Registration for English Curriculum Johnston High School English Department 2008-2009 Note: Be sure...

Registration for English CurriculumJohnston High School English Department

2008-2009

Note: Be sure to turn on your sound to hear all the information.

Do you want to learn how to

register for the new English

courses?

Here is your registration process: Made Simple

We used to do it the old way

10th Grade 10th Grade EnglishEnglish

(one semester)(one semester)

SpeechSpeech(one semester)(one semester)

Reading Reading electiveelective

Writing Writing electiveelective

Reading LabReading LabMyths and LegendsMyths and Legends

Contemporary Contemporary LiteratureLiterature

American LiteratureAmerican LiteratureWorld LiteratureWorld Literature

AP EnglishAP English

Applied Applied CommunicationsCommunicationsCreative WritingCreative Writing

Experiences in WritingExperiences in WritingAdvanced CompositionAdvanced Composition

AP EnglishAP English

Then several things started to happen

Iowa Core Iowa Core CurriculumCurriculum

Integrated Language Integrated Language Arts Curriculum Arts Curriculum

ReviewReview

Students speak out Students speak out

Have books or topics kids would relate to and enjoy.

Make the English courses more connective to problems that teenagers have today .

Iowa Core Iowa Core CurriculumCurriculum

Update book choices to newer, more exciting choices.

The courses offered now are very general, which is good for overall education but not necessarily specific interest.

We were left with big

questions.

?

We came up with some bright ideas!

Student Student Choice!Choice!

More More courses!courses!

New titles!New titles!

Integration!Integration!

How do we help students navigate registering through all of these

courses?

Here’s where students start


10th Grade YearUsed to be...


(one semester)(one semester)

SpeechSpeech(one semester)(one semester)

10th Grade YearNow is...

9th 9th grade grade

EnglishEnglish

Integrated Integrated Language ArtsLanguage Arts(year-long with (year-long with

Speech Speech Integration)Integration)


Choose Choose one one

readingreading(6 choices)(6 choices)

Choose Choose one one

writingwriting(5 choices)(5 choices)


Choose one Choose one Frameworks IFrameworks I

(7 choices)(7 choices)

Choose one Choose one Frameworks IIFrameworks II

(8 choices)(8 choices)


Choose Choose another another readingreading(now 5 (now 5

choices)choices)Choose Choose another another writingwriting(now 4 (now 4

choices)choices)


Choose another Choose another Frameworks IFrameworks I(now 6 choices)(now 6 choices)

Choose another Choose another Frameworks IIFrameworks II(now 7 choices)(now 7 choices)

ORChoose one of Choose one of

the new the new Capstone Capstone

courses courses (to be (to be offered in 2009-offered in 2009-

2010)2010)6 choices6 choices

That’s nearly

20 choices!

Let’s review9th 9th

grade grade EnglishEnglish

Integrated Integrated Language ArtsLanguage Arts(10th grade year-(10th grade year-

long)long)

Frameworks IFrameworks Isemester longsemester long11th and/or 12th 11th and/or 12th

gradegrade

CapstonCapstone e

CoursesCourses12th grade 12th grade semester semester

longlongoffered 2009-offered 2009-

20102010

Frameworks IIFrameworks IIsemester longsemester long11th and/or 12th 11th and/or 12th

gradegradeElectivesElectivesCan be Can be

taken at any taken at any timetime

How do you know what to choose?

All new courses are integrated, which means that all courses will have reading, writing, speaking

and viewing.

So...

Frameworks IOn the Road

Heroic Men and WomenSport, Competition and

CultureTeen in the World

Power of PersuasionJournalism

Work Dynamics

Frameworks IIPushing the Limits

Culture ClashCross CurrentsGenders’ Game

The Creating MindReading the Screen

Reading CoreAdvanced SpeechCapstone

AP Literature and CompositionSenior Project

Creative ExplorationsMedia LiteracyTheatre/Drama

Ideas that Changed the World (rotating topics course)

Students choose what they are Students choose what they are interestedinterested in in

Student Pathways AFrameworks I

On the RoadHeroic Men and WomenSport, Competition and



Work Dynamics








Student Pathways BFrameworks I




Work Dynamics








Student Pathways CFrameworks I




Work Dynamics








Student Pathways DFrameworks I




Work Dynamics








Registration begins soon! Ask your English

teacher if you have questions.

Registration for English Curriculum Johnston High School English Department 2008-2009 Note: Be sure...

Documents

Transcript of Registration for English Curriculum Johnston High School English Department 2008-2009 Note: Be sure...