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2022-2023 MS/HS Course Description Book
Revised 06/2022
Pre-AP English 9
We will overview the main tenants of the Christian worldview in order to
position ourselves to better compare and contrast the worldviews we will
encounter throughout the literature in each course. We will start with reading
comprehension and interpretive skills. Congruently, we will learn how to turn
our discussions into written conclusions and essays. Each course year will go
deeper in each respective component and build off previous years of
instruction.
Prerequisite: A/B average during 8
th
grade for any 9
th
grade student.
Textbook: Holt Elements of Literature Third Course & Various Literature Sets
English 10
10th Grade English further instructs, reinforces, and develops the skills practiced
in first-year English. The study of literary terminology, vocabulary building,
grammar, reading, writing, listening, reflection, and speaking skills continues at a
higher level. Through fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama and novel reading,
students will continue to practice reading strategies and comprehension skills.
The course introduces students to the expectations and requirements of writing
essays and gives them opportunities to write in a variety of text types.
Textbook: Holt Elements of Literature Fourth Course & Various Literature Sets
Pre-AP English 10
We will overview the main tenants of the Christian worldview in order to
position ourselves to better compare and contrast the worldviews we will
encounter throughout the literature in each course. We will start with
reading comprehension and interpretive skills. Congruently, we will learn
how to turn our discussions into written conclusions and essays. Each course
year will go deeper in each respective component and build off previous
years of instruction.
Prerequisite: A/B average in English 9 or Pre-AP English 9.
Textbook: Holt Elements of Literature Fourth Course & Various Literature Sets
American Literature
American Literature is designed to expand your capabilities and to prepare
you to survive in college. The primary focus is on understanding literature,
writing about literature and vocabulary. American literature includes a
study of nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and drama from the colonial period to
the present. This course will help students to become better, more critical
readers and better writers.
Textbook: Holt Elements of Literature Fifth Course
& Various Literature Sets
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