Mission/Philosophy
The LCCPA English Department ensures each student will be a competent, capable, and critical thinker and communicator of information through rigorous, worldly, and engaging instruction, practice, and application.
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Course Descriptions
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This is a semester-long senior elective course following successful completion of Sophomore Humanities. The objective for this course is to analyze and evaluate films of a range of styles & genres as works of literature with greater awareness, clarity, and skill. Through our study, students will learn to identify, interpret, discuss, and write about literary and film elements and their individual and cooperative roles in defining film as literature. We will also explore the connections between film and written literature through incorporating nonfiction articles and short fiction stories. We will also delve deep into the stories that the films tell by learning about film history and famous filmmakers as well as doing in-depth director, character, and theme studies.
ELA Credit: .5
(could potentially be up to 0.75 credit depending on the activities completed and the standards achieved in individual student projects).
Pre-Requisites: Sophomore Humanities; Instructor Consent
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Literary Genres is an English elective wherein the student selects a literary discipline to study. Such possibilities could include Wisconsin Literature, Mystery, Science Fiction, or Historical Fiction. Students are required to fulfill a list of tasks that include a variety of written analyses, some oral presentations, related assigned readings, and researching the chosen category. This course is designed to encourage reading as well as allow the student to further explore material in which they are truly interested. Students will have the opportunity to explore topics of interest in more depth, which will allow them the opportunity to earn the credit above the base credit that is offered.
ELA Credit: .5
(could potentially be up to 0.75 credit depending on the activities completed and the standards achieved in individual student projects).
Pre-Requisites: Sophomore Humanities; Instructor Consent
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Creative Writing is designed to provide students with the opportunity to explore the basic types of writing. Students analyze the development of short stories, plays, memoirs, and poetry. Students write examples of each form and are required to maintain a journal. Basic writing skills are emphasized and reinforced throughout the course, including: writing processes, language, grammar, and usage--these are centered around the Six Traits of Writing. Students will work to complete a writing portfolio throughout the term. Students will have the opportunity to explore topics of interest in more depth, which will allow them the opportunity to earn credit above the base credit that is offered.
ELA Credit: .5
(could potentially be up to 0.75 credit depending on the activities completed and the standards achieved in individual student projects).
Pre-Requisites: Sophomore Humanities; Instructor Consent
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Creative Writing is designed to provide students with the opportunity to explore the basic types of writing. Students analyze the development of short stories, plays, memoirs, and poetry. Students write examples of each form and are required to maintain a journal. Basic writing skills are emphasized and reinforced throughout the course, including: writing processes, language, grammar, and usage--these are centered around the Six Traits of Writing. Students will work to complete a writing portfolio throughout the term. Students will have the opportunity to explore topics of interest in more depth, which will allow them the opportunity to earn credit above the base credit that is offered.
ELA Credit: 0.25
Pre-Requisites: Instructor Consent
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Applied English is a course which allows the student to explore the language arts areas directly related to life after high school. The students examine today’s labor market and consumer affairs. Job related oral and written skills along with those faced on the job are stressed. Forms of literature most often encountered in the work world are stressed. Students review grammar and usage skills necessary to compete in today’s world.
ELA Credit: 0.50
Pre-Requisites: Sophomore Humanities
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AP English Literature is a challenging course that focuses on reading, writing, and critically analyzing literature. This course is designed for the college-bound student with a strong command of reading and writing skills. Students will be evaluated primarily on their ability to read and analyze various pieces of literature. Units will include several novels, poetry, drama, and short stories. Reading will be assigned prior to the start of the course. Students, who elect to take the AP exam in May, will be eligible for college credit. The approximate cost of the exam is $100.
ELA Credit: 1.00
Pre-Requisites: Sophomore Humanities; Instructor Consent
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This course focuses on building students’ understanding and appreciation of how writers use language to convey meaning and impact readers. The course engages students in becoming skilled readers of prose written in a variety of rhetorical contexts and at a varying degree of difficulty. AP Language & Composition readers can analyze the rhetoric and argumentation of a text to determine deeper layers of meaning and connection. Conversely, this course also develops students to become skilled writers who compose for a variety of contexts and purposes, including writing to rhetorically analyze, argue, and synthesize. This course is skills-based and will prepare students to be successful on the AP Language exam, to be ready for college-level reading and writing, and to think and communicate critically about information.
ELA Credit: 1.00
Pre-Requisites: Sophomore Humanities; Instructor Consent
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Fundamentals of Public Address (133) are the examination of the principles of oral message preparation and presentation. Students will prepare and present actual public communication. A University of Wisconsin Green Bay faculty member teaches this course. Students pay a prorated portion of the UW tuition as determined by LCASD to receive college credit. Students may be required to purchase a required text for the course.
ELA Credit: 0.50
Pre-Requisites: Sophomore Humanities; Instructor Consent
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Last Updated: 1/16/23 |
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