Students are required to complete a satisfactory research paper to pass the course. English III Skills helps students increase their proficiency in solving reading, writing, speaking, and listening problems. Students write book reviews as well as analytical and creative papers. They also undertake several different communication projects. Various media resources are used to reinforce the literature being read.
Students learn to solve problems in the organization and development of written compositions.
A main goal of the course is for students to participate in their own learning. While similar to English IV in structure, this course demands more intensive treatment of literature in class recitations, as students are asked to take responsibility for leading discussions. Presenting a review of the literature is a feature of the research paper, completion of which is a graduation requirement. The course also demands a good deal of outside reading. Senior English is an historical survey of English Literature.