About

Texts take center stage in the Pre-AP English 1 classroom, inspiring and preparing all students for close, critical reading and analytical writing. This course trains the reader to observe the small details in a text to arrive at a deeper understanding of the whole. It also trains the reader to appreciate authors’ sometimes-subtle choices, developing an awareness of how words produce effects and how the conventions of the English language are used for both precision and style. As writers, students focus first on crafting complex sentences, building this foundational skill; they then move on to producing well-organized paragraphs and, as the year progresses, more sophisticated, longer-form analyses.

WHAT WE WORK ON (Pre-AP Shared Principles):

• Close observation and analysis of texts

• Evidence-based writing

• Higher-order questioning

• Academic conversation

LEARNING OUTCOMES - BIG IDEAS (English Course-specific):

• Engaging with Texts

• Constructing Texts

• Focusing on Language

• Investigating through Research

• Entering the Conversation

DETAILED COURSE SYLLABUS