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Course Title: Honors English 12 – Advanced British Literature Survey Credit Value: 1.0

and Analysis

Course Number: 101241 Term(s) Full

Offered: Year

Prerequisite(s): Completion of English 11 with a 90% or higher or completion Open To 12

of Honors English 11 with an 80% or higher and teacher Grades:

recommendation

Description: This course is designed to trace the development of British Literature from the Anglo-Saxon Age to the 20th

century and to stress the interplay of history and social conditions upon that literature. Readings include selected prose,

poetry and dramas with in-depth readings from Beowulf, Canterbury Tales, and selected Shakespearean plays. Writings

based upon the literature are of a critical or analytic nature. Research papers and/or research projects are

required. Class discussions stress genre recognition, summarization, analysis and critical thinking. Oral presentations,

formal and informal, are also required. Course work will require students to analyze and evaluate information through

course relevant research and related writing assignment.

Course Title: Advanced Placement English 12 – Literature & Credit Value: 1.0

Composition

Course Number: 101320 Term(s) Full

Offered: Year

Prerequisite(s): Completion of AP English 11 with an 80% or higher and Open To 12

teacher recommendation or completion of Honors English Grades:

11 with a 90% or higher and teacher recommendation

Requirement(s): Summer work is assigned for this course. Students are

required to complete the designated Advanced Placement

exam at their own expense (2017-2018 cost $94).

Description: This course is reserved for the exceptionally able student of literature and composition. The structure

of the course is designed to duplicate that of a freshman college level literature course. British literature is studied by

literary periods and genres. Critical thinking and analysis are emphasized as well as historical, political and societal

influences on the authors and their writings. Essays and papers are critical in nature, with emphasis placed on

depth, development and analytical techniques. In addition to British authors, select authors from world literature

are used to reinforce thematic and ideological perspectives. Course work will require students to analyze and

evaluate information through course relevant research and related writing assignments.

Course Title: Language Arts Credit Value: 2.0

Course Number: 101102 Grade 9 Term(s) Full Year

Offered:

101104 Grade 10 Full Year

101106 Grade 11 Full Year

101108 Grade 12 Full Year

Prerequisite(s): Teacher recommendation Open To 9, 10, 11, 12

Grades:

Description: Language Arts is a full-year, double-period course that emphasizes the development of reading and writing

skills through the use of a combined reading and English curriculum. Emphasis will be placed on comprehending and

analyzing a variety of fiction and nonfiction genres as well as composing organized and well-developed essays. All students

completing Language Arts Grade 10 may be required to take the Keystone Literature Exam as mandated by the

Pennsylvania Department of Education. The Keystone Exam score is not calculated in the student’s final course grade.

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