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
Project 17, a novel by Laurie Stolarz
Our Town, a play by Thornton Wilder
The Crucible, a play by Arthur Miller
Communications 2000 Nist, S. and Mohr, C. (2002).
Advancing Vocabulary Skills (third edition). New Jersey: Townsend Press.
*Other books, short stories, poems, 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
Flachmann, K. (2011). Reading and Writing Paragraphs (5th edition). New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Flachmann, K. (2011) Reading and Writing Essays (5th edition). New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Technical Writing Nist, S. and Mohr, C. (2002).
Advancing Vocabulary Skills (third edition). New Jersey: Townsend Press.
A Separate Peace, a novel by John Knowles
A Doll’s House, a play by Henrick Ibsen
The Glass Castle, a memoir by Jeannette Walls
*Other books, short stories, poems, etc. TBA
 
^ Junior and senior classes will also use the following classroom set of books:
Elements of Language, Sixth Course. Holt, Rinehart and Winston.