English/Language Arts
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In
High School English Language Arts classes students continue to develop
language use in different contexts and for different audiences and
purposes. They engage in the formal study of literature, write more
complex compositions, engage in research, and develop skill in
evaluating professional authors' as well as their own language use. They
develop sophisticated media productions to showcase their learning.
During
grades 9-12, students are guided through a sequence of studies that
move from emphasizing relatively familiar, concrete experience to
focusing on more general and abstract ideas. The curriculum seeks to
give all students at all levels as full an experience as possible with
the most rewarding uses of language.
Writing
Writing
has become a valuable tool in the high school classroom for engaging
students in thinking, showing understanding, creating, communicating,
and learning. When we blend two purposes for writing, writing to
demonstrate learning with writing to help facilitate learning, we open
the content area classroom to the many ways diverse writing can benefit
both students and teachers. Throughout the high school years, writing is
integrated in all classrooms, as well as focused on in English classes.
At the end of 10th grade, students participate in the North Carolina
Writing Assessment, responding to a prompt which requires an extended
informational response.