Language study includes spelling, vocabulary, and learning about language history and structure. Through varied and frequent writing assignments, students refine their understanding of purpose, audience, and voice and develop criteria for evaluating writing. This is the second year of a two-year course in which students continue a rigorous study of language and literature in English. They demonstrate an increasing proficiency in creative and analytical thinking skills through their speech and writing. They develop an understanding of the techniques involved in literary study and criticism, and engage in a detailed and critical examination of written works from world literature.
Students develop a personal appreciation for, and lifelong interest in literature and language.
Students are required to take the higher level English A1 IB exam. English Department Biographies Clare Arce 714-5400 ext. Sarah Chase 714-5400 ext. Dorothy Christensen is an English teacher at Marshall High School for fifteen years. She has fifteen years of additional teaching experience.