This course is required for all freshmen. Students participate in a variety of types of writing including informal everyday writing, narrative writing, and essay writing. The writing process is heavily emphasized as writing lengthy essays and assignments is very new to many high school students. Students also read a variety of texts individually, in small groups, and as a class, and report on what they have read through book reviews and brief presentations. Students in English 9 learn the foundation level skills needed to be successful throughout their high school career and beyond.

This course is a higher-level alternative to fulfill the English 9 requirement. As with English 9, students participate in a variety of types of writing including informal everyday writing, narrative writing, and essay writing, as well as reading a variety of texts, though they do so with increased emphasis on literary analysis and quality writing. Students in Honors English 9 learn, use, and expand upon foundation level skills at an accelerated rate to match the rigor and challenge Honors students are ready for. Recommended for students planning to take Honors English 10, college prep English, students who plan to pursue college after high school, or strong readers and writers that want to challenge themselves and refine those skills. It is recommended that students consult with their current English teacher prior to registering for this course.

A major component of this course focuses on the writing process, especially on the development of expository and persuasive writing. Students will develop writing skills through a variety of essay assignments and will prepare a formal research paper, building further skill in paraphrasing, summarizing, and properly citing source material. Research and organizational skills are emphasized. Students gain an understanding of the emerging literature as it connects with the people and events of world history through activities that enhance written and oral communication skills, group projects, and individual reading and research. Students will have exposure to novels read together as a class as well as those selected for individual reading. Oral communication activities may include interpretive readings/compilations of prose and poetry or more formal speeches such as the four-minute speech, oratory, or public address, to name a few. Oral communication activities will often be integrated in writing or literature units.

This course is a higher-level alternative to fulfill the English requirement.

This course is meant to prepare and challenge students who are college-bound. The curriculum is designed to introduce and handle themes which students are likely to encounter at a four-year university. Texts may include In Cold Blood (Truman Capote), Hamlet (Shakespeare), The Crucible (Arthur Miller), Cannery Row (Steinbeck), and Stranger in the Woods (Michael Finkel). A variety of shorter texts will also be featured. These will include short stories, poetry, and short plays. Writing will also be emphasized in this course. Students will be writing research papers, persuasive pieces, and narratives. In addition to this traditional English curriculum, students will also be writing college admissions essays, and filling out college admissions and scholarship applications.

Students will read and interpret an assortment of short stories, poems, and song lyrics. Students will learn and apply creative writing techniques; in addition to that, the students will be writing their own short stories, personal narratives, mysteries, poems, lyrics, and short plays.

Students will explore drama and theatre as another form of literature through an analytical perspective as well as a theatrical one. Students will look at all aspects of plays including interpretations of the words, as well as how it can then be translated to the stage. Students will do written work, projects, and presentations as part of the course curriculum.

This course will provide students with the opportunity to research and analyze some of the most iconic heroes and villains in literature and film. This course emphasizes research, literary analysis, and speech/debate.

UW College Course

Credits: 3.0 from UW Eau Claire Barron County,

0.5 HS Credit

Successful Completion of Writ 101

Technical College Course

Credits: 3.0 from Western Technical College, 0.5 HS Credit

Placement Test Scores: ACT Composite 19+, ACCUPLACER Reading 70+ and Sentence Skills 80+, ACCUPLACER Next Generation Reading 250+ and Sentence Skills 263+. In place of test scores, seniors may provide a junior year transcript with a high school GPA of 2.6 or greater.

Sudents use the writing process and the computer to complete written projects. In the process of doing so, students analyze audience and purpose; generate ideas for writing; employ appropriate rhetorical strategies; research, synthesize, and organize information; use an approved documentation system for research writing; format word-processed documents appropriately; and follow grammar and punctuation rules.

This course is required for all Associate in Applied Science degree programs.

Technical College Course

Credits: 3.0 from Western Technical College, 0.5 HS Credit

Placement Test Scores: ACT Composite 17+, ACCUPLACER Sentence Skills 55+, ACCUPLACER Next Generation Reading 250+. In place of test scores, seniors may provide a junior year transcript with a high school GPA of 2.6 or greater.

Explores the fundamentals of effective oral presentation to small and large groups. Topic selection, audience analysis, methods of organization, research, structuring evidence and support, delivery techniques, and other essential elements of speaking successfully, including the listening process, form the basis of the course.