Grade Level: 11 Credit: 1-Full Year Recommended Prerequisite: English II English III surveys American literature from the Colonial Period to the present. Students read various literary genres, examining literary devices, narrative techniques, and form and structure. The study of literature is accompanied by an advanced study of vocabulary. Students refine their composition skills by writing persuasive expository and analytical essays and memoirs, and by practicing for the TCAP writing assessment that they take early second semester. Grammar is studied in conjunction with composition as students practice proofreading, editing, and revising their work. The research project is expository or persuasive and incorporates MLA documentation. Both standard and honor levels are offered.
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