English 40

Course #040

5 Periods

5 Credits

Prerequisites: Grade 12 only. Students are recommended and assigned for this course.

This course is designed for students who need intensive individualized help in the skill areas of reading, vocabulary, writing, spelling, grammar, and dictionary skills with emphasis on consumer related reading and writing skills.

English 41 CP1

Course # 041

5 Periods

5 Credits

Prerequisites: Grade 12 Students.

This course will be literature based to include intensive individualized help in the skill areas of reading, vocabulary, writing and a research assignment. In addition, there will be practice in spelling and punctuation. This course will also include an in depth study of a Shakespearean play.

Work dealing with student compostitions is designed to faciliate a good grasp of the college application process.

English 42 CP2

Course# 042

5 Periods

5 Credits

Prerequisites: A grade of at least 70 in English 32 and teacher recommendation.

English 42 includes selected readings in English Literature as well as intensive study of Macbeth and a continued study of Shakespearean tradition. Work is continued in short stories and poetry. There is guided reading in a variety of modern novels. Reading and writing expierences are planned to give students an opportunity to improve their powers of logical reasoning and their skill in critical analysis of what they read. Sources, themes, essays, and argumentative composition are stressed. SAT materials are reviewed in the early part of the senior year.

English 43H

Course # 043

5 Periods

5 Credits

Prerequisites: A grade of at least 80 in English 33H and teacher recommendation.

The study in literature will stress literary forms and the devices by which an author achieves preeminence in his craft. World Literature will constitute the main bulk of the reading with emphasis given to English authors.

Composition will deal with the work as a whole: the meshing of vocabulary and development of ideas to achieve a particular end. Topics chosen for composition will give the students the greatest possible latitude for creative self-expression and critical evaluation. A number of critical essays and research projects will be issued in conjunction with the study of literature. Grammar will be reviewed as needed. The study of two Shakespearean plays and continued study of the Shakespearean tradition will also be included. SAT materials are reviewed in the early part of senior year.

Course # 045

5 Periods

5 Credits

Prerequisites: Senior students must have a grade of at least 88 in English 33H and a recommendation from their Junior Honors English Instructor, and must have demonstrated outstanding writing ability and organizational skills in previous honors courses.

The AP course will engage students in the careful reading and critical ananlysis of imaginative literature. Through the close reading of selected texts, students should deepen their understanding of the ways writers use language to provide meaning and pleasure for their readers. Students will consider a work's structure, style and themes as well as the use of figurative language, imagery, symbolism, and tone. Emphasis will be given to the development of skill in treating abstract concepts and to the development of composition skills. Students enrolled in the course will take the AP English Literature and Composition exam in May.