English II College Prep (CP) is a required course designed to help students master the skills to be 
independent critical thinkers, readers, and writers. This course builds on the skills students learned in 
English I College Prep (CP) and will satisfy the New Jersey tenth-grade five-credit English language arts 
graduation requirement. 

The English Language Arts Department strives to build competent readers, writers, critical thinkers, and 
communicators. 
The content of this course focuses on reading and analyzing texts and producing written compositions while 
introducing students to different genres of literature and informational text. Students will attain an 
understanding of each genre’s key features through the reading of complex literature and informational 
texts. The aim is to delve into texts through close reading, not glide over the surface. These studies will also 
encourage the development of communication skills, including grammar, research presentation, 
composition, and vocabulary. By the end of the course, students will have a solid foundation on which to 
build their skills, moving forward toward more sophisticated texts and synthesis.
In each unit, students will be exposed to both fiction and nonfiction texts, allowing them to interact with a 
variety of texts, inEnglish II Honors is an advanced course designed to help students master the skills to be independent 
critical thinkers, readers, and writers. This course builds on the skills students learned in English I Honors or
College Prep (CP) and will satisfy the New Jersey tenth-grade five-credit English language arts graduation 
requirement. 
The English Language Arts Department strives to build competent readers, writers, critical thinkers, and 
communicators. 
The content of this course focuses on reading and analyzing texts and producing written compositions while 
introducing students to different genres of literature and informational text. Students will attain an 
understanding of each genre’s key features through the reading of complex literature and informational 
texts. The aim is to delve into texts through close reading, not glide over the surface. These studies will also 
encourage the development of communication skills, including grammar, research presentation, 
composition, and vocabulary. By the end of the course, students will have a solid foundation on which to 
build their skills, moving forward toward more sophisticated texts and synthesis.
In each unit, students will be exposed to both fiction and nonfiction texts, allowing them to interact with a 
variety of texts, including short and long prose, poetry, argument, informative, digital, and graphic texts. 
Students will also be given opportunities to explore various types of real-world and academic writing. Each 
unit will have a primary focus on reading and writing, allowing students to hone their skills in each area. 
• Students will read and analyze fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama.
• Students will write argumentative, narrative, and informative pieces with grammar and writing 
instruction embedded within the units.
• Students will continue to develop research and oral communication skills. 
• Students will continue to use and develop academic and content vocabulary,including short and long prose, poetry, argument, informative, digital, and graphic texts. 
Students will also be given opportunities to explore various types of real-world and academic writing. Each 
unit will have a primary focus on reading and writing, allowing students to hone their skills in each area. 
• Students will read and analyze fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama.
• Students will write argumentative, narrative, and informative pieces with grammar and writing 
instruction embedded within the units.
• Students will continue to develop research and oral communication skills. 
• Students will continue to use and develop academic and content vocabulary

English II Honors is an advanced course designed to help students master the skills to be independent 
critical thinkers, readers, and writers. This course builds on the skills students learned in English I Honors or
College Prep (CP) and will satisfy the New Jersey tenth-grade five-credit English language arts graduation 
requirement. 
The English Language Arts Department strives to build competent readers, writers, critical thinkers, and 
communicators. 
The content of this course focuses on reading and analyzing texts and producing written compositions while 
introducing students to different genres of literature and informational text. Students will attain an 
understanding of each genre’s key features through the reading of complex literature and informational 
texts. The aim is to delve into texts through close reading, not glide over the surface. These studies will also 
encourage the development of communication skills, including grammar, research presentation, 
composition, and vocabulary. By the end of the course, students will have a solid foundation on which to 
build their skills, moving forward toward more sophisticated texts and synthesis.
In each unit, students will be exposed to both fiction and nonfiction texts, allowing them to interact with a 
variety of texts, including short and long prose, poetry, argument, informative, digital, and graphic texts. 
Students will also be given opportunities to explore various types of real-world and academic writing. Each 
unit will have a primary focus on reading and writing, allowing students to hone their skills in each area. 
• Students will read and analyze fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama.
• Students will write argumentative, narrative, and informative pieces with grammar and writing 
instruction embedded within the units.
• Students will continue to develop research and oral communication skills. 
• Students will continue to use and develop academic and content vocabulary.

The English 3 College Prep(CP) curriculum is designed to help students become college and career ready. 
To do this, students must grapple with works of exceptional craft and thought whose range extends 
across genres, cultures, and centuries with an emphasis on American literature. Through wide and deep 
reading of literature and literary nonfiction of steadily increasing sophistication, students gain a reservoir 
of literary and cultural knowledge, references, and images; the ability to evaluate intricate arguments; 
and the capacity to surmount the challenges posed by complex texts. Furthermore, to build a foundation 
for college and career readiness, students need to learn to use writing as a way of offering and 
supporting opinions, demonstrating understanding of the subjects they are studying, and conveying real 
and imagined experiences and events. They learn to appreciate that a key purpose of writing is to 
communicate clearly to an external, sometimes unfamiliar audience, and they begin to adapt the form 
and content of their writing to accomplish a particular task and purpose. They develop the capacity to 
build knowledge on a subject through research projects and to respond analytically to literary and 
informational sources. To meet these goals, students must devote significant time and effort to writing, 
producing numerous pieces over short and extended time frames throughout the year