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Language
Arts Courses
Applied Communications I
(10014600) (9th grade) The
purpose of this course is to develop competence in communication
skills within the context of career, workplace, and community. The
content includes using problem solving skills and research skills
primarily in career and occupational contexts, using reading
strategies to obtain and analyze information from a variety of
informational and technical texts, using the writing process to
communicate information and ideas with an emphasis on career and
occupational tasks, using listening, viewing, and speaking skills
to obtain and communicate information and ideas, understanding
interpersonal relationships in business environments through the
study of literature, using multimedia and electronic tools needed
for workplace transactions.
Advanced Communications Methodology (10014800)
The
purpose of this course is to enable students to refine
communication and critical-thinking skills important for success
in postsecondary education and employment. Some topics are
research for communication, principles of effective speaking and
debate, writing and presentation processes, communication
strategies for employment, analysis and evaluation of
communication, analysis of mass media, and multi-media production.
Intensive Reading (10004101) (9th grade) This course provides instruction in
English language skills including reading, writing, and
listening in the content areas of literature and language.
Emphasis is on reading skills necessary for comprehension,
preparation for the FCAT; the writing process, focusing on
multi-paragraph papers as related to Florida Writes, grammar
usage and mechanics.
English I (10013100)
(9th grade) This course provides instruction in English
language skills, including reading, writing, speaking, and
listening in the content areas of literature and language.
Emphasis is on reading and vocabulary necessary
for comprehension; the writing process, focusing on writing
effective paragraphs and multi-paragraph papers; grammar, usage,
and mechanics; formal and informal speaking; and analysis of
literary genres.
English I Honors (10013200)
(9th Grade) This honors course promotes
excellence in English language arts through enriched experiences
in literature, writing, speaking, and listening. It
includes instruction in the use of the writing process in creative, logical, and
critical modes; formal speaking; the critical skills of listening
and observation; and critical analysis of major literary genres.
English II (10013400) (10th
Grade) This course provides instruction in English
language skills and in the study of world literature. Emphasis is
on instruction in reading and vocabulary for comprehension;
composition, focusing on writing for various purposes and
audiences; grammar, mechanics, usage, and other conventions of
standard English; mass media, including analysis of propaganda
and persuasive techniques; effective techniques of oral
presentation; analysis of selections from world literature;
research techniques; and state test preparation.
English II Honors (10013500)
(10th Grade) This course promotes academic excellence in
English language arts through the study of literature and
through enriched experiences in composition, speech and listening
skills. Emphasis is on the creative, logical, and critical
aspects of the writing process; usage, mechanics, and other
elements of standard English; formal and informal speaking;
study of verbal analogies; critical listening and observation
skills; universal themes found in world literature; critical
analysis of various genres, research techniques and state test
preparation.
English III (10013700)
(11th Grade) This course provides instruction in American
literature and in English language skills, including reading,
writing, speaking, and listening, and provides instruction in the
study of American literature. It includes frequent
practice in writing multi-paragraph papers of various, with the
particular attention to the writing of documented papers,
development of reference skill and summarizing skills; study of
verbal analogies and analysis of American literary works in
various genres.
English III Honors (10013800) (11th
Grade) This course promotes academic excellence in English
arts through enriched experiences in reading, writing, speaking
and listening and provides instruction in the study of American
literature. It includes frequent practice in writing
multi-paragraph essays in a variety of types, including
documented papers; development of reference skills and methods
of summarizing; formal and informal oral communication; analysis
of American literary works representing the ethnic and cultural
diversity of the American experience; and analysis of American
dialects.
English IV (10014000) (12th
Grade) This course provides instruction in English language
skills and the study of British literature. It includes
development of vocabulary and reading skills; practice in
real-life writing experiences; opportunities to develop speaking
and listening skills; development of skills in critical
analysis; and the study of representative selections from
British literature as they reflect development of literary
tradition and changes in the language.
English IV
Honors (10014100) (12th
Grade) This
course promotes excellence in English language arts through
enriched experiences in communication skills and through
instruction in literature of Great Britain as a part of our
literary heritage. It includes development of the ability
to analyze critically; opportunities to extend speaking,
listening, and viewing skills; vocabulary development; study of
major British literary works in relation to cultural influences
and to the development of literary tradition; and an overview of
the history of the language.
AP English Language & Composition (10014200)
This course is designed to help students become skilled readers of
prose written in a variety of periods, disciplines, and
rhetorical contexts and to become skilled writers who can
compose for a variety of purposes. By their writing and
reading in this course, students should become 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 effective writing. The
college composition course that this AP course is intended to
parallel is one of the most varied in the curriculum. The
college course often allows students to write in a variety of
forms--narrative, exploratory, expository, and
argumentative--and on a variety of subjects, from personal
experiences to public policies, from imaginative literature to
popular culture. But the main objective in most first-year
writing courses is to enable students to write effectively and
confidently in all their college courses as well as in their
professional and personal lives.
AP Literature & Composition (10014300)
This course is designed to engage students in the careful reading
and critical analysis of imaginative literature. Through
the close reading of selected texts, students can deepen their
understanding of the ways writers use language to provide both
meaning and pleasure for their readers. As they read,
students should consider a work's structure, style, and themes,
as well as such smaller scale elements as the use of figurative
language, imagery, symbolism and tone. The course should
include intensive study of representative works from various
genres and periods, concentrating on works of recognized
literary merit.
Journalism I and
II (10063000), (10063100)
These courses enable students to develop fundamental skills in the production
of print or electronic journalistic media. The content includes
writing processes, production skills for varied media, history and
ethics of journalism, applications and issues in photojournalism,
organization and management techniques, technology for research,
production, and dissemination, analysis of journalistic media,
careers in journalism, ethics and critical analysis
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