The student is presented the basic skills of expository writing. The purpose of this course is to challenge the academically enriched student. Several literary genre will be surveyed, including the short story, novel, essay, and the play. Written papers are assigned to develop in depth the perception of the student. Field trip experiences are used to supplement the text.
Summer reading is required.
English 11-A is a required course designed for the Academic Curriculum student. The student will be doing a literary study of American Literature designed especially for general classes. At the same time, the student will continue to work to improve reading skills. Such reading skills include reading for the main ideas, context clues, figurative language, inferences, word attack between fact and option. Grammar study expands upon the grammar framework studied in English 10.