In addition to short story, novel, drama and poetry, units on mythology, speech, and careers are presented. Students will have the opportunity to work with enrichment activities throughout the year. Units included on mythology, medieval literature, revolution and the Victorian era. Writing strategies and research skills will make up the writing strand. As this is a more challenging course intended for the more capable student, application must be made for placement in this program.
Students study literature interwoven with technical reading and writing.
The Advanced Placement English course for grade 11 will engage students in becoming skilled readers of prose written in a variety of period, disciplines, and rhetorical contexts and in becoming skilled writers who compose for a variety of purposes. Both their writing and reading will make students aware of the interactions among a writer's purposes, audience expectations, and subjects as well as the way generic conventions and the resources of language contribute to effectiveness in writing. College Prep English is specifically designed to prepare and meet the needs of the college bound student. Grammar and usage will be taught as necessary for effective essay writing, as well as preparation for and production of a research project. A large scope of world literature is covered through various genre.