Student Handbook – Language Arts Overview

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Courtesy of Schoolhouse Rock and Grammar Rock

Joanne Kim, A&E Editor

Note: May vary based on teacher. Also, text books and curriculum are changing next year.

Freshman Year

Regular Core 1

Honors Language Arts

Books

  • Lord of the Flies
  • To Kill a Mockingbird
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • The Most Dangerous Game (short story)

Sophomore Year

Regular Core 2

Language Arts Honors

Books

  • Antigone
  • Julius Caesar
  • Night
  • House of Mango Street
  • Farewell to Manzanar

Projects

  • Take a Stand Project

 

Junior Year

Regular Core 3

Books

  • The Great Gatsby
  • Their Eyes Were Watching God
  • The Crucible

AP Language & Composition

  • Analyze Non-Fiction
  • Multiple Choice Questions
  • Socratic Seminars

Books

  • The Crucible

AP Literature

Books

  • Oedipus
  • Hamlet
  • The Kite Runner
  • Heart of Darkness
  • Death of a Salesman
  • A Doll’s House

Senior Year

AP Literature

Books

  • Oedipus
  • Hamlet
  • The Kite Runner
  • Heart of Darkness
  • Death of a Salesman
  • A Doll’s House

Projects

  • Senior Project

AP Language Arts

Analyze Non-Fiction

  • Multiple Choice Questions
  • Socratic Seminars

 

Expository Reading and Writing Course (ERWC)

Books

  • Into the Wild
  • Brave New World

Assignments

  • UC personal statements

Projects

  • Senior Project

 

Related Electives

Journalism

Yearbook

Reading (Read 180)