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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT HEAD - CLASSES BELOW

HISTORY - ONE SECTION - WORLD HISTORY 1

English 11 Honors Mrs. Leete Required Reading List Course Description:  032      English 11       1 Credit Prerequisite-completion - Eng. 9 This course will begin with a survey of American Literature and thinking from colonial times to the present. An emphasis will be given to the writings of Hawthorne, Thoreau, Twain, Melville, and the more recent writers such as Steinbeck, Hemingway, and Fitzgerald. Good writing skills will be stressed with ample practice revolving around papers on the various works read for the class. A major project during the year will be the writing of a complete research paper. Students should be prepared to read 25-30 pages per night and be competent in writing a five paragraph expository essay analyzing literature. Expectations: AL,EC,CT,CR,PS,SC

English 11 Mrs. Leete Ms. Whittemore Required Reading List Course Description:  031 English     1 Credit Prerequisite-completion - Eng. 10 This 11th grade course is designed to provide a survey of American Literature and the development of Expository Writing culminating in a research paper.  The course will also include numerous novels by Twentieth Century writers. Expectations: AL,EC,CT,CR,PS,SC

Creative Writing (11&12) Mrs. Leete Course Description:  043  English Elective  1 Credit This is a course structured for the capable writer willing to experiment with various forms and willing to read and discuss his/her work and be able to give and receive constructive criticism.  This would be an opportunity for students to share their ideas with others and be enriched by the work of others in return.  The teacher would be actively involved in the writing group and act as a resource center for incorporation of technical skills and devices.   An extended and optional objective of the class would be to gather work from within and outside the class, team evaluate, and compile a literary magazine for the end of the year.  Ideally this would include not only writing, but also drawing and photography, with collaboration and cooperation being the goal. Expectations: AL,EC,CT,CR,PS,SC

World Literature 12 Mrs. Leete Course Description English 12 1 Credit Prerequisite - completion of Eng. 11 World Literature is a twelfth grade interdisciplinary course designed for the moderate reader who is looking for a broad spectrum of literary experience. Reading ranges from the Sumerian epic Gilgamesh to Stephen King's The Stand. The course will take a humanities approach to literature and encompass traditional analysis of plays, novels, short stories, poetry and film, with an eye to the importance of each piece of literature in its time. Students should be able to handle independent reading and research. Study of appropriate vocabulary will accompany all reading. The course counts as a senior's English requirement. Student expectations: AL,EC,CT,CR,PS,SC

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