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