ASPIRE English I Advanced (ASPIRE Pre-AP English I)

(Enrolment Based)

Course No. LA1AQA

Semesters: 2; Credits: 1

Prerequisite: ASPIRE Qualification

Grades: 9

ASPIRE English I Advanced is designed specifically to serve ASPIRE students in order to provide a learning environment commensurate with the academic and affective needs of highly gifted students. This Advanced course is designed to prepare students for success in Advanced Placement (AP) English courses and offers a differentiated curriculum that includes a wider range and a greater depth of subject matter. Its purpose is to increase the student's effectiveness as a reader, speaker, listener, and writer by emphasizing higher-level and critical-thinking skills and by providing opportunities for creative and productive thinking. Emphasis is placed on quality literature, the exploration of literary themes through writing, and the methods of discourse.