| General English | British Literature | English 11: American Literature |
| World Literature | Advanced Placement English | Creative Writing |
| Study Skills | SAT/ACT Preparation |

General English (Freshman English)
Freshman English provides a variety of ways to integrate literature and compositions instruction. Freshman English is a survey course and students will be exposed to literature from a variety of different time periods, authors, and genres. The students will spend a great deal of time writing in Freshman English. In addition to the weekly paper, the students will be given short daily writing assignments and various other writing processes, including pre-writing and revision processes.

British Literature (Sophomore English)
The sophomore English class is a survey course of British literature starting with the epic poem of Beowulf and working forward to the literature of the 20th century. Major authors and eras include: the Beowulf poet, Chaucer, Shakespeare and Elizabethan drama, Restoration and 18th century literature, the Romantic era, the Victorian era, and the 20th century. Students are assessed by quizzes, homework, and tests over the reading, and by various writing assignments. During the second semester the students will write a major research paper on an assigned Victorian novel. This is a two month project in which the students learn research techniques, note taking, citing sources and the process of writing an 8-10 page essay. During the year, the students also have designated grammar days where essential grammar skills are taught and reviewed.

English 11: American Literature (Junior English)
In this course you will 1) improve your abilities to read critically and write effectively in preparation for the kind of writing and analytical reading you will encounter in college courses, and 2) develop an understanding of literary movements in American literature and the development of the various genres: poetry, drama, fiction, and non fiction, from the 1600s to the present.

World Literature (Senior English)
Beginning with The Epic of Gilga mesh and working through the twentieth century, seniors will study the universal classics of world literature. Along with the literary study will be weekly grammar and vocabulary study. The course objectives are to strengthen a student's analytical, critical and research skills, and to instill in each student a foundation of literary appreciation and critical analysis. Although most literature survey courses are taught chronologically, this course will help to acquaint students with living authors of literary merit to show both the immediacy of literature in their own time and to promote quality pleasure reading.

Advanced Placement English
I am a part of all that I have met;
Yet all experience is an arch wherethrough
Gleams that untraveled world whose margin fades
Forever and forever when I move.
-Alfred Lord Tennyson

The preceding lines spoken by Ulysses in Tennyson's poem by the same name act as a guide because they evoke the thrill of life and experience. Literature leaves its mark on each of us precisely because it treats what it means to be human. The exploration of human experience in literature will allow a student to acquire an appreciation for the historical and cultural underpinnings of the world, as well as to explore individual identities. Students will 1) develop and refine critical skills through literary analysis; 2) learn to present their ideas within the context of a tightly structured essay; and 3) prepared for the Advanced Placement English Literature examination. Each student will complete a research project on a text of his / her choosing. This project will require students to write a research paper, then defend the paper in an oral meeting with two English faculty members.

Creative Writing
In this course you will learn to write poetry, short stories, personal essays/memoirs, and a play. The goal of this class is to make you more confident and skilled creative writers by breaking down the process into steps, receiving feedback from classmates and the teacher, and by gathering inspiration by examining examples of strong writing by professionals.

Study Skills
Two objectives will be the primary focus of this course. First, each student will strengthen his / her own awareness of their own strengths and styles in the learning process. Second, students will increase learning effectiveness through the application of strategies learned in class.

Topics of study will include self assessment, time management, listening and note taking skills, management of text reading, memory and recall of information, and test taking strategies.

SAT / ACT Preparation
This first semester course is designed to assist students in preparing for the SAT and ACT. It will focus on test strategies, review of basic language skills and mathematical information found on the exams. We will practice these strategies during class, but it is also imperative that students practice and review on a regular basis outside the classroom.