English 1
Recommended Grade Level:9
Course Description: In English I, students will engage in activities that build on their prior knowledge and skills in order to strengthen their reading, writing, and oral language skills. Students will read and write on a daily basis.
English I Advanced is meant to provide a foundational course for students who intend to enroll in Advanced Placement English III and IV. The course offers a study of multiple genres and periods of literature, accompanies a variety of writing opportunities, vocabulary study, and higher level thinking skills and strategies from College Board. Instruction includes an introduction to key terms, skills, and strategies associated with rhetorical and literary analysis.
Course Description: In English I, students will engage in activities that build on their prior knowledge and skills in order to strengthen their reading, writing, and oral language skills. Students will read and write on a daily basis.
English I Advanced is meant to provide a foundational course for students who intend to enroll in Advanced Placement English III and IV. The course offers a study of multiple genres and periods of literature, accompanies a variety of writing opportunities, vocabulary study, and higher level thinking skills and strategies from College Board. Instruction includes an introduction to key terms, skills, and strategies associated with rhetorical and literary analysis.
English 2
Recommended Grade Level:10
Course Description: English II reinforces study skills, library skills, language usage, composition methods, reading competence, literature appreciation, vocabulary enrichment, and effective test-taking techniques.
English II Advanced continues the foundational preparation for the upper level AP courses. Through a study of classic, Anglo/Saxon, Medieval, and Renaissance literature, students have multiple opportunities to develop and demonstrate their understanding of rhetorical and literary devices through close reading and analysis.
Course Description: English II reinforces study skills, library skills, language usage, composition methods, reading competence, literature appreciation, vocabulary enrichment, and effective test-taking techniques.
English II Advanced continues the foundational preparation for the upper level AP courses. Through a study of classic, Anglo/Saxon, Medieval, and Renaissance literature, students have multiple opportunities to develop and demonstrate their understanding of rhetorical and literary devices through close reading and analysis.
English 3
Recommended Grade Level:11
Course Description: English III consists of advanced language usage, written compositions, preparation for college entrance examinations through vocabulary development and test-taking techniques, a survey of American literature from 1607 to the present time, and advanced research skills applicable to a documented paper on an appropriate topic.
Course Description: English III consists of advanced language usage, written compositions, preparation for college entrance examinations through vocabulary development and test-taking techniques, a survey of American literature from 1607 to the present time, and advanced research skills applicable to a documented paper on an appropriate topic.
English III Advanced Placement
This course engages students in becoming skilled readers of prose written in a variety of rhetorical contexts, and in becoming skilled writers who compose for a variety of purposes. Both their writing and their reading should make students aware of the interactions among a writer’s purposes, audience expectations, and subjects, as well as the way genre conventions and the resources of language contribute to effectiveness in writing.
English III Advanced Placement/Dual Credit
This course engages students in becoming skilled readers of prose written in a variety of rhetorical contexts, and in
becoming skilled writers who compose for a variety of purposes. Both their writing and their reading should make students aware of the interactions among a writer’s purposes, audience expectations, and subjects, as well as the way genre conventions and the resources of language contribute to effectiveness in writing. Students are dual enrolled at Northwest Vista College and will receive English 1301 and 1302 college credit upon successful completion of coursework.
This course engages students in becoming skilled readers of prose written in a variety of rhetorical contexts, and in becoming skilled writers who compose for a variety of purposes. Both their writing and their reading should make students aware of the interactions among a writer’s purposes, audience expectations, and subjects, as well as the way genre conventions and the resources of language contribute to effectiveness in writing.
English III Advanced Placement/Dual Credit
This course engages students in becoming skilled readers of prose written in a variety of rhetorical contexts, and in
becoming skilled writers who compose for a variety of purposes. Both their writing and their reading should make students aware of the interactions among a writer’s purposes, audience expectations, and subjects, as well as the way genre conventions and the resources of language contribute to effectiveness in writing. Students are dual enrolled at Northwest Vista College and will receive English 1301 and 1302 college credit upon successful completion of coursework.
English 4
English 4
Course Description: English IV includes extensive composition and language practice, a study of the origins and growth of the English
language through a survey of British literature, and the
reading of other works by world masters from all periods.
Course Description: English IV includes extensive composition and language practice, a study of the origins and growth of the English
language through a survey of British literature, and the
reading of other works by world masters from all periods.
English IV College Prep
What is college prep?
Seniors who:
College Ready Criteria:
TSI:
Reading: 351
Writing: 340 and 4+ on essay
PSAT:
Combined Reading and Writing score: 460
ACT:
English: 19
SAT:
English: 480
What is college prep?
- This is a college-level course that is taught on a high school campus.
- Successful completion of the course will allow you to be deemed “college ready”
- Attempts to eliminate the “gap” between high school and college-level writing skills.
- Counts as your senior-level English credit.
- The course is not the same course as English IV.
- More writing opportunities
- More focused writing instruction
- Fewer literature-based assignments
- Final portfolio assessment of course writings
Seniors who:
- have passed both English I and English II STAAR exams.
- are college-bound.
- Upon successful completion of this course with a 75 average or better and 90% attendance, the student will receive a TSI waiver and may enter an entry-level college credit-bearing English course at partnering institutions without remediation. Without this waiver, students may be required to take remedial English courses that do not award credits toward their degree program.
- Focused, individualized writing instruction
- Tuition savings
- Discussing current events/topics.
- Use of college-level textbook.
College Ready Criteria:
TSI:
Reading: 351
Writing: 340 and 4+ on essay
PSAT:
Combined Reading and Writing score: 460
ACT:
English: 19
SAT:
English: 480
English 4 Dual Credit Honors
This college-level course includes extensive composition and language practice, as well as focus on inquiry and research. Students are dual-enrolled at Northwest Vista College and will receive English 1301 and 1302 college credit upon successful completion of coursework.
This college-level course includes extensive composition and language practice, as well as focus on inquiry and research. Students are dual-enrolled at Northwest Vista College and will receive English 1301 and 1302 college credit upon successful completion of coursework.
English IV Advanced Placement
This course engages students in the careful reading and critical analysis of imaginative literature. Through the close reading of selected texts, students deepen their understanding of the ways writers use language to provide both meaning and pleasure for their readers. As they read, students consider a work’s structure, style and themes, as well as such smaller-scale elements as the use of figurative language, imagery, symbolism and tone.
This course engages students in the careful reading and critical analysis of imaginative literature. Through the close reading of selected texts, students deepen their understanding of the ways writers use language to provide both meaning and pleasure for their readers. As they read, students consider a work’s structure, style and themes, as well as such smaller-scale elements as the use of figurative language, imagery, symbolism and tone.
English IV Advanced Placement Dual Credit
This course engages students in the careful reading and critical analysis of imaginative literature. Through the
close reading of selected texts, students deepen their understanding of the ways writers use language to provide both meaning and pleasure for their readers. As they read, students consider a work’s structure, style and themes, as well as such smaller-scale elements as the
use of figurative language, imagery, symbolism and tone. Students are dual-enrolled at Northwest Vista College and will receive English 2322 and 2323 college credit upon successful completion of coursework.
This course engages students in the careful reading and critical analysis of imaginative literature. Through the
close reading of selected texts, students deepen their understanding of the ways writers use language to provide both meaning and pleasure for their readers. As they read, students consider a work’s structure, style and themes, as well as such smaller-scale elements as the
use of figurative language, imagery, symbolism and tone. Students are dual-enrolled at Northwest Vista College and will receive English 2322 and 2323 college credit upon successful completion of coursework.
UT OnRamps Rhetoric and Writing (12) #1440
This college-level dual enrollment course from UT Austin brings the college experience to high school using classwork designed by UT Austin faculty and delivered by campus teachers. Students will explore the ethics of argumentation as they analyze and compose arguments
about American identity and identity formation. Students meeting university criteria will receive the UT credit equivalent to English 1301 and 1302.
PR: English I, II and III
From NISD Advising Guide FAQs:
What is English OnRamps?
English OnRamps is a dual enrollment program through the University of Texas, where students may receive UT credit while also getting high school English 4 credit.
What is the difference between English 3 AP and OnRamps?
English 3 AP curriculum is focused on rhetorical analysis, synthesis, and argument. The OnRamps curriculum is focused on research writing and rhetoric. Students receive college credit by exam in AP and by successful course completion from UT in OnRamps. They will receive credit for UT courses which normally transfer as English 1301 and 1302.
This college-level dual enrollment course from UT Austin brings the college experience to high school using classwork designed by UT Austin faculty and delivered by campus teachers. Students will explore the ethics of argumentation as they analyze and compose arguments
about American identity and identity formation. Students meeting university criteria will receive the UT credit equivalent to English 1301 and 1302.
PR: English I, II and III
From NISD Advising Guide FAQs:
What is English OnRamps?
English OnRamps is a dual enrollment program through the University of Texas, where students may receive UT credit while also getting high school English 4 credit.
What is the difference between English 3 AP and OnRamps?
English 3 AP curriculum is focused on rhetorical analysis, synthesis, and argument. The OnRamps curriculum is focused on research writing and rhetoric. Students receive college credit by exam in AP and by successful course completion from UT in OnRamps. They will receive credit for UT courses which normally transfer as English 1301 and 1302.