📘 Advanced Preparation Language & Composition

Course Expectations:

In this course, students will engage with complex texts across a variety of genres to deepen their understanding of language, rhetoric, and composition. Expectations include:

• Active Participation: Come prepared to discuss, analyze, and reflect on challenging texts. Collaboration and thoughtful conversation are essential.

• Critical Reading: Be ready to read a range of fiction and nonfiction texts closely and critically, identifying rhetorical strategies and thematic elements.

• Writing Development: Students will compose analytical, argumentative, and personal pieces with an emphasis on clarity, structure, and style. Revision and peer feedback are integral parts of the process.

• Timed Writing & Exam Prep: Regular practice in timed writing and rhetorical analysis to build skills for college-level writing and standardized assessments.

• Independence & Responsibility: Manage long-term assignments, meet deadlines, and take initiative in your learning. This course is designed to prepare students for the expectations of college and beyond.

📰 News Media Reporting

Course Expectations:

This course introduces students to the principles of journalism, news writing, and media ethics. Expectations include:

• Accuracy & Integrity: Students are expected to report truthfully and ethically, fact-checking all work and giving credit to sources.

• Engaged Reporting: Participation in interviews, investigations, and coverage of real school or community events is required.

• Strong Writing Skills: Produce news articles, editorials, features, and multimedia content with attention to structure, clarity, and audience.

• Collaboration: Work as part of a newsroom team. Respect deadlines, provide constructive feedback, and support peers in producing high-quality content.

• Media Literacy: Analyze current events, evaluate sources, and understand how media shapes public perception and discourse.

• 📘 English Language Arts Grade 12

  Course Expectations

  This course focuses on developing advanced reading, writing, speaking, and critical thinking skills through the study of British and World Literature. Using Savvas myPerspectives and the Savvas Grammar Workbook, students will engage with diverse texts and writing styles that challenge their thinking and prepare them for college and career readiness.

  🔹 Core Materials:

  • Savvas myPerspectives: British and World Literature
    A collection of classic and contemporary texts from global voices, exploring themes such as identity, conflict, culture, and the human experience.

  • Savvas Grammar Workbook
    Weekly grammar instruction and exercises to reinforce conventions, usage, and mechanics essential for effective writing.

  📚 Course Components & Expectations:

  📖 Reading & Literary Analysis

  • Read, annotate, and analyze a wide range of literary and informational texts.

  • Focus on author’s purpose, rhetorical strategies, literary devices, and historical context.

  • Participate in class discussions and Socratic seminars to deepen comprehension and interpretation.

  ✍️ Writing & Composition

  • Write in multiple modes: argumentative, analytical, narrative, and expository.

  • Emphasis on clear thesis development, logical organization, and voice.

  • Engage in peer review and revision as part of the writing process.

  🧠 Vocabulary Acquisition

  • Weekly vocabulary activities aligned with reading selections to build academic and literary vocabulary.

  • Strategies include context clues, word roots and affixes, and usage in writing and speaking.

  • Periodic vocabulary assessments will measure understanding and retention of new terms.

  📘 Grammar & Language Skills

  • Complete grammar workbook exercises weekly.

  • Apply grammar and mechanics skills in all writing assignments.

  📚 Independent Reading

  • 15 minutes of independent reading, three times per week is required.

  • Students may select their own texts, with teacher approval, to build fluency, stamina, and personal engagement with reading.

  • Occasional check-ins and reflections will track progress and comprehension.

  💬 Class Participation & Collaboration

  • Respectful and meaningful contributions to class discussions, group work, and presentations are expected.

  • Active engagement helps foster a collaborative and inclusive classroom environment.

  ⏰ Responsibility & Time Management

  • Complete all assignments and readings on time.

  • Use class time productively and seek help when needed.

  • Be prepared with materials and a focused mindset each day.