English 11: American Literature and College Preparatory Composition

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Course Summary

English 11 focuses on many objectives.  In keeping with the Virginia Standards of Learning, throughout this course students will be surveying American literature and focusing on technical and academic composition .  Throughout the year students will write in a variety of forms, including letters, essays, and speeches.  In addition, students will use a variety of technology to compose and publish their writing.  Often student writing will be in response to the literature covered in class.

Because this curriculum focuses on the development of American literature and the changes in the styles and themes of American writings, students will begin the year with writings from the Colonial times and continue their literary study by moving chronologically through American literature and history.  Often, lessons will call for comparative analysis, by requiring students to compare early writings' themes and styles to later writings on similar topics. 

By the end of the course students should expect to take the End of Course: SOL English Writing and Reading test, to have completed an end of the year writing portfolio, and to have read at least five American literary works of considerable length. 

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