kevin.ebert@sd5.k12.mt.us

• ENGLISH 10 COMMUNICATIONS & LITERATURE

Credit: 1.0; Full year  Grade: 10

Prerequisite: None

Course Objectives: The communications aspect of the course focuses on developing speaking, listening, and media literacy skills. While emphasizing public speaking, this course also covers interpersonal and group communication.  The literary aspect of the course will consider a variety of literary genres, including a Shakespearean play. Students will write to a variety of purposes and audiences with an emphasis on argumentation and research writing.  Objectives include demonstrating knowledge and competent performance in speaking, media literacy, writing, and close reading of fiction and nonfiction.

• • • • • • • •  IB LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 11

Credit: 1.0; Full year Grade: 11

Materials Fee: Only students intending to seek the IB diploma or IB certificate(s) will have fees during their senior year.

Prerequisite: Completion of English 10.

Course Objectives: IB Language and Literature is designed to meet the needs of all students with a wide range of skill levels and prepare students for career ready and college-level reading, writing, and thinking skills. The course is designed to be a celebration of all kinds of communication, literary and non-literary texts, as well as a careful analysis of the wide variety of texts and media experienced every day—visual, oral, written, and electronic. Paired with IB Language & Literature 12 in the senior year, any student may test and potentially earn college credit through the International Baccalaureate Programme.

luke.johnson@sd5.k12.mt.us

• • • • • • • •  IB LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 11

Credit: 1.0; Full year Grade: 11

Materials Fee: Only students intending to seek the IB diploma or IB certificate(s) will have fees during their senior year.

Prerequisite: Completion of English 10.

Course Objectives: IB Language and Literature is designed to meet the needs of all students with a wide range of skill levels and prepare students for career ready and college-level reading, writing, and thinking skills. The course is designed to be a celebration of all kinds of communication, literary and non-literary texts, as well as a careful analysis of the wide variety of texts and media experienced every day—visual, oral, written, and electronic. Paired with IB Language & Literature 12 in the senior year, any student may test and potentially earn college credit through the International Baccalaureate Programme.

clayton.mauritzen@sd5.k12.mt.us

• IB LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 12 (HL)

Credit: 1.0; Full year  Grade: 12

Materials Fee: Only students intending to seek the IB diploma or IB certificate(s) will have fees.

Prerequisite: IB Language & Literature 11 recommended and required for external assessments.

Course Objectives: IB Language and Literature is designed to meet the needs of all students with a wide range of skill levels and prepare students for career ready and college-level reading, writing, and thinking skills. The course is designed to be a celebration of all kinds of communication, literary and non-literary texts, as well as a careful analysis of the wide variety of texts and media experienced every day—visual, oral, written, and electronic. Paired with IB Language & Literature 11 in the junior year, any student may test and potentially earn college credit through the International Baccalaureate Programme.