Students in this course will study fiction (plays, long and short novels, poetry) and nonfiction, writing, oral communication, English usage and grammar, and vocabulary skills. Students will integrate the learning of the curricular components through a variety of speaking, reading, writing and service learning projects; they will work individually and in collaborative groups. Students in this course are expected to be capable of completing substantive reading assignments independently without teacher help.

Prerequisite:

• Initial placement is determined by the GBS English Department.