Robbinsville High School
English Department
In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives we wish. -S.I. Hayakawa
RHS English Department Members
Crystal Cody
Karen Lail
Randall Turpin
Course Offerings:
9th Grade: Freshman Academy, English I and Honors English I
10th Grade: English II and Honors English II
11th Grade: English III and Honors English III
12th Grade: English IV, Honors English IV, AP Language and Composition, Senior Project Assistance Lab
Every senior is required to complete a senior exit project as a graduation requirement. This project, consisting of four components, serves as the final exam for English IV. Click here to access the RHS Senior Project Guide.
Note: Four units of English are required for graduation.
Our goal is to insure that every student has a successful learning experience in our classes. We teach reading, writing, speaking, viewing and listening skills in accordance with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. All students enrolled in English are given a syllabus for the course (these can be accessed on each instructor's individual web page), and every course requires regular reading and writing, vocabulary study, prescriptive grammar instruction, an assigned research paper and related oral presentation, and various projects. After completing the four required units of English, students should have the requisite communication skills to be successful and informed citizens of the 21st Century.