English Department

Junior English

This course is geared to the career/technical student who needs practical English skills to compete and succeed in the modern workforce. This course includes the study of short stories, drama, poetry, and novels. It is further designed to refine composition skills, develop literary analysis proficiency, and continue to develop vocabulary. Basic communication, research, and word processing skills are also incorporated.

 
Junior Books:
The Crucible, a play by Arthur Miller
The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Improving Vocabulary Skills (Fifth edition). New Jersey: Townsend Press
*Other books, short stories, poems, films, etc. TBA 

Senior English

This course includes the study of short stories, drama, poetry, and novels. Continued improvement of vocabulary, composition, and communication skills is emphasized throughout the year. Career and technical writing as well as a continued study and application of research techniques are also emphasized in this course. Each student completes a research paper.

 
Senior Books:
The Glass Castle, a memoir by Jeannette Walls
Long Way Down, a novel in verse by Jason Reynolds
Macbeth, a play by William Shakespeare
Advancing Vocabulary Skills (Fifth edition). New Jersey: Townsend Press
*Other books, short stories, poems, films, etc. TBA