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mastered five paragraph<br />

expository compositions.<br />

This is a writing intensive<br />

course that<br />

provides advanced instruction<br />

in persuasion and exposition<br />

while giving the students<br />

a foundation in conventions<br />

and<br />

research skills. The primary<br />

text is The Prentice Hall<br />

Reader.<br />

Composition 9<br />

One year, two credits<br />

This course is required of all<br />

9th grade students not taking<br />

*AP Prep Composition<br />

9. It is a writing intensive<br />

course that<br />

provides specific instruction<br />

in a variety of persuasive<br />

and expository modes while<br />

giving the students a foundation<br />

in<br />

conventions and research<br />

skills. Specific attention will<br />

be given to reading strategies<br />

and paragraph and essay<br />

structure.<br />

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Issues of State Language Teaching;<br />

Problems and Challenges<br />

above grade level. Students<br />

are expected to<br />

devote significant time<br />

outside of class to meet<br />

course requirements<br />

and expectations. The<br />

course will be taught in<br />

coordination with *AP<br />

Prep World Studies Social<br />

Studies. The<br />

primary text is World<br />

Literature by Holt, Rinehart,<br />

and Winston. Supplemental<br />

works include,<br />

Things Fall Apart, Almost<br />

a Woman, Night, and<br />

One Day in the Life of<br />

Ivan Denisovich. This is<br />

a writing intensive<br />

course that includes instruction<br />

in<br />

expository, persuasive,<br />

and literary analysis papers<br />

in addition to re-<br />

search projects.<br />

World Studies<br />

One year, two credits<br />

This course is required<br />

for all sophomores not<br />

taking *AP Prep World<br />

Studies English. The<br />

course will be taught in<br />

coordination<br />

with World Studies Social<br />

Studies. This is a<br />

writing intensive course<br />

that will build on the<br />

skills developed in<br />

Composition 9. Specific<br />

instruction will be given<br />

in a variety of persuasive<br />

and expository modes,<br />

grammar, and research<br />

skills. The class will also<br />

utilize a variety of reading<br />

strategies to better<br />

understand some of the<br />

social issues of<br />

various cultures throughout<br />

the world.<br />

nation with *AP Prep<br />

American<br />

Studies Social Studies.<br />

The primary text will<br />

be Elements of Literature:<br />

Literature of the<br />

United States with Literature<br />

from the Americans.<br />

American Studies<br />

One year, two credits<br />

This course is required<br />

of all juniors not taking<br />

*AP Prep American<br />

Studies English. The<br />

course will be taught in<br />

coordination<br />

with American Studies<br />

Social Studies. The<br />

primary text will be<br />

Elements of Literature:<br />

Literature of the United<br />

States with Literature<br />

from the Americans.<br />

308<br />

White Noise, and Four Plays by<br />

Ibsen. Reading and writing assignments<br />

are similar to those<br />

which can be expected in college<br />

English courses, including<br />

a required second semester research<br />

paper and oral presentation<br />

of that research. Taking this class<br />

can prepare the<br />

student to take the Advanced<br />

Placement Exam in May. Scoring<br />

well on that exam can result in up<br />

to 6 hours of college<br />

credit in Rhetoric or English.<br />

Literature & Composition<br />

One year, two credits<br />

This course provides a rigorous<br />

thematic approach to longer<br />

works through literary analysis.<br />

Primary texts include<br />

works such as Othello, Hamlet,<br />

The Metamorphosis, Unsettling<br />

America, Native Son, Their Eyes<br />

Were Watching God,<br />

Catch 22, Siddhartha, The Poisonwood<br />

Bible, and One Flew<br />

Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. The focus<br />

of composition is impromptu,<br />

exposition, and persuasion incorporating<br />

critical secondary<br />

sources.<br />

British Literature<br />

One year, two credits<br />

This survey course will provide<br />

students with a background in<br />

British Literature from Old English<br />

through the twentieth<br />

century. Its assessment focus is on<br />

the development of student exposition<br />

and analysis and on preparing<br />

students for<br />

college level coursework. An array<br />

of larger works may be used<br />

in the course including Hamlet,<br />

Macbeth, Heart of

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