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Look at what's happening in this world. Every day there's something exciting or disturbing to write about. With all that's going on, how could I stop?" -Gwendolyn Brooks
"You must not come lightly to the blank page."-Stephen King
Description: Honors 9th Grade Literature and Composition students should be avid readers and writers, have advanced level English experience from middle school, and expect to complete a required summer reading assignment. Honors students should be prepared to work on multiple assignments simultaneously. Students are expected to read and annotate extended texts at home and be ready to discuss as a large group during class time. Throughout the year, students are also expected to hone their grammatical skills, acquire new vocabulary, and write in multiple modalities. The honors track is a rigorous college preparatory track, so students will be expected to be in class every day and turn in their classwork
, major assignments, and papers on time. Students enrolled in this course are required to participate in our RISE remediation program if their course grade reaches a 74% or below.