English

❖ Thrive in an office environment using advanced communication strategies to engage audiences
❖ Create and deliver dynamic presentations which will be showcased in a professional portfolio
❖ Advance your career options with organizational skills, resume building, and public speaking
Career Focus: Prepared for immediate employment, advanced certifications, and further education
Extras: English credit, certifications, national competitions

❖ Thrive in an office environment using advanced communication strategies to engage audiences
❖ Create and deliver dynamic presentations which will be showcased in a professional portfolio
❖ Advance your career options with organizational skills, resume building, and public speaking
Career Focus: Prepared for immediate employment, advanced certifications, and further education
Extras: English credit, certifications, national competitions

❖ Conduct interviews, research, write, and design publications for print and online media showcasing creativity
❖ Master investigative skills, responsible reporting, and journalistic writing techniques
❖ Examine the role of news media in our society
Career Focus: Prepared for immediate employment and further education
Extras: English elective credit, work-based experiences, scholarships

❖ Conduct interviews, research, write, and design publications for print and online media showcasing creativity
❖ Master investigative skills, responsible reporting, and journalistic writing techniques
❖ Examine the role of news media in our society
Career Focus: Prepared for immediate employment and further education
Extras: English elective credit, work-based experiences, scholarships

❖ Thrive in an office environment using advanced communication strategies to engage audiences
❖ Create and deliver dynamic presentations which will be showcased in a professional portfolio
❖ Advance your career options with organizational skills, resume building, and public speaking
Career Focus: Prepared for immediate employment, advanced certifications, and further education
Extras: English credit, certifications, national competitions

❖ Thrive in an office environment using advanced communication strategies to engage audiences
❖ Create and deliver dynamic presentations which will be showcased in a professional portfolio
❖ Advance your career options with organizational skills, resume building, and public speaking
Career Focus: Prepared for immediate employment, advanced certifications, and further education
Extras: English credit, certifications, national competitions

This full-year course focuses on reading, writing, oral presentations, and conventions using the Collections textbook. Reading will encompass elements of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama. Writing will include argumentative, narrative, and expository writing. Conventions may include spelling, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization as needed. Oral presentations may include poetry out loud and PowerPoint presentations.

This full-year course focuses on reading, writing, oral presentations, and conventions using the Collections textbook. Reading will encompass elements of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama. Writing will include argumentative, narrative, and expository writing. Conventions may include spelling, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization as needed. Oral presentations may include poetry out loud and PowerPoint presentations.

This course addresses the WIDA English Language Development Framework in tandem with the Common Core English Language Arts Standards for reading, writing, listening, speaking, and language, with the predominant focus on being on academic oral language development, accelerated academic vocabulary acquisition, expository writing, and reading comprehension.  Students must be enrolled in grade-level English Language Arts course while taking this course. 

This course addresses the WIDA English Language Development Framework in tandem with the Common Core English Language Arts Standards for reading, writing, listening, speaking, and language, with the predominant focus on being on academic oral language development, accelerated academic vocabulary acquisition, expository writing, and reading comprehension.  Students must be enrolled in grade-level English Language Arts course while taking this course. 

This course addresses the WIDA English Language Development Framework in tandem with the Common Core English Language Arts Standards for reading, writing, listening, speaking, and language, with the predominant focus on being on academic oral language development, accelerated academic vocabulary acquisition, expository writing, and reading comprehension.  Students must be enrolled in grade-level English Language Arts course while taking this course. 

This course addresses the WIDA English Language Development Framework in tandem with the Common Core English Language Arts Standards for reading, writing, listening, speaking, and language, with the predominant focus on being on academic oral language development, accelerated academic vocabulary acquisition, expository writing, and reading comprehension.  Students must be enrolled in grade-level English Language Arts course while taking this course. 

This course addresses the WIDA English Language Development Framework in tandem with the Common Core English Language Arts Standards for reading, writing, listening, speaking, and language, with the predominant focus on being on academic oral language development, accelerated academic vocabulary acquisition, expository writing, and reading comprehension.  Students must be enrolled in grade-level English Language Arts course while taking this course. 

Language learning is a process which develops through inquiry in increasingly deeper reading. As students’ progress through their language and literature studies, they are expected to engage with and explore a range and sophistication of literary and informational texts and works of literature extending across genres, cultures and historical periods. These texts also provide models for students to develop the competencies to communicate appropriately and effectively in an increasing range of social, cultural and academic contexts, and for an increasing variety of audiences and purposes, providing a challenge beyond the standard ninth grade level.

This course features the use of the Collections learning materials focusing specifically on the selected core texts and enhanced with novels, films, and other texts to create a course that is suited to students’ backgrounds. The class focuses on improving students’ writing in the areas of expository, argumentative, and narrative in both extended and brief texts. Students will become more effective and creative communicators while they strive to become college and career ready.

This course utilizes Collections units in order to continue the development of students’ writing skills, emphasizing clear, logical writing patterns, word choice, and usage, as students write essays and begin to learn the techniques of writing research papers. Students continue to read works of literature, which often form the backbone of the writing assignments. Literary conventions and stylistic devices may receive greater emphasis than in previous courses. During the course, students will examine the rhetoric, techniques, and stylistic choices of these authors. Students will write brief responses, explanatory and argumentative essays, and personal narratives.

This course utilizes Collections units in order to continue the development of students’ writing skills, emphasizing clear, logical writing patterns, word choice, and usage, as students write essays and begin to learn the techniques of writing research papers. Students continue to read works of literature, which often form the backbone of the writing assignments. Literary conventions and stylistic devices may receive greater emphasis than in previous courses. During the course, students will examine the rhetoric, techniques, and stylistic choices of these authors. Students will write brief responses, explanatory and argumentative essays, and personal narratives.

Provides opportunities for students to develop and enhance their written communication skills. Stresses the organization, development and support of ideas and perspective in exposition and argumentation as public discourse, familiarization with library resources and application of the rules and conventions of standard American English.

This class stresses research skills, analytical writing, logic and other skills necessary to comprehend, synthesize and respond intelligently to academic discourse. Practices source evaluation and documentation across the disciplines. A special study unit emphasizing effective use of library resources is included.

IB Language A: Language and Literature—English courses prepare students to take the International Baccalaureate Language A: Language and Literature exams. Course content includes in-depth study of various text types and literary forms, composition for purpose and audience, and the context and elements of literature. The course includes oral and written assignments and is designed for students highly competent in using English in an academic context.

This course is designed to allow students to focus exclusively on literary texts, adopting a variety of approaches to textual criticism. Students explore the nature of literature, the aesthetic function of literary language and textuality, and the relationship between literature and the world. Texts studied include but are not limited to song lyrics, poetry, short stories, novels, works in translation, non-fiction, and essays.

This course is designed to emphasize critical thinking and analytical skills. Literary terminology, types, and themes will be explored. The major areas of study include short story, novel, drama, fiction, non-fiction and poetry, which are grouped within overarching themed units. The objective is to encourage a complex analysis, which prepares students for future courses and life. World authors will be explored and emphasized.

This course is designed to emphasize critical thinking and analytical skills. Literary terminology, types, and themes will be explored. The major areas of study include short story, novel, drama, fiction, non-fiction and poetry, which are grouped within overarching themed units. The objective is to encourage a complex analysis, which prepares students for future courses and life. World authors will be explored and emphasized.

A full year English class for college bound students surveys English literature through modern British literature. Students read major British authors through the entire span of English literature and explore the history and philosophies that inspired the authors. They read a wide variety of genre including non-fiction, short stories, novels, poetry and drama. Writing focuses on essays, research, position papers and literary experiences, analytical essays and writing experiences.

This course curriculum emphasizes focused reading, writing, speaking and listening, and research work based on Washington State’s K-12 Learning Standards for English language arts (the Common Core State Standards, CCSS-ELA). This course will develop students’ college and career readiness by building skills in critical reading, academic writing, speaking and listening, research and inquiry, and language use as defined by the CCSS-ELA for high school. Students will engage with rigorous texts and activities that support the standards’ additional goals of developing the capacities of literacy, including deepening appreciation of other cultures, valuing evidence and responding to varying tasks across content areas, and navigating technology to support their work. Students will learn to evaluate the credibility of information, critique others’ opinions, and construct their own opinions based on evidence. By the end of the course, students will be able to use strategies for critical reading, argumentative writing, and independent thinking while reading unfamiliar texts and responding to them in discussion and writing. This course also develops students’ essential habits of mind necessary to be successful in college. Literacy activities will engage students in building skills in navigating complex texts in multiple content areas and communication skills that transfer to different tasks and demands. Students completing this course will be equipped to engage in college-level work in English.

Students will read, summarize, analyze and synthesize a  variety of  college-level print, digital, texts and other multimedia sources. Students will be exposed to prose written in a variety of periods, disciplines, and rhetorical contexts. This course emphasizes the interaction of authorial purpose, intended audience, and the subject at hand, and through them, students learn to develop stylistic flexibility as they write compositions covering a variety of subjects that are intended for various purposes.

Students will read, summarize, analyze and synthesize a  variety of  college-level print, digital, texts and other multimedia sources. Students will be exposed to prose written in a variety of periods, disciplines, and rhetorical contexts. This course emphasizes the interaction of authorial purpose, intended audience, and the subject at hand, and through them, students learn to develop stylistic flexibility as they write compositions covering a variety of subjects that are intende

lB Language A: Literature-English courses prepare students to take the lnternational Baccalaureate Language A: Literature exams.
Course content includes in-depth study of a range of literary texts in a number of literary forms and from different times and places,
written analyses and critiques of this literature, and other oral and written assignments. The course is designed for students highly
competent in using English in an academic context.

This course is designed to allow students to focus exclusively on literary texts, developing their analytical and critical oral and written skills by adopting a variety of approaches to textual criticism. Students explore the nature of literature, the aesthetic function of literary language and textuality, and the relationship between literature and the world. Texts studied include but are not limited to song lyrics, poetry, short stories, novels, works in translation, non-fiction, and essays.

Provides instruction in basic language skills, integrating reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Course content depends upon student’s abilities and may include vocabulary building, improving spelling and grammar, developing writing and composition skills, reading silently or aloud, and improving listening and comprehension abilities.

Training in fundamental processes of public speaking, including methods of obtaining and organizing materials, outlining, principles of attention and delivery, and practice in construction and delivery of various forms of speeches. 

❖ Experience the rewards of shaping the intellectual, physical, social, and emotional development of students
❖ Develop relationships to motivate young people for academic success while teaching alongside professional educators
❖ Design dynamic classroom learning activities using modern technology and research-based practices
Career Focus: Prepared for immediate employment and further education
Extras: College credit, scholarships/national competitions, work-based experiences

❖ Experience the rewards of shaping the intellectual, physical, social, and emotional development of students
❖ Develop relationships to motivate young people for academic success while teaching alongside professional educators
❖ Design dynamic classroom learning activities using modern technology and research-based practices
Career Focus: Prepared for immediate employment and further education
Extras: College credit, scholarships/national competitions, work-based experiences