2021-2022 Course Guide 122120 FINAL (1) - Flipbook - Page 74
Students who wish to take the course for accelerated credit
must meet academic criteria including Advanced standing on
state assessments and department approval. Once enrolled in
the program, students must maintain performance standards
to continue in the accelerated courses.
Through this Honors course, students will work toward the 24
to 27 ACT skill band in reading, grammar, research and
writing. In addition to the other English 9 literature, these
Honors students will read A Tale of Two Cities by Charles
Dickens and other literature chosen from the recommended
reading list for
AP English.
*Summer reading and assignment is required.
ENGLISH 10
ENGLISH 10
One-Year Course
Levels: Regular
Grade 10
Prerequisite: None
Course Number: EN179
This one-year course is required for all sophomore students
and includes intensive skill-building in the area of reading,
writing, and speaking. Students read Of Mice and Men by John
Steinbeck, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Animal Farm
by George Orwell and multiple books of their choosing. They
also prepare and deliver a persuasive speech. The curriculum
in English 10 is thematically connected to a quarterly essential
question that drives the discussion and writing. Students may
be placed in specifically designed classes to target the skills as
determined by the Aspire/ACT assessments.
H ENGLISH 10 *
One-Year Course
Grade 10
Prerequisite: Department Approval
Course Number: EN199
Students who wish to take the course for accelerated credit
must meet academic criteria including certain scores on the
state assessments as well as receive department approval.
Once enrolled in the program, students must maintain
performance standards to continue in the accelerated
courses. Through this Honors course, students will work
toward the 24 to 27 ACT skill band in reading, grammar, and
writing. In addition to the other English 10 literature, these
Honors students will read The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest
Hemmingway, The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, A Raisin in the Sun
by Lorraine Hansberry, Antigone and Oedipus the King by
Sophocles, as well as other selections of the students’
choosing. Students will also develop increasing sophistication
in writing.
This course is highly recommended for students planning to
take Advanced Placement their junior and senior years.
*Summer reading and assignment is required.
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English
H ENGLISH 9 *
One-Year Course
Grade 9
Prerequisite: Department Approval
Course Number: EN119