English 10 - Honors

Honors English 10 challenges the academically talented, motivated, and independent student with intensive instruction in all facets of English language arts. In this integrated course, the honors student will critically read/view, analyze, and evaluate a wide variety of challenging fiction and nonfiction texts. The honors student will employ the writing process to create a variety of formal and informal essays including informative, argumentative, narrative, literature-based research, and literary analysis.  Specific writing instruction focuses on structure and patterns of organization, support and elaboration, transitions, sentence variety, tone, and appropriate point of view. A variety of activities such as class discussions, student-led discussions and individual and group oral presentations, help students refine speaking and listening skills.