Fairmont Education Group

ENGLISH 1031: English III CP* 5 credits per semester Prerequisite: CP English II, Placement Test Score, Writing Review and Teacher Recommendation Grade level: 11th 1049: AP English Literature and Composition/ English IB HL 2* 5 credits per semester Prerequisite: Successful completion of English III IB, Placement Test Score, Writing Review and Teacher Recommendation Grade level: 12th This course focuses on American Literature and presents works reflecting the changing ideas, social climate, and cultures of this nation. Students examine key themes of the American experience such as the following: the promise of the frontier, freedom and slavery, the possibilities and the problems of selfdefinition, and the meaning of success. Students will study American literature spanning early Native American writers through contemporary authors. Skills from English I and II are refined, and continued vocabulary study prepares students for SAT testing. The literary portfolio continues to be a focus for writing. Oral assessment is an integral part of this course. This college-level course aims to prepare students for the rigors of college literature and writing courses and for the Advanced Placement Literature and Composition exam. Students intensively study texts in translation and in English from a variety of eras as they prepare for written literary analysis examinations in May. This course is writing-intensive and focuses as much on writing and constructing analytical arguments as it does on studying the rhetorical strategies employed in the literature read. Oral assessment is an integral part of this course. Senior Seminars: CP seniors choose at least two senior seminars to complete the English requirements for the senior year (these seminars may not be taken concurrently). Second semester courses build upon first semester literary analysis skills, writing skills and vocabulary knowledge. 1033: English IB HL 1* 5 credits per semester Prerequisite: B in English II H, Placement Test Score, Writing Review and Teacher Recommendation Grade level: 11th 1055: Senior Seminar CP: Literature of the Fantastic* 5 credits per semester Prerequisite: Successful completion of CP English III or AP/IB English III Grade level: 12th This two-year college-level course aims to prepare students for the rigors of college literature and writing courses and for the IB Language A1 diploma or certificate. Students intensively study texts in translation and in English from a variety of eras and countries as they prepare for written literary analysis examinations in their senior year after May. This course is writing-intensive and focuses as much on writing and constructing analytical arguments, as it does on studying the rhetorical strategies employed in the literature read. Oral assessment is an integral part of this course. The skills learned in this class should also prepare students for success on the AP English Literature and Composition exam. FAIRMONT PREPARATORY ACADEMY Since stories have been told, there have always been elements of the ���fantastic,��� whether they be small drops of the surreal in an otherwise mundane story, or stories where the rules of reality bend and sometimes break. Many authors use fantastic situations in their quests to make meaningful literature ��� and we, as readers, are fortunate to benefit from this undertaking. This class examines ���fantastic��� fiction in many different forms, from a full length novel to short stories and myths; all forms of literature that contain the bizarre, the surreal, the amazing, and, yes, the fantastic, are explored and mined for their literary merit. Students read and write extensively in this class and discuss the issues dealt with in the texts they read. 8

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