Sunny Hills High School

ENGLISH 1 - English 1, a college-preparatory course, concentrates on the basic skills of composition, language, and literature. Composition study includes the organization of the multi-paragraph essay. Grammar, vocabulary, spelling, speaking, listening, and reading and understanding literature are included. Competence in each skill is the basic objective.

ENGLISH 2 - English 2, a college-preparatory course, continues the development of basic skills introduced in English 1. Composition study involves intensive review of how to organize and write the multi-paragraph essay. Literature emphasizes the study of increasingly challenging works in various genres. The course includes the study of vocabulary, spelling, usage, and mechanics.

ENGLISH 3 - English 3, a college-preparatory course, focuses on United States literature and further develops the study of language and composition. A variety of writing experiences in narrative, descriptive, and expository modes are included.
 

ENGLISH 1 HONORS - English 1-H is an accelerated, college-preparatory course which provides the student with an introduction to world literature including the study of non-fiction, poetry, short story, drama, and novel. Emphasis in the course is placed on the study of literature and the development of writing skills. Secondary attention will be paid to language and vocabulary skill development.

ENGLISH 2 HONORS - English 2-H is an accelerated, college-preparatory course which continues the development of basic skills introduced in the freshman year. This course focuses on literature and the development of composition skills. A focus of this course is preparation for Advanced Placement and/or International Baccalaureate English courses in the 11th and 12th grade years.
 

CALIFORNIA LITERATURE - California Literature is designed to cover the 12th grade English language arts standards through the study of literature written by authors living and/or writing about California from the period of Spanish settlement to the present. Genres studied will include non-fiction, novel, poetry, short fiction, and drama.

NOVEL - Novel is designed to give the student an understanding of the novel as a major literary genre focusing on the reading and interpretation of selected authors of the 19th and 20th centuries. Recurring themes, philosophies, and attitudes will be reviewed.

BIBLE AS LITERATURE - Bible as Literature is a literary-analysis course providing an in-depth study of selected writings from the Old and New Testaments. The writings include classic short stories, drama, poetry, history, and philosophy. The course gives the student an awareness of the literary richness of the Bible and its varied literary forms.

EXPOSITORY READING AND WRITING (ERWC) - The goal of the Expository Reading and Writing course is to prepare college-bound seniors for the literacy demands of higher education. Through a sequence of fourteen rigorous instructional modules, students in this yearlong, rhetoric-based course develop advanced proficiency in expository, analytical, and argumentative reading and writing.
 

AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION - AP English Language and Composition is a college-level composition course dedicated to the study of rhetorical modes and strategies. Students in this course become informed and skillful readers who are able to compose sophisticated essays for a variety of purposes. Through their exploration of diverse rhetorical forms including narrative, expository, interpretive, and argumentative writing, students become attuned to the stylistic and persuasive choices writers make to achieve their purposes.

AP ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION - AP English Literature and Composition teaches the student to do close analysis of major short stories, essays, novels, plays, and poems and to express analysis in clear expository writing. Copies of previous Advanced Placement tests are examined and discussed. Thus, the class prepares the student for the Advanced Placement test given each May.
 

ENGLISH IB HL 1 - English IB HL 1 is a college-level composition course dedicated to the study of rhetorical modes and strategies. Students in this course become informed and skillful readers who are able to compose sophisticated essays for a variety of purposes. Through their exploration of diverse rhetorical forms including narrative, expository, interpretive, and argumentative writing, students become attuned to the stylistic and persuasive choices writers make to achieve their purposes.

ENGLISH IB HL 2 - English IB HL 2 prepares the student to take both the International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement literature tests given each May. The student completes advanced work in composition and detailed analysis of literature through structured analytical essays, discussions, and oral presentations.