0320
Prerequisite: English 10
Full Year
Credit Category: English or Humanities
Level 2
Open to Grade 11
1 Credit
English 11-2 provides the student with a representative study of American literature. Instruction will be provided in the refinement of literary analysis skills with some emphasis on historical, social, cultural, economic, and political precedents. Through the reading of various pieces of American literature, major themes will be identified and discussed. Instruction in composition will focus on the continued development and refinement of writing skills acquired in the tenth grade. In addition, the student will write literary analysis essays on selected pieces of literature.