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The English Language Arts program is dedicated to developing skills in communication, critical and creative thinking, writing, speaking, listening, and reading. Students will develop 21st century skills that will provide them with essential tools and a critical vocabulary to analyze, discuss, and write for a variety of purposes. Students will be involved in discovery and inquiry as teachers employ a wide range of strategies to build students’ communication skills. All students learn persuasive and expository writing techniques, and will write at least one research paper per year, increasing in complexity from one grade to the next. The selection of texts is designed to provide students with exposure to literature of a variety of genres and time periods and includes fiction, nonfiction, drama, poetry, and short stories.
All students are required to complete and to pass a minimum of four core English courses, English 9, 10, 11, and 12, in order to graduate. During junior and senior years, a student may elect to take Advanced Placement English Language as the core 11th grade English course, and Advanced Placement English Literature as the core 12th grade English course. Students are also required to pass the English Language Arts MCAS test for graduation.
Placement Guidelines
A student must have a B- in an honors class to remain in the honors sequence and an A- in a College Prep course to move to honors, with the exception of grade 8 to 9.
The following factors will inform student placement in grade 9 English courses:
- Midyear grade
- Teacher recommendation
- Grade trend to the end of the year
- Personal conference with student and parent
Grade 9 1 Credit College Prep
Grade 9 1 Credit Honors
Grade 10 1 Credit College Prep
Required Sequence: Successful completion of Grade 9 English
Grade 10 1 Credit Honors
Required Sequence: Successful completion of Grade 9 English
Recommended: B- or better in Grade 9 English Honors; A- or better in Grade 9 English College Prep
1125 Advanced Placement English Language and Composition
Grade 11 1 Credit
Grade 11 1 Credit College Prep
Required Sequence: Successful completion of grade 10 English
Grade 11 1 Credit Honors
Required Sequence: Successful completion of grade 10 English
Recommended: B- or better in Grade 10 English Honors; A- or better in Grade 10 English College Prep
1126 Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition
Grade 12 1 Credit
1183 Senior English (Global Voices: Identity and Culture)
Grade 12 1 Credit College Prep
Required Sequence: Successful completion of grade 11 English
1182 Senior English (Global Voices: Identity and Culture)
Grade 12 1 Credit Honors
Required Sequence: Successful completion of grade 11 English
Recommended: B- or better in English 11 Honors; A- or better in English 11 College Prep
Grade 10 .5 Credit College Prep
1163 Creative Writing: Short Story and Memoir
Grades 10-12 .5 Credit College Prep
Grades 10-12 .5 Credit College Prep
1142 Gender Roles and Women’s Studies
Grades 10-12 .5 Credit College Prep
1145 Introduction to Criminal Justice
Grades 11-12 .5 Credit College Prep
Grades 10-12 .5 Credit College Prep
Grades 9-12 .5 Credit College Prep
Grades 10-12 .5 Credit College Prep
Grades 11-12 .5 Credit College Prep
Grades 11-12 .5 Credit College Prep
Grade 12 .5 Credit College Prep
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