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ENG104: Honors Literary Analysis and Composition I about the passage. Students will also work to strengthen
This course challenges students to improve their written their skills through peer critiquing and scoring practice.
and oral communication skills, while strengthening their Students also explore narrative, persuasive, and research
ability to understand and analyze literature in a variety of writings. Students strengthen their vocabularies within each
genres. Students enrolled in this course work on unit focusing on word roots, suffixes and prefixes, context
independent projects that enhance their skills and clues, and other important vocabulary building strategies.
challenge them to consider complex ideas and apply the Course Length: Yearlong
knowledge they have learned. Suggested Grade: 9-10
Literature: Students read a broad array of short stories, Prerequisites: MS English and ENG103: Literary Analysis
poetry, drama, novels, autobiographies, essays, and famous and Composition I, or equivalent
speeches. The course guides students in the close reading
and critical analysis of classic works of literature, and helps
them appreciate the texts and the contexts in which the ENG204: Honors Literary Analysis and Composition II
works were written. Literary selections range from the In this course, students build on existing literature and
classics such as Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet to composition skills and move to higher levels of analytical
contemporary pieces by authors such as Robert Frost and sophistication.
Maya Angelou. Literature: Students hone their skills of literary analysis by
Language Skills: Students broaden their composition skills reading short stories, poetry, drama, novels, and works of
by examining model essays in various genres by student and nonfiction, both classic and modern. Authors may include
published writers. Through in-depth planning, organizing, W. B. Yeats, Sara Teasdale, Langston Hughes, Robert Frost,
drafting, revising, proofreading, and feedback, they hone Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Kate Chopin, Amy
their writing skills. Students build on their grammar, usage, Tan, Paulo Coelho, Richard Rodriguez, and various non-
and mechanics skills with in-depth study of sentence fiction authors. Students will read a dramatic piece such as
analysis and structure, agreement, and punctuation, Shakespeare’s Macbeth or Miller’s Death of a Salesman.
reinforced by online activities. Student vocabularies are The course focuses on practice of Keystone reading and
enhanced through the study of Greek and Latin root words, writing skills, aligned with the PA State Standards/Keystone
improving students’ ability to decipher the meanings of new Anchors.
words. Language Skills: In this course, students become more
Course Length: Yearlong proficient writers and readers. In composition lessons,
Suggested Grade: 9 students write analytical responses to a written piece and
Prerequisites: Success in K12 Intermediate English A and B, learn to extract key evidence to answer critical questions
or equivalent, and teacher/school counselor about the passage. Students will also work to strengthen
recommendation their skills through peer critiquing and scoring practice.
Students also explore narrative, persuasive, and research
writings. Students strengthen their vocabularies within each
ENG203: Literary Analysis and Composition II unit focusing on word roots, suffixes and prefixes, context
In this course, students build on existing literature and clues, and other important vocabulary building strategies.
composition skills and move to higher levels of analytical Projects will be assigned throughout the school year that
sophistication. will challenge students to apply these skills on a more
Literature: Students hone their skills of literary analysis by advances level.
reading short stories, poetry, drama, novels, and works of Course Length: Yearlong
nonfiction, both classic and modern. Authors may include Suggested Grade: 9-10
W. B. Yeats, Sara Teasdale, Langston Hughes, Robert Frost, Prerequisites: MS English and Success in ENG104: Honors
Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Kate Chopin, Amy Literary Analysis and Composition I, or equivalent, and
Tan, Paulo Coelho, Richard Rodriguez, and various non- teacher/school counselor recommendation.
fiction authors. Students will read a dramatic piece such as
Shakespeare’s Macbeth or Miller’s Death of a Salesman.
The course focuses on practice of Keystone reading and ENG303: American Literature
writing skills, aligned with the PA State Standards/Keystone In this course, students read and analyze works of American
Anchors. literature from Colonial to contemporary times, including
Language Skills: In this course, students become more poetry, short stories, novels, drama, and nonfiction. The
proficient writers and readers. In composition lessons, literary works provide opportunities for critical writing,
students write analytical responses to a written piece and creative projects, and online discussions. Students expand
learn to extract key evidence to answer critical questions
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