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ENGLISH
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MISSION STATEMENT
The Groves and Seaholm English Departments are committed to offering an integrated program of
language arts instruction which feature diverse and challenging texts from classic and contemporary
literature which compel students to explore, evaluate and respond to universal ideas. Our writing
program will develop students’ skills from basic grammar and composition to logical, textuallysupported meaningful and authentic essays and reflections. The departments offer a rich array of
opportuni-ties for students to grow in their reading, writing, listening, speaking, and viewing skills. We
believe that our mission is to prepare students for all phases of their educational lives, and to help with
the formation of good character and the development of empathy through our content and our
conver-sations. The Groves and Seaholm English Departments strive to help students not only
understand themselves, but one another; to see not only the particular but also the universal, which
ties all human beings together. It is a beautiful thing indeed that through a f ictional world we begin
to make sense of reality; that through the particular we begin to understand the universal; and that
through the other we come to know ourselves.
English Department Core Scope and Sequence
Program Level
Grade 9
Grade 10
Grade 11
Grade 12
Advanced
Honors English 9
Placement/Honors
Honors English 10
AP Language
AP Literature
College
Preparatory
English 9
English 10
English 11
Selection of two
English 12A
courses and
English 12B
Interdisciplinary
at Groves
Excel 9/Excel 9
Honors:
Humanities
Excel 10/ Excel 10
AP Seminar:
American
Literature
Excel 11/Excel 11
Excel 12/Excel 12
honors: Global year Honors:
Contemporary
American Studies
Interdisciplinary
at Seaholm
Honors Flex
English
Honors Flex
English
Honors Flex
English
Honors Flex
English
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