This course explores the creative ideas that have shaped our culture from the Ancient Greek Pre- Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, to the twentieth-century existentialists. With the core consisting of Western ideas, time will also be devoted to exploring our parallels with Asian and Middle Eastern philosophies. The student’s thinking skills will be sharpened through lecture…

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…

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.

These courses are designed to help students become more skillful readers. Emphasis is placed on reading strategies which enhance reading skills and reading comprehension, vocabulary development, skills for standardized testing, and an appreciation for reading all types of texts. (A special section is set aside for students identified as dyslexic. Students can only be placed…

The course will provide instructional opportunities for recent immigrant students with limited English proficiency. Through comprehensible input, students will accelerate second language acquisition and will be challenged to apply higher order thinking skills in all four language domains. Emphasis is placed on word recognition, vocabulary, comprehension strategies and fluency in order to provide students opportunities…

The course will provide instructional opportunities for recent immigrant students with limited English proficiency. Through comprehensible input, students will accelerate second language acquisition and will be challenged to apply higher order thinking skills in all four language domains. Emphasis is placed on word recognition, vocabulary, comprehension strategies and fluency in order to provide students opportunities…