Advanced English and Public Health (H)
Advanced English and Public Health is an English course for 11th or 12th graders with integrated CTE standards as related to the Health Science and Medical Technology pathways. Content will include the ELA Common Core Standards integrated in conjunction with, and careers while also focusing on communication as it relates to our global world. Students […]
American Literature (H)
American Literature Honors allows high school students to read iconic works of great depth and complexity, to write expository, narrative, and fictional genres for themselves and other audiences, and to further a lifelong appreciation for how women and men have dedicated their lives to producing work of great import and beauty. Through the two-semester course, […]
AP English Language and Composition
The AP English Language and Composition course aligns to an introductory college-level rhetoric and writing curriculum, which requires students to develop evidence-based analytic and argumentative essays that proceed through several stages or drafts. Students evaluate, synthesize, and cite research to support their arguments. Throughout the course, students develop a personal style by making appropriate grammatical […]
AP English Literature and Composition
Reading in an AP course is both wide and deep. This reading necessarily build upon and complements the reading done in previous English courses so that by the time students complete their AP course, they will have read works from several genres and periods -from the 16th to the 21st century. More importantly, they will […]
AP Seminar
AP Seminar is an interdisciplinary course that encourages students to demonstrate critical thinking, collaboration, and academic research skills on topics of the student’s choosing. To accommodate the wide range of student topics, typical college course equivalents include interdisciplinary or general elective courses.
Composition (CP)
This college prep, one-term course prepares students for multiple forms composition. Students will explore five modes of writing: the memoir; informational; argumentative; the review; and the podcast script. They will analyze literary and expository texts and multimedia for comprehension and author’s moves in model and mentor texts.They also conduct and participate in in-depth discussions of […]
Creative Writing (CP)
Creative Writing is a one-semester course designed to provide training for students in the composition of poetry, short stories, children’s books, critical reviews of media, advertisements, and plays.
CSU Expository Reading & Writing Course 11
The grade 11 Expository Reading and Writing Course (ERWC) engages students in the discovery of who they are as persons, the realization of the ways in which they can participate in society, and their development as critical consumers and effective communicators within society. Teachers and schools build and personalize the yearlong course by selecting from […]
CSU Expository Reading and Writing
The goal of the Expository Reading and Writing Course (ERWC) is to prepare college-bound seniors for the literacy demands of higher education. Through a sequence of eight to ten rigorous instructional modules, students in this yearlong, rhetoric-based course develop advanced proficiency in expository, analytical, and argumentative reading and writing. The cornerstone of the course—the ERWC […]
English 1 (CP)
This course includes study and skill development in core literature, language usage, vocabulary, writing, and reading skills, with a particular focus on written expression. By the end of grade 9, students will read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems. Students will draw evidence from literary and/or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and […]
English 1 ESports Game Design (CP)
English 1 ESports Game Design is a college preparatory grade 9 English course integrated with the games and simulation pathway standards of the information and communication technology sector, which allows students to see where the skills of English intersect with the elements of game design. Students conduct research, closely read and analyze complex texts, evaluate […]
English 10 (CP)
English 10, which adheres to the California Common Core English standards, intends to equip students for life outside the classroom, building college, career, and citizenship readiness. Focused on text complexity, the course covers narrative, plays, dramas, poetry, informational texts, including articles, websites, and videos, and other supplemental reading. Students will gain literacy skills by challenging […]
English 101
This course concentrates on the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) with emphasis on the oral/aural development, acculturation, and self-esteem. It is not a remedial English class, as the potential of many of the students who are eligible for this course is very high. This is the first course for the identified limited-English-proficient […]
English 1R (CP)
This course includes study and skill development in core literature, language usage, vocabulary, writing, and reading skills, with a particular focus on written expression. By the end of grade 9, students will read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems. Students will draw evidence from literary and/or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and […]
English 2 (CP)
English 2 is the second course in the English curriculum. Students study literature from around the world with the intent of grasping the relationships between local concerns and universal questions. Units allow for a close study of literary works, as well as consideration of historical and cultural context. Building on English 1, the course includes […]
English 2 ESports Entrepreneurship (CP)
This course will achieve rigorous English standards by motivating students to participate in a synergistic experience exploring English together with Entrepreneurship, specifically looking at the exploding entertainment ecosystem of ESports. These three diverse areas of study come together around a unifying theme, the importance of decisions. Through literary character analysis, students explore the decisions the […]
English 2R (CP)
English 2 is the second course in the English curriculum. Students study literature from around the world with the intent of grasping the relationships between local concerns and universal questions. Units allow for a close study of literary works, as well as consideration of historical and cultural context. Building on English 1, the course includes […]
English 3 (CP)
The purpose of this course is to guide students through Essential Questions that integrate the following English Language Arts domains: reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language using the state-adopted, board-approved textbook and core literature. This course provides ample opportunities to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate literary and informational texts with an emphasis on American literature […]
English 3 ESports Marketing (CP)
This course is a college preparatory 11th grade English course integrated with the Marketing sector of the Career Technical Education (CTE) that enables students to understand ESports marketing with a focus on the English language, written and oral communication, and the mechanics of writing. While building on these skills, students will focus on the what, […]
English 3W (CP)
The purpose of the class is to help students who are reading between the 6.0-8.0 grade levels to improve their English language arts skills to a grade 11/12 level by focusing on the grade 11/12 Language Arts Content Standards, while simultaneously infusing writing, vocabulary, and grammar skills. Using the adopted textbooks and selected core literature […]
