Welcome to Junior English! Please read through the syllabus linked below and share it with your parents/guardians.
Students will take the End of Course Reading SOL their Junior year and this class will prepare you for that examination. Testing will be conducted at the end of the semester and your attendance and preparation for taking the SOL is extremely important as it is required for graduation. Much like your other high school English courses, English 11 will be a study of writing, grammar, vocabulary, spelling, research, reading comprehension and the study and interpretation of literature. Junior English provides a survey of American literature beginning with the Native American tradition and continuing through contemporary works. The course includes many genres of literature: poetry, drama, novel, short story, etc.