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English III Honors
English III Honors
Prerequisites:
Successful completion of English II Honors or AP English LanguageCourse Description:
The junior course is offered at the Honors level (Level 4). The material covered is designed to reinforce and/or challenge the individual student’s ability. This course includes both composition and literature components. The composition program continues to develop skills achieved in the freshman and sophomore years and concentrates on the various rhetorical forms. Research documentation skills are developed through the assignment of extended report projects. The literature program offers a chronological study of British literature with emphasis on improving reading comprehension, writing skills, critical thinking and vocabulary. Students will develop an appreciation for literature as an art form and will gain a deeper understanding of the historical and cultural contexts for literature, with emphasis on a variety of prose and poetic genres. Students write critical and argumentative essays, complete a research paper, and make technology-assisted oral presentations. Students prepare for the ACT, SAT, and college entrance exams and they receive instruction for and feedback on the first draft of their college admissions essay. Vocabulary study is continued and emphasized. The goals and objectives for this course are aligned to the National Standards and they align vertically to the College Board’s AP Program.AP English Literature
AP English Literature
Prerequisites:
Successful completion of AP English Language and Composition in sophomore year with teacher recommendation or 95 or higher in English II Honors with teacher recommendation.Course Description:
The Junior Course is offered in level 5 (Advanced Placement). The goals and objectives of this AP course are aligned to the College Board Curriculum Standards. The Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition course emphasizes critical reading, thinking and writing skills through the analysis of literary forms. Literary analysis will include discussion of invention, structure, and style (diction, syntax, figurative language, and mechanics). A variety of sophisticated readings will lead students to discover their own recollections as part of larger cultural experiences that eventually become a people’s “history,” i.e., a people’s collective account of itself through its literature. All critical writing requires students to evaluate the effectiveness of a literary piece, with the understanding that to be an effective evaluator, one must understand and explain.Special Notes:
Students in this course are required to take the Advanced Placement Exam; AP Exam fees will be processed through FACTS account.Page updated
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