High School English
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All students must pass all four years of English and the English 2 end-of-course test (EOC) to graduate. In addition, students can prepare for college-level courses through Advanced Placement (A.P.) English 3 and 4 classes. Students will have the option to take the A.P. language and literature tests, respectively and potentially earn college credit. Students may also elect to take specialized courses in creative writing, cultural media literacy, newspaper, and speech and debate.
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ELA Curriculum
The English 9-12 curriculum is based on the North Carolina Standard Course of Study (NCSCoS), which provides a set of English competencies for each high school course to ensure rigorous student academic performance standards that are uniform across the state. These standards are the foundation of our course curriculum, which is developed to align with current research, exemplary practices, and national board recommendations.
The ultimate purpose of the high school English curriculum is to provide deep and meaningful practice of the skills they have learned in the language abilities they need to communicate effectively as individuals and as contributing members of society. Therefore, we offer learning experiences combined with access to exemplary literature to provoke deep thinking and reasoning through problems and solutions.
Grades 9-10 and 11-12 have common goals that increase in difficulty and depth as is grade-appropriate. Students are exposed to ideas, evaluate those ideas, and communicate their evaluations. Students develop skills in reading for meaning and information, writing, speaking and listening, and language.
The NCSCoS is the framework that guides classroom instruction and assessment for every student in North Carolina. It is the ultimate guide for curriculum selection and the foundation of the North Carolina testing program.
