Independent, selected supplementary reading will further help to develop and enrich the student s critical techniques. Included will be the writing of descriptive, narrative, and expository paragraphs with emphasis on multiple paragraph compositions containing introductory and concluding paragraphs. An introduction to research skills will be studied and a research paper will be written. 207 - Eng III Ess. English III Essentials is an alternate to the English III program for juniors.
Entrance is based on test scores, previous grades, and departmental recommendations.
The course is geared to developing grammar and writing skills, with emphasis placed on paragraph writing. The literature read will consist of American short stories, The Crucible , and The Good Earth. Required of Juniors. Literature studied in this course will include an introduction to Puritan thought, poetry, short stories, novels, drama, and essays by American authors. The grammar section will include a general review of parts of speech and sentences, with emphasis on sentence construction, an intense study of paragraph writing, and study of the methods of writing research papers.