Grammar, composition, vocabulary, reading and literature are explored and studied. Listening and speaking skills will be used in analyzing and interpreting information. Available technology, including databases and the internet, will be utilized in all courses in the sequence for research papers. English I and II offer a comprehensive study of grammar and practice in basic reading and writing skills; literature instruction will be by theme. English III offers a study of American literature, while English IV offers the study of British literature. English I-IV is taken in sequence.

9-10

Weighted Credit: 1.0 English State Credit

Prerequisite(s): Courses to be taken sequentially.

English Honors I and II are designed to prepare students for the English AP Exam given at the junior/senior level. These courses include extensive independent reading in all genres of world literature, development of higher level critical thinking skills, and the use of the writing process to compose various forms of discourse for a variety of audiences and purposes. Students must be prepared to devote considerable hours to independent readings and outside projects.

AP Language & Composition is designed to provide students with an opportunity to complete the equivalent of a college level rhetoric and composition course. Students will read mainly non-fiction from a variety of periods, disciplines, and rhetorical contexts. The course develops writing techniques, research skills, and analysis of literature necessary for college success. Students must be prepared to devote considerable time to writing.

Student is given the opportunity to take the Advanced Placement exam at the end of the course for college credit.

AP Literature & Composition is designed to provide college level studies for students with an above average ability in English III who are planning to enter a four-year university upon high school graduation, and help prepare for the AP Literature and Composition Exam. Students will read and analyze British literary works in class and will read widely outside of class. The instruction provides the students with sophisticated techniques for success in writing on a college level.

Student is given the opportunity to take the Advanced Placement exam at the end of the course for college credit.

This course provides students with the communication tools that can lead to success in the business world. Students apply technical skills; employment opportunities, letters of application, resumes, application forms and interviews. Students enhance reading, writing, computing, communication and reasoning skills, and apply them to the business environment.

CAN COUNT AS 4TH ENGLISH CREDIT

First semester, students receive credit for ENGL 1301 at Blinn College. Intensively studies and practices the writing process, from invention and researching to drafting, revising, & editing. Focuses on writing argumentative essays ethically & effectively with rhetorical choices of audience, purpose, organization, and style, as well as rhetorical inquiry and primary and secondary research. Second semester, students receive credit for ENGL 1302 at Blinn College, a continuation of 1301. Emphasizes critical reading of literature and developing arguments based on author’s rhetorical choices and literary elements like theme, plot, and characterization.

Film as Literature develops a student's skills in reading, thinking, writing, listening, and speaking through in-depth study of films in a variety of genres. You will be taught to “read” a film, to analyze film in the same way literature is studied by analyzing its narrative structure, genre conventions, subtext, technical and artistic factors, and purpose. In addition, students examine how films often reflect the culture and times in which they are made, and conversely, how motion pictures sometimes help shape attitudes and values in society.

CAN COUNT AS 4TH ENGLISH CREDIT