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Global English 10(Part 2: World Lit)
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AP English
In 11th and 12th grade English, students have the chance to take AP coursework that would replace the Global English 11 and Global English 12 classes. AP English 11 is Language, and AP English 12 is Literature.
Regardless all 11th grade English students take the English SOL.
Consult guidance as to the excellent benefits of taking an AP course.
Regardless all 11th grade English students take the English SOL.
Consult guidance as to the excellent benefits of taking an AP course.
Electives
Consult guidance to review the present elective offerings. As it is often dependant upon enrollment as well as teacher allocations, courses are subject to change from year to year.
Other courses/activities with heavy English element
Although all courses obviously have a writing and reading element involved, some require more of these skills than others. Noteworthy courses include the "Global Connections Seminar" course, aka "Senior Project", a yearlong course that involves the writing of a fifteen page research paper. This can be seen as the cumulation of the academy program and is considered a capstone class. Likewise the preceding seminar course, although presently a semester in length, includes major writing and analysis.
For calming the presentation jitters, students are encouraged to take public speaking, a fantastic way to get into depth on oral presentations. These gained skills, in some ways more than any other skill set, are lifelong skills that will be practical for the entirety of the student's career.
A friendly atmosphere is always around during the forensics (i.e. speech competitions) tournaments. Students are encouraged to join the team and see some excellent oratory / performances from area talent. Moreover, I guarantee that many students will actually make lifelong friends in the process.
More predatory, perhaps, but equally valuable is the debate team. Students should make full use of our excellent coaching and the rhetorical skills that develop as a result. There is no better way to have information and analysis transfer into all areas of the academic hallways.
Although more fact based, academic decathalon, Great Decisions, and Model United Nations are not only world reknown programs, but areas in which Tallwood excells. Help build all these teams but joining, gaining a leadership role, improving the high school resume, and in a friendly atmosphere gaining mastery of important lifelong skills.
Writers should take a look at joining the newspaper team of editors, the yearbook staff, and/or the literary magazine. All of these areas again offer a leadership role, albeit one that is "behind the scenes" or for a few lucky few "behind the camera lens".
Speaking of scenes, students should not ignore the possibilities offered in theatre, either as an extra-curricular activity on stage or off (students Always welcomed), or as a class, as THS has an award winning program from an award winning instructor with an award winning heart.
Outside of school, many different institutes offer essay competitions, presentation competitions or multimedia production competitions. Noteable places include the annual United Jewish Federation of Tidewater's offering for high school students, NATO, Model UN, Model EU, and / or newspaper / magazine submissions.
Finally, there are occassional odds and ends opportunities that just seem to spring out of nowhere, including Poetry Out Loud, Poetry in your pocket, and award winning programs such as One Lens.
As a final thought, students should consider at least trying one of these programs, and I ask (in fact I very strongly encourage) each student to commit on tournament, submission, and/or attendance of any of the above.
I very rarely offer extra credit, but I believe this is one of the unique cases, where the benefits are so incredibly potent, that a few extra points in the gradebook hardly touch the surface of what both the student and the institute gets out of the deal.
Students should see me regarding this so that we can get them connected and not waste vaulable opportunities.
For calming the presentation jitters, students are encouraged to take public speaking, a fantastic way to get into depth on oral presentations. These gained skills, in some ways more than any other skill set, are lifelong skills that will be practical for the entirety of the student's career.
A friendly atmosphere is always around during the forensics (i.e. speech competitions) tournaments. Students are encouraged to join the team and see some excellent oratory / performances from area talent. Moreover, I guarantee that many students will actually make lifelong friends in the process.
More predatory, perhaps, but equally valuable is the debate team. Students should make full use of our excellent coaching and the rhetorical skills that develop as a result. There is no better way to have information and analysis transfer into all areas of the academic hallways.
Although more fact based, academic decathalon, Great Decisions, and Model United Nations are not only world reknown programs, but areas in which Tallwood excells. Help build all these teams but joining, gaining a leadership role, improving the high school resume, and in a friendly atmosphere gaining mastery of important lifelong skills.
Writers should take a look at joining the newspaper team of editors, the yearbook staff, and/or the literary magazine. All of these areas again offer a leadership role, albeit one that is "behind the scenes" or for a few lucky few "behind the camera lens".
Speaking of scenes, students should not ignore the possibilities offered in theatre, either as an extra-curricular activity on stage or off (students Always welcomed), or as a class, as THS has an award winning program from an award winning instructor with an award winning heart.
Outside of school, many different institutes offer essay competitions, presentation competitions or multimedia production competitions. Noteable places include the annual United Jewish Federation of Tidewater's offering for high school students, NATO, Model UN, Model EU, and / or newspaper / magazine submissions.
Finally, there are occassional odds and ends opportunities that just seem to spring out of nowhere, including Poetry Out Loud, Poetry in your pocket, and award winning programs such as One Lens.
As a final thought, students should consider at least trying one of these programs, and I ask (in fact I very strongly encourage) each student to commit on tournament, submission, and/or attendance of any of the above.
I very rarely offer extra credit, but I believe this is one of the unique cases, where the benefits are so incredibly potent, that a few extra points in the gradebook hardly touch the surface of what both the student and the institute gets out of the deal.
Students should see me regarding this so that we can get them connected and not waste vaulable opportunities.