PTHS Curriculum Guide 2024-2025

ENGLISH II (102, 103) Writing Intensive Course Class Level: 10 Credit: 1 Prerequisite: English I

This course is the second year of integrated English studies and continues to provide students with instruction in using strategies and developing necessary skills to become successful readers and critics of literature. In addition, emphasis is placed on writing themes of narration, exposition, and persuasion. Whenever possible, these writing assignments will be completed in conjunction with the literature studied. An introduction to research skills is also included.

RHETORIC II (HONORS) (108, 109) Writing Intensive Course Class Level: 10 Credit: 1

Prerequisite: Rhet I (H) or has submitted portfolio work that has been approved by the Honors Instructors This second honors composition course concentrates on theme writing with emphasis on organization, form, and logic. The course is designed to help the student develop clear communication so that his ideas are accurately and logically presented. Vocabulary, expression, style, and clarity are also incorporated as time permits. A detailed analysis of the research process and writing a research paper are also included. Besides surveying American Literature from 1800 through the Modern Period, this course provides an in-depth analysis of the development of the literary tradition. Through the study of the writings and the historical background of each period, students gain an understanding of the intellectual trends and history which lie behind the American literary heritage.

ENGLISH III (116, 117) Writing Intensive Course Class Level: 11 Credit: 1 Prerequisite: English II

This is an intensive course in writing with emphasis on themes, their organization, form, and logic. The course is designed to help students develop clear communication so that their ideas are accurately and precisely presented. A detailed analysis of the research process and writing a research paper are included. Also included in this course is a survey of American literature from 1800 through the modern period. Emphasis is placed on the literature as a product of the culture and time in which it was written.

RHETORIC III (HONORS) (110, 111) Writing Intensive Course Class Level: 11 Credit: 1

Prerequisite: Rhet II (H) or has submitted portfolio work that has been approved by the Honors Instructors This junior honors course is an advanced historical survey of the major periods of English Literature: the Anglo-Saxon Period, Medieval Period, the Elizabethan Period with emphasis on Shakespeare, the Age of Reason, the Romantic Period, and the Victorian Period. Stress is placed on history and history's influence on literature as a cultural outgrowth. Extensive writing is also incorporated concentrating on analyses of selections read together with a review of the forms learned in Rhet II. 17