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explore their/the reader’s responsibilities in ● Ability to communicate orally: students will
meaning-making. Students considering the course speak, participate in discussion, and present
should be willing to be actively involved in the class, ideas
enjoy reading, and have a strong desire to improve
their writing. ● Ability to identify, evaluate, and use
information appropriate for scholarly
Summer reading and writing are required. research
Movement to a regular English 11/12 class MAY NOT
occur until the end of the first quarter. Students ● Ability to take advantage of the curricular
enrolled in this class are required to take the AP in and co-curricular opportunities in an
May. academic setting
Fees: AP Exam, $95; Student will purchase FDLA 20101: FOUNDATIONS IN THE LIBERAL
paperbacks not to exceed $75.00 ARTS
WRLA 10101: WRITINGS IN AMERICAN (Full year, 1 HS English credit, 4 college English
LITERATURE credits, Grade 12)
CC+ course (Hiram) A seminar-based course designed to be a
(Full year, 1 HS English credit, 4 college English comprehensive introduction to the skills needed to
credits, Grade 11) thrive in any college program. The content of the
course will focus on world literature, and the
A seminar-based course designed to be a academic purposes are: close attention to academic
comprehensive introduction to the skills needed to writing, to analyze and discuss relevant literature, to
thrive in any college program. The content of the clearly articulate ideas in a public forum, to promote
course will focus on American literature, and the thinking and inquiry, and to equip students with
academic purposes are: to pay close attention to research skills that permit them to investigate
academic writing, to analyze and discuss a relevant important questions and hypotheses. FDLA does not
literature, to clearly articulate ideas in a public merely tell students about ideas; rather, students
forum, to promote thinking and inquiry, and to are challenged to be actively engaged in thinking
equip students with research skills that permit them their way into ideas and traditions, students are
to investigate important questions and hypotheses. guided in developing their abilities at reasoned
Writings in American Literature does not merely tell critical reflection about those ideas and traditions,
students about ideas. Rather, students are and students are guided through systematic
challenged to be actively engaged in thinking their systems of research and writing about those ideas
way into ideas and traditions, students are guided in and traditions. Objectives include:
developing their abilities at reasoned critical ● Ability to read and interpret important material
reflection about those ideas and traditions, and
students are guided through systematic systems of ● Ability to think critically
research and writing about those ideas and
traditions. Objectives include: ● Ability to write and learn
● Ability to read and interpret important ● Ability to communicate orally: students will
material speak, participate in discussion, and present
ideas with evidence
● Ability to think critically
● Ability to write and learn ● Ability to identify, evaluate, and use information
appropriate for scholarly research
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