Honors EnglisH II
Course Description: Honors English II students will work with stylistic analysis as it relates to higher-level thinking and writing and to critical reading skills. Extensive reading, writing, and response strategies will be emphasized. Students will organize compositions, write a research paper using MLA style, and focus on recognition and implementation of complicated literary devices.
This is a weighted course.
Homework: 3-5 hours per week.
Prerequisite: English I or Honors English I. Students must not be simultaneously enrolled in any academic support class. Students must also maintain a B- average each semester AND score Proficient or Advanced on the state English test to remain enrolled in an honors English course. Students with a C average at the end of the semester will be placed in an honors or regular section of English at the discretion of the English department. The department will evaluate placement based upon a student’s effort, attendance, attitude, work ethic, and other relevant standards relating to performance. Students with D or F semester averages automatically will be switched to a regular section.
This is a weighted course.
Homework: 3-5 hours per week.
Prerequisite: English I or Honors English I. Students must not be simultaneously enrolled in any academic support class. Students must also maintain a B- average each semester AND score Proficient or Advanced on the state English test to remain enrolled in an honors English course. Students with a C average at the end of the semester will be placed in an honors or regular section of English at the discretion of the English department. The department will evaluate placement based upon a student’s effort, attendance, attitude, work ethic, and other relevant standards relating to performance. Students with D or F semester averages automatically will be switched to a regular section.