English Language Arts
 GHS ENGLISH COURSE SEQUENCEÂ
English pathway 9th 10th 11th 12th
College-bound *English 1 *English 2 #Composition I & II or American Literature, or
  AP English 3   British Literature I & II orÂ
         AP English 4
 General *English 1 *English 2 #English 3 English 4Â
 Career *English 1 *English 2 #English 3 English 4
 * Pre-AP courses are availableÂ
 #Students must have completed credit for English 1,2 and 3 before being enrolled in English 4Â
 This is a recommended sequence of courses for planning purposes. Students are encouraged toÂ
 discuss options with their respective counselor to individualize plans to meet student needs.Â
College English
Students are required to meet the admission requirements of the sponsoring community college or university, pay all college tuitions, fees, and purchase textbooks. Part of the student admission requirement is to take and meet the TSI test or be exempt based on qualifying scores on the TAKS, EOC, ACT or SAT tests. Students will receive college credit and high school credit for satisfactory performance in the course. It is ultimately the responsibility of the students to meet all deadlines for the admission process in order to schedule students into the appropriate classes.
COMP 1301 - English III S1
ENG3C1
Composition I:
Principles and techniques of written expository and persuasive composition.
Composition II:
Analysis of literary, expository, and persuasive texts; critical thinking. Includes research methods and a required documented paper.
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Dual Credit
GRADE: 11
PREREQUISITE: English I, II or Qualifying test scores
COREQUISITES: If you take this course, you must also take ENG3C2 - COMP 1302 - English III S2
COMP 1302 - English III S2
ENG3C2
Second semester of dual credit English III
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Dual Credit
GRADE: 11
COREQUISITES: If you take this course, you must also take ENG3C2 - COMP 1302 - English III S2
If you take this course, you must also take ENG3C1 - COMP 1301 - English III S1
1315 SPCH Public Speaking
PUBSPK
This course provides students an opportunity to learn public speaking skills. Overcoming fear of audience, reading/ listening skills, speech preparation, and techniques in delivery are important units. Logic, rhetoric, and arguments are emphasized.
This course meets one night per week at NCTC.
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Dual Credit
GRADE: 11-12
2322- British Literature I & 2323 British Lit II
ENG4BL
British Lit I:
Study will include selected significant works of British literature from the Anglo-Saxon period until the death of Samuel Johnson in 1784. May include study of movements, schools or periods.
British Lit II:
Study will include selected significant works of British literature from the Anglo-Saxon period until the death of Samuel Johnson in 1784. May include study of movements, schools or periods.
CREDIT: 1
TYPE: Dual Credit
GRADE: 12
PREREQUISITE: ENG3C1 - COMP 1301 - English III S1
2327- American Literature I & 2328 American Literature II
ENG4A1
American Lit :
The study of major writers and their works from the colonial period through the Civil War Period, including the philosophical and cultural background to the works; reports and essays. 48 lecture hours.
American Lit II:
The study of major writers and their works from the Civil War Period to the present, including the philosophical and cultural background to the works; reports and essays.
CREDIT: 1
TYPE: Dual Credit
GRADE: 12
PREREQUISITE: ENG3C1 - COMP 1301 - English III S1
English Language Arts
GHS ENGLISH COURSE SEQUENCE
 GHS ENGLISH COURSE SEQUENCEÂ
English pathway 9th 10th 11th 12th
College-bound *English 1 *English 2 #Composition I & II or American Literature, or
  AP English 3    British Literature I & II orÂ
          AP English 4
 General *English 1 *English 2 #English 3 English 4Â
 Career *English 1 *English 2 #English 3 English 4
 * Pre-AP courses are availableÂ
 #Students must have completed credit for English 1,2 and 3 before being enrolled in English 4Â
 This is a recommended sequence of courses for planning purposes. Students are encouraged toÂ
 discuss options with their respective counselor to individualize plans to meet student needs.Â
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English I
ENG1
This course is designed for the average freshman student. Sentence structure and correct paragraphing with standard grammar usage will be stressed. Vocabulary is a regular part of the class work. Literary works of world authors with a variety of literary genre are studied.
CREDIT: 1
TYPE: Standard
GRADE: 9
Journalism
JRNLSM
In Journalism, students are expected to write in a variety of forms and for a variety of audiences and purposes. Students will become analytical consumers of media and technology to enhance their communication skills. Published work of professional journalists, technology, and visual and electronic media are used as tools for learning as students create, clarify, critique, write, and produce effective communications. Students enrolled in Journalism will learn journalistic traditions, research self-selected topics, write journalistic texts, and learn the principles of publishing.
CREDIT: 1
TYPE: Standard
GRADE: 9
Pre-AP English I
ENG1PA
This course is an academic and scholastic program for highly motivated freshmen students. Writing skills and compositions are stressed along with advanced vocabulary study. Literary works are masterpieces by world authors. Emphasis is placed on independent research.
*This course has a required summer assignment.
CREDIT: 1
TYPE: Pre-AP
GRADE: 9
English for Speakers of other Languages I
ESOL1
This class is offered to students based on their English proficiency status. Students are identified through a Home Language Survey, tested according to state guidelines, and placed in ESOL with parent permission. The goal of the ESOL class is to enable students of Limited English Proficiency to become competent in speaking, reading, writing, and comprehending the English Language. This class can count for English credit for qualifying students.
CREDIT: 1
TYPE: Standard
GRADE: 9-10
OTHER REQUIREMENTS: Course offered with LPAC approval.
English for Speakers of other Languages II
ESOL2
This class is offered to students based on their English proficiency status. Students are identified through a Home Language Survey, tested according to state guidelines, and placed in ESOL with parent permission. The goal of the ESOL class is to enable students of Limited English Proficiency to become competent in speaking, reading, writing, and comprehending the English Language. This class can count for English credit for qualifying students.
CREDIT: 1
TYPE: Standard
GRADE: 9-10
OTHER REQUIREMENTS: Course offered with LPAC approval.
Communication Applications
COMMAPP
Understanding and developing skills in communication are fundamental to all other learning and to all levels of human interaction. For successful participation in professional and social life, students must develop effective communication skills. Rapidly expanding technologies and changing social and corporate systems demand that students send clear verbal messages, choose effective nonverbal behaviors, listen for desired results, and apply valid critical-thinking and problem-solving processes. Students enrolled in Communication Applications will be expected to identify, analyze, develop, and evaluate communication skills needed for professional and social success in interpersonal situations, group interactions, and personal and professional presentations.
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Standard
GRADE: 9-12
Creative Writing
CREATWR
The study of creative writing allows high school students to earn one-half to one credit while developing versatility as a writer. Creative Writing, a rigorous composition course, asks high school students to demonstrate their skill in such forms of writing as fictional writing, short stories, poetry, and drama. All students are expected to demonstrate an understanding of the recursive nature of the writing process, effectively applying the conventions of usage and the mechanics of written English. The students' evaluation of their own writing as well as the writing of others ensures that students completing this course are able to analyze and discuss published and unpublished pieces of writing, develop peer and self-assessments for effective writing, and set their own goals as writers.
CREDIT: 1
TYPE: Standard
GRADE: 9-12
Newspaper Publication
NEWSP1
Students will write, edit, and publish the school newspaper in this course. The advisor will select editor, managing editor, copy, and photo editors. Classroom instruction will include a review of journalism as necessary. Students must be willing to interview others and work on late-night deadlines once a month.
CREDIT: 1
TYPE: Standard
GRADE: 9-12
English II
ENG2
This course is designed for the average sophomore student. Methods of paragraph development and short compositions are studied along with grammar, spelling, and vocabulary. A review of literary items and a variety of literary works are presented for study.
CREDIT: 1
TYPE: Standard
GRADE: 10
PREREQUISITE: ENG1 - English I or ENG1PA - Pre-AP English I
Pre-AP English I
ENG2PA
This course is for highly motivated and academically bright sophomore students. Composition and literary analysis are stressed along with advanced vocabulary study. Literary works are masterpieces by world authors. Emphasis is placed on independent research.
*This course has a required summer assignment.
CREDIT: 1
TYPE: Pre-AP
GRADE: 10
PREREQUISITE: ENG1 - English I or ENG1PA - Pre-AP English I
Reading 2
READ2
Students will review skills necessary to meet the passing standard for the English 1 or English 2 EOC tests.
CREDIT: 1
TYPE: Standard
GRADE: 10-12
Reading I
READ1
Reading I, II, III offers students reading instruction to successfully navigate academic demands as well as attain life-long literacy skills. Specific instruction in word recognition, vocabulary, comprehension strategies, and fluency provides students an opportunity to read with competence, confidence, and understanding. Students learn how traditional and electronic texts are organized and how authors choose language for effect. All of these strategies are applied in instructional-level and independent-level texts that cross the content areas.
CREDIT: 1
TYPE: Standard
GRADE: 10-12
AP English III
ENG3AP
This course is designed for the highly motivated and academically bright junior students. Literary works by American authors are studied. Emphasis is placed on analysis, composition, and independent study with frequent writing assignments. Students will have the opportunity to take the Advanced Placement Test for college credit. A score of "3" or higher counts as an Advanced Measure for the DAP.
CREDIT: 1
TYPE: Advanced Placement
GRADE: 11
PREREQUISITE: ENG2 - English II or ENG2PA - Pre-AP English II
COMP 1302 - English III S2
ENG3C2
Second semester of dual credit English III
CREDIT: 0.5
TYPE: Dual Credit
GRADE: 11
COREQUISITES: If you take this course, you must also take ENG3C2 - COMP 1302 - English III S2
If you take this course, you must also take ENG3C1 - COMP 1301 - English III S1
English III
ENG3
This course is designed for the junior students who will enter the workforce and/or attend a college or university. Compositions and research work are stressed with standard grammar usage. Literary works by American authors are studied.
CREDIT: 1
TYPE: Standard
GRADE: 11
PREREQUISITE: ENG2 - English II or ENG2PA - Pre-AP English II
AP English IV
ENG4AP
This course is an advanced placement course with curriculum taught at the college level. Emphasis is placed on analysis, composition, and independent study. Literary works by British, American & world authors are studied.
CREDIT: 1
TYPE: Advanced Placement
GRADE: 12
PREREQUISITE: ENG3 - English III or ENG3AP - AP English III or ENG3C1 - COMP 1301 - English III S1
English 4 College
ENG4C1
College ENGL 1301/1302
COURSE NOTE: Student must meet NCTC prerequisites and visit with a counselor before taking this class
CREDIT: 1
TYPE: Dual Credit
GRADE: 12
English IV
ENG4
This course is for average senior students. Compositions and research projects with standard grammar usage will be developed. Literary works by outstanding British authors are studied
CREDIT: 1
TYPE: Standard
GRADE: 12
PREREQUISITE: ENG3 - English III or ENG3AP - AP English III or ENG3C1 - COMP 1301 - English III S1