Language Arts Course Descriptions
Language Arts 10: (1 Credit) At the tenth-grade level, the Utah Core focuses on experiences that are developmentally appropriate including vocabulary, reading, writing, inquiry, and analytical skills.
Language Arts 10 Honors: (1 Credit) Prerequisite: B average in Language Arts 9 and teacher approval. This class is for the college-bound student who is willing to be challenged and who has a strong foundation in language arts skills.
Language Arts 11: (1 Credit) The Language Arts 11 curriculum connects academic learning to real-life situations, to help prepare students for their post-high school lives. At the eleventh-grade level, the Utah Core focuses on reading and writing experiences that are developmentally appropriate including vocabulary, reading, writing, inquiry and analytical skills.
Language Arts 11 Honors: (1 Credit) Prerequisite: B average in Language Arts 10 and teacher approval.
This class is for the college-bound student who is willing to be challenged and who has a strong foundation in language arts skills.
Language Arts 12: (1 Credit) The twelfth grade Language Arts course of study is for young adults who are preparing to enter the world of work, further training, or higher education. Vocabulary, reading, and writing are further refined as students approach graduation from high school and entrance into the adult phase of their lives.
AP Literature: (1 Credit) Prerequisite: B average in Language Arts 11 and teacher approval.
This is a college-level course stressing reading and writing and is designed to prepare students to receive college credit by examination. Recommended for college-bound seniors.
Business Communications:
CE English 1010:
CE English 2010:
Creative Writing: (.5 or 1 Credit) Creativity and writing skills will be stressed through composition of various pieces of literature in a variety of genres. Students will draft, revise, edit, and publish stories, poems, narrations, etc. Second semester will focus on editing and publishing the school literary magazine.
Debate: This is a competitive speech and debate class where students learn various competitive speech and debate events covered in the Utah and National Speech and Debate Associations, including: the speech events of oration, international and domestic extemporaneous speaking, impromptu speaking, humorous interpretation, dramatic interpretation, and duo interpretation; and the debate events of policy, public forum, Lincoln/Douglas and congress. Students will participate in class assignments and be expected to attend 5 speech and debate tournaments.
Language Arts 10 Honors: (1 Credit) Prerequisite: B average in Language Arts 9 and teacher approval. This class is for the college-bound student who is willing to be challenged and who has a strong foundation in language arts skills.
Language Arts 11: (1 Credit) The Language Arts 11 curriculum connects academic learning to real-life situations, to help prepare students for their post-high school lives. At the eleventh-grade level, the Utah Core focuses on reading and writing experiences that are developmentally appropriate including vocabulary, reading, writing, inquiry and analytical skills.
Language Arts 11 Honors: (1 Credit) Prerequisite: B average in Language Arts 10 and teacher approval.
This class is for the college-bound student who is willing to be challenged and who has a strong foundation in language arts skills.
Language Arts 12: (1 Credit) The twelfth grade Language Arts course of study is for young adults who are preparing to enter the world of work, further training, or higher education. Vocabulary, reading, and writing are further refined as students approach graduation from high school and entrance into the adult phase of their lives.
AP Literature: (1 Credit) Prerequisite: B average in Language Arts 11 and teacher approval.
This is a college-level course stressing reading and writing and is designed to prepare students to receive college credit by examination. Recommended for college-bound seniors.
Business Communications:
CE English 1010:
CE English 2010:
Creative Writing: (.5 or 1 Credit) Creativity and writing skills will be stressed through composition of various pieces of literature in a variety of genres. Students will draft, revise, edit, and publish stories, poems, narrations, etc. Second semester will focus on editing and publishing the school literary magazine.
Debate: This is a competitive speech and debate class where students learn various competitive speech and debate events covered in the Utah and National Speech and Debate Associations, including: the speech events of oration, international and domestic extemporaneous speaking, impromptu speaking, humorous interpretation, dramatic interpretation, and duo interpretation; and the debate events of policy, public forum, Lincoln/Douglas and congress. Students will participate in class assignments and be expected to attend 5 speech and debate tournaments.
