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MODERN LITERATURE SPEECH
Course ID: ENG3011 Course ID: ENG3201
Prerequisite: English 10 or Advanced English 10 Prerequisite: English 10 or Advanced English 10
Credit: 1/2 (Semester 1) Credit: 1/2 (Semester 1)
Grades: 11-12 Grades: 11-12
Description: Modern Literature students develop their ability to Description: Speech is a performance-oriented class in which
analyze contemporary texts through a range of lenses. Students will students receive instruction in good speaking and listening skills, as
express their ideas through writing, discussion, presentation, and well as the communication process and how to use communication
reflection. All texts have been published within the lifetime of the skills in everyday life. Students give 6-8 major speeches in addition
student and include (please click on each title to view its book trailer to several impromptu activities/speeches. Students will be expected
video) The Road by Cormac McCarthy; The Book Thief by Markus to practice good listening skills as well as evaluate the speeches they
Zusak; and books chosen by students. Literary lenses: Psychological, hear. Units of Study include: Communication Process; Delivery Skills
Gender, Marxist, Archetypal, and Deconstruction. Average reading and Nonverbal Communication, Imaginative Communication;
assignment is about 45 pages between classes. Effective Communication; Informative Communication. Types of
Speeches: Introductory, Informative, Oral Interpretation,
PERSUASION & DEBATE Demonstration, Impromptu, Entertainment, Eulogy/Recognition.
Course ID: ENG3212
Prerequisite: English 10 or Advanced English 10
Credit: 1/2 (Semester 2) WOMEN’S LITERATURE
Grades: 11-12 Course ID: ENG3042
Description: Speech is recommended, but not required. Persuasion Prerequisite: English 10 or Advanced English 10 (Minimum grade
& Debate is a class for students who wish to sharpen their of C recommended)
communication skills. Students will be called on to research and Credit: 1/2 (Semester 2)
write persuasive papers, deliver a persuasive speech, to participate Grades: 11-12
in formal group discussions, to participate in formal debates, and to Description: Women’s Literature is a course for students who want
learn to practice parliamentary procedure. Students will also to read literature written by women that focuses on the experiences
prepare written analysis of current and historic debates, discussions of girls and women. Students will examine contemporary novels,
and speeches to come to a better understanding of how to use the short stories, and poetry that express female voices from various
written word and oral communication skills to become a better cultures and social backgrounds. Students will read, reflect, discuss,
overall communicator. Units of Study include: Persuasion, Debate, write, and create projects that relate to themes presented in the
Group Discussion, and Parliamentary Procedure. literature. They will consider issues of identity as these relate to
young women’s understanding of themselves and their place in the
SCIENCE FICTION LITERATURE world and relationships.

Course ID: ENG3032
Prerequisite: English 10 or Advanced English 10
Credit: 1/2 (Semester 2)
Grades: 11-12
Description: Writers of science fiction often use the mystery of “the
future” to speculate on the course of humanity. They use
technology, alien cultures, and far away landscapes to symbolize
current events, and modern day problems. At the same time, they
ask us to reflect on how we can change the present to make the best
of our future. Students taking this course will be expected to read a
collection of novels and short stories by various authors of science
fiction. Students should also expect to engage in daily discussion,
debate, analytical writing projects, and the maintenance of a class
reaction blog to various issues in science and technology.