English

R=Fulfills graduation requirement at grade level.

E=Elective and the year student is eligible for the course.

4 credits of English are required for graduation.

English 9

Course #: 100 & 101 Length: 2 Trimesters Grade Level: 9 Credit: 1.0

This course is for freshmen, and it provides the foundation for the quality and rigor of reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language skills expected in all Sauk Prairie English classes. Students will explore texts, write argument and exposition, and speak about issues surrounding identity, family, and social justice.

English 10

Course #: 102 & 103 Length: 2 Trimesters Grade Level: 10 Credit: 1.0

English 10 focuses on a writers’ and readers’ workshop model. This model treats students as individuals and focuses on authentic writing and the writing process. In writers’ workshop, the teacher helps each individual student find meaningful individual writing tasks and helps them progress in their writing skills by providing weekly verbal feedback and targeted mini-lessons. In readers’ workshop, the focus is on student choice and maximizing reading volume. This model acknowledges the diversity of reading abilities and the goal is to find meaningful, engaging texts that help boost reading skills naturally and dramatically.

English 11 A

Course #: 104 Length: 1 Trimester Grade Level: 11 Credit: 0.5

Recommended Courses: English 9 and English 10

This one trimester course is an overview of the best of what British literature has to offer. Heroes? Yes! Societal critiques? Absolutely! Tales and demons? Yep! Shakespeare? Of course! In addition to reading, this course will also include writing and class discussions.

English 11 B

Course #: 105 Length: 1 Trimester Grade Level: 11 Credit: 0.5

Recommended Courses: English 9 and English 10

This course will focus on how the United States found its creative literary voice from the first settlers to contemporary authors. Students will be expected to write in multiple modes as they journey through the American experience.

Intermediate Composition

Course #: 112 Length: 1 Trimester Grade Level: 11-12 Credit: 0.5

Recommended Course: None

This course is for students wishing to focus on writing and reading skills for the real world, college, and creative situations. It focuses on the six types of writing: express and reflect, inform and explain, evaluate and judge, inquire and explore, analyze and interpret, and taking a stand and proposing a solution. Evaluation will be based on composition skills in the writing of formal and informal writing projects. Self motivation is essential for this writing workshop course.

College Writing

Course #: 113 Length: 1 Trimester Grade Level: 11-12 Credit: 0.5

This trimester writing course offers continued instruction and guidance for that last push before college. It mirrors a college freshman English course in reading and writing topics, expectations, and pace. We focus on reading and writing exposition--informative, comparison, classification, process analysis, definition, and cause and effect. Half of the trimester focuses on persuasion--how to read it and how to write it, as well as how to synthesize numerous documents to support an argument. Non-fiction readings will form a basis for discussion and serve as models for writing.

Creative Writing

Course #: 114 Length: 1 Trimester Grade Level: 11-12 Credit: 0.5

Recommended Course: None

This course allows students to experiment with writing fiction and nonfiction. Using the writing process, students will move from a simple idea to a polished piece of writing. Short fiction, poetry, news writing, and creative non-fiction (well-told true stories) are studied and practiced. Students should expect to write extensively each day.

Advanced Creative Writing

Course #: 127 Length: 1 Trimester Grade Level: 11-12 Credit: 0.5

Recommended Course: Creative Writing

This advanced course is designed for students who have completed Creative Writing. Advanced Creative Writing offers students a space to practice managing their own goals and writing process while upholding high expectations for both quantity and quality of work. An emphasis will be placed on sharing written work with a genuine audience to give students an opportunity to see themselves in a new light: that of a published writer.

On-The-Job English

Course #: 117 Length: 1 Trimester Grade Level: 11-12 Credit: 0.5

Recommended Course: None

This course focuses on English used to enter and succeed in the workplace. Students use researching techniques, business applications, and formal writing. Goal setting along with workplace etiquette and survival are also covered. Evaluation is based on discussions, written assignments, and examinations. THIS COURSE MAY NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR ENGLISH CREDIT BY SOME COLLEGES OR THE NCAA CLEARINGHOUSE.

Communication Arts

Course #: 128 Length: 1 Trimester Grade Level: 10-12 Credit: 0.5

Recommended Course: None

This course is based on the idea that oral communication "should build, inspire, teach, or in some way motivate others." Students will read, listen to, and prepare speeches that cover multiple topics, purposes and audiences such as demonstrations of expertise and toasts of honor. Students will also have the opportunity to practice live interviews and guide social conversations. This class is for students at any comfort level wishing to increase their oral communication. THIS COURSE MAY NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR ENGLISH CREDIT BY SOME COLLEGES OR THE NCAA CLEARINGHOUSE.

Advanced Communications

Course #: 118 Length: 1 Trimester Grade Level: 11-12 Credit: 0.5

Recommended Course: None

This course surveys the historical, stylistic, and cultural aspects of film. Students will study the fundamentals of visual literacy through individual and group audio-visual projects. Research, reading, and writing are central components of the course. THIS COURSE MAY NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR ENGLISH CREDIT BY SOME COLLEGES OR THE NCAA CLEARINGHOUSE.

Mythology

Course #: 110 Length: 1 Trimester Grade Level: 11-12 Credit: 0.5

Recommended Course: None

This course is intended to provide background and understanding about the myths and legends of the ancient world and the widespread influence of them in our language today. Several formal papers will be written. Good reading and study skills are essential.

Chicano/a Literature

Course #: 125 Length: 1 Trimester Grade Level: 11-12 Credit: 0.5

Recommended Course: None

This course will help students analyze the literary, social, and historical aspects of essay, novel, drama, short story, and poetry written by persons of Mexican descent on the United States, revealing the progression of culture in America as interpreted by Mexican American writers who seek to define themselves and their relationship to American society.

Lasers, Light Sabers, and Forever-Afters

Course #: 129 Length: 1 Trimester Grade Level: 11-12 Credit: 0.5

Recommended Course: None

In this course, students will have the opportunity to delve into imagined lands and societies through science fiction and fairy tales. This upperclassman course will focus on archetypes, heroes' journeys, cautionary tales, and familiar characters while reading and writing about literature.

Sports Literature and Culture

Course #: 121 Length: 1 Trimester Grade Level: 11-12 Credit: 0.5

Recommended Course: None

In this course, we will examine a variety of sports literature, write and converse about issues confronting sports in our society, and discuss connections between sports and society. Themes studied include [but are not limited to and are subject to change—based on current events]: leadership and character, ethics of sport and competition, rivalries, success and failure, heroes, gender in sports, race in sports, purpose of sports, individual and team, etc. Essential questions this course seeks to consider are: How is our culture expressed through the sports we play and in which we participate? How do sports define ourselves and our culture? Students should have an interest in and appreciation of English and athletics, as they will be expected to complete assigned readings, discuss in large and small groups, write short and extended essays, and research and deliver presentations to the class.

Writing for STEM

Course #: 126 Length: 1 Trimester Grade Level: 11-12 Credit: 0.5

Recommended Course: None

This course is designed for students who are pursuing careers (or who are passionate hobbyists) in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math. In preparation for the substantial and rigorous writing demanding by post-secondary STEM studies, students will spend the trimester honing their STEM writing and analysis skills by producing a portfolio of writing forms foundational to their field(s) of interest. Further, students will produce a written work or multimedia project with the purpose of raising the general public's awareness of a STEM concept or issue.

Strategic Reading

Course #: 120 Length: 1 Trimester Grade Level: 11-12 Credit: 0.5

Recommended Course: None

The typical reading load for colleges is 200-600 pages a week. Strategic Reading Strategies is a course designed to increase reading stamina and expose students to the type of rigorous reading required in colleges. Students will focus on building reading skills and understanding the content and structure of various texts including, but not limited to: textbooks, primary documents, scholarly journals, articles, works of fiction, and student choice for individual reading.

Advanced Placement English Language & Composition

(offered in even graduation years)

Course #: 130 & 131 Length: 2 Trimesters Grade Level: 12 Credit: 1.0

Recommended Course: None

This course is designed for students interested in challenging themselves by working at a college freshman level. This course focuses on critical reading and analysis of non-fiction, as well as honing expository and persuasive writing skills. Upon completing this course, students will have the opportunity to take the Advanced Placement English Language test. Both juniors and seniors are welcome. This class is offered every other year alternating with Advanced Placement English Literature.

Advanced Placement English Literature & Composition

(offered in odd graduation years, next offered in 2020-2021)

Course #: 132 & 133 Length: 2 Trimesters Grade Level: 12 Credit: 1.0

Recommended Course: None

Advanced Placement English Literature focuses on the study and analysis of fiction, including novels, plays, and poems. The purpose of the class is to prepare students to take the Advanced Placement English Literature test in May. Students will leave the class prepared for the rigor of literary analysis--both through discussion and writing--in college. Both juniors and seniors are welcome. This class is offered every other year alternating with Advanced Placement English Language.