1. WHS Library and English Department Dione Garcia WHS Library Dept. Head Nancy Babienko, Ph.D. WHS English Dept. Head

2. English Course Goals Critical Thinking Skills Analysis of Texts and Ideas, Cross-Disciplinary Thinking, Uncovering Assumptions of Authors/Texts, Detecting Bias, Synthesizing and Comparing, etc. Reading Skills Developing “Reading Muscles” Developing Strategies for Understanding Various Kinds of Texts/Genres - Literacy Writing Skills Claims-Based Essays, Close Readings, Researched Argument and Inquiry Papers, Narrative, Argumentative, Expository Modes, Creative Writing (tied to Curriculum)

3. English Course Goals Speaking/Discussion Skills Seminars, Online Forums, Presentations Technology Familiarity with Google Apps, Turnitin, Web- based Course Management Tools, NoodleTools, Electronic Databases, etc. Time Management Collaboration (as part of previously mentioned skills)

4. English Curriculum Writing Analytically – offers the core instructional strategies for all grades, emphasis on reading, thinking and writing analytically Fiction – various novels, plays, short stories, poems Non-fiction – various essays, news articles, critical commentaries, works of creative non-fiction (e.g. memoir), etc. Other types texts are part of the English curriculum – films, visual art, music, political cartoons, ads, etc.

5. English Dept. Courses 10 th Grade English 10 Pre-AP English 10 (open enrollment) Similarities and Differences: Similar Curriculum – fiction and non-fiction mix, some shared texts, similar types of writing assignments Pre-AP goes deeper (depth over breadth!), focusing on more complex tasks with same texts and sometimes reading more complex texts, more writing-intensive Pre-AP 10 is NOT a repeat of Pre-AP 9

6. English Dept. Offerings 11 th Grade English 11- American literature, fiction and non-fiction, multiple genres AP English Language and Composition 11 (open enrollment) Focus on non-fiction with some American lit. included Aligns to an introductory college-level rhetoric and writing curriculum Students develop evidence-based analytic and argumentative essays Students read and analyze the rhetorical elements and their effects in non-fiction texts, including graphic images as forms of text, from many disciplines and historical periods

7. English Dept. Offerings 12 th Grade AP English Literature and Composition 12 (open enrollment)/UW English 111 (CHS) College Prep Humanities Cultural Studies Debate/Creative Writing (1 semester each)* *Can also be taken as electives in grades 10-12