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English
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Year |
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| Fundamentals of English
(0201) |
9 |
2 |
This course is
taught in two consecutive hours daily for students who
are academically challenged in their basic skills of reading
and writing. Since these are two essential life skills,
the two-hour block allows for individually guided instruction.
Core skills of mechanics, spelling, and strategic reading
cues are stressed. Critical thinking and independent silent
reading skills are also assessed.
Pre-req: Placement by English Department |
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| Basic English (0202) |
9,10 |
1 |
This course is
designed to help students who need remediation to acquire
the necessary literature, writing, research, and study
skills to become successful in academic high school English
and other areas of the high school curriculum. Instruction
will focus on reading and understanding literature, introduction
to the writing process, and applying research and writing
skills to various content areas of the curriculum.
Pre-req: Fundamentals of English or placement by English
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| English 1 (0203) |
9,10,11 |
(Required) 1 |
This is the foundational
course for the WLHS academic English program. It emphasizes
academic preparation in process writing, literary analysis,
and oral language. Introduction to literary genre, literary
techniques, and writing about literature; descriptive,
narrative, and expository writing; library skills; English
usage and mechanics; and introduction to using oral language
are major topics. This is a required course.
Pre-req: Basic English or Fundamentals of English
and recommendation by English Department or placement
by English Department |
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| Composition (0204) |
10,11,12 |
(Required) .5 |
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This required course is designed to
instruct all students in the mastery of competent process
writing skills, mechanics and usage, sentence combining,
and rewriting techniques. Students make extensive use of
the writing process and peer editing through various
formal and creative works.
Pre-req: English 1 |
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| American Literature (0205) |
11,12 |
(Required) 1 |
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This required course is designed to
provide continued practice in writing analytically about
literature and to acquaint students with the contributions
made to and about our national cultural heritage by
American writers. Major topics will include reading
literature critically, writing critically about literature
in the essay and literary research paper, connections
between American history and American literature, ethnic
diversity in American literature, modern American
literature, and emphases on several major American
writers. This is a required course, except for those
students who took Fundamentals of English or Basic English
in their freshman year.
Pre-req: Composition |
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| Speech (0206) |
10,11,12 |
(Required) .5 |
This required course is
designed to instruct all students in the basics of oral
communication important to success in school and life.
Instruction will focus on expressive (spoken) and
receptive (listening) communication. Students will have
the opportunity to build confidence in speaking and
writing as they develop four speeches for presentation to
their classroom audience. This is a required course, except
for those students who started in Fundamentals of English
in their freshman year.
Pre-req: English 1 |
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Communication Arts (0286) |
11,12 |
.5
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This elective
course is designed for self-motivated students who want
to further develop confidence and perfect their public
speaking skills. Individual presentations include oral
interpretation of material by noted authors as well as
special occasion speeches developed for specific audiences.
Students will also develop small group presentations such
as broadcasting, play acting, and group interpretive readings.
This course may not be accepted by some four-year
colleges as part of admission requirements.
Pre-req: Speech |
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British and Western Literature
up to 1800
(0281) |
12 |
.5 |
This course is offered as an introduction the literary
works of those pre-1800 authors who have had a profound
influence on the culture of the Western World. The works
may include the following: dramas from ancient Greece;
Anglo-Saxon literature; works of Chaucer, Shakespeare,
Swift; poetry of Donne, Goethe and Pope. Through the
selected works students will gain insight into the
philosophies, politics, and cultural mores of the
Classical, Anglo-Saxon, Medieval, Renaissance, and 18th
Century periods. Excerpts from each genre will be analyzed
through the lens of Christian doctrine and practice,
giving students the opportunity to evaluate how Western
literature reflects the Christian faith and conversely how
their own faith is affected by the reading of the works of
early Western writers.
Pre-req: American Literature
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British and Western Literature
1800 to Present Day
(0283) |
12 |
.5
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This course is offered as an introduction to the literary
works of those authors who have reflected Western culture
in the Romantic, Victorian and Modern periods. The works
surveyed may include those of Dickens, Austin, Blake,
Wordsworth, Keats, Doyle, Tolstoy, Yeats, Greene, and
Joyce. To obtain a better understanding of Western
thought, students will be exposed to examples of drama,
poetry, short stories, essays, and novels. Each work will
be analyzed through the lens of Christian doctrine and
practice, giving students the opportunity to evaluate how
Western literature reflects the Christian faith and
conversely how their own faith is affected by the reading
of these writers.
Pre-req: American Literature
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Advanced
Composition (0291) |
12 |
.5 |
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This elective course is designed to
instruct and give college-bound students practice in
specific kinds of writing they will encounter in college.
This challenging course is geared for students who are
already proficient in writing but wish to expand their
skills. Emphasis will be placed on acquiring and
supporting an authoritative voice in college-level
academic writing. The student will need to be strongly
motivated and capable of self-direction in the course
work; success in the course will depend on the student’s
willingness and ability to discover and use the material
needed to support an authoritative voice, as well as the
ability to handle written English fluently. Major topics
include the expository essay, the argumentative paper, the
critical review paper, the critical analysis paper, the
investigative paper, and writing an essay exam.
Pre-req: American Literature
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| AP English Composition
and Literature
(0270) |
12 |
1.0 |
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This course is the capstone writing and
literature course for talented readers and writers. The
intent is to provide a forum for learning about logic and
rhetoric and the application to well written and organized
compositions. In literature, critical reading and the
habit of reading with discernment are promoted. In
addition, an appreciation of literature is made possible
through an awareness of larger contexts and deeper
implications by studying the forms of literature, the
modes of literature, and the traditions of literature.
Students may choose to take the AP exams in English
Composition, English Literature, or both exams during the
second semester. Authors studied include Conrad, Camus,
Miller, Shakespeare, and others.
Pre-req: GPA > 3.800 in English, math, and
science
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Business
Communications (0221) |
12 |
.5
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Business Communications
is a one semester course designed to examine how English
skills apply to the world of business and the workplace.
Practice will be provided in the valuable skills of reading,
writing, and speaking, which are necessary for employment
and useful in the everyday life of a Christian. Open to
Grade 12 for technical school-bound or non college-bound
seniors.
Pre-req: Composition or American Literature
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