English
אנגלית
英语研究系
英语系致力于帮助每一位学生成为最有效的交流者. 这种承诺的前提是语言是开启学生潜能的钥匙. Through writing, reading, and discussion, 主要的焦点是面对在古典和当代文学中明显的道德基础. Organizational skills and 研究技术 are developed through this program. Students are required to complete four years of an English sequence for graduation. Questions about appropriate leveling should be directed to the Department Chair.
写作指南
Formatting a Paper According to MLA Guidelines as Seen on OWL Purdue University Website
- 在所有的四个边1 "边距
- 整张纸双倍行距
- 使用的字体相当于12倍新罗马字体.
- Name and page # on each page if document is more than one page
- 页面左侧的四行标题按以下顺序包括:学生姓名(拼写正确), 教员姓名(拼写正确), class name, 日期(日、月、年，无标点符号)
- 论文的标题没有下划线/斜体(除非是书籍或戏剧的标题), 它们也从未被守住.
- 段落缩进.
- Works Cited—not underlined, not bolded, and centered on page
- 引用的作品格式正确. (This includes alphabetical order if more than one listing, 更正每个清单的页边距, correct punctuation and information within each listing.)
- 文本引用格式正确.
- Quotations of more than four lines are double indented.
Courses Offered
In this course, 学生每周将有六节课学习短篇小说的基本结构和意义, the novel, 莎士比亚戏剧, and poetry. The curriculum uses the official Pre-AP 1 resources from the College Board, 包括标准参照测试. 一个强大的写作和语法程序开始在这门课程的写作过程, 研究技术, and grammatical structure with emphasis on studying diction and syntax. 预ap课程旨在支持不同水平的阅读和写作的学习者，而不是荣誉课程或高级课程(根据大学理事会规则)。. 一个强大的写作和语法程序开始在这门课程的写作过程, 研究技术, and grammatical structure with emphasis on studying diction and syntax. 课程包括: Romeo and Juliet, Of Mice and Men, The Sunflower, The Odyssey，一本科幻小说，一个澳门威尼斯人网上赌场神话的单元，以及各种散文、短篇小说和诗歌.
在这个以技能为重点的课程中, 学生每周将有六节课的学习，以培养在ap预科课程中取得成功所必需的技能. 学生学习短篇小说、小说、回忆录和诗歌的基本结构和含义. A composition and grammar program begins in this course, 注重写作技巧, 研究技术, and grammar and syntax required to be successful sophomore year. 课程包括: 我们的小镇，鼠与人， 向日葵号，华氏451度， The Odyssey, and various essays, articles, short stories, and poems.
Pre-AP 2英语课程是为普通水平的学生开设的，它建立在Pre-AP 1英语的基础上. 学生培养对作家(诗人)的认识, novelist, playwright, essayist, reporter, writer of non-fiction) manipulates language to persuade, inform, and entertain. Students will read closely and analyze a range of complex literary and informational texts. They learn to identify textual evidence for support in their discussions and writing, 除了学习识别作者和说话者如何使用特定的单词和句子来说服/改变思想, emotions, 以及读者和听众的行为. The curriculum uses the official Pre-AP 2 resources from the College Board, 包括标准参照测试.
在每个单元结束时, 学生完成两个多项选择测试以及写作任务，他们撰写精心设计和细致入微的分析段落和文章. To help the students have the vocabulary need for their reading assignments, Membean, 学校的词汇计划, 是这门课不可或缺的吗. Lastly, to help students become life-long readers and explore different types of books, 在这一年中, students will select and read four free choice high school level books, 每个季度都有不同的类型. 预ap课程旨在支持不同水平的阅读和写作的学习者，而不是荣誉课程或高级课程(根据大学理事会规则)。.
Prerequisite: Teacher Recommendation, writing sample and high test scores. 本课程使学生成为以文学为重点的散文的熟练读者，并成为为各种目的写作的熟练作家. 这门写作课程使学生能够理解复杂的文本，写出足够丰富和复杂的散文，与成熟的读者进行有效的交流. The study of language itself –differences between oral and written discourse, 正式和非正式语言, historical changes in speech and writing-becomes the basis for this class. Texts include: On Writing Well, 威尼斯商人, 记录员巴特比, 他们携带的东西, As I lay Dying, The Road, The Shallows and 推销员之死. 在完成这门课程后，学生应该能够:分析和解释好的写作样本, identifying and explaining an author’s use of rhetorical strategies and techniques; apply effective strategies in their own writing; write in a variety of genres and contexts; understand the progression of ideas inherent in American literature. 学生必须完成一篇研究论文. This course prepares students to take the AP English Language Exam in May.
作业要求:1.每晚5-2小时
前提条件:教师推荐. 在这个每周的研讨会上, students will examine a wide range of texts paying close attention to the author’s reality, style of writing, 历史背景. 阅读材料包括莎士比亚喜剧， 伊凡·德诺索维奇的一天, the Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Einstein’s Dreams, Brave New World, 魔像和吉尼 and fairy Tales. 强调对措辞和句法的认识.
作业要求:每周2小时
前提条件:教师推荐. These weekly seminars provide students with additional opportunities to read, 写作和讨论文学. The junior curriculum is aimed at understanding the American experience. 这些学生读麦克白, 弗雷德里克·道格拉斯自传, The Scarlet Letter, 《澳门威尼斯人网上赌场》和《愤怒的葡萄. Students complete a research paper focusing on the theme of The American Dream. 研讨班在周五早上7点20分开始.m.
作业要求:每周1小时
前提条件:教师推荐，适当的写作样本，高标准化考试成绩.
AP英语四级侧重于培养学生的解释能力和写作能力，为学生在大学水平的高级工作做好准备，并在AP考试中脱颖而出. Selections are drawn from a wide range of historical periods. 学生必须广泛阅读，并通过广泛的讨论和写作来反思他们的阅读. 学生必须对课外的阅读量承担相当大的责任, 完成所有阅读记录. 作者包括王尔德, Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky, Voltaire, Bronte, Ellison, Woolf, Eliot, and Orwell. Each semester, two 800-word analytic papers are required. 说明文，通常以A为基础.P. 考试题目，每周在课堂上完成. 学生完成期末考试的作品集.
作业要求:1.5 hours per night.
那些没有在大三或大四选修AP英语的学生可以从以下选项中选择一门课程. These courses may be taken at grade level or honors level.
This senior elective focuses on journalistic ethics, news writing, editing, advertising, web analysis, and design. Emphasis is placed on interviewing techniques, writing skills, and photography layout. 学生检查专业的新闻稿件，并写自己的稿件，希望在出版 The Crown Prints.
作业要求:每周2小时
This semester class will explore the impact of literature as it affects moral decisions. 文本将包括: 《玩偶之家》、《澳门威尼斯人网上赌场》、《澳门威尼斯人网上赌场》、《澳门威尼斯人网上赌场》、《澳门威尼斯人网上赌场》. 学生还将完成原创性研究，为一位在世的榜样撰写1000字的传记. 如果学生阅读，将获得荣誉学分 多里安·格雷的画像, 写一篇1500字的论文, and perform 25-30 lines from Hamlet.
作业要求: .5 hour per night
This semester class will focus on the role that one person plays in society, 以及个人如何做出改变. 文本将包括 Oedipus, Antigone, 1984, Brave New World, Macbeth or 驯悍记, and 人民公敌. Students who wish to earn honors credit will also read The Trial by Kafka, 写一篇1500字的论文, 记住25-30行莎士比亚的诗.
作业要求: .5 hour per night
本学期课程将学习建筑类型，并发现文学和生活中的英雄角色. 文本将包括: Cyrano, 所有我们看不见的光, 麦田里的守望者, and Othello or Julius Caesar. Students who wish to earn honors credit will also read the Stranger by Camus, 写一篇1500字的论文, 记住25-30行莎士比亚的诗.
作业要求: .5 hour per night
This semester class focuses on non-fiction texts including 五光十色，坚不可摧， 还有各种形式的文章. 强调修辞策略, students will write in-class weekly and complete an 800 word research paper. 如果学生阅读，可以获得荣誉学分 The Shallows，写一篇1500字的论文，并创建一个作品集，提交给英语系主席.
作业要求: .5 hour per night
12年级第二学期的选项. 这一学期的课程通过建立特定的公共演讲能力和提高关键的听力技巧来提高口头沟通技巧. 学生将学习基本的声音控制、非语言表达和听众分析. Each student prepares and delivers both extemporaneous and planned speeches. Required speeches include: informative, interpretive, demonstrative, and persuasive. For the final exam in May, each student prepares a speech and presents it at Oratory Fair.
作业要求:每周2小时
第一学期和第二学期选修课. In this course, the primary goals are to develop the habits of analysis, criticism, understanding and appreciation of film in a disciplined and creative manner, 从电影理论和研究的总体概述开始，然后仔细研究12部具体的电影. 学生所学的语言和文化的大部分内容都是通过视觉媒体过滤的. 本课程超越文本分析(情节), theme, 角色)到电影概念，如框架, lighting, editing, 声音不会太专业. The course traces the history of cinema in the United States, 探索恒星系统, 董事的重要性, the combat film, romantic comedy, and film noir. Films are screened in class and discussions follow each screening. 早期的电影包括查理·卓别林的作品, Laurel and Hardy, 以及马克思兄弟, Citizen Kane, 和雨中曲. 现代导演，如佩妮·马歇尔，乔治·卢卡斯和史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格也被研究过.
作业要求: .5 hour per night
本学期班将学习 The Tempest by Shakespeare, Pygmalion by Shaw, and Our Town by Wilder to examine dramatic techniques and styles. Then, as the semester final, students will perform scenes from these plays.
作业要求: .5 hour per night
本学期课程将学习各种伟大的作品，学生将创建自己的诗歌作品集, short stories, 还有一本儿童读物.
作业要求: .5 hour per night
In this class, students will delve into our current media landscape, 批判性地思考我们这个超互联的世界. We will examine the role of legacy media, social media, and disruptive media. Students will scrutinize, argue, and write about the effects of these shifts. The class will include a comprehensive understanding of logical fallacies, 辩论导论, 以及公开陈述论点. The class will incorporate project and problem-based learning.
作业要求: .5 hour per night
本课程旨在鼓励学生探索健康主题和工具，以提高自我意识和获得个人洞察力. 主题将包括个人价值观和信仰, goal setting, 决策过程, 批判性和创造性思维. 学生将通过学习发展心理学和人格理论的主题来研究人与人之间和人与人之间的交流模式. 学生还将探索自我发现的工具和个人成长的技巧，如自我评估, mindfulness, journaling, 以及创造性的艺术创作. Students will be required to complete a variety of readings, assignments and exercises and participate in group discussion.