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    ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS DEPARTMENT

    Please note that the English Language Arts Section includes various types of credits:

    English Courses – some are English credit and some Electives credit

    Speech and Debate Courses – all are Electives credit except for Debate 1 which counts for English credit

    Journalism Courses – either Career Technical Education (CTE) credit or Electives credit depending on course

    In addition to the core English courses, the English Language Arts curriculum is designed as a pyramid in which new skills are built on those acquired in previous years.  Every level of instruction, from English 1 (the base) to the senior year offerings (the apex), is dependent on and complements the other.

    Therefore, choices are limited in the freshmen and sophomore years so that all students learn the essential skills necessary to have a successful junior and senior year.  The State of Missouri requires a fourth English Language Arts credit which is met by the courses for Grade 12 below. It is recommended that students complete at least English 1 and English 2 before entering into the more specialized English elective courses, exceptions being Convergence Journalism and some Speech and Debate classes, which can be started as early as 9th grade. Note that some courses are semester-long courses and will need to be paired with another semester-long course to count as a year of credit.

    The courses are available to students at the following grade levels. Be aware that courses in the later grades may have prerequisites to join the class:

    Grade 9 

    • English 1 
    • Honors English 1
    • Debate
    • Public Speaking
    • Peformance Literature
    • Convergence Journalism 1 (year long)

    Grade 10

    • English 2 (year long)
    • Honors English 2 (year long)
    • Creative Writing 1
    • Creative Writing 2
    • Sports Literature and Composition
    • Reading Literature for Personal Enrichment
    • Competitive Speech and Debate
    • Peformance Literature
    • Convergence Journalism 2 (year long)

    Grade 11

    • English 3 (year long)
    • Creative Writing 1
    • Creative Writing 2
    • African American Literature Survey
    • Literature and Film
    • Poetics of Hip-Hop
    • Sports Literature and Composition
    • Reading Literature for Personal Enrichment
    • AP Language (year long)
    • AP Literature (year long)
    • Advanced Competitive Speech and Debate
    • Peformance Literature
    • Convergence Journalism 3 (Honors Option, year long)

    Grade 12

    • English 4 (year long)
    • Creative Writing 1
    • Creative Writing 2
    • College Communication Arts (recommendation only)
    • Introduction to College Writing (recommendation only)
    • African American Literature Survey
    • Literature and Film
    • Poetics of Hip-Hop
    • Sports Literature and Composition
    • Peformance Literature
    • Convergence Journalism 4 (Honors Option, year long)
    • AP Language (year long)
    • AP Literature (year long)

    In addition to the required classes, the English Language Arts curriculum offers a wide variety of electives for interested students.  Specialized reading and writing classes, school publications, drama, and speech and debate offerings can supplement the core instruction given in the required classes. Some of these classes may count toward Career and Technical Education.

     

    COURSE OFFERINGS

  • 057011 and 057012 English 1

  • 057021 and 057022 English 2

  • 057031 and 057032 English 3

  • 057041 and/or 057042 English 4

  • 057120 Introduction to College Writing

  • 057130 Creative Writing 1

  • 057140 Creative Writing 2

  • 057260 College Communication Arts

  • 057470 Literacy Lab

  • 057490 African-American Literature Survey

  • 057530 Literature and Film

  • 057590 Reading Literature for Personal Enrichment

  • 057630 Public Speaking

  • 057660 Debate

  • 057670 Competitive Speech & Debate

  • 057780 Performance Literature

  • 057301 and 057302 Convergence Journalism 1

  • 057841 and 057842 Convergence Journalism 2

  • 057851 and 057852 Convergence Journalism 3

  • 057861 and 057862 Convergence Journalism 4

  • 057890 Sports Literature and Composition

  • 057920 The Poetics of Hip Hop

  • 058011 and 058012 Honors English 1

  • 058021 and 058022 Honors English 2

  • 058620 Honors Advanced Competitive Speech & Debate

  • 059041 and 059042 AP English Literature & Composition

  • 059201 and 059202 AP English Language and Composition