Oral and written activities follow units on the major literary genres. Creative writing, oral presentations, and research projects are assigned each quarter. Students enrolling in this section should have successfully demonstrated the ability to manage complex assignments outside of class time. None A course for the student who needs improvement in the areas of writing mechanics, vocabulary, writing forms, reading comprehension, and learning skills. Units in each of these areas stress basic competency, and activities are designed to assist the student in developing a positive attitude toward language skills.
Additional areas covered are oral presentation, creative writing, and writing the research paper.
As individual needs are identified, students will add supports in the Reading and Writing lab. The sophomore introduction to the advanced placement course continues the student's intellectual and verbal development begun in grade 9. It prepares students for the rigorous language and literature requirements offered in the 11th and 12th grade AP sequence. The student is expected to assume a dominant role in classwork including writing, discussions, and formal speech presentations. Although the curriculum coincides with that of the other 10th grade classes, the expectations and standards will be uniquely challenging.