A College preparatory literature-based course strengthening students’ reading, writing, and language skills using poetry, novels, short stories, drama, and essays as vehicles for study. Students develop critical thinking skills to make and justify judgments in literature and ability to compose essays and answer essay questions with a high degree of grammatical propriety and clarity of thought. Fulfills 10 credits of the high school graduation requirement in English and one year of the four year Language Arts requirement for admission to the UC/CSU system (A – G Requirements)

 

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A college preparatory, literature-based course aimed at strengthening students’ reading, writing, and language skills using poetry, novels, short stories, drama, and essays as vehicles for study.Students develop critical thinking skills to make and justify judgments in literature and composition. Students are expected to read deliberately and thoroughly to understand a work’s complexity, richness of meaning, and how that meaning is embodied in literary form. The course enhances the literary analysis, vocabulary development, and critical thinking skills.Students develop the ability to compose essays and answer essay questions with a high degree of grammatical propriety and clarity of thought. Fulfills 10 credits of the high school graduation requirement in English and one year Language Arts requirement for admission to the UC/CSU system (A – G Requirements)

 

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A college preparatory, literature-based course strengthening students’ reading, writing, and language skills using poetry, novels, short stories, drama, and essays as vehicles for study.  The course provides background in the relationships of language, literature, and composition to everyday life. Fulfills 10 credits of the high school graduation requirement in English and one year of the four year Language Arts requirement for admission to the US/CSU system (A – G Requirements)

 

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A college preparatory, literature-based course strengthening students’ reading, writing, and language skills using poetry, novels, short stories, drama, and essays as vehicles for study.  The course provides background in the relationships of language, literature, and composition to everyday life. This course is designed for the strongly motivated student, prepared to engage in a college level study of English language, literature, and composition. Students are expected to read deliberately and thoroughly to understand a work’s complexity, richness of meaning, and how that meaning is embodied in literary form. The course enhances the literary analysis, vocabulary development, and critical thinking skills. Fulfills 10 credits of the high school graduation requirement in English and one year of the four year Language Arts requirement for admission to the US/CSU system (A – G Requirements)

 

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A college preparatory honors level class incorporating works that capture the history of the American tradition. It guides the student through the process of literary analysis, vocabulary development and critical thinking skills. The writing process (pre-writing, drafting,revising, editing, and publishing) is emphasized. The course focuses on practical communicative skills for the college bound. Fulfills 10 credits of the high school graduation requirement in English and one year of the four year language Arts requirement for admission to the US/CSU system (A – G Requirements)

 

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A college preparatory honors level class incorporating works that capture the history of the American tradition.This course is designed for the strongly motivated student, prepared to engage in a college level study of English language, literature, and composition.The student is expected to read deliberately and thoroughly to understand a work’s complexity, richness of meaning, and how that meaning is embodied in literary form. The course enhances the student’s abilities through the process of literary analysis,vocabulary development, and critical thinking. Fulfills 10 credits of the high school graduation requirement in English and one year of the four year Language Arts requirement for admission to the UC/CSU system (A – G Requirements)

 

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A college preparatory course that offers an in-depth study of the literature of Great Britain. Material from a variety of historical periods is interwoven with those eras’ social history so that students gain a contextual sense of the literature. Included in the course is the study of literary terms, vocabulary, the process of research, and the writing of thesis papers based upon the literature. Critical analysis and thinking skills are heavily emphasized. Fulfills 10 credits of the high school graduation requirement in English and one year of the four year language Arts requirement for admission to the US/CSU system (A – G Requirements)

 

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Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition:  The AP English course in Literature and Composition will engage students in the careful reading and critical analysis of imaginative literature. In this college level course, students will read works from several genres and periods from the 16th centuries. Writing will be an integral part of this course since the AP examination is weighted toward student writing about literature. Writing assignments will focus on the critical analysis of literature, and will include expository, analytical, and argumentative essays.  This class may include summer reading assignments, and zero periods/or Saturday classes in the opposite term from which the class is scheduled. Students receive an extra grade point for grades of C or better, and can obtain college credit by receiving an evaluation of 3, 4, or 5 on the AP exam given in the spring. Fulfills 10 credits of the high school graduation requirement in English and one year of the four year Language Arts requirement for admission to the UC/CSU system (A – G Requirements)

 

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Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition
10 Units

The AP English course in Literature and Composition will engage students in the careful reading and critical analysis of imaginative literature. In this college level course, students will read works from several genres and periods from the 16th to the 21 centuries.  Writing will be an integral part of this course since the AP examination is weighted toward student writing about literature. Writing assignments will focus on the critical analysis of literature, and will include expository, analytical, and argumentative essays. This class may include summer reading assignments, and zero periods/or Saturday classes in the opposite term from which the class is scheduled. Students receive an extra grade point for grades of C or better, and can obtain college credit by receiving an evaluation of 3, 4, or 5 on the AP exam given in the spring. Fulfills 10 credits of the high school graduation requirement in English and one year of the four year Language Arts requirement for admission to the UC/CSU system (A – G Requirements)