课程主题:冲突中的个人:良心、原因与腐败
In this accelerated version of the English 10 course, 学生进一步探索世界的文学人物谁面对困难的个人, moral, spiritual, psychological, and religious choices, 由于他们的英雄壮举或悲剧性的缺点,他们经常被视为“局外人”. Through works such as William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Reginald Rose’s Twelve Angry Men, J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, 还有一本学生自选的书和其他补充的非虚构作品, 学生阅读和分析一些具有挑战性的文学作品,并从事文学分析和解释的写作. Attention to a writer's craft, tone, 风格补充了学生撰写批判性文章的能力, evaluate, analyze, argue, and synthesize. In addition to text-appropriate vocabulary, students read for context clues and for the nuances of a writer's diction in both fiction and nonfiction. In preparation for the ELA Common Core Regents exam in the junior year, 学生仔细和批判性地阅读,除了从各种角度写作外,还能产生基于文本的论点和分析. In preparation for the SAT and ACT, 学生们定期接受标准化阅读理解测验的评估, and each month, students review and are assessed on a different grammar and writing topic that appears on these exams.
**本课程的录取是基于:1)英语系的批准,2)综合 93% average in English 9 or 90% in English 9(H), 3) an English 9/9H midterm and final score of at least 80%, 4)学生的行为与精读和写作课程相适应, and 5) an evaluation of the student’s formal writings from freshman year.**