English 9 / Honors English 9 (Textword)

Prerequisite: Honors 9 - A in 8^th grade English or A / B in 8^th grade Honors English

Eligibility: 9

The English/Honors English courses involve training in how to think and write on the literal and on the critical level through an exposure to the best in world literature.  The course focuses on: literary and language art skills, reading and critical thinking skills, vocabulary applications, dictionary usage, and grammar and mechanics.  The course is designed to enable students to acquire a high level of solidly based comprehension, writing, and communication skills. A seamless dovetailing of the creativity of the world’s greatest authors with the practical language needs of our day leads to an effective synthesized learning process. The Honors English course incorporates deeper level discussions, tests and additional projects. 

English 10 / Honors English 10 (Textword)

Prerequisite: Honors English 10 – A in English 9 or A / B in Honors English 9

Eligibility: 10

The English/Honors English courses are a study of world literature, composition, grammar and vocabulary.  The students will discover an exciting grouping of short stories, novellas, drama, novels, and noteworthy nonfiction. The focus for the course is on expository writing and the research paper.  The Honors English course reads an additional novel and is required to write additional compositions.

English 11 / Honors English 11 (Textword)

Prerequisite: Honors English 11 – A in English 10 or A / B in Honors English10

Eligibility: 11

The English/Honors English courses are a combination of American literature, composition, grammar, vocabulary and parallel reading.  Because of the extensive study of grammar in previous years, the focus is on literature and composition.  The student will study selections from each period of American history and interpret them in relationship to the Bible.  The Honors English class incorporates deeper level discussion, tests and additional projects.

AP English Language and Composition (SevenStar Online)

Prerequisite: Honors English 10 – A in Honors English 10 and 4.0 GPA

Eligibility: 11

Major concepts/content: An AP course in English Language and Composition engages students in becoming skilled readers of prose written in a variety of periods, disciplines, and rhetorical contexts and in becoming skilled writers who compose for a variety of purposes. Both their writing and their reading should make students aware of the interactions among a writer's purposes, audience expectations, and subjects as well as the way generic conventions and the resources of language contribute to effectiveness in writing. The college composition course for which the AP English Language and Composition course substitutes is one of the most varied in the curriculum.

English 12 / Honors English 12 (Textword)

Prerequisite: Honors English 12 – A in English 11 or A / B in Honors English 11

Eligibility: 12

The English/Honors English courses offer a review of grammar with emphasis upon composition, higher levels of thinking such as synthesis and evaluation and English literature.  The students will study selections and historical background materials from each period.  All material will be viewed in relationship to the Bible.  The Honors English class incorporates deeper level discussions, tests and additional projects.

AP English Literature and Composition (Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing, AP Edition, Prentice Hall)

Prerequisite: A in Honors English 11; teacher recommendation

Eligibility: 12

The AP English course emphasizes composition, higher levels of thinking such as synthesis and evaluation and English literature.  The students will study selections and historical background materials from each period.  All material will be viewed in relationship to the Bible.  This course prepares the student to take the AP exam in the spring for college credit.