BPS High School Course Catalog 24-25 - Flipbook - Page 42
Students will take an active part in their education by participating in mock trials, recreating Senate
debates, conducting oral histories, analyzing artifacts, refashioning constitutional amendments and
government policies. Students will react to the literature and historical materials of 19th and 20th
century America, by recording their responses in a variety of modes including journal reflections,
editorials, formal essays, creative projects, position papers, critical reviews and literary analyses.
AP Seminar is a foundational course that aims to equip students with the skills to analyze and evaluate
information with accuracy and precision, to conduct effective research and evaluate evidence, to
construct evidence-based arguments, and collaborate and communicate their own perspective.
Utilizing these skills, the overall objective of this interdisciplinary course is to develop students into
strategic critical thinkers and problem solvers in an interdependent world of competition and conflict.
Students will be given the option to opt into the AP Seminar portion of Excel 10.
Prerequisites: Excel 9 or English 9 and World History
Grades Taught: 10
Credit: 2
NCAA Approved
102420 English 11
English 11 is designed to reinforce the reading and writing skills begun in earlier grades with an
emphasis on analysis and argument. Students will study complex American documents such as the
Declaration of Independence, but also modern pieces to examine the author’s purpose and structure in
conveying that purpose. In addition, students will analyze complex works of literature, as well as
practice for the timed writing portion of the SAT, write informative and argumentative essays and
develop the college essay. Students will read models to inspire and augment their writing. This course
emphasizes preparation for college-level academic reading and writing.
Prerequisites: English 10
Grades Taught: 11
Credit: 1
NCAA Approved
105000 AP English Language and Composition
Advanced Placement Language and Composition is a course designed in conjunction with the recommendations and requirements of the College Board. In this college-level class, students will study
intensely the rhetorical conventions of authors from the 17th century to the contemporary 21st century,
emphasizing analysis of nonfiction prose. In turn, they will practice their own rhetorical skills frequently,
with topics derived from AP prompts (actual former tests). Students will study and apply rhetorical
modes of narration, description, definition, comparison/contrast, cause and effect, persuasive and
research-based argumentation. Feedback and assessment will follow the standards and rubrics
designated by the College Board.
The class focuses on nonfiction reading and writing, with an emphasis on various forms of essays.
Students will write almost every day, and the course begins with a significant summer assignment that
includes reading books and submitting written work. (Two semesters) Summer Reading will be
announced in the spring.
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor is highly encouraged or a grade of B or better in Honors
English Successful completion of Honors English 10 or teacher recommendation
Grades Taught: 11
Credit: 1
NCAA Approved
Excel 11: Global Studies (Groves),
Honors Excel 11: Global Studies (Groves)
Excel 11 offers an interdisciplinary course that blends English, Economics, and Global Issues, utilizing the
coursework of AP Seminar designed by the College Board. AP Seminar is a foundational course that
aims to equip students with the skills to analyze and evaluate information with accuracy and precision,
to conduct effective research and evaluate evidence, to construct evidence-based arguments, and
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