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synthesize multiple sources to answer a question or solve a problem. Mandatory summer readings will
be assigned and assessed.

Course #
Grade
Course Name
140 AP English Language & Comp 11 Credits
5
.
This Advanced Placement (AP) English Language and Composition course is designed to engage
students in becoming skilled readers of prose written in a variety of rhetorical contests and in becoming
skilled writers who compose for a variety of purposes. Both their writing and reading will make students
aware of the interactions among a writer’s purposes, audience expectations, and subjects, as well as the
way genre conventions and the resources of language contribute to effectiveness in writing. A wide
variety of fictional and non-fictional texts will be assigned. A great deal of independent reading and writing
is required. Summer reading and writing projects will be assigned. Students will prepare for the AP
English Language and Composition AP Examination.

Course #
Course Name
11 Credits
141 English 3 Honors Grade 5

The junior English 3 Honors course is designed as an advanced seminar for the reading, interpretation,
analysis, and discussion of selections from British literature. Students examine the major works of the
Anglo-Saxon, Elizabethan, Neo-Classical, Romantic, Victorian, and the Modern periods. The approach
to literature in this course allows for a variety of critical perspectives and emphasizes the cultural and
historical context of each literary period. Student analysis and student-led discussion of literary works are
strongly encouraged and expected. There is also a strong emphasis on the development of writing skills
through formal and informal essays on a variety of topics. Students also must pursue individual research
in preparation for a formal debate, which adheres to departmental guidelines. Vocabulary and grammar
development is continued through a structured program as well as through assigned readings. Students
are encouraged to pursue independent study through outside reading. Mandatory summer reading will
be assigned and assessed.

Course #
Course Name
11 Credits
142 English 3 Grade 5

This junior English 3 course is a year-long study of language, composition, and British Literature designed
for the college- and career-bound junior. In it, students explore a wide spectrum of fiction and non-fiction
and appreciate for themselves the interaction between form and function in literary works (CCSS).
Students examine authors’ intentions, readers’ responses, and the cultural contexts of the selected
stories. In addition, students engage in the use of primary and secondary sources as well as literary
criticism to compose expository and argument/research-based papers and speeches. Mandatory
summer readings will be assigned and assessed.

Grade
Course #
Course Name
Credits
145 Journalism/Media in the 21 Century 9-12 5
st

This full year course has two primary components. First, the academic component lays the foundation
for journalism and communication through written and oral mediums. The second component focuses
st
on the production of online and other 21 Century communication. This course will reveal the ideologies
and concepts that form the creation, distribution, and exhibition of news, information, entertainment,
education and advertising. Interdisciplinary curriculum coordination is possible with other departments
of the school. Throughout this course, students may use resources from these departments in order to
complete various assignments.
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