English

Graduation Requirements: 40 Credits

At least 10 credits of English are required in each school year:

9th Grade: 10 credits
10th Grade: 10 credits
11th Grade: 10 credits
12th Grade: 10 credits

*Please note: The abbreviations P, H and AP are all UC/CSU approved courses
P = College Prep; H = Honors; AP = Advanced Placement

9th Grade

Honors English 9

COURSE NUMBER: EN135 (course video) AP/Honors Commitment Pledge (Español)

UC/CSU CREDIT: (b) English

This course is designed for students who are willing to meet the higher demands of a rigorous academic program. The students will strengthen reading, speaking, listening, writing, and study skills. Students will become familiar with all genres of literature (poetry, drama, fiction) as well as non-fiction with an overall emphasis on critical thinking and interpretative skills in the language arts. Students must be capable of working independently and have demonstrated superior achievement in English.

Placement Criteria: Multiple Measures

Grade of B or better in Advanced English 8
Grade of A or B in English 8
Proficient or Advanced on Most Recent RI
Teacher Recommendation

P English 9

COURSE NUMBER: EN137 (video)

UC/CSU CREDIT: (b) English

Students will strengthen reading, speaking, listening, writing, and study skills. Students will become familiar with all genres of literature (poetry, drama, fiction) as well as non-fiction with an overall emphasis on critical thinking and interpretative skills in the language arts areas.

Placement Criteria: Multiple Measures

ELPAC– Early Advanced to Advanced)
Most recent IEP recommendations

English 9

10th Grade

AP Seminar

COURSE NUMBER: MS001 AP/Honors Commitment Pledge (Español) (video)

UC/CSU CREDIT: (b) English

AP Seminar is replacing English Honors 10. It is designed to be a class for all who might be interested in taking an AP course at some point in their high school career. AP Seminar is a foundational course that engages students in cross-curricular conversations that explore the complexities of academic and real-world topics and issues by analyzing divergent perspectives. Using an inquiry framework, students practice reading and analyzing articles, research studies, and foundational, literary, and philosophical texts. Students learn to synthesize information from multiple sources and develop their own perspectives, both individually and through working with a team. Ultimately, the course aims to equip students with the power to analyze and evaluate information with accuracy and precision in order to craft and communicate evidence-based arguments.

Placement Criteria: Multiple Measures

Grade of B or better in H English 9
Grade of A or B in P English 9
Proficient or Advanced on Most Recent RI
Teacher Recommendation

P English 10

COURSE NUMBER: EN129 (P English 10 video)

UC/CSU CREDIT: (b) English

This course prepares students for the challenges of college and the workplace. Students will read a variety of literature, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama and learn to identify and discuss crucial ideas themes. The course includes extensive writing that sharpens and extends students’ repertoire of writing skills; students write in multiple modes: autobiographical, creative, analytical, reflective, and persuasive. Students also develop public speaking skills.

Placement Criteria: Multiple Measures

ELPAC– Early Advanced to Advanced)
Most recent IEP recommendations

English 10

11th Grade

AP English Language & Composition

COURSE NUMBER: EN218 (course video) AP/Honors Commitment Pledge (Español)
UC/CSU CREDIT: (b) English

This course engages students in becoming skilled readers of prose written in a variety of periods, disciplines, and rhetorical contexts, and in becoming skilled writers who compose for a variety of purposes. Students will 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 the effectiveness in writing. The Advanced Placement test, designed by Educational Testing Service, is given in May. Students enrolled in this course will be expected to take the Advanced Placement exam.

Placement Criteria: Multiple Measures

Grade of B or better in H English 10
Grade of A or B in P English 10
Proficient or Advanced on Most Recent RI
Teacher Recommendation

(English 11) P Composition & Themes in American Literature

COURSE NUMBER: EN194 (P English 11 Video)

UC/CSU CREDIT: (b) English

This thematically-organized course features intensive reading of American novels, plays, poetry, and non-fiction. Students will examine style, form, literary techniques, historical relevance and culture. Students are evaluated on oral contributions, group work, tests, short writing assignments, a minimum of five critical essays, and a final. Instruction focuses on all stages of the writing process: extensive writing assignments will be required. Assignments will vary in length, tone, mode and audience.

Placement Criteria: Multiple Measures

ELPAC– Early Advanced to Advanced)
Most recent IEP recommendations

English Enrichment

12th Grade

AP English Literature & Composition

COURSE NUMBER: EN140 (course video) AP/Honors Commitment Pledge (Español)
UC/CSU CREDIT: (b) English

This course engages students in the careful reading and critical analysis of British and American literature, from the 8th century through the 20th century. Through a close reading of selective texts, students deepen their understanding of the ways writers use language to provide both meaning and pleasure for readers. As they read, students consider a work's structure, style and themes as well as the use of smaller-scale elements such as the use of figurative language, imagery, symbolism, and tone. The Advanced Placement test, designed by Educational Testing Service, is given in May. Students enrolled in this course will be expected to take the Advanced Placement exam.

Placement Criteria: Multiple Measures

Grade of B or better in AP English Literature
Grade of A or B in P Composition & Themes in American Literature
Proficient or Advanced on Most Recent RI
Teacher Recommendation

P Expository Reading & Writing

COURSE NUMBER: EN272 (Exp. Reading & Writing video)

UC/CSU CREDIT: (b) English

This course is designed to prepare students to meet the reading and writing expectations of college English. Course assignments emphasize the in-depth study of expository, analytical, and argumentative reading and writing. Each unit includes a sequence of integrated reading and writing experiences, beginning with pre-reading activities, moving into reading and post-reading activities, and continuing through informal and formal writing assignments. The course includes an extended research project.

Placement Criteria: Multiple Measures

ELPAC– Early Advanced to Advanced)
Most recent IEP recommendations

P Literature and Film

COURSE NUMBER: EN004 (course video)

UC/CSU CREDIT: (b) English

Students will study classics of literature as well as the classics of American and Foreign Cinema. Students will respond to works studied with various modes of creative and composition writing. Themes studied include the power of technology, censorship, the media, and the future.

Placement Criteria: Multiple Measures

ELPAC– Early Advanced to Advanced)
Most recent IEP recommendations

P Modern Literature

COURSE NUMBER: EN117

UC/CSU CREDIT: (b) English

Students will explore the works and themes of 20th Century writers from post WWII to the present through novels, short stories, and plays. Students will study common themes and cultural connections of modern literature while improving composition and grammar through intensive writing.

Placement Criteria: Multiple Measures

ELPAC– Early Advanced to Advanced)
Most recent IEP recommendations

P World Literature/Search for Meaning

COURSE NUMBER: EN150

UC/CSU CREDIT: (b) English

This course explores humanity’s quest for meaning through struggle, ceremony, ritual, value systems and creative expression. Students will study world literature, philosophy, and religion. Units of study will include art history, architecture, and classical and contemporary history. Genres of literature include fiction, non-fiction, novels, plays, essays, poetry, film, and art. Students will seek to define the central values of writers and artists from around the world and most importantly make connections to their own lives.

Placement Criteria: Multiple Measures

ELPAC– Early Advanced to Advanced)
Most recent IEP recommendations

English 12

COURSE NUMBER: EN142

UC/CSU CREDIT: None

This course is designed to serve all students receiving special education services and whose IEPs call for modified English/Language Arts instruction in a Special Day Class setting, in addition in some cases it may serve a student receiving specialized services through a 504 Plan, if determined appropriate by the 504 Team. This course is designed for 12th grade students needing fundamental instruction in reading, basic composition skills, and essential problems of English usage.

ELD (English Language Development)

ELD 1 (English Language Development 1)

COURSE NUMBER: EN171

UC/CSU CREDIT: None

The purpose of this course is to provide students with the knowledge of the structure of the English language and enable them to acquire the necessary proficiency in reading, writing, listening, and speaking to function proficiently in the ELA standards for their grade level. Students enrolled in this ELD course are concurrently enrolled in an additional ELD lab course. Proficiency in English is at Beginning.