This course requires students to read and deeply analyze a wide variety of genres including fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction texts including informational and argumentative as well as digital/multi-modal texts. Students will utilize their understanding of genres read and the best examples of the author’s craft in a variety of genres to generate written texts…

This course, which focuses on rhetoric, challenges advanced students to complete college preparatory work by integrating units according to chronology, genre, and theme in American Literature and by utilizing those writing skills necessary to respond to literary and nonfiction works extemporaneously. The necessary components of grammar, persuasion, and argumentation needed for success in college are…

This course requires students to read and deeply analyze a wide variety of genres including fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction texts including informational and argumentative as well as digital/multi-modal texts. Students will utilize their understanding of genres read and the best examples of the author’s craft in a variety of genres to generate written texts…

Pre-AP English II builds on the foundations of Pre-AP English I. While English I introduces the fundamentals of close observation, critical analysis, and the appreciation of author’s craft, English II requires students to apply those practices to a new array of nonfiction and literary texts. As readers, students become aware of how poets, playwrights, novelists,…

This course requires students to read and deeply analyze a wide variety of genres including fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction texts including informational and argumentative as well as digital/multi-modal texts. Students will utilize their understanding of genres read and the best examples of the author’s craft to generate written texts of their own in individual…

Pre-AP English I focuses on reading, writing, and language skills that are relevant to students’ current work and essential for students’ future to future high school and college coursework. Texts take center stage, preparing students for close, critical reading and analytical writing. The course trains readers to observe small details in a text to arrive…

This course requires students to read and deeply analyze a wide variety of genres including fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction texts including informational and argumentative as well as digital/multi-modal texts. Students will utilize their understanding of genres read and the best examples of the author’s craft to generate written texts of their own in individual…

This one-semester course is an SAT preparation course that emphasizes vocabulary development, writing skills, and comprehension skills needed to excel on the SAT. The curriculum also provides practice in improving reading rate, reading flexibility, and study skills needed for college success.