4项清单.

• 英语1:通过文学探索自我

  我是谁，什么对我来说是重要的? In what ways do the experiences of characters in literature match or challenge my own world views? 当我们遇到价值观相反的人时会发生什么?
  
  这些问题推动了我们的英语1课程, 我们的阅读资料, 讨论, 写作可以帮助你了解他人和自己. 你将被挑战使用我们的文本作为反思的工具, demonstrating the lifelong role that literature can play in gaining empathy for others and developing your own personal philosophy. 我们的课程以社区为中心, where you use class 讨论 and group work to deepen your understanding of our texts and develop your literary analysis skills. 在一个对话可能会变得暴躁和分裂的时代, 我们要求你用理解和深思熟虑的回答来练习倾听.
  
  日常的非正式写作可以加强写作的流畅性, and our formal 写作 assignments focus on narrative 写作 and establish the core skills for analytical 写作. 你会了解到写作是一个过程，并开始发展自己的写作, creating a foundation that enables you to confidently and flexibly approach future communication needs. All of our work helps you develop your individual voice, within a learning community and beyond.

• 英语2:目的与声音

  我们为什么要写作? 形式和语言如何影响意义? 我如何有效、有力、自信地表达我的想法? 受众和目的如何影响我们的传播选择?
  
  This course centers on the art of expression--examining the choices writers make to communicate their ideas and applying them to our own communication needs. 你将尝试多种交流方式, 重点是分析写作和论证. You will continue to develop and adapt your own 写作 process and reflect on your growth as a writer. 在这个阶段, you will gain increasing independence in all of your work and engage in abundant peer collaboration, 确认与他人合作有助于综合和深化想法. This class helps you to further develop your voice and acquire the tools to use it most effectively.

• 英语3:初级研讨会-考虑语境

  You will engage in college-style seminars that allow you to explore areas of personal interest while focusing on the following overarching essential questions: What does it mean to be American? What can literature teach us about the American experience and the experiences of Americans? How is the human experience impacted by identity and by context, considering both time and place? 以及我如何运用历史和文化语境来充分理解一篇文章?
  
  这些问题是我们英语3课程的知识核心. You will engage with difficult and stylistically unconventional literature that will require practice in close reading and recognizing the role of nuance and bias. 这种经历会帮助你成为一个有批判性和自信的读者, 准备好享受并从你遇到的任何文本中获得意义. 你将深入探索这些复杂的文本和思想, 复杂的对话和写作. You will continue to practice adapting form and language to accomplish your communication goals, 同时努力培养自己独特的视角和写作能力.
  
  荣誉课程有相同的研讨会选项，并培养类似的学术技能. 它们的区别在于深度的增加和节奏的加快, 涉及额外阅读, 写作, 研究组成部分. Honors courses are designed for students who have demonstrated a mastery of grade-level literary analysis and 写作 skills and are eager to perform more complex, 自励的作业. Ideal candidates embody authentic engagement during all-class and small-group activities and are independent learners who demonstrate original thinking, 承担智力和创造性的风险, 并与其他文本和我们的世界建立深刻的联系.
  
  获得荣誉的先决条件:写作样本, 一份简短的兴趣陈述, 老师的推荐, 目前的英语课得了A.

  以下每个研讨会都有荣誉和非荣誉选项:
  
  美国梦
  什么是美国梦? 它是如何与美国身份相交的? 有没有所谓的“美国人”身份? 美国人的价值观是什么? 美国梦在多大程度上仍然适用于今天? You will seek to answer these questions as you explore literature written by American authors across the changing landscape that is America. 从殖民地到当代, 你将探索每位作者如何面对他们所处时代的主题和冲突, 通过身份的视角——作者的和你自己的.
  
  真理,谎言 & 假365体育彩票平台
  这门课程，就像我们今天的世界一样，是分岔的. 我们会考虑小说中真实的本质, 问:当我们讲故事的时候, 无论是在歌曲中, 诗歌, 戏剧, 电影或散文, 我们在说谎吗? We’ll also turn our attention to nonfiction, considering: Who benefits from disinformation? 为什么? 我们将在数字领域中审视我们自己的注意力, 检查修辞和宣传的工具, 然后试图理清先前存在的意识形态中错误信息的根源. 最终, we will think past fake news and media literacy to consider the global implications of disinformation.

• 英语4:高级研讨会-超越文本

  Students continue to engage in college-style seminars designed by faculty based on their expertise and student interest. Seminars address specific themes, regions, time periods, genres, and authorial circumstances. All seminars are unified by the following overarching essential questions: How do texts speak to each other? What connections can be made to film, art, music, journalism, and emerging art forms? How does a piece of literature connect to and enrich my understanding of past and current world events? How do I assume ownership of my unique perspective and employ my 写作 tools for original expression?
  
  These questions drive the high-level intellectual content and critical thinking at the core of our 英语 4 curriculum. You will independently and collaboratively make meaning of texts by seeking out and making connections to other texts, 历史和当代世界事件, 在文学世界里. 所有课程都能提高你的写作技巧，培养你独特的写作声音.
  
  荣誉课程有相同的研讨会选项，并培养类似的学术技能. 它们的区别在于深度的增加和节奏的加快, 涉及额外阅读, 写作, 研究组成部分. Honors courses are designed for students who have demonstrated a mastery of grade-level literary analysis and 写作 skills and are eager to perform more complex, 自励的作业. Ideal candidates embody authentic engagement during all-class and small-group activities and are independent learners who demonstrate original thinking, 承担智力和创造性的风险, 并与其他文本和我们的世界建立深刻的联系.
  
  Prerequisites: 写作 sample, 老师的推荐, 目前的英语课得了A.
  
  以下每个研讨会都有荣誉和非荣誉选项:
  
  国际文学 
  
  这个世界充满了伟大的文学作品，这是你拥抱它的机会. 我们可能读到的作家来自墨西哥, 意大利, 特立尼达和多巴哥, 新西兰, 荷兰, 和其他国家. Titles may include Cry, the Beloved Country (South Africa) and Nectar in a Sieve (India). The authors explore universal themes and ideas that are not only relevant to their own nations, 但与今天的我们有关. 包括种族隔离, 妇女的权利, 宗教自由, 以及面对工业化的家庭凝聚力. 你将通过论文进一步探索思想, 研究努力, 和演示, 以及在安全但具有挑战性的环境中进行对话.
  
  

  局外人 & 反政府武装

  我们已经熟悉了大多数人的故事, 主流, 还有那些安于现状的人. This course instead focuses on experiences of the outsider and voices that have been left out or obscured. Our authors have chosen to tell stories that might be missing and need to be heard. 有些故事可能与你自己的经历有关, 其他人可能会阐明新的观点. The outsider offers unique insight into the world around them--its beauties as well as its flaws. 而归属感是我们许多文本的中心主题, there’s also the question of how and why people reject society--its expectations and rules. And finally, this course highlights the rebels who push for change and reshape our world.
  

  科幻小说

  作家和艺术家在想象未来的时候会想些什么? 真实事件如何激发故事的灵感? 你将探索由一些最伟大的文学作家所创造的世界, 对过去和未来吸收多种观点, as well as reflecting on and discussing diverse perspectives on our own evolving world. 通过广泛的作者, 文本和基本问题, 你会发现并发展激发激情和创造力的故事, 用多种方式表达你的想法和愿景.