English 10
Regular English for your sophomore year
Continue building on basic English skills in English 10. Students grow skills in writing, close reading, annotating, and researching. Attendance is key, as many times throughout the year students can expect to participate in graded discussions.
English 10 Honors
English for your sophomore year, with a little extra
ENGLISH 10 HONORS IS DESIGNED TO
Continue building on English skills at an accelerated pace.
The course will provide a more rigorous curriculum compared to the standard course. This includes challenging the students with complex literary works and critical thinking.
Honors English places a strong emphasis on writing proficiency.
Attendance is key, as many times throughout the year students can expect to participate in graded discussions.
Additionally, extension activities that relate to the wider world will be provided.
AP Seminar elective credit only
The AP Seminar program tackles the "big" questions/topics, and aims to empower students by:
--challenging them to learn and practice critical-thinking concepts and higher-level questioning strategies and skills;
--engaging them with rigorous college-level curricula focused on the skills necessary for successful college completion;
--extending their abilities to synthesize information from multiple perspectives and apply skills in new situations and cross-curricular contexts;
--enabling them to collect and analyze information with accuracy and precision;
--cultivating their abilities to craft, communicate, and defend evidence-based arguments; and
--providing opportunities for them to practice disciplined and scholarly research skills while exploring relevant topics that appeal to their interests and curiosity.
--investigating real-world issues from multiple perspectives, gathering and analyzing information from various sources in order to develop credible and valid evidence-based arguments.
AP Seminar is a prerequisite for AP Research
Journalism 2 credits
Publish your writing, art, or photo with the Warrior News
This class is more than learning about journalism writing skills. We actually model a newspaper business as we print two publications: The Warrior News (newspaper) and The Dub (magazine).
Students will:
report/write articles
create art and comics
sell advertisements to various businesses
design ads and pages
take photographs and prepare photos for print
perform typesetting and editing skills
prepare pages for mailing
Debate 2 credits
Great Minds Wanted!
The Weber High Debate Team is looking for arguers, writers, public speakers, scholars, and comedians.
It's a class: learn skills in arguing, presenting, writing, and entertaining.
It's a team: compete in monthly tournaments for fun, for trophies, and for glory.
It's a blast: play games, meet new people, chase greatness.
If you sign up for the Debate class, you are automatically part of Warriors Speech and Debate Team. Participation requires time, fundraising, and 2.0 or higher GPA.