Students learn to read for meaning, understanding, and interpretation. Considerable guided independent reading is designed to cultivate lifelong reading habits. Grammar is taught as a function of writing. Systematic vocabulary development is included. English I, department approval This course continues the study of literature and its relationship to world history and moral development.
Emphasis is on reading in depth and on critical thinking.
Extensive reading and writing requirements are designed to augment and enrich the regular English II curriculum. The American Literature course is a study of the American philosophical, literary, and cultural heritage through historical accounts, novels, plays, essays, poems, and critical works by American authors. This course also incorporates vocabulary development and extensive writing assignments. The Honors American Literature course is a study of American authors, with emphasis on in-depth analysis and interpretation. Extensive outside reading and writing are course requirements, as is systematic vocabulary development.