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English The goal of the Academy English Department is to teach students to read compassionately, think exactingly, write clearly and gracefully, and act with the compassion, exactitude, clarity and grace they derive from their engagement with the English language and with literature. We believe offering students a wide variety of curricular challenges in language and literature will increase their capacity for perception, feeling, reason and tolerance, nourish their imaginations and inspire their actions.
Graduation Requirements 1. Four credits are required for graduation. 2. Students must earn 2 credits total in English in their junior and senior years. 3. Every student must take at least one American Literature course.
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Open to grade 9. No prerequisite. Year course. One credit. Satisfies English requirement for grade 9.
ENGLISH 1A/1B 2 SEMESTERS
2 SEMESTERS
GRADE
10
Course Offerings English 1: How Stories Shape Our World This course invites students to tell and read literature in ways that lead them to think more deeply about themselves, others, and the world around them. Learning to live as lifelong learners, students practice and make progress as collaborators, communicators, creators and critical thinkers. They consider questions such as: Who am I? How can reading and writing help me understand myself and this world? What do I value and why? What are my strengths and growth areas and how can I continue to progress as a student, classmate and person?
GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY BY DESIGN: GLOBAL ISSUES: PLACE, PERSPECTIVE AND PARTNERSHIP (ID)
GRADE
ENGLISH 2A/2B VISUAL STORYTELLING (ID)
ENGLISH 2A/2B 2 SEMESTERS
2 SEMESTERS
GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY BY DESIGN: ASIAN STUDIES (ID) 2 SEMESTERS
GRADE
11
LITERARY SEMINAR (Elective Credit)
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REQUIRED One of the following American Literature Courses:
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American Studies (ID) (2 semesters) American Voices Bias in America (ID) Jazz Age Nature Short Story Global Sustainability by Design: Constructing Race and the American Experience (ID) (2 semesters)
Any of the courses in this column may also be taken as an English graduation requirement or elective once the American Literature requirement has been fulfilled.
GRADE
12
COURSE OFFERINGS Arts and Letters (ID) Buddhist Philosophy and the Game of Go Creative Nonfiction and Scientific Storytelling Creative Writing Creativity and Composition (ID) Crime and Punishment Ideas in Western Literature Identity and Culture Junior English Honors Ka Punahou: The Stories of Our Community Magical Realism Narrative Filmmaking Science Fiction Senior English Honors Words R Us Writing with Clarity and Grace
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