A summer reading assignment is required. Students must be recommended for English IV Honors. To remain in this class, students must maintain a B average. This course focuses on the writing of clear, structured, well developed essays and papers. The secondary focus is on requisites for college English classes.
Emphasis also is placed on literary analysis, grammar, and rhetoric.
Students will have weekly writing assignments and will read and analyze selections from a number of literary genres. Students will submit at least one library paper and one oral presentation each quarter. As the course progresses, many in-class papers are assigned to prepare students for the AP examination at the end of the year. Students must be mature, self-disciplined, and goal oriented. To remain in this class, students must maintain a B average.