 Credit
Grade(s): 11
State Code: 6020000065

English 1010 is a 3 credit course which partially fulfills General Education English requirement. Designed to improve students’ abilities to read, analyze, and write expository papers. Provides opportunities to write and revise a number of essays. Activities, library research, portfolios, writing to a style guide, and tests may also be used to prepare students to write college level papers. Includes practical writing instruction and in-class workshops.

Provides opportunities to analyze and write academic papers, including the research-supported essay, through writing and revising a number of essays. Other activities, such as portfolios, library research, and tests may be used to help students improve their writing of advanced-level papers. Successful students will demonstrate competence in the use of standard written English, in analyzing texts, in correctly paraphrasing, summarizing and quoting source material, and in appropriately citing the work of others.

Note: This class is only for seniors unless the student has a plan to graduate early.

Fulfills a Literature/Humanities General Education requirement and is an approved Global and Cultural Perspectives course. For all students who would like to increase their enjoyment of literature. Provides basic understanding of novels, short stories, poems, plays, and essays. Students will learn to read analytically and write critically. Course offered in rotation, check class schedule. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Analyze, orally and/or in written form, literary concepts including setting, characterization, theme, point of view, figurative language, and plot. 2. Examine ethical values and critically discuss philosophical concerns in literature. 3. Create both formal critical essays and informal responses to concerns expressed in course texts. 4. Apply the techniques of effective collaboration through successful completion of various group activities.

This English credit elective offers students an opportunity to explore Children’s literature by reading a variety of children’s literature novels (beginning children’s books and advanced children’s books) and exploring aspects of literature and story that pertain to this genre. Students then compile what they have learned and write their own children’s book.

0.5 Credit
Grade(s): 9-12
State Code: 06010000075

This English credit elective is a fun and writing-intensive course that gives students the opportunity to study and write the following types of creative writing: description, short stories, poetry, and the novel. At the semester’s end, students compile their coursework to create a Final Portfolio.

0.5 Credit
Grade(s): 9-12
State Code: 6010000120

The English elective course is a fun and writing-intensive course that builds on students’ knowledge and skills learned in Creative Writing I. Units of study include: descriptive writing, poetry, learning how to build a successful scene, and an in-depth creative writing project of the student’s choice based on their own writing interests.

Prerequisite: Creative Writing I

0.5 Credit
Grade(s): 9-12
State Code: 6010000121

In this expanding engagement with French, high school students deepen their focus on four key skills in foreign language acquisition: listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. In addition, students read significant works of literature in French, and respond orally or in writing to these works. Continuing the pattern, and building on what students encountered in the first two years, each unit consists of a new vocabulary theme and grammar concept, numerous interactive games reinforcing vocabulary and grammar, reading and listening comprehension activities, speaking and writing activities, and multimedia cultural presentations covering major French-speaking areas in Europe and the Americas.

1.0 Credit
Grade(s): 6-12
State Code: 3030000031

Shakespeare is the most well-known, highly esteemed author of the English language. The purpose of this course is to help you see why! It is also the purpose of the course that you have an enjoyable time while learning more about “The Bard” and what makes him noteworthy. Specifically, this course will cover: Elizabethan England, the Stylistic Traits of Shakespeare (puns, iambic pentameter, creating new words etc…), and exposure to his comedic, tragedic, and historical plays. As a class, we will read Much Ado About Nothing (which will be compared to another comedy), King Lear (which will be compared to another tragedy), and your choice of either Henry IV or Julius Ceasar (both considered historical plays of Shakespeare). Successful completion of the course will award students .5 English credit.

0.5 Credit
Grade(s): 11-12
State Code: 06010000140

This senior-level English course offers fascinating insight into British literary traditions spanning from Anglo-Saxon writing to the Modern Period. With interactive introductions and historical contexts, this full-year course connects philosophical, political, religious, ethical, and social influences of each time period to the works of many notable authors, including Chaucer, William Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth I, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Virginia Woolf. Adding an extra dimension to the British literary experience, this course also exposes students to world literature, including works from India, Europe, China, and Spain.

1.0 Credit
Grade(s): 12
State Code: 6020000070

In this introductory journalism course, students will learn about the changes in American journalism and complete three projects that reflect modern-day changes. Focusing on key figures and events in American history will help students see the connection between each generation of journalism, from print to radio to television to digital. Students will learn about how the Internet and the digital world we now live in has changed how the four major types of news media—newspapers, magazines, radio, and television—do their primary work. Students will also learn how the world of photojournalism, social media, and advertising are linked around one thing—the power of the image. Finally, students will look at Documentary films, which have more distribution markets now than ever before.

0.5 Credit
Grade(s): 7-12
State Code: 06010000090

This is an in-depth exploration of the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle. In addition to reading the stories, we will explore how they have affected our pop culture today by looking at spin-off stories, tv shows, and movies that are popular today. This course is offered as a 0.5 Twelfth Grade English credit or an elective credit.

0.5 Credit
Grade(s): 12
State Code: 06010000075

Poetry Appreciation is a .5 credit English course that will cover famous authors and poems throughout history to the present day. Each unit will culminate in a project-based learning activity that allows for student choice and creativity. A major objective of the class is to expose students to a variety of poetic genres and to create a deeper appreciation for the power poetry has to communicate and express ideas.

0.5 Credit
Grade(s): 9-12
State Code: 6010000120

This course covers effective writing as an essential function of workplace communication. Emphasis is placed on understanding and applying effective writing skills to achieve clear writing in the workplace through letters, e-mail, resumes and applications, presentations, reports, and infographics. These projects will increase student understanding of the state core standards and media and digital literacy.

0.5 Credit
Grade(s): 9-12
State Code: 32020000110

In this expanding engagement with Spanish, high school students deepen their focus on four key skills in foreign language acquisition: listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. In addition, students read significant works of literature in Spanish and respond orally or in writing to these works. Continuing the pattern and building on what students encountered in the first two years, each unit consists of a new vocabulary theme and grammar concept, numerous interactive games reinforcing vocabulary and grammar, reading and listening comprehension activities, speaking and writing activities, and multimedia cultural presentations covering major Spanish-speaking areas in Europe and the Americas.

1.0 Credit
Grade(s): 6-12
State Code: 3070000031

In this course, excerpts from newspapers, magazines, recordings, and/or abridged literary selections may be used to supplement, practice, and review the continued development of language skills. Higher proficiency levels are also sought in grammar, vocabulary, and idiomatic expressions than in previous classes. Culture continues to be emphasized. Students should be working toward being prepared for third year Spanish at the university level. Prerequisite: Spanish III or Teacher Approval.

1.0 Credit
Grade(s): 6-12
State Code: 3070000041

This English credit elective offers students an opportunity to explore Young Adult literature by reading a variety of young adult literature novels and exploring aspects of literature and story that pertain to this genre. Students then compile what they have learned and begin writing their own young adult novel.

0.5 Credit
Grade(s): 9-12
State Code: 06010000075

This elective credit course is an in-depth exploration of Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings, including Jackson’s film adaptations. We will study Tolkien, his background and influences, as well as the genre of fantasy and its literary aspects. Students should expect to read short excerpts of the novel and other short literary passages. In addition, this course will make comparisons between the novels and films, as well as the world of Middle Earth in comparison to other fictional worlds in modern literature or films.

0.5 Credit
Grade(s): 9-12
State Code: 06010000102

Secondary Reading is taught as a 0.5 or 1.0 credit course available to students who may need extra support and practice in their reading skills. This class teaches valuable reading strategies, including previewing, comprehension, making inferences, asking questions, visualizing, and summarizing. Students in this course will practice reading both in the course material and in a reading selection of their choice.

0.5-1.0 Credit
Grade(s): 9-12
State Code: 06010023102