This year long course is designed to integrate and enforce skills in the areas of reading, reading comprehension, writing, listening, thinking, grammar (usage, mechanics), and appreciation of literature through the theme of Reflections. Students will be required to complete several narratives, informational, and argumentative pieces of writing. Students will also be assigned shorter pieces of authentic text and novels to read, discuss, and analyze throughout the school year. Attention will be given to interactions of themes, providing feedback and responses, using elements to build a piece of writing and inferring.

Activities: Reading assigned materials; frequent essays, compositions, and a research paper; group projects, information literacy activities.

Prerequisites: Junior English