English Courses
A note about course options:
Advanced ((formerly known as Pre-Advanced Placement (Pre-AP)) courses are designed to prepare students for entry into Advanced Placement (AP) Language Arts courses and to meet the unique needs of the district’s gifted and talented language arts students. They are designed to provide students with the analytic skills and factual knowledge necessary to deal critically with the problems and issues in language arts. Basic content is the same as the on-level course, but instruction allows for greater depth and complexity in the curriculum.
Advanced Placement (AP) courses will challenge students with college-level material, which provides them with the academic experiences needed to be successful in earning a college degree. Students will also have the opportunity to prepare and take an AP exam, which could earn them college credit. In order for students to be academically successful in AP courses, they are required to complete work outside of the classroom experience similar to what is expected of college students taking a similar course.
A note about materials:
A dictionary and thesaurus are essential tools that students will use from year to year. Although class sets of books are provided, many students choose to purchase their own copies of the assigned novels. Advanced, AP and GT students may be asked to acquire additional reading materials.
English I - For Speakers of Languages Other Than English
English II - For Speakers of Languages Other Than English
English III - Dual Enrollment (fee based) - See available college programs
GT AP - Language and Composition
ASPIRE AP English Language and Composition
English IV - Dual Enrollment - (fee-based) - See available college programs
GT AP Literature and Composition
ASPIRE AP Literature and Composition
English Language Arts Electives
New Arrival Center (NAC)/ELDA I
New Arrival Center (NAC)/ELDA II
Independent Study in English I, II, III
Literary Genre: World Literature
Reading I, II, III A (Alternate)
Reading I, II, III M (Modified)
Advanced Journalism/Newspaper I, II, III
Advanced Journalism/Yearbook I, II, III
Independent Study in Journalism
Independent Study in Journalism/Photo
Oral Interpretation I, II, III