English

Fundamental English I

Grade Level: 9
Full Year Course: 1.0
Credit Prerequisites: None
Course Description: This course will cover literature as it applies to short stories, poetry, drama, and novels. Additional emphasis will be placed on equipping the student with reading and writing strategies. Basic keyboarding skills and a short research paper will be included. Students will also reflect on their own original written and oral communications as they relate to God’s purpose for us as His creation.

English I

Grade Level:  9
Full Year Course:  1.0 Credit
Prerequisites:  None
Course Description:  This course will cover literature as it applies to short stories, poetry, drama, and novels.  Correct English grammar and usage will be the basis for all written work.  Basic keyboarding skills and a short research paper will be included.  Students will also reflect on their own original written and oral communications as they relate to God’s purpose for us as His creation.

English II

Grade Level:  10
Full Year Course:  1.0 Credit
Prerequisites:  English I
Course Description:  English 2 is a required class structured to develop students' skills in literature, poetry study, grammar, writing and speaking as a part of the unified English 1-4 curriculum.  One emphasis in this sophomore English class will be placed on novel study.  That will be accomplished through the class study of three novels, and an independent novel unit using contemporary popular fiction.  Another emphasis will be on writing through essay literature responses, narrative writing and a career-focused research paper.  Dramatic study and performance will also be incorporated into this class through studying a Shakespearean work and other plays and scene productions.

English III

Grade Level:  11
Full Year Course:  1.0 Credit
Prerequisites:  English I & II
Course Description:  English 3 is divided into two parts, grammar and composition.  The grammar portion reviews the basic parts of speech.  It also teaches how these parts of speech then form various phrases, clauses, and sentences.  The composition portion instructs the students to plan and draft essays, expositions, and research papers.

English IV

Grade Level:  12
Full Year Course:  1.0 Credit
Prerequisites:  English I, II, III
Course Description:  English IV is a senior level literature survey course which covers English Literature from its origination through the early twentieth century.  This study is covered in the first semester.  The second semester of study covers American Literature from its origination through the early twentieth century.  Assignments for these courses include: daily readings, class notes, minor and major quizzes, mid-term and semester tests, and minor and major writing projects.  To receive credit for the course, a student must complete all course-work and earn at least 65% of all points possible.
    The course of study covers prose, poetry, drama and essay works.  Students will be expected to react to these works in small group and full class discussions.  Students will learn how to consider all works of literature in light of the truth of our Lord Jesus and His sovereignty over all creation.

Advanced Placement Literature and Composition

Grade Level:  12
Full Year Course:  1.0 Credit
Prerequisites:  English I, II, III, and faculty recommendation and approval
Course Description:  Advanced Placement English: Literature and Composition is a college-level English course for highly literate and motivated students which affords them the opportunity to earn college credit based upon their performance on a required year-end test given by the College Board.
    This two-semester course covers both modern and classical American, British, and World Literature.  Students are led to view all literature in light of God’s Holy Word and the sovereignty of the Lord Jesus Christ over all creation.
    AP English is a weighted course, and each student is expected to complete all reading and writing assignments in order to receive credit.  The reading assignments include: novels, plays, short stories, poems, and essays.  Writing assignments are specific response essays four to seven hundred words in length.  Also included are frequent multiple-choice tests.

Speech

Grade Level:  11, 12
One Semester:  0.5 Credit
Prerequisites:  None
Course Description: Speech is an elective course designed to offer students aid in the writing and presentation of a variety of different types of speeches. Types of speeches include pep rally speech, short story, and group dramatization.