ELA/Literature and Composition for Grades 9-12

Literature and Composition I: 

Literature  & Composition I is the first course (required) in the sequence of  secondary English language arts courses required for graduation. This course  develops the integrated skill set that comprises the English language arts  discipline to ensure that students are on track to be college and work ready.  Literature & Composition I focuses on the interpretation, evaluation,  construction, and design of texts across genres and modes in a variety of  real-world, academic, and disciplinary contexts while sustaining and building  mastery of language applications and discipline-specific practices. This  course must utilize the 9-12 standards and 9th grade expectations of  Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts (ELA) Standards.   

Literature and Composition II:

Literature  & Composition II is the second course (required) in the sequence of  secondary English language arts courses required for graduation. This course  develops the integrated skill set that comprises the English language arts  discipline to ensure that students are on track to be college and work ready.  Literature & Composition II focuses on the interpretation, evaluation,  construction, and design of texts across genres and modes in a variety of  real-world, academic, and disciplinary contexts while sustaining and building  mastery of language applications and discipline-specific practices. This  course must utilize the 9-12 standards and 10th grade expectations of Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts (ELA) Standards.   The Georgia Milestone End of Course test will be administered.

AP Seminar:

AP Seminar is a foundational course that engages students in cross-curricular conversations that explore the complexities of academic and real-world topics and issues by analyzing divergent perspectives. Students learn to investigate a problem or issue, analyze arguments, compare different perspectives, synthesize information from multiple sources, and work alone and in a group to communicate their ideas. Curricula and  training should abide by state and local policies, including House Bill 1084  – which requires that the curriculum of exempted AP courses be implemented in  a professionally and academically appropriate manner and without espousing  personal political beliefs. Specific guidelines and expectations for each  course may be found at Course & Exam Pages – AP Central | College Board.  When offered as an equivalent substitution, this course must reflect the 9-12  standards and 10th grade expectations of Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts  (ELA) Standards. 

American Literature and Composition:
American  Literature & Composition focuses on the integrated study of American  texts; students develop an understanding of texts from at least three  literary periods, considering history's impact on the literature's text  structures, themes, and stylistic features. Students routinely engage in the  integrated and recursive literacy practices that ground, shape, and inform  their interpretations and constructions of texts that apply their grammar  conventions, vocabulary, context, structure and style, techniques, research  and analysis, and periods and movements understandings. Students will examine  how historical events have influenced American writers, and they will also  consider how in turn the nation's literature has affected historical events  and shaped public opinion. By the end of the course, students will have a  deeper understanding of the interconnection between American history and  literature, preparing them for future academic pursuits and fostering an  appreciation for America's literary legacy. This course must utilize the 9-12  standards and appropriate grade-level expectations of Georgia's K-12 English  Language Arts (ELA) Standards.

Advanced Placement Language and Composition:

AP English Language and Composition is an introductory college-level composition course. Students cultivate their understanding of writing and rhetorical arguments through reading, analyzing, and writing texts as they explore topics like rhetorical situation, claims and evidence, reasoning and organization, and style.

Advanced Composition:

Advanced  Composition focuses on the writing processes (e.g., planning, drafting,  revising). Students will focus on analyzing and producing texts for a wide  variety of intended purposes, target audiences, modes, and genres. Students  will engage in research and explore multiple text structures (e.g.,  compare-contrast, process analysis, cause and effect, exemplification,  classification, definition), literary devices, and craft techniques. Advanced  language skills (grammar, usage, mechanics, and syntax) are a major component  of this course. This course must utilize the 9-12 standards and appropriate  grade-level expectations of Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts (ELA)  Standards.

Advanced Placement Literature and Composition:

AP English Literature and Composition is an introductory college-level literary analysis course. Students cultivate their understanding of literature through reading and analyzing texts as they explore concepts like character, setting, structure, perspective, figurative language, and literary analysis in the context of literary works. Curricula and  training should abide by state and local policies, including House Bill 1084  – which requires that the curriculum of exempted AP courses be implemented in  a professionally and academically appropriate manner and without espousing  personal political beliefs. Specific guidelines and expectations for each  course may be found at Course & Exam Pages – AP Central | College  Board.