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This honors program is designed for the student with high achievement and interest in English who is willing to assume much of the responsibility for their own learning. Conducted as a seminar, this course emphasizes critical reading, writing, and thinking. Extensive outside reading, homework, and preparation are expected; students should be able to do the work without extensive help from tutors or others. All 10th-grade students complete the Sophomore Synthesis, which is an independent reading and writing project requiring students to bring together multiple works.
Representative examples of the literature include full length novels such as Homegoing and The Great Gatsby, as well as shorter works by American authors such as Arthur Miller, Jhumpa Lahiri, Zora Neale Hurston, and Henry David Thoreau. Although quantity of reading assigned varies with the difficulty of the work, typical reading is 40-45 pages per night.
Essential Skills:
Reading
Students will be able to apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
Students will be able to determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on reading and content.
Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Writing
Students will be able to conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize
multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation
Students will be able to draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support written analysis, interpretation, reflection, and research.
Students will be able to demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling
when writing.
Students will be able to write arguments (e.g., essays, letters to the editor, advocacy speeches) to support claims in an analysis
of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
Students will be able to produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to
task, purpose, and audience.
Speaking & Listening
Students will be able to come to discussions prepared, having read and researched material under study; explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence from texts and other research on the topic or issue to stimulate a thoughtful, well-reasoned exchange of ideas.
Students will be able to propel conversations by posing and responding to questions that relate the current discussion to broader themes or larger ideas; actively incorporate others into the discussion; and clarify, verify, or challenge ideas and conclusions.
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