English

English I

This course is designed to draw student attention to the craft of story-telling. Students completing this course will focus on writing, telling, and deconstructing narratives as they explore various narrative forms, including short stories, oral anecdotes, play scripts, memoirs, epic poems, films, and novels. Using their acquired knowledge, students will create their own narrative pieces. Using these narrative works as a base, English I students will discover, discuss, and integrate the unit themes of Coming of Age, Power, Cultural Differences and Perseverance as they master the skill of analyzing literature and informational texts, as well as becoming proficient speakers, listeners, and problem solvers.

English II

This course is designed to allow students to develop and add to their analytical skill set while producing dynamic presentations, exploring common topics through multiple artistic mediums, and undertaking research projects. An argumentative writing focus underlines student creation of argumentative essays, advertisement campaigns, persuasive texts portfolios, and inspirational speeches. English II students will discover, discuss, and integrate unit themes such as Justice, Reputation, Human Rights, Overcoming Adversity, Responsibility, and Dreams.

English III

This course is designed to allow students to extend their analytical skill set and delve into more complex research. An informative/explanatory focus will run throughout the year, allowing students to critique and produce biographies, newspaper reports, mini-lessons, and formal research papers. Students will tackle themes such as Environment, Types of Conflict, Social Class, and Government.

English I​V

This year, students will build their academic ability through a focus on writing for different purposes, analyzing texts, and the reading of both literature from different cultures and ‘everyday’ informational texts such as instruction manuals, recipes and guidebooks. They will complete two thematic units during the year, Adaptive Communication and Cultural Diversity. In both units, there will be analytical quizzes, opportunities for presentation and leading discussions, writing essays and a major project that will require collaboration with other students, demonstrating critical thinking, being creative, and presenting these conclusions to peers and teachers.