• All students at CCHS must successfully complete four years of English. The freshman and sophomore courses must be scheduled during grades 9 and 10. Juniors and seniors participate in an elective program as indicated below. All English courses are designed to strengthen skills in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Through the study of literature, students gain an appreciation of their own and other cultures. Areas of major emphasis are language development, composition, literature study, drama, and media.
• During the freshman and sophomore years, each student will, following a review of the previous year’s performance and the recommendation of the current English teacher, be placed in the more appropriate level. A student who fails Freshman or Sophomore English must either repeat the course or take an appropriate summer school alternative that both covers the same general literary themes and requires the student to continue improving writing skills in a manner consistent with the expectations of our courses.
• Juniors and seniors who have successfully completed the freshman and sophomore English requirements may select courses from the English Electives. Students choose their electives in consultation with their current English teacher and their guidance counselor. The English department strongly advises students to take at least one writing course (Writing Workshop or Rhetoric) at some point during junior or senior year as well as two literature-based courses. In addition, students are encouraged to explore a range of literature from different cultures and different centuries through the various available electives.
• Any student who intends to select more than one English course for a semester will have to wait until course enrollments are complete and courses in which space is available have been identified. |
