ENGLISH AND READING As adults, today's students will encounter tremendous change during their lifetimes. Our goal in English is to help students learn skills that will allow them to meet and adapt to an American culture that science, technology, business and the media reshape daily. Therefore, we believe that students must think, read, and write at more than a functional level; they must do so at a creative and critical one that will give them an independence of mind. Michelle Standridge, Division Chair 847-731-9370 - standrim@zbths.org
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Students must be aware that some colleges require English at a level of College Prep or higher in order to meet the rigor of their admissions requirements. Many colleges are now requiring that those students whom they admit have completed a four-year College Prep Program. As a general rule, students should begin their study of English by choosing the highest pathway for which they are suited so as to maintain their opportunities. All English courses may require the purchase of a computer storage device. All required core courses require a summer reading.
ENGLISH 2A
criticism, communication skills, vocabulary study, preparation for the College Board and A.C.T. exams, and a wider range of reading and writing with an expectancy of commitment and quality.
EN105
All Year - 1 Credit - 10 Prerequisite: Freshman English. By Special Placement Only Fees: Paperback text. Summer reading required.
ENGLISH 2 (TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY)
Course Description: This course reinforces and further develops reading and writing strategies, study skills, and clear communication. Assignments are designed to help students understand themselves and their responsibility to their work.
INTEGRATED ENGLISH 2
Prerequisite: Successful completion of English 1 (Technology Academy). See Technology Academy Eligibility and Expectation Requirements. Acceptance into the sophomore level of the Academy - Student must purchase/possess the school endorsed Academy laptop. Fees: Storage Device (Floppy disk, CD-R, or “Jump drive”), materials for projects, and paperback texts. Summer reading required.
EN106
All Year - 1 Credit - 10 Prerequisite: Freshman English - Placement Fees: Paperback texts. Summer reading required. Course Description: This course is the English portion of the Sophomore Integrated Pathway. By integrating science and English, this course continues to develop communication skills by using a thematic approach. With the help of a reading specialist, study skills, reading comprehension and writing strategies will continue to be emphasized.
CP ENGLISH 2
EN142
All Year 1 Credit – 10
Course Description: This course continues and advances the initial goals of English 1 (Technology Academy) by focusing on the elements of fiction in prose and poetry analysis and literary criticism, communication skills, vocabulary study, preparation for the College Board and A.C.T. exams, and a wider range of reading and writing with an expectancy of commitment and quality. Technology and a laptop computer are major learning tools for critical thinking. In addition to using themes consistent with other courses in the Academy, this course will be taught using interdisciplinary projects.
EN107
All Year - 1 Credit - 10 Prerequisite: Freshman English. Fees: Paperback texts. Summer reading required. Course Description: This course continues and advances the initial goals of C. P. English 1 by focusing on the elements of fiction in prose and poetry analysis and literary 5