Course Catalog 2018_w_ CTE draft

English 11 Academic builds on the language arts skills and concepts acquired in previous grades. Composition includes personal literary analysis, research-based writing, critical papers using documented sources and personal and creative writing in all rhetorical modes. The skills of critical reading and thinking are applied to the study of American literature and become the basis for proficiency in language, vocabulary and oral communication. Independent reading and collaborative study are vital to this course and provide a base for discussion, analysis and writing. Computer-assisted instruction will be an integral part of the program, including word processing and Internet use.

ENGLISH 11 DUAL ENROLLMENT

1115(1 credit high school credit)(NRCC classes English 111 and English 112, 6 college credits) Grade Level: 11 Prerequisites: English 10 and successfully pass the Virginia Placement Test; successfully complete the NRCC Eng 111(1 st nine weeks) prior to entering NRCC Eng 112(2 nd 9 weeks) This course is designed to allow the student who is academically advanced and enroll in a college course during their junior year. The course develops writing ability for study, work, and other areas of writing based experience, observation, research and reading of selected literature. Students will be guided in learning writing as a process and the following concepts: understanding audience and purpose, exploring ideas and information, composing, revising, and editing. Students will learn to support their writing by integrating, composing, revising, and editing skills and by integrating experiences in thinking, reading, listening, and speaking. English 11 Dual Enrollment addresses Grade 11 Virginia Standards of Learning. It is an EOC course and students are required to demonstrate writing ability by producing original essays to be scored, which meet the English writing SOL Requirements necessary to earn a diploma in the state of Virginia.

ADVANCED PLACEMENT ENGLISH – LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION

1196(1 credit) Grade Level: 11 Prerequisites: English 10 EOC Test: Standards of Accreditation requires a locally developed performance-based assessment

Advanced Placement English 11 engages students in becoming skilled readers or prose written in a variety of periods, disciplines, and rhetorical contexts, and enables them to become effective and confident writers in their college courses across the curriculum and in their professional and personal lives. The content of the course will teach students to read primary and secondary source material carefully, to synthesize material in their own compositions, and to cite source material using conventions recommended by professional organizations. Students will draw from their reading, as well as from personal experience and observation, in order to produce effective expository, analytical, and argumentative writing. This course will also incorporate the teaching of all skills necessary to master the Grade 11 Virginia Standards of Learning. For information regarding Advanced Placement courses, see page 2 in this Course Catalog.

ENGLISH 12

1122(1 credit) Grade Level: 12 Prerequisite: English 11

English 12 Academic requires application of reading comprehension and writing skills developed in previous grade levels. Composition in this course includes personal writing in all the rhetorical modes, research-based writing, and responses to literature. While the focus of the course is on British literature, Western and Third World literature may be included in either chronological or thematic approaches. Language study, vocabulary development, and oral communication skills are integrated with composition and literature. Critical reading and thinking skills are a integral part of the course. The ultimate goal is to assure proficiency in English language skills and to provide a base of knowledge necessary to be academically competitive. Computer-assisted instructions will be an integral part of the program, including word processing and Internet use.

ENGLISH 12 DUAL ENROLLMENT

1120(1 high school credit)(NRCC classes English 111 and English 112, 6 college credits) Grade Level: 12 Prerequisite: English 11 and successfully pass the Virginia Placement test; successfully complete NRCC English 111(1 st nine weeks) prior to entering NRCC English 112 (2 nd nine weeks).