English, Journalism, Drama

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9th Grade Honors English

10th Grade Pre-AP English

9th GRADE ENGLISH
Course Code ENO101
Syllabus: 9th English
Grade: 9
Prerequisites: none
Length: one year/one credit

Students will strengthen reading skills as they study fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Their study of writing will include business letters and a variety of essays. Vocabulary and speaking fundamentals will be addressed and practiced. Students will explore career opportunities and learn research skills, and will work with research resources.


HONORS 9th GRADE ENGLISH
Course Code ENO10H
Syllabus: 9th Honors English
Grade: 9
Prerequisites: Teacher Recommendation
Length: one year/one credit

Honors 9th grade English meets the 9th grade English requirement. Additionally, this is an in-depth, accelerated English course with high performance standards. This course includes independent completion of comprehensive projects and extensive outside reading. Honors English courses are precursors to AP English classes.


10th GRADE ENGLISH
Course Code ENO201
Syllabus: 10th English
Grade: 10
Prerequisites: Successful completion of 9th grade English
Length: one year/one credit

Students will develop reading strategies as part of an introduction to the study of world literature, which includes fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. They will use the writing process to produce a variety of essays. Students will work on vocabulary skills, and make oral presentations. The focus of the instruction in this class is preparatory for the WASL.


HONORS 10th GRADE ENGLISH
Course Code ENO20H
Syllabus: 10th Honors English
Grade: 10
Prerequisites: Teacher recommendation; successful completion of 9th grade English
Length: one year/one credit

Honors 10th grade English meets the 10th grade English requirements. Additionally, this is an in-depth, accelerated English course with high performance standards. This course includes independent completion of comprehensive projects and extensive outside reading. Honors English courses are precursors to AP English classes.


10th GRADE ENGLISH/READING LAB
Not available for online registration
Grade: 10
Prerequisites: Teacher Recommendation based on assessment scores
Length: one year/one credit

This yearlong class, which meets the requirements of 10th grade English, will focus on basic reading strategies and practices to increase reading proficiency. Writing, spelling, and vocabulary are also addressed. Students must meet established criteria for enrollment in this class.


INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH
Course Code ENO31R
Syllabus: Intermediate English
Grades: 11
Prerequisites: Teacher recommendation
Length: one semester/one-half credit

This is a full-year class required for students who need to improve their writing and reading skills to the level of WASL proficiency. Students will work through a variety of valuable writing tasks that will help them develop into proficient writers. Students will also learn and practice a variety of explicit reading skills integrated with the various writing practices.


AMERICAN LITERATURE
Course Code ENO301
Syllabus: American Lit
Grade: 11, 12
Prerequisites: Teacher Recommendation; successful completion of 10th grade English
Length: one year/one credit

This is a full-year required course for students who have shown proficiency on the reading and writing portions of the WASL or successful completion of the Intermediate English course. This is the "core-course" of American Literature and will include readings in American Literature, culture, and history. The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of American culture.


ADVANCED PLACEMENT
LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION
Course Code ENO501
Syllabus: AP Comp
Grade: 11, 12
Prerequisites: Teacher Recommendation; successful completion of 10th grade English
Length: one year/one credit

Students will study and write various analytical essays on literary and non-literary topics. The students will become skilled readers of prose written in a variety of periods, disciplines, and rhetorical contexts and be able to compose skillfully in narrative, expository, and argumentative forms. Students will also be required to write one research paper per semester in preparation for the synthesis essay on the AP exam.


ADVANCED PLACEMENT LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION
Course Code ENO502
Syllabus: AP Lit
Grade: 11, 12
Prerequisites: Teacher Recommendation; successful completion of 10th grade English
Length: one year/one credit

This course offers demanding college level literature study at the high school level The reading focus is on close reading and thematic reading. The writing focus is on literary analysis. Students will also become literate about some of the major themes and movements of western literature.


CLASSICAL WORLD LITERATURE I
Course Code ENO302
Syllabus: Classical Lit I & II
Grade: 11, 12
Prerequisites: Successful completion of 10th grade English
Length: one semester/one-half credit

This class will focus on the reading of classical literary works, including Greek epics, Shakespeare, as well as ancient and modern myths. There will be an introduction to philosophical considerations and their applications to current events.


CLASSICAL WORLD LITERATURE II Course Code ENO303
Syllabus: Classical Lit I & II
Grade: 11, 12
Prerequisite: Successful completion of 10th grade English
Length: one semester/one-half credit

This class will study Classical World Literature with an emphasis on classical literature of the 19th century and self-selected modern literature from the 20th century.


ADVANCED WRITING AND RESEARCH
Course Code ENO304
Syllabus: Adv. Writing and Research
Grade: 11, 12
Prerequisites: Teacher Recommendation; successful completion of 10th grade English
Length: one semester/ one-half credit

Or... Everything you always wanted to know about writing a college research paper but were afraid to ask. This course prepares students for that Anthropology 101 course where, on the third day of class next September, your instructor says, "You have a twelve-page paper on any topic in Anthropology due on November 5th. I expect no grammatical, syntactical, or mechanical errors. Class dismissed." Holy Cow, Batman! No errors? Syntactical errors? Help! Not to worry. This is the course where you will learn to write a fully documented research paper. You will encounter up-to-date technological information resources; traditional library information resources; an effective research process; and you will learn the skills necessary for writing a tightly controlled, unified research paper- skills which include avoiding those nasty syntactical errors. The course is challenging and immensely satisfying. During the weekend before that Anthropology 101 paper is due, you'll be playing video games and eating bon-bons while your fellow freshmen are still drafting their papers and perspiring profusely, wondering how to explain to Dad&


ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANUAGE (ESL)
Not available for online registration
Grade: 9, 10, 11, 12 (7th period)
Prerequisites: Must be in the ESL program or recommended by a counselor.
Length: one semester/ one-half credit

This course is designed to build language proficiency and focuses on developing speaking and listening skills by enhancing self-confidence and promoting appreciation for all cultures. This course is offered after school for all eligible students (7th period). Students are grouped in regular classes for support as they earn credit toward high school graduation. Students are monitored daily and may receive assistance during their regular class periods. Note: Must provide your own transportation home from school.


CREATIVE WRITING
Course Code ENO200
Syllabus: Creative Writing
Grade: 10, 11, 12
Prerequisites: Teacher Recommendation; successful completion of 9th grade English
Length: one semester/one-half credit
Do your stories start, "It was a dark and stormy night&"or in such a way that leaves you or your readers less than breathless? Do you want to paint pictures with words, create tension in tawny tetrameter, or wind a character into such a whirlpool of trouble that he can't seem to find any way out except, " & and then he woke up," but you don't know how to get him out? Then the rules of writing are open to you, though Somerset Maugham said, "There are three rules for writing fiction. Unfortunately no one knows what they are." Like any great writer, he understood the irony of creating new ideas, and he understood that the doors to creative work are open to anyone who knocks. Creative Writing will show you what writers do and leave you with a collection of short stories that will rest on the shelves of the Oak Harbor High School library, listed in the catalogue, waiting for someone to read.


JOURNALISM
Course Code ENO210
Syllabus: Journalism
Grades: 10, 11, 12
Prerequisites: Teacher permission; successful completion of 9th grade English
Length: one semester/one-half credit

Students will write different types of newspaper stories and will be responsible for the editorial production of the Breeze, the school newspaper.


ORAL COMMUNICATION
Course Code ENO112
Syllabus: Oral Communications
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisites: none
Length: one semester/ one- half credit

This course will emphasize the development of communication skills (i.e. listening, visuals, verbal, nonverbal) using a variety of multimedia in small and large group settings.


SCIENCE FICTION
Course Code ENO305
Syllabus: Science Fiction
Grades: 11, 12
Prerequisites: Successful completion of 10th grade English
Length: one semester/one-half credit

Students will study science fiction as an important genre in the history of literature. Through thematic studies of important novels and short works, students will examine Sci-fi from its origin to its present-day forms and explore the effects of technology on the modern world.


SPORTS LITERATURE
Course Code ENO100
Syllabus: Sports Lit
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisites: Successful completion of 10th grade English
Length: one semester/ one-half credit

This course integrates reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills dealing with the themes and topics of sports. This class also covers the key elements of literature (plot, theme, setting, etc.).


DRAMA I
Course Code FAO100
Syllabus: Drama I
Grade: 9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisites: None
Length: one semester/one-half credit

Students in this course will develop a basic knowledge of theatre through the creation of an ensemble to focus on improvisation, theatre games, and performance. Development of creative thinking and confident communications will be cultivated through scene work and basic acting skills. They will survey the history and development of dramatic forms and be introduced to the art of stagecraft. Note: Qualifies for English or Fine Arts credit


DRAMA II
Course Code FAO101
Syllabus: Drama II
Grade: 9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisites: Successful completion of Drama I.
Length: one semester/one-half credit

Students will continue their work to develop ensemble and theatre skills by creating production teams, resulting in the presentation of One Act Plays. Teams will be concerned with acting, design, direction, theatre tech, costuming and publicity. The class will look at acting styles and methods as well as various genres of dramatic literature. This course would be appropriate for seniors who are developing their culminating project. Drama II may be repeated for credit. Note: Qualifies for English or Fine Arts credit