English Language Arts

This class is designed for students who are in the process of acquiring English.  It is structured to meet the needs of a student at any level of English acquisition.  Listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills are the major focus of the class. Vocabulary and basic grammar are also …

In this course, students will expand their critical, creative, and analytical reading, writing, and thinking skills, as well as refining their speaking and listening skills. Students will develop their ability to closely read and interpret increasingly complex literature and informational texts, an…

In this course, students will develop their critical, analytical, and creative reading, writing, thinking, speaking and listening skills, building upon the foundations of English 9. Students will develop their ability to closely read and interpret increasingly complex literature, informational, and…

This course, designed to help students increase their academic readiness for college and post-secondary education, will focus on the study of literature where students not only become aware of the great, controversial, and beautiful ideas contained in literary history, but also examine the interact…

This course, designed to help students increase their academic readiness for college, will focus on the study of informational texts and literature, both modern and from long ago, written by people from many racial, ethnic, and cultural groups. Through required all-class reads as well as opportunit…

According to The College Board’s Course and Exam Description most recently published, “The AP English Language and Composition course focuses on the development and revision of evidence-based analytic and argumentative writing, the rhetorical analysis of nonfiction texts, and the decisions writ…

According to The College Board’s Course and Exam Description most recently published, “In the AP English Literature and Composition course, students devote themselves to the study of literary works written in—or translated into—English. Careful reading and critical analysis of such works of…