• District Curriculum Overview
  • Introduction to Curriculum Guides
  • Professional Teaching Standards
  • Professional Development Guiding Principles
  • Social Justice Commitment
  • Curriculum Guide Glossary of Terms
• Teaching Standards
  • Knowledge of Students
  • Planning and Teaching for Learning
  • A Culture and Environment for Learning
  • Monitoring Progress
  • Professional Growth
• Subject Areas
  • English/Language Arts
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  • Social Studies

High School Program Of Studies
English Department

Other Course Offerings in English

Open to students in grade(s): 11 12

Not Offered in 2010-2011

This course examines the Bible as a collection of literature in a variety of genres ranging from tragic to comic and from didactic to poetic. Students read and discuss excerpts from Genesis, Exodus, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Samuel I and II, Job, and the story of Jonah as well as selections from the Christian Bible. Course readings also include classic and modern stories, poems, and plays related to the Bible. Students write commentaries, analytical essays, and original compositions related to the Bible. Students also prepare oral presentations on biblical books not studied in class and collect references to the Bible from popular culture.

Courses in English

• Writing and Literature A
• Writing and Literature B
• Literature as Social Criticism
• Oral Communication
• American Studies --not offered in 2008-2009
• African-American Literature --not offered in 2008-2009
• African-American Literature/Honors --not offered in 2008-2009
• Bible and Related Literature --not offered in 2008-2009
• Bible and Related Literature/Honors --not offered in 2008-2009
• American Literature and Nature: Claiming the Self
• American Literature and Nature: Claiming the Self/Honors
• Ancient and Medieval Literature and Philosophy
• Ancient and Medieval Literature and Philosophy/Honors
• Renaissance and Modern Literature and Philosophy --not offered in 2008-2009
• Renaissance and Modern Literature and Philosophy/Honors --not offered in 2008-2009
• American Literature and Society
• American Literature and Society/Honors
• Modern and Contemporary Poetry --not offered in 2008-2009
• Modern and Contemporary Poetry/Honors --not offered in 2008-2009
• Women in Literature --not offered in 2008-2009
• Women in Literature/Honors --not offered in 2008-2009
• Introduction to Shakespeare --not offered in 2008-2009
• Introduction to Shakespeare/Honors --not offered in 2008-2009
• British and Irish Literature --not offered in 2008-2009
• British and Irish Literature/Honors --not offered in 2008-2009
• Gay and Lesbian Literature
• Gay and Lesbian Literature/Honors
• Contemporary Literature and Multicultural Identity
• Contemporary Literature and Multicultural Identity/Honors
• Comparative World Literature --not offered in 2008-2009
• Comparative World Literature/Honors --not offered in 2008-2009
• Argumentation and Debate --not offered in 2008-2009
• Argumentation and Debate/Honors --not offered in 2008-2009
• Drama --not offered in 2008-2009
• Drama/Honors --not offered in 2008-2009
• Expository Writing
• Expository Writing/Honors
• Journalism
• Journalism/Honors
• Creative Writing
• Creative Writing/Honors
• The Classics/AP
• Modern and Contemporary Literature/AP --not offered in 2008-2009
• American Literature and Work Ethics --not offered in 2008-2009
• Reading Support 9 --not offered in 2008-2009
• Reading Skills 9 --not offered in 2008-2009
• Reading Support 10 --not offered in 2008-2009
• Individualized Reading --not offered in 2008-2009
• Reading Support 11/12 --not offered in 2008-2009

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