Course Title:  ENGLISH 10
Grade Open to:  10   Semester:  1 & 2  Credit:  1.0
Prerequisite Course/Grade Recommendation:  None
Fees:  Cost of two paperbacks
This is a year-long required course that is intended to advance students' organizational, reading, writing, speaking, listening, and critical thinking skills.  Students' writing includes journal, (response and interpretive), essay (expository, persuasive, narrative), and historical research.  The literature features nonfiction, including autobiographical and biographical readings and reflective life writings.  Emphasis will be placed on meeting state learning standards in English and on improving students' writing, speaking and listening skills.  This course enables students to interact with their fellow students and to express themselves creatively, as well as factually, in both written and oral communication