Updated 11/2023
12th Grade Options
5430 Modern Literary Perspectives
Credits: 10
Prerequisites: US Literature and Humanities
Meets requirement(s): Language Arts
Open to Grades: 12
This course is designed to teach national standards in language arts with curriculum developed by the CollegeBoard. It is a rigorous class designed for students in the middle to upper range of skills. Students will examine literature through a variety of critical lenses, become better readers and writers and actively engage in conversations about their reading and writing. Students will work in large and small groups and individually. Evaluation will be ongoing and will include maintaining a portfolio. At FRHS: This course also includes a full length documented research paper on a topic of the student’s choosing.
5860 AP Composition and Literature
Credits: 10
Prerequisites: World Literature & Composition AND
US Literature and Composition OR AP Language & Composition
Meets requirement(s): Language Arts
Open to Grades: 12
This course includes the study of short stories, drama, novels, and poetry, with emphasis on discussion, thorough understanding, and analysis of works of literature. Students read and study famous authors from ancient to contemporary times. This course is designed to complete an accelerated sequence of reading and writing classes in high school. Students may subsequently sign up to take the Advanced Placement examination for college credit in English.
5440 British Literature and Composition
Credits: 10
Prerequisites: World Literature & Composition OR CP World Literature & Composition
AND
US Literature and Composition OR AP Language & Composition
Meets requirement(s): Language Arts
Open to Grades: 12
Recommended for college-bound seniors, this course is designed as a study of representative works of British literature. In addition to the literature, the history and culture of each period are studied. Terms of literary analysis are studied and applied. The course also includes vocabulary study, history of the English language, preparation for college tests, and composition.
5430 Modern Literary Perspectives
Credits: 10
Prerequisites: US Literature and Humanities
Meets requirement(s): Language Arts
Open to Grades: 12
This course is designed to teach national standards in language arts with curriculum developed by the CollegeBoard. It is a rigorous class designed for students in the middle to upper range of skills. Students will examine literature through a variety of critical lenses, become better readers and writers and actively engage in conversations about their reading and writing. Students will work in large and small groups and individually. Evaluation will be ongoing and will include maintaining a portfolio. At FRHS: This course also includes a full length documented research paper on a topic of the student’s choosing.
5860 AP Composition and Literature
Credits: 10
Prerequisites: World Literature & Composition AND
US Literature and Composition OR AP Language & Composition
Meets requirement(s): Language Arts
Open to Grades: 12
This course includes the study of short stories, drama, novels, and poetry, with emphasis on discussion, thorough understanding, and analysis of works of literature. Students read and study famous authors from ancient to contemporary times. This course is designed to complete an accelerated sequence of reading and writing classes in high school. Students may subsequently sign up to take the Advanced Placement examination for college credit in English.
5440 British Literature and Composition
Credits: 10
Prerequisites: World Literature & Composition OR CP World Literature & Composition
AND
US Literature and Composition OR AP Language & Composition
Meets requirement(s): Language Arts
Open to Grades: 12
Recommended for college-bound seniors, this course is designed as a study of representative works of British literature. In addition to the literature, the history and culture of each period are studied. Terms of literary analysis are studied and applied. The course also includes vocabulary study, history of the English language, preparation for college tests, and composition.