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English Department Course Selection Guide

This guide provides information about the English department's course offerings, including requirements, honors and academic courses, and AP English Literature & Composition and AP English Language & Composition. It also highlights elective options such as creative writing, fundamentals of writing, public speaking, etymology, SAT prep, journalism, newspaper journalism, and photo journalism.

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English Department Course Selection Guide

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  1. English DepartmentCourse selection guide Department Chair Toni Rader

  2. EACH STUDENT IS REQUIRED TO TAKE 4 YEARS OF ENGLISH FOR BOTH THE ADVANCED STUDIES DIPLOMA AND STANDARD DIPLOMA. ELL STUDENTS MAY COUNT ADVANCED ESL AS AN ENGLISH CREDIT.

  3. UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HONORS AND ACADEMIC ENGLISH COURSES: • HONORS – Course content is rapidly paced with additional depth. Lessons are often designed to be independent, complex, abstract, and open-ended. Additional weight of .5 is given to honors English courses. • ACADEMIC – Course content and expected student performance require additional reading and writing at a rigorous level. • Choosing a more rigorous course like an honors or AP course is highly valued by colleges and universities.

  4. GENERAL RULE OF THUMB Follow the path you have set for yourself. If you are in Academic English this year, choose Academic English for next year. If you are in Honors English this year, choose Honors English for next year. An exception to the rule would be if your teacher is recommending you change levels.

  5. UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AP ENGLISH LITERATURE & COMPOSITION AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE & COMPOSITION READING: Non-Fiction Focus Autobiographies Various essays, speeches and letters Focus on Rhetoric - the art of persuasion and technique WRITING: In-class timed essays Writing in the various modes (Exposition, narrative, persuasive, etc.) Emphasis on Argumentation • READING: • Approximately 6 Novels • Approximately 1-2 • Shakespeare plays • Poetry Selections • Skills in reading to consider • effect of literary techniques • on meaning. • WRITING: • In-class timed essays and creative writing • Out-of-class analytical essays • Emphasis on interpretation Focus on how language contributes to meaning. Reading Critically Analysis of form and content Essays – formal, timed, writings Focus on analysis

  6. ENGLISH ELECTIVES OPPORTUNITES CREATIVE WRITING (.5 credit) FUNDAMENTALS OF WRITING (.5 credit) PUBLIC SPEAKING (.5 credit) ETYMOLOGY (.5 credit) SAT PREP (.5 credit) JOURNALISM (1 credit) NEWSPAPER JOURNALISM I, II, & III - (1 credit each) PHOTO JOURNALISM I, II, & III (1 credit each)

  7. CREATIVE WRITING This course focuses on the study of the fundamental elements of creative writing, including developing strategies for writing creatively, practicing aspects of narrative writing, using poetic devices, and developing voice. FUNDAMENTALS OF WRITING This course focuses on the study of fundamental elements of writing, including strategies for writing and aspects of nonfiction writing. PUBLIC SPEAKING Students explore the process of generating, transmitting, receiving, and evaluating ideas and feelings through intrapersonal and interpersonal communication, oral interpretation, group discussion, and public speaking.

  8. ETYMOLOGY Students study the meanings and derivations of English words to broaden their knowledge and command of the English language. SAT PREP This course is designed to help students spend concentrated time and effort understanding the patterns and strategies needed to understand and prepare for the SAT 1.

  9. JOURNALISM Features units in: -writing -taking photos for publications -advertising -public relations -radio -television This course will help you become not just a better writer, photographer, and creative person, but it also helps you relate to your world, and to any profession you can think of, in a much more interactive and exciting way.

  10. NEWSPAPER JOURNALISM • You will be reporting, interviewing, writing and taking photos for publication in the school newspaper, The Loudoun Raider, which publishes 5 to 7 times a school year. You will also help with the layout and design of the paper in addition to updating an online version of the paper and selling ads to the community to support the paper.

  11. PHOTO JOURNALISM Top Ten Reasons to Join the LCHS Yearbook Staff! 10. Create stories using digital photography. 9. Go to some sporting events free with your press pass! 8. It looks great on college applications! 7. Learn to use cutting edge publication technology. 6. Gain leadership skills and opportunities. 5. Get a first look at the yearbook as it is published. 4. Practice designing individually and on teams! 3. Learn to interview and improve your writing skills. 2. Influence how students remember the school year. 1. Make friends and have fun!

  12. QUESTIONS?? PLEASE CONTACT TONI RADER AT toni.rader@lcps.org

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