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English
The English curriculum teaches students to read perceptively, write clearly, and speak confidently. Students study a variety of classic and contemporary texts in different genres by authors from around the world.

For our international students, English as a Second Language courses are offered in English, history, and religion.

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2005-06 English Courses

English 9 – Introduction to Literature and Composition
English 10 – Literature and Composition II
English 11 – American Literature
American Studies (Interdisciplinary English and History)
AP English Language
English 12 – Senior Seminars:

Adolescence in Psychology, Literature,
Philosophy, and Film
Classics of Continental Literature
Getting Outdoors: The American Nature Essay
Writing the Future: Science Fiction as Cultural Criticism
Good and Evil in Philosophy and Literature
Hamlet and King Lear
Memorable Women in Literature
Narrative Craft: Short Story Writing
Poetry: Writing and Analysis
Shock of the New: Modernist Literature and
Artistic Culture
Southern Literature
Tolstoy or Dostoevsky?
The Senior Project

The Shakespearean Wiseguys: The Fool, The Braggard, and the Cynic
AP English Literature
Journalism
Twentieth-Century Cultures (Interdisciplinary Drama, Art, and Film)
English as a Second Language (Three levels)
Reading and Composition
Literature and Composition
Advanced Literature and Composition