Grade 12
This course emphasizes all speech competition events for the advanced third-year student. Students will compete in UIL competition/TFA state tournaments and serve as a role model to prepare novice students for competitive situations. Students are required to compete in three tournaments per semester (if academically eligible).
Read More about Oral Interpretation III.This course emphasizes advanced poetry, prose, dramatic and humorous literature, duet acting, and original oratory. Students will compete in UIL contests and TFA state qualifying tournaments. Students are required to compete in two tournaments per semester.
Read More about Oral Interpretation II.This course is an introduction to the analysis and performance of poetry, prose, dramatic and humorous literature, duet acting and original oratory. Students prepare for UIL competition and TFA State qualifying tournaments. UIL, TFA, or NFL tournament competition is at the discretion of the Director of Forensics.
Read More about Oral Interpretation I.In this course students are expected to identify, analyze, develop, and evaluate communication skills needed for professional and social success in interpersonal situations, group interactions, and personal and professional presentations.
Read More about Communication Applications.This course will fulfill the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum requirements for Theory of Knowledge. This course challenges students to reflect critically on diverse ways of knowing and areas of knowledge, and to consider the role which knowledge plays in the global society. This course is meant to encourage students to become aware of themselves as…
Read More about Theory of Knowledge.This course is a continuation of IB English III and will fulfill the International Baccalaureate (IB) requirements for Group 1 Language A HL. Students will continue to improve their proficiency in literary analysis and oral and written communication. This course will fulfill the Texas graduation requirements for English IV.
Read More about IB English IV Language and Literature (Year Two).This course is a continuation of IB English III and will fulfill the International Baccalaureate (IB) requirements for Group 1 Language A HL. Students will continue to improve their proficiency in literary analysis and oral and written communication. This course will fulfill the Texas graduation requirements for English IV.
Read More about IB English IV Literature HL (Year Two).This writing course is designed especially to challenge the imagination and creativity of the student by encouraging spontaneity of expression by increasing awareness of the power of language, and by refining the individual original characteristics of language style in such literary types as short stories, poetry and nonfiction writing.
Read More about Creative / Imaginative Writing.This course is designed to increase the student’s ability to use English effectively in practical situations. It emphasizes sentence structure, grammar, vocabulary, and different forms of oral and written communication needed to function in the business world. The reading assignments are directed toward the need for clear communication.
Read More about Practical Writing Skills.This course offers an opportunity to read and explore several literary works by and/or about women. The poems, stories, essays, and novels covered in this course provide valuable insights into the changing role of women in literature and offer a sharply focused perspective on what it means to be a contemporary woman.
Read More about Literary Genres B: Women’s Literary Voices.