Note: Four credits of English
are required for graduation.
English 9
Grade: 9
Required
Prerequisite:
none
Length: 2 sems, 1 per, 1
credit
This course is designed for the ninth grade students.
The purpose of this course is to review and further develop basic skills in
the use of the English language (grammar, usage, sentence structure,
paragraph and multi-paragraph), reading, literature, vocabulary, speech and
listening.
Grade:
10
Required
Prerequisite:
English 9
Length: 2 sems, 1 per, 1
credit
will be especially emphasized.
COLLEGE BOUND ENGLISH FOR JUNIORS AND
SENIORS
This course is required for the college bound
student and must be taken only during the junior or senior year.
It is designed to prepare the student for college freshman
composition by acquainting him/her with specific methods of developing a
theme by exposition and using research techniques.
Prerequisite:
Composition/Research I
Length: 1 sem, 1 per, .5
credit
weighted
This course is an extension of the Composition/Research I course.
The student will continue to work with the formal theme in more
specialized forms. Research
projects will also be required.
There will be an emphasis on the critical essay.
Grade:
11 & 12
Prerequisite:
English 9 & 10
Length: 1 sem, 1 per, .5
credit
weighted: optional
This course is designed for the junior and senior
student who plans to attend college.
Students will improve communication skills.
The emphasis is on developing formal speaking skills by preparing and
presenting such speeches as informative, persuasive, debates, etc.
Students will also learn to communicate in group situations and
handle group dynamics.
Advanced Literature
Grade:
11 & 12
Prerequisite:
English 9 & 10
Length: 1 sem, 1 per, .5
credit
weighted: optional
The student will read specific literature by key
authors, including stories, poems and novels.
He/she will read, discuss, write in response, interpret at several
levels, look for specific images and symbols and determine how well the
literature serves as a unified piece of fiction.
Students will develop the vocabulary needed to discuss the structure
of this genre.
W131 Elementary Composition I (3 sem. cr. IU East: Dual Enrollment)
This
one-semester course prepares students for writing in a variety of college
courses. The focus of the course is on writing from multiple sources to
analyze an issue and argue a position. Skills include evaluating sources of,
summarizing sources, adopting a thoughtful position, advancing a clear
thesis, and supporting ones views with evidence.
Offered first-semester only.
Students will take the
Grade 11 & 12
Prerequisite:
English 9 & 10
Length: 1 sem, 1 per, .600 credit
3.00 or higher
in English
weighted
L202
Literary Interpretation (3 sem. cr. IU East: Dual Enrollment)
One-semester: Development of critical skills essential to participation in
the interpretive process. Through class discussion and focused writing
assignments, introduces the premises and motives of literary analysis and
critical methods associated with historical, generic, and/or cultural
concerns. Offered
second-semester only.
Students will take the
Prerequisite:
W131 Elementary Composition or Comp I/Comp II.
Grade 11 & 12
Length: 1 sem, 1 per, .600 credit
Weighted
NON COLLEGE BOUND ENGLISH FOR JUNIORS
AND SENIORS
Practical English Expression
Grade:
11 & 12
Prerequisite:
English 9 & 10
Length: 1 sem, 1 per, .5
credit
Practical English Expression will stress the
communication skills deemed beneficial for the student who plans to enter
the work place directly from high school.
Emphasis will be placed on oral communication skills, but will also
incorporate practical writing and research skills.
Reading the Novel
Grade:
11 & 12
Prerequisite:
English 9 & 10
Length: 1 sem, 1 per, .5
credit
This course allows the college bound or non-college
bound student to read books in the classroom that interest him/her.
This course encourages the student to develop a wide range of reading
interests, and to probe more deeply into the reading done.
Each student is required to keep a journal to comment on daily
reading experiences.
Vocabulary and comprehension skills are developed.
Literature
Grade:
11 & 12
Prerequisite:
English 9 & 10
Length: 1 sem, 1 per, .5
credit
The student will read specific literature by key
authors, including stories, poems and novels.
He/she will read, discuss, write in response, interpret at several
levels, look for specific images and symbols and determine how well the
literature serves as a unified piece of fiction.
Students will develop the vocabulary needed to discuss the structure
of this genre.
Technical Writing
Grade:
11 & 12
Prerequisite:
English 9 & 10
Length: 1 sem, 1 per, .5
credit
This course is designed for the general student who
is interested in learning and acquiring the writing skills necessary to make
a smooth transition from school to the work environment.
Students in this class will study the various types of writing
problems that often occur in the work place.
This includes learning how to write reports, proposals, and news
releases. In general, students
will develop thinking skills, organizational skills, and writing skills.
English Department Guide for Student Scheduling
1. A student
who fails both semesters of English 9 must make up the class either in
summer school or by
correspondence. If a student
fails to show progress toward either of these two remedies, he or she must
repeat English 9 during the 10th grade year and will not advance to English
10.
2. A
student who fails one semester of English 9 will be scheduled into English
10 the following year. However,
the failed semester must be made up by retaking the failed semester, if
possible, by enrolling in summer school, by taking correspondence, or by
taking additional elective English courses during the 11th or 12th grade
year.
3. A
student who fails both semesters of English 10 must make up the class by
repeating English 10, by taking summer school, or by taking correspondence.
The student has the option to pursue the less preferred option of retaking
English 10 and scheduling one or two English electives during the 11th and
12th grade years.
4. A
student who fails one semester of English 10 will be scheduled into 11th and
12th grade English electives the following year.
However, the failed semester must be made up by retaking the failed
semester, if possible, by enrolling in summer school, by taking
correspondence, or by taking additional elective English courses during the
11th or 12th grade years.
A student, who has English classes to make up for past
failures and who has scheduled three semesters or more to make up for it,
must demonstrate positive progress in all English classes during the year.
If a student’s progress is determined as poor, that student may be
dropped from the more advanced course to focus on passing the lower level
class.
"Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all". ~ Walt Whitman
English is the study of the language in which we
use. You use it almost every moment of the day. English originally came from
England and spread into Scotland then spread into the rest of Great Britain
in the 18 century. English studies explores the production and analysis of
texts created in English language. English linguistics is often studied
separate departments of linguistics, such as literature, grammar, and
composition
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